Child Care Basics

This is the 30 Hour Child Care Basics course required by the WA State Department of Children, Youth, and Families.

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This course is designed to be completed in no less than 30 hours. It includes modules on the following:

Professional Practice
Valuing Each Child and Family
Child Growth & Development
Celebrating Child Growth
Curriculum and Learning Environments
Family & Community Partnerships
Healthy Practices: Part I
Healthy Practices: Part II
Interaction & Guidance
Supporting Children for Life Success

There are 10 modules to complete to earn your certificate.

You will need to be able to DOWNLOAD & PRINT, as well as SCAN & UPLOAD documents in. If you are not able to do this, please do not sign up for this course, as you will not be able to successfully complete the course.
Along the way and at the conclusion of each module, you will complete quizzes to show your proficiency and understanding of the material presented. You must pass each quiz with a 100% score to move on to the next page or module.
Additionally, you will be required to participate in discussion boards with other learners and the instructor.

Refund Policy: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

There are no refunds for incomplete courses.
If you purchased the incorrect course, please contact us within 12 hours of purchase. If you haven't opened the course/ have not started the course, we will be happy to refund you the full amount.
If you change your mind about the course after you have started it, we will give you a credit for the full amount to use on another course. However, once you have started the course, we do not provide any refunds.

About the instructor

Early Childhood Education Instructor Miriam Dressler

Owner & Director of Learning & Education at Bloom Early Education Owner & Early Childhood Education Consultant & Trainer at August Education Education: B. Primary Education | M.Ed Other: WA State MERIT Trainer, CDA Professional Development Specialist | Validator: National Accreditation Commission

Course Curriculum

1. Tips to successfully complete this course
1. Some Useful Information
2. Introduce Yourself!
1. Professional Practice - Learning Outcomes
2. What is Professionalism?
3. The Professional Teacher
4. Innovation in Washington State
5. Professionalism
6. Professional Self-Assessment
7. The WACs
8. WAC Hunt
9. Professional Development
10. The Heart of the Teacher
11. Dear Me!
12. Module 1 Quiz
1. Valuing Each Child & Family - Learning Outcomes
2. Cultural Diversity in America
3. Cultural Volcano Quiz
4. Components of Human Diversity
5. How Does This Help Me?
6. Family Structures
7. Family Structure Feedback
8. Classroom Practices
9. In Your Classroom
10. Attitudes and Practices
11. What Not To Do!
12. Supporting Cultural & Linguistic Diversity in The Classroom
13. Building Partnerships
14. Family Communication
15. More on Effective Communication
16. If You Were The Parent...
17. Module 2 Quiz
1. Child Growth & Development - Learning Outcomes
2. The Principles of Child Growth & Development
3. Understanding NAEYC's Principles of Child Development
4. Child Development Terminology
5. Developmental Milestones
6. How I Learn!
7. Preschool Milestones
8. Developmental Milestones: Ages 3 - 5
9. Developmental & Individual Needs
10. Developmental Q&A
11. Age-Appropriate Behavior Scenarios
12. Brain Development Facts
13. More About Serve & Return Interactions
14. What Are Executive Functions?
15. This Is Your Brain On Stress!
16. What Do You Know About Stress?
17. Helpful or Harmful?
18. Module 3 Quiz
1. Celebrating Child Growth - Learning Outcomes
2. Why Observe Children in the Classroom?
3. Observation & Assessment
4. Observation & Scaffolding
5. Observing Children in your Classroom
6. What Do You Observe?
7. Objective vs Subjective
8. Developmental Screening & Assessment
9. Your Ethical Responsibilities
10. Module 4 Quiz
1. Curriculum & Learning Environments - Learning Outcomes
2. Child-Centered Environments
3. Assessing Your Learning Environment
4. Managing The Flow in the Early Childhood Classroom
5. Planning for a Successful Learning Environment
6. The Learning Environment
7. Developmentally-Appropriate Environments
8. What's It For?
9. Effective Communications
10. Effective Communication Scenarios
11. Module 5 Quiz
1. Family & Community Partnerships - Learning Outcomes
2. Introduction
3. For Families: What Children Learn
4. Families as Teachers
5. Building Partnerships
6. Both Sides of the Story: Teacher & Parent
7. Both Sides of the Story
8. Resources for Families and Educators
9. Helping Children and Families with Separation
10. Separation Anxiety Plan
11. Conflict Resolution
12. Volunteers in the Classrooms
13. Module 6 Quiz
1. Healthy Practices - Learning Outcomes
2. Introduction
3. WAC Compliance
4. Strengthening Families
5. Helping Families
6. Signs of Abuse & Neglect
7. Shaken Baby Syndrome
8. Reporting Child Abuse & Neglect
9. Dealing Child Abuse & Neglect
10. Safety Hazard
11. Safe or Unsafe?
12. Disinfecting & Sanitizing
13. Weak or Strong?
14. Module 7 Quiz
1. Wellness, Nutrition & Fitness - Learning Outcomes
2. Hand Washing
3. Proper Hand Washing
4. Diapering
5. Diaper Changing Procedures
6. Food Handling
7. Nutrition
8. Food Service & Nutrition
9. Food Allergies
10. Dental Care, Physical Activity, and Sleep
11. Health & Fitness
12. Appropriate Practices for Illness, Medications, Emergencies, and Disasters
13. Module 8 Quiz
1. Interactions & Guidance - Learning Outcomes
2. Building Connections with Children
3. Special Time
4. What Happened?
5. Maximizing Children's Learning
6. How Children Learn
7. Positive Behavior Models
8. Cultural Responsiveness
9. Implicit Bias
10. Positive Strategies
11. Less Effective Responses
12. Off-Track Behavior
13. Setting Limits with Young Children
14. Handling Off-Track Behavior
15. Positive Guidance Policy
16. Appropriate Responses to Children's Behaviors
17. Appropriate Teacher Responses
18. Expulsion of Children
19. What Does The WAC Say?
20. Module 9 Quiz
1. Supporting Children for Life Success - Learning Outcomes
2. When Stress Becomes Toxic
3. The Effects of Stress
4. Brain Science - The Upstairs & Downstairs Brain
5. How You Act and Respond Matters
6. Understanding The Child's Developing Brain
7. Neurons That Fire Together...
8. Adverse Childhood Experiences
9. ACEs: More To Know
10. Understanding ACEs
11. How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime
12. More About Toxic Stress
13. Homelessness and ACEs
14. Causes of Toxic Stress
15. Ready To Learn
16. The Science of Resilience
17. Self-Care Inspires Compassion
18. Developing Self-Regulation and Self-Care
19. Reflecting on Your Self-Care
20. Regulating Emotions
21. Self-Regulation Activities
22. Managing Challenging Behaviors
23. Connecting Feelings To Behaviors
24. You're Launching Bright Futures
25. Module 10 Quiz
26. The End
27. Request for Certificate

About this course

$170.00
158 lessons
1 hour of video content