Sandbox: CCHC Training and TA Resources
Title: CCHC Trainings and Technical Assistance Resources for Early Educators
Child Care Health Consultants (CCHCs) offer trainings on child care health and safety topics to help early educators offer quality care to children. These trainings help early educators meet their annual requirement for on-going training hours in Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .1103 (Child Care Centers-CCC) and .1703 (Family Child Care Home-FCCH). The Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) gives CCHCs the opportunity to provide contact hour credits to early educators for these topics:
- Planning a safe, healthy learning environment
- Children’s physical and intellectual development
- Children’s social and emotional development
- Productive relationships with families
- Program management
- Professionalism
- Observing and recording children’s behavior
- Child growth and development
- Inclusion of children with special needs
Child Care Rule 10A NCAC 09 .1102 (CCC) and .1703 / .1729 (FCCH) require early educators to be trained in the following health and safety topics:
- Prevention and control of infectious diseases, including immunization
- Administration of medication, with standards for parental consent
- Prevention of and response to emergencies due to food and allergic reactions
- Building and physical premises safety, including identification of and protection from hazards that can cause bodily injury such as electrical hazards, bodies of water, and vehicular traffic
- Emergency preparedness and response planning for emergencies resulting from a natural disaster, or a man-caused event
- Handling and storage of hazardous materials and the appropriate disposal of bio-contaminants
- Precautions in transporting children, if applicable
- Prevention of shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma
- CPR and First Aid training (According to NCAC 09. 1103 (c) and 1703 (c) (9), CPR and First Aid shall not be counted toward meeting annual on-going training.)
- Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment (Specific Prevent Child Abuse NC online course required)
- Prevention of sudden infant death syndrome and use of safe sleeping practices
All NC Resource Center training materials are available at no cost for active CCHCs. Trainings that have a train-the-trainer component are available to CCHCs once the corresponding course has been successfully completed.
- In-person – both students and instructor are live, in a physical classroom or meeting space.
- Live, virtual – instructor led distance learning where students are required to log in and participate at a specific time.
- Online, asynchronous – independent distance learning where students access training materials at any time throughout the training.
- Ready to use – Trainings materials are available for all active CCHCs and do not have a corresponding train-the-trainer. The CCHC should carefully review all of the materials prior to using
Prior to providing training, use the CCHC Flowchart for Training/TA to determine if you are ready to provide the training or if you should seek a partner or additional professional development.
- If you are a health educator, it is highly recommended you identify a nurse who works in your community who you can contact when you receive questions that are more clinical in nature. This could be one person or multiple people to co-train with and help answer questions about specific issues that arise in the child care facilities you serve.
- If you are nurse or similar licensed health professional, you should seek out someone to ask questions and seek guidance from on health education or on any areas of health and safety that you are less familiar with.
CCHCs can provide on-going training/contact hour credits for early educators: On-going Training FAQ. To do this, trainers are required to apply to DCDEE by submitting either a:
CCHCs are considered exempt when:
- The CCHC is representing one of the agencies listed in NC Child Care Rule 10A NCA 09 .1105.
- For a more extensive list: Exempt Training Agencies on the DCDEE website.
- The agency or organization that the CCHC is employed by sponsors the training.
CCHCs are considered non-exempt when they:
- Work or provide a training independently from any agency or organization.
Division of Child Development and Early Education Annual Requirements
If you are an Exempt Trainer:
- Prior to training and awarding contact credit to early educators, find and review any training plans previously submitted to the DCDEE with your agency/sponsor. If you need to make changes or additions, complete an Annual Training Plan Addendum. It will be submitted and attached to your exempt agency Annual Training Plan.
- If there isn’t a current training plan in place, complete an Annual Training Plan.
- Maintain training records by:
- Keeping training rosters for two years
- Distributing and collecting training evaluations from participants and retain for two years
- Issuing training certificates to participants
- Emergency Preparedness and Response in Child Care Course for Trainers
- Infant/Toddler Safe Sleep and SIDS Risk Reduction in Child Care (ITS-SIDS)
- Medication Administration
- Playground Safety
- Be Active Kids
If you are a Non-Exempt Trainer:
- Prior to training and awarding contact credit to early educators, complete the On-going Trainer Qualifications Form and submit.
- Complete the On-going Training Form for each topic you wish to provide training contact hours.
- Maintain training records by:
- Submitting training rosters within 15 days after the training and keeping copies for two years
- Distributing and collecting training evaluations from participants and retain for two years
- Issuing training certificates to participants
- Emergency Preparedness and Response in Child Care Course for Trainers
- Infant/Toddler Safe Sleep and SIDS Risk Reduction in Child Care (ITS-SIDS)
- Medication Administration
- Playground Safety
- Be Active Kids
For more information or support, reach out to the CCHC Coach/Implementation Specialist.
NC Resource Center Annual Requirements
- Complete the CCHC Standards of Practice
- After trained, complete the Annual ITS-SIDS Trainer Attestation and meet training requirements to maintain an active status
- After trained, complete the Annual EPR Trainer Attestation and meet training requirements to maintain an active status
NC SIDS Law 2003-407, which went into effect in 2003, requires that all early educators caring for infants 12 months of age or younger receive training on sudden infant death syndrome and safe sleep practices
within two months of assuming caregiving responsibilities and every 3 years thereafter. For more information, visit the ITS-SIDS Project page on the DCDEE website.
To offer the training, completion of an ITS-SIDS Course for Trainers to prepare trainers to instruct early educators about safe sleep regulations and practices is required. The course for trainers is offered three
or four times a year by the NC Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center (NC Resource Center). After the course completion, CCHCs can provide this training to early educators.
- Visit the Courses for Trainers page on the NC Resource Center website for more information and to apply. For more information on how or when to apply, reach out to your CCHC Coach/Implementation Specialist.
- Cost: FREE
- Learning method: ONLINE
- Access to an ITS-SIDS Trainer Resource Library becomes available after course completion.
To offer the ITS-SIDS training to early educators, ITS-SIDS Trainers must maintain an active status after completion of an ITS-SIDS Course for Trainers. Two criteria need to be met each year to maintain an active status with the NC Resource Center. These include:
- Submitting an annual trainer attestation
- Either taken the ITS-SIDS Course for Trainers or ITS-SIDS Course for Trainers Refresher or provided at least one training in the past 3 years of the current attestation year (July 1st -June 30th)
- The ITS-SIDS Course for Trainers Refreshers is offered at least once per year based on the need of ITS-SIDS Trainers who do not meet the active trainer criteria and want to regain an active status. The course provides a refresher of the course content.
- Visit the Courses for Trainers page on the NC Resource Center website for more information
- Cost: FREE
- Learning method: ONLINE
- Access to an ITS-SIDS Trainer Resource Library becomes available after course completion.
North Carolina Child Care Rules (10A NCAC 09 .0607 (Child Care Centers-CCC) and .1714 (Family Child Care Homes-FCCH) address the need for child care programs to be prepared to respond to emergencies. To offer the training, completion of an Emergency Preparedness and Response in Child Care Course for Trainers to prepare trainers to instruct designated staff members about emergency preparedness and response and how to complete the facility’s EPR Plan is required. After the course completion, CCHCs can provide this training to early educators.
- Visit the Courses for Trainers page on the NC Resource Center website for more information. For more information on how or when to apply, reach out to your CCHC Coach/Implementation Specialist.
- Cost: FREE
- Learning method: ONLINE
- Access to an EPR Trainer Resource Library becomes available after course completion.
To offer the EPR training to early educators, EPR Trainers must maintain an active status after completion of an EPR Course for Trainers. Two criteria need to be met each year to maintain an active status with the NC Resource Center. These include:
- Submitting an annual trainer attestation
- Either taken the EPR Course for Trainers or EPR Course for Trainers Refresher or provided at least one training in the past 3 years of the current attestation year (July 1st -June 30th)
- The EPR Course for Trainers Refreshers is offered at least once per year based on the need of EPR Trainers who do not meet the active trainer criteria and want to regain an active status. The course provides a refresher of the course content.
- Visit the Courses for Trainers page on the NC Resource Center website for more information
- Cost: FREE
- Learning method: ONLINE
- Access to an EPR Trainer Resource Library becomes available after course completion.
CCHCs receive training on medication administration in child care as a component of the NC CCHC Course. This course prepares CCHCs to instruct early educators and administrators on the safe administration of medication to children in the early child care and education setting. There are two content areas:
Medications in Child Care is delivered either in person or can be accessed online through Learning Management Systems and covers best practices in early child care and education, including NC Child
Care Rules. Content in this includes:
- Reasons medications are given in child care.
- Types of medications typically given in child care.
- Procedures for receiving, storing, documenting, and disposing of medication.
- The six rights of medication administration.
- Common medication errors and rule violations, how to prevent them from happening, and how to document errors if they occur.
- Cost: FREE
- Learning method: Online, asynchronous
Medication Administration Skills is taught in-person and includes a skills demonstration. Content covered in this section includes the administration of medications commonly found in child care (i.e. oral medication, inhalers, eye/ear drops, topical medications, toothpaste, and creams.)
- Cost: FREE
- Learning method: In-Person
- Access to Medication Administration training materials in the Trainer Resource Library becomes available after NC CCHC Course completion.