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Training, Webinars and Resources for Child Care Providers

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Training

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a toxicant found in many plastics with potential impacts on children's health and the environment.
  • Safe and Healthy Child Care Centers (pdf) (14.11 MB) : UC Berkeley Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health training for people who work in child care centers on managing/eliminating major environmental hazards.
  • Safe and Healthy Child Care Centers (Spanish)
  • Head Start Providers (Spanish)
  • Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Child Care Settings: Protecting our Children from Pests and Pesticides (2012) (pdf) (30.05 MB)
  • Bed Bugs Go To School
  • Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Training
    • Module 1 - Introduction
    • Module 2 - for Child Care Center Directors
    • Module 3 - for Child Care Center Maintenance Staff
    • Module 4 - for Child Care Center Teachers and Caregivers
    • Module 5 - Mice and Rats
    • Module 6 - Cockroaches
    • Module 7 - Bed Bugs
    • Module 8 - Flies
    • Module 9 - Ants
    • Module 10 - Head Lice

Webinars

  • On the Healthy Child Care Webinars page, you can view:
    • Creating Healthy Indoor Environments in Child Care Settings
    • Green Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting: A Toolkit for Early Care and Education
    • Integrated Pest Management in Child Care Centers: Protecting Our Children From Pests and Pesticides
    • Small Steps to Improve Children's Environmental Health in Your Early Childhood Program: Common Practices to Keep Your Kids Safer
    • Lead
    • Protecting Children's Environmental Health Child Care Settings

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 (PDF, 7 pgs)
  • 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
  • National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education
  • New York State - Department of Health - Lead Poisoning Prevention Curriculum for Preschool Children and their Parents 
  • Pedipress - Asthma Education for Childcare and Preschool Staff
  • Respiratory Health Association - Asthma-friendly Child Care Training
  • 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

Healthy Child Care

  • Assessment and Recognition Programs
  • Environmental Health Topics for Government Agencies
  • Environmental Health Topics for Parents
  • Environmental Health Topics for Providers
  • Training, Webinars and Resources for Government Agencies
  • Training, Webinars and Resources for Providers
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Last updated on October 30, 2024
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