Training, Webinars and Resources for Child Care Providers

Training

• Safe and Healthy Child Care Centers (pdf) (14.11 MB)
  • En Español:  Centros de Cuidado Infantil Seguro y Saludable (pdf) (14.11 MB)
• Head Start Providers (en Español): Conservando la Salud de los Ninos (pdf) (2.07 MB)
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Training in 10 Modules

  • Managing Pests in Child Care Centers Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Module 1 - Introduction (pdf) (1.61 MB)

  • Managing Pests in Child Care Centers Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Module 2 - IPM in Child Care for Directors (pdf) (832.95 KB)

  • Managing Pests in Child Care Centers Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Module 3 - IPM in Child Care for Maintenance (pdf) (2.37 MB)

  • Managing Pests in Child Care Centers Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Module 4 - IPM in Child Care for Care Givers (pdf) (1.73 MB)

  • Managing Pests in Child Care Centers Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Module 5 - Managing Mice and Rats in and around Child Care (pdf) (12.59 MB)

  • Managing Pests in Child Care Centers Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Module 6 (pdf) (4.28 MB)

  • Managing Pests in Child Care Centers Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Module 7- Dealing with Bed Bugs in Child Care Settings (pdf) (3.67 MB)

  • Managing Pests in Child Care Centers Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Module 8 - Managing Flies in Child Care Settings (pdf) (1.19 MB)

  • Managing Pests in Child Care Centers Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Module 9 - Management of Ants in Child Care Settings (pdf) (2.32 MB)

  • Managing Pests in Child Care Centers Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Module 10 - Managing Head Lice in Child Care Settings (pdf) (704.51 KB)

Webinars

• Bed Bugs Go To School: Staff (pdf) (10.96 MB)
• Creating Healthy Indoor Environments in Child Care Settings (pdf) (3.74 MB)
• Green Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting: A Toolkit for Early Care and Education (pdf) (2.37 MB)
• Integrated Pest Management in Child Care Centers: Protecting our Children from Pests and Pesticides (pdf) (19.52 MB)
• Lead (from the Children's Environmental Health Network) (pdf) (1.32 MB)
• Protecting Children's Environmental Health in Child Care Settings: Children's Creative Learning Center's Policies and Practices (pdf) (109.9 KB)
• Small Steps to Improve Children's Environmental Health in Your Early Childhood Program: Common Practices to Keep Your Kids Safer (pdf) (1.56 MB)

Resources

Checklists and Tools

• Healthy Child Care & Early Learning Facilities Self-Assessment
• Indiana Department of Environmental Management - 5 Star Environmental Recognition Program for Child Care Providers - Building Condition Checklist
• National Institutes of Health - How Asthma-friendly is Your Child-Care Setting? ( 2 pp, 98 K, About PDF)
• Green Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting: A Toolkit for Early Care and Education (en Español)

Other Resources

• American Academy of Pediatrics, Healthy Child Care America
• Child Care Aware of America
• Children's Environmental Health Network - Eco-Healthy Child Care
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Association for Family Child Care
• New York State - Department of Health - Lead Poisoning Prevention Curriculum for Preschool Children and their Parents 
• U.C. San Francisco - California Childcare Health Program
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care
• Office of Head Start/Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center