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 Training Requirements & Resources
Early childhood professionals must be prepared to meet the
developmental needs of children from six weeks to age 11. This
presents a unique challenge to family child care providers. To meet
the challenge, there are training requirements for those who are
responsible for the care of children in licensed homes.
Training Requirements for Providers and Caregivers
For the purpose of discussing training requirements, a
provider is defined as the license holder(s). A primary
caregiver is an adult caregiver who provides services in the
licensed home more than 30 (part or full) days in any 12- month
period.
Providers must complete eight
hours of training per year in one or more of the subject areas
listed in Rule 2 (9502.0385,
subp. 4). Required training for providers and caregivers includes
training in the cultural dynamics of early childhood development and
childcare.
Child
Development
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Effective August 1, 2006, providers and each primary caregiver
must complete and document at least two hours of early childhood
development training within their first year of licensure. These
two hours will count towards the annual training requirement.
Individuals are exempt from this requirement if they have taken a
three-credit course on early childhood development within the past
five years; have received a baccalaureate or masters degree in
early childhood education or school age child care within the past
five years; are licensed in Minnesota as a prekindergarten
teacher, an early childhood educator, a kindergarten to sixth
grade teacher with a prekindergarten specialty, an early childhood
special education teacher, or an elementary teacher with a
kindergarten endorsement; or have received a baccalaureate degree
with a Montessori certificate within the past five years.
Sudden Infant Death and
Shaken Baby Syndrome
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Providers must document that all caregivers, including themselves,
their substitutes, and/or helpers who assist in the care of
infants (age 6 weeks to 12 months) have received training on
reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome and shaken baby
syndrome before providing care to an infant. Training must
be at least one hour in length and must be completed at least once
every five years.
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In addition to training on shaken baby syndrome, providers must
view an approved video presentation entitled, “Portrait of
Promise”, on the dangers associated with shaking infants and young
children. The video must be viewed prior to initial licensure and
annually thereafter. The video is available for check out at local
libraries and may be viewed via the Stearns County Child Care
Licensing Web site at
www.co.stearns.mn.us/4356.htm . Real Player is required to
view the video.
First Aid & CPR
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When children are present, at least
one caregiver must be currently trained in CPR and the treatment
of obstructed airways. Training must be received from an
approved CPR instructor and must be repeated at least once every
three years. For first year providers, CPR training hours are in
addition to the annual 8 hours training requirement.
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Effective May 17, 2006, substitute caregivers who are employed
for less than 30 hours during a 12-month period are exempt from
the CPR and first aid training requirements.
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Also effective May 17, 2006, legislation was enacted that allows
video training of first aid and CPR for providers, IF
approved by the licensing agency. Currently, Anoka County
has not approved video training for CPR or First Aid.
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When children are present in the home, at least one caregiver must
be present who has been trained in first aid. This training may be
less than 8 hours, and must have been provided by an approved
first aid instructor.
Child Passenger Restraint Systems
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Before a license holder, caregiver or helper transports a child or
children under age nine in a motor vehicle, the person
transporting the child must satisfactorily complete training on
the proper installation of child restraint systems in motor
vehicles. The Department of Public Safety must approve this
training. They are currently approving
training that is three hours in length. Training must be repeated at least
once every five years. Child passenger restraint training
may be used to meet initial or ongoing training requirements.
Resources for Training Approved by Anoka County Child Care
Licensing
Also, see the schedule for
orientation
training sessions offered by Anoka County Child Care Licensing.
Online and Correspondence Training
There are a growing number of online and correspondence training options geared for
child care providers. Links to some of these training resources are
provided below. Many of these training programs are very good and the
convenience of training at home can be attractive to some providers.
Anoka County also recognizes the importance of providers connecting
face to face with one another, particularly during their first year
of being licensed. In order to promote a balanced and effective
training experience, Anoka County observes the following criteria
for training approval:
- Initial Training Requirement (within the first year of
licensure): Online and correspondence training will not be accepted to meet the
first year, eight-hour training requirement.
- Ongoing Training Requirement: With proper course
documentation, online training programs will be accepted for
training credit. In order to ensure that credit will be given for
a particular online course, providers are encouraged to get prior
approval from their licensing social worker.
Online training resources available to child care providers:
page last updated -
03/08/2007
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