Lesson series
Pre-Service Training Course
This course meets the initial 24 hours of pre-service training requirements for those providing care to children in child care centers in Texas.
Why should I take this course?
Become the caregiver every parent wants for their child, and every center director wants on their team!
This course includes the following topics:
Caregivers working with infants, toddlers, or preschoolers will be able to use this course to fulfill the minimum standard requirement.
- 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
- Recognizing and preventing shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma
- Understanding and using safe sleep practices and preventing sudden infant death syndrome
- Understanding early childhood brain development
Caregivers working with infants, toddlers, or preschoolers will be able to use this course to fulfill the minimum standard requirement.
