Child Day Care Specialist

Course Outline

Learn everything you need to know to become a Child Day Care Specialist. This is a professional-level program leading to a Child Day Care Specialist Career certificate. You progress step-by-step from the basics of childcare into more advanced subjects like keeping children’s records, observing regulations, making your business plan and much, much more. 

Here’s an overview of the custom learning materials and bonus items you’ll receive in your course.

Pack 1

Lessons

1. Welcome to the World of Child Day Care!
2. Child Care Today
3. The Newborn—More Than Meets the Eye
4. A Closer Look at Infants
5. Toddlers—Here, There and Everywhere
6. Preschool Children

Bonus Items

• Course Introduction
• U.S. Career Institute Sticky Notes
• You Can Do It! CD

Pack 2

Lessons

1. School-age Children
2. Child Development Theories—Beyond Ages and Stages
3. Connect to the Children in Your Care
4. Defining Discipline
5. Children and Nutrition—We Are What We Eat

Bonus Items

• Safety Scissors
• Forms, Assessments and Checklists Supplement

Pack 3

Lessons

1. Keep Children Healthy
2. Keep Children Safe
3. Form the Groundwork
4. Get Ready—Create a Business Plan
5. The Parent Connection

Bonus Items

• Poison First-aid Guide
• Teacher Top Tens Supplement
• Pocket First-aid Guide 

Pack 4

Lessons

1. Ways to Enhance Your Child Day Care Program
2. Special Needs Children—Understand and Accommodate
3. Putting It All Together—Final Practicum

Bonus Items

• Healthy Food Ideas for Growing Minds and Bodies Supplement
• Your Daycare as a Business Supplement
• Books: Inside Your Busy Body, Little Toot and The Tale of Peter Rabbit
• Career Starter Kit
• Developmental Toy