Training, Webinars and Resources for Child Care Providers

• Training
• Webinars
• Resources
  • Checklists and Tools
  • Other Resources

Training

• 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