This course contains two parts and will fulfill the updated 24-hour Pre-Service requirement (including health and safety) for Texas child care providers as of October 2022. This course may also be used in other states to train new staff. Part one is 8 hours. Part two is 16 hours.
INCLUDES:
-DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES OF CHILDREN
-AGE-APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN
-POSITIVE GUIDANCE AND DISCIPLINE OF CHILDREN
-FOSTERING CHILDREN’S SELF-ESTEEM
-SUPERVISION AND SAFETY PRACTICES IN THE CARE OF CHILDREN
-POSITIVE INTERACTION WITH CHILDREN
-PREVENTING AND CONTROLLING THE SPREAD OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES-IMMUNIZATIONS
-RECOGNIZING AND PREVENTING SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME
-ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA
-PREVENTING SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
-UNDERSTANDING EARLY CHILDHOOD BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
-PREVENTION, RECOGNITION AND REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
-PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW IN HANDLING EMERGENCIES
-EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN
-LOCATION AND USE OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND FIRST AID EQUIPMENT
-ADMINISTERING MEDICATION
-PREVENTING AND RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES DUE TO FOOD OR AN ALLERGIC REACTION
-BUILDING AND PHYSICAL PREMISES SAFETY
-VEHICULAR TRAFFIC-PRECAUTIONS IN TRANSPORTING CHILDREN
-SAFE SWIM PRACTICES-BODIES OF WATER
-HANDLING, STORING AND DISPOSING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS