Toddlers in Child Care
Training to help you understand toddler development and build skills, ease tough moments, and partner with families.
Course Overview
This course applies to toddlers.
Learn how toddlers grow and how to promote their physical, cognitive, language, and social–emotional development. This course includes sections on nutrition, separation anxiety, tantrums, positive guidance, baby signs, toilet learning, relationships with parents, and how to set up a safe and stimulating environment indoors and outdoors.
See the learning outcomes and topics below for more information on what is covered in this course.
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Course formats
This course is offered in both our coursebook (with required online component/testing) and our fully online format. The online format of this course includes audio narration in most course sections. Click here to learn more about Care Courses' training formats.
Acceptance information
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This course is accepted in:
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky - the Kentucky Division of Child Care and ECE-TRIS do not accept courses that are more than 15 clock hours in length for annual professional development hours. This 20 clock hour course may only be used for CDA and CDA renewal training in Kentucky.
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington, DC
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
For state-specific information, see our State Training pages.
This course fulfills the childcare social–emotional development requirement.
This course fulfills the child development/guidance and discipline training requirement.
This course covers training topics 1 through 8 and is included in one of our 30-hour training topics bundles.
This course is approved for the Infant/Toddler Certificate of Achievement.
The Kentucky Division of Child Care and ECE-TRIS do not accept courses longer than 15 clock hours for annual professional development. This 20-hour course may be used for CDA and CDA renewal training only in Kentucky.
Learning outcomes
After completing this course you will be able to:
- Identify milestones of physical development in toddlers and how toddlers progress along the path of physical development
- Describe how you can support toddlers’ physical development with the choices of play materials and activities that you offer at your program
- And much more! Click to read all learning outcomes for this course.
Topics covered
- Milestones of toddlers’ physical development
- What you can do to support toddlers' physical development
- Principles of healthy nutrition and food safety guidelines for toddlers
- Milestones of toddlers’ cognitive development
- How to foster toddlers’ cognitive development with appropriate interactions and challenges
- Milestones of toddlers’ language development
- Strategies for supporting toddlers’ language development including modeling, interactive reading, and introducing sign language
- Milestones of toddlers’ social-emotional development
- How to foster positive self-image, security and trust, and self-esteem in toddlers
- Understanding toddlers’ individual temperaments
- Toddlers’ fears and developing sense of independence
- Strategies for responding to temper tantrums and challenging behaviors, including biting
- How to practice positive guidance
- Toddlers’ developing skills in social interactions
- Welcoming toddlers and their families in your program and supporting them through separation anxiety
- Strategies for establishing a relationship with toddlers’ parents as partners
- How to create an indoor and outdoor environment that fosters toddlers’ curiosity and love of learning
- The importance of intentionally creating learning opportunities for toddlers
- Strategies for thoughtful scheduling and planning for transitions
- Diapering toddlers and recognizing readiness for toilet learning
- Facilitating toddlers’ toilet learning process
- How to create a safe and healthy indoor and outdoor environment for toddlers
- Emergency preparedness
- How to recognize child abuse and neglect and what you can do to prevent it
- Understanding the impact of adverse childhood experiences and the importance of supportive caregiving
What our students say about Toddlers in Child Care
“I thoroughly enjoyed my first course, Toddlers in Child Care. I have worked mostly with toddlers in childcare centers, but I learned so much in your course. I signed up for my second course, Managing Health and Safety, and just completed it last night! I’m currently working at a Child Welfare organization and your section on abused and neglected children was right on track. I especially loved the section on supporting the parents when the children remain in the home. This is usually the best option for children and these parents need as much support as possible. Thank you for making this format available—Care Courses works wonderfully with my full-time schedule.”
“Thank you for making state hours so fun and interesting to learn. I went at my own pace—no one telling me to hurry up. I learned a lot in this book and this won’t be the last time you hear from me.”
“I am very glad I went through Care Courses since it truly helped me a lot. Learning child development courses [Toddlers in Child Care and the Infant/Toddler Center-Based CDA Set]—even after many years as an educator—helped me expand my knowledge in other areas. Thank you for emphasizing early childhood.”
“It was a pleasure to take the course through your program! The book arrived quickly and you helped me right away with my account. The program was thorough and informative and I enjoyed taking the course. The online quiz option was fantastic! Thanks so much!”
“Thank you for offering this program. As a busy mom of three, my weekends are full of family things. This I could do at night after the boys went to bed.”
“I’m enjoying these courses [Toddlers in Child Care] because they are so informative and helpful! I also love recognizing things I already knew—it makes me feel confident.”
“This training gave me lots of good ideas I can implement in my teaching of young children. I can’t wait to use them.”
How Care Courses® Training Works: Details & Support
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Course Details & Support
Prerequisites
- Language: Fluent reading and writing in the language of instruction (English or Spanish).
- Technology: Internet access and a web-enabled device (computer, smartphone, or tablet).
Access & Completion Deadline
- This training expires 12 months from the date of purchase.
- To receive a certificate of completion, you must successfully finish the course before the expiration date.
Learning Methods
- Read instructor-written material
- Watch videos
- Listen to audio segments
Assessments
- Multiple-choice quizzes
- Written assignments
Requirements for CEUs and Clock Hours
To earn CEUs and Clock Hours for a course, you must:
- Agree to and acknowledge our Honor Code & Policy
- Follow all instructions for written assignments
- Demonstrate comprehension of the course content
- Achieve the passing score specified in your course.
Quizzes and Assessments
- If your score falls below the passing mark, a trainer will review your work. If needed, you may be asked to speak with a trainer.
- You will have a second chance to retake any quiz or assessment.
- If you do not pass on your second attempt, contact us at info@carecourses.com. We will review your course and follow up directly.
- All quizzes are open book; all answers are found in the course material.
Certificates
- Official Care Courses certificates of completion record your clock hours and CEUs.
- Certificates are available in the My Courses area of your account.
- Please note: All course and certificate dates and times are on Eastern Time.
Getting Started
- See how our training works on the training process page.
- Watch our course navigation video for a quick tour of the online portal.
- Free Unlimited Assistance
- We’re here to help with training, billing, and technical support questions.
- Phone: 1-800-685-7610 (Mon–Fri, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Eastern)
- Email: info@CareCourses.com or techsupport@CareCourses.com (days, evenings, and weekends)
About Care Courses
- Care Courses offers over 50 professional development courses and one non-credit training tutorial on the CDA process.
- All professional development courses include clock hours, CEUs, and an official online certificate of completion.
- (The free CDA tutorial does not offer clock hours or a certificate.)
Tuition & Bundles
- Course tuition entitles one person to receive the clock hours and CEUs granted upon successful completion.
- Bundle pricing covers tuition for all courses included in the bundle.
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