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Health & Safety

Please note: these topics may not correspond with topics as they are defined by your state or area. If your state has particular knowledge area, competency, or topic requirements, please choose your state's information page by clicking to view courses and information for your state.

Image for Caring for Yourself Caring for Yourself
and Achieving Your Goals
3 clock hours / $25.00
Learn strategies for taking care of yourself while caring for children and avoiding job burnout. Image for Child Abuse and Neglect: A Caregiver’s Guide to Adverse Childhood Experiences Child Abuse and Neglect: A Caregiver’s Guide to Adverse Childhood Experiences
5 clock hours / $34.00
Learn how to strengthen families, and the effects of child abuse, neglect, and other ACEs. Image for Early Childhood Stress: Serious Stress in Children's Lives Early Childhood Stress:
Serious Stress in Children's Lives
5 clock hours / $34.00
Learn how to support children who have experienced abuse and neglect, household substance use disorders, domestic violence, poverty, and more. Image for Emergency Preparedness in Child Care Emergency Preparedness in Child Care
2 clock hours / $18.00
Plan for emergency situations, including medical crises, natural disasters, and threats of violence. Image for Fun and Fitness Addressing Obesity in Early Childhood Fun and Fitness:
Addressing Childhood Obesity
2 clock hours / $18.00
Covers children’s nutritional and physical movement needs. Includes recipes and activities. Image for Keeping Infants Safe Keeping Infants Safe
3 clock hours / $25.00
Covers safe sleep practices, early brain development, AHT, SIDS, SUID, and ACEs. Image for Lead Safety in Child Care Lead Safety in Child Care
2 clock hours / $18.00
Learn where lead lurks, the healh risks to children, and how to mitigate the dangers. Image for Managing Health and Safety in Child Care Managing Health and Safety in Child Care
12 clock hours / $52.00
Provde a healthy and safe environment for young children. Includes many aspects of health and safety. Image for Medication Procedures in Child Care Medication Procedures in Child Care
2 clock hours / $18.00
Learn medication administration procedures and how to respond to medical emergencies.
 Image for Safe Baby Safe Child Safe Baby, Safe Child
5 clock hours / $34.00
Learn ways to soothe crying babies, how to recognize symptoms of TBIs, and much more. Image for Safe Environments in Child Care Safe Environments in Child Care
5 clock hours / $34.00
Learn to recognize and reduce indoor and outdoor hazards to children’s health and safety. Image for Sanitation for Disease Prevention in Early Childhood Programs Sanitation for Disease Prevention
in Early Childhood Programs
5 clock hours / $34.00
Provide a clean, sanitary environment to protect children's health. Image for Sun Safety Sun Safety
2 clock hours / $18.00
Learn how to protect children from the sun's radiation. Includes information on Australia's "slip, slap, seek, and slide" campaign. Image for Supporting Breastfeeding Supporting Breastfeeding in Child Care
2 clock hours / $18.00
Covers how to support breastfeeding mothers, store and handle breast milk, and more. Image for Transportation Safety Transportation Safety
2 clock hours / $18.00
Learn how to use child restraint systems and ways to help ensure children’s safe transportation. Image for Understanding and Managing Allergies in Child Care Understanding and Managing
Allergies in Child Care
1 clock hour / $12.00
Includes allergy care plans & treating allergic exposure.

Care Courses Training

The Care Courses School (we usually go by just "Care Courses") has been a distance learning school specifically for early childhood professionals since 1990. We offer excellent, convenient, and affordable distance-learning courses in online and book formats with unlimited support. Learn more about our training process and course formats today!

What our students say

"My staff has always been very pleased with your services. They enjoy being able to get training hours on their own time, have liked the variety of topics available, and are always impressed at how quickly the books arrive and the tests are graded."
  - Harrisonburg, Virginia
"I love your curriculum! It's informative, enjoyable, and easy to use. I also appreciate your people on the phones. They are so helpful."
  - Highlands Ranch, Colorado
"The CDA program helped me in learning different ways to engage children in a positive way and direct them in the right path. This program helped me to maintain great relationships with kids and their families."
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