Caring for Yourself and Achieving Your Goals
Training to help build your confidence and achieve your goals.
Course Overview
Embark on a journey of self-care and professional growth in Caring for Yourself and Achieving Your Goals. Tailored for all childcare professionals, caregivers, administrators and educators, this course offers valuable insights into stress management, mindfulness, and self-regulation. Learn to tackle obstacles with resilience and turn self-doubt into self-confidence. Set yourself on a path to reach your goals while avoiding job burnout.
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Welcome Video
Welcome to Caring for Yourself and Achieving Your Goals! Watch the welcome video from the course:
Course formats
This course is offered in both our coursebook (with required online component and testing) and our fully online format. The online format of this course includes audio in most course sections. Click here to learn more about Care Courses' training formats.
Acceptance information
This course is accepted for child care professional development training requirements in most states and for the CDA credential and for CDA renewal training requirements.
NAC training
The NECPA Commission, Inc. has approved this educational program as meeting the criteria for continuing education for the National Administrator Credential. Click here for more approved NAC training.
Learning Outcomes
After Completing Caring for Yourself and Achieving Your Goals you will be able to recognize how self-care can prevent job burnout and help you grow personally and professionally; identify sources, signs, and types of stress in your life; explain the importance of developing self-regulation to overcome obstacles and reaching your goals; and describe strategies to manage stress and strengthen self-regulation and resilience.
Topics Covered in Caring for Yourself and Achieving Your Goals:
- The importance of taking care of your needs
- Self-esteem and being assertive
- Sources and signs of stress
- Stress-management strategies
- The importance of self-regulation in your personal and professional life
- The negative effects of self-doubt and perfectionism
- The benefits of having a sense of purpose, setting goals, and taking action
- Simple relaxation exercises that you can blend into your daily schedule
- Ways to increase self-awareness, mindfulness, and lead a balanced life
- How to build resilience
Want to learn more? Read our blog about this course: How to manage stress in child care.
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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