The county training is designed to give you the basic knowledge of caring for children.  There are eight different classes in the complete series.  All hours must be completed before you can proceed with Professional Type B Certification.  Each class is described below and the training schedule follows the descriptions.

1. Orientation and Professionalism:  An overview of how to arrange your home for child care and what is a safe environment.  Also how to transport children safely.  Also includes how to set up your family child care business, how to involve the whole family , how to set policies and prepare a contract and how to and why to be regulated.  Time is allowed for question and answer session and individual problem solving.    – 6 hours
2. Child Development I - Basic Theory:  Overview of child development theory and stages of development.  Emotional development and anti-bias curriculum is discussed.  How these theories apply to planning activities for a day is introduced.  – 3 hours
3. Child Development II - Planning Developmentally Appropriate Activities:  Learn how to plan developmentally appropriate activities according to a child developmental age.  Infants through school-age will be discussed.  Participants will prepare an activity plan for one week.  – 3 hours
4. First Aid Basic for the Child Care Setting:  Teaches providers how to use EMS (Emergency Medical System-911), recognize the signals of breathing or heart emergencies in infants and children up to eight years of age, give first aid for choking, breathing emergencies, severe bleeding, broken bones and other emergencies to an infant or child.  Based on American Red Cross curriculum except there is no practice session.  – 3 hours
5. Preventing Communicable Diseases:  Discussion of the prevention, care and management of communicable diseases.  American Red Cross Review curriculum is used.  Also video that was prepared by Ohio Department of Human Service and the Ohio Department of Health is shown.  – 3 hours
6. Abuse Prevention I - Managing Children's Behavior:  Participants learn appropriate guidance and discipline and practical problem solving and techniques for handling children’s behavior.  Some problems behaviors discussed are biting and hitting.  ODHS Managing Behavior Video is shown.  Stress management is introduced.  – 3 hours
7. Abuse Prevention II - Recognition & Reporting:  Participants learn the  types of abuse and neglect, characteristics of both the victim and the abuser, and how to approach a parent about suspected abuse, and how to make a report.  Participants will learn to develop an abuse and neglect policy.  – 3 hours
8. Health & Safety and County Billing:  County record keeping forms, rules for certification and health & safety laws are discussed, also forms required for certification, preparing a voucher, and billing are discussed.  Also how to obtain the CACFP reimbursement and child nutrition are discussed. Weekly activity and menu plans are approved.  – 6 hours

TRAINING SCHEDULE

Thank you for your interest and patience while the status of certification for professional Type B Family Child Care providers is being assessed. At this time, Administrators at Cuyahoga County feel that the certified market is saturated and do not feel that any more homes need to be certified at this time

However, there are alternative ways to be approved to do childcare in your home. One of these is called Alternate Approval. It allows you to care for privately paid children and non-paying friends and relatives. It also allows you to participate in a food reimbursement program called the CACFP (Child and Adult Food Program). Our agency can help you achieve this approval and can sponsor you for the CACFP.

If you would like to contact us you can still obtain information about the program.  Please e-mail or call us about an alternative way to do childcare.  Sorry for the inconvenience!