Life & Health

Transporting Children Safely in Child Care is designed to provide child care providers with basic knowledge on the correct selection, usage, and installation of child safety seats as well as guidelines for protecting children in and around vehicles.

Part 2 – Transporting Children Safely in Child Care is designed to provide child care providers with additional knowledge on safe transportation including accountability during trips, correct selection, usage, and installation of child safety seats in vans and buses as well as passenger vehicles.

Early childhood teachers need to be able to work effectively with children of different abilities, disabilities, and backgrounds. Understanding what inclusion is and the benefits to children, families, and teachers is explored. Specific teaching practices and strategies to use with special needs populations are provided.

Children in child care facilities are 2- 3 times more likely to acquire infections and illnesses that affect their health than children who are kept at home. Because of that, child care providers must constantly monitor children in their care to keep illnesses from spreading to other children and workers in their facility.

This course examines key components of appropriate environments for infants and toddlers, focusing on how materials and activities can be modified, if necessary, to ensure that children with different developmental and functional needs can explore and learn.

This course explores regulations and best practices related to diapering, toilet learning, and handwashing, and suggests ideas for modifying these routines to meet the needs of children with disabilities in an inclusive infant or toddler program.

One of the most important features of any child care program is the extent to which it creates a healthy and safe environment for all children. The purpose of this course is to provide basic guidelines necessary to develop a disaster preparedness plan for child care facilities with infants and toddlers with special needs.

The purpose of this course is to explore how sensory processing, integration, and processing disorders can affect a young child’s development. During the course, participants will learn about specific strategies that can be used to help children with sensory integration issues reach their full developmental potential.

All children, regardless of ability, benefit when they are fully involved in programs that facilitate positive interactions between their peers and caring adults. The purpose of this course is to explore strategies that will help child care professionals promote positive social interactions among all children in their care.