Training, Webinars and Resources for Child Care Providers
On this page:
Training
- Safe and Healthy Child Care Centers (pdf) : 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)
- Bed Bugs Go To School
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Training
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