Courses

Over 100 IACET CEU Awarded Online Courses

Course Information
ADM102 — Family Child Care Basics This course was designed to provide information, resources, and advice to family child care providers. The course provides information regarding the business and regulatory side of family child care, as well as a basic overview of health, safety, child development, and educational issues relevant to those who use their homes to care for children.
ADM103 — Basic Transportation and Field Trip Safety for Child Care Centers This course presents recommended practices and policies for the safe, developmentally appropriate transport of young children to and from child care centers. Information is based primarily on federal safety standards, which are generally used as the basis for state standards, though specific regulations vary from state to state. Topics include staff training and support; recommended vehicle types and maintenance routines; child passenger restraint systems; operating procedures and practices; safe loading and unloading procedures; field trip safety, and more.
ADM114 — Five Steps to Building a High Performance Team This course, written by early childhood consultant and management coach, Dale Brown, is designed to guide the participant through a five step process of building “team esteem” communication, motivation, productivity, attitude, and appreciation. Each step is equally important and work together to produce results. When finished, the participants will be armed with the tools and tips they need to create the best team yet. Course Level - Intermediate
CCEI059T — Principles from the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct This course gives participants the opportunity to explore the principles behind NAEYC's Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment and the need for such a document in the early childhood profession. As a result of participating in this course, students should be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct; ways to apply the Code of Ethical Conduct to problem solve ethical early childhood-related issues or dilemmas, and ways to employ the Code of Ethical Conduct to validate professional standards for children, families, staff, community, and themselves
CCEI1001 — Curriculum: What Is It and Why Is It Important? This course explores the benefits of implementing a well-developed curriculum in an early childhood program. Participants will gain a better understanding of the issues to be considered when selecting a new curriculum or evaluating an existing curriculum. As a result of completing this course, students should be able to identify what is needed for an effective early childhood curriculum, reasons why they may need to consider a new curriculum, three main criteria for developing curricula, an appropriate evaluation process for curricula and list several basic rules for curricula and programs,
CCEI1010 — Planning an Early Childhood Environment that Promotes Creativity This course defines creativity and explains the value of encouraging creativity in young children. As a result of completing this course, students should be able to define creativity as it relates to the early childhood classroom, describe the value of encouraging creativity in young children, differentiate between a product oriented and non-product oriented project, choose classroom materials that enhance and encourage creativity and describe the teacher's role in a creative classroom. Course level - Beginner
CCEI110A — Indoor Safety in the Early Childhood Setting This course introduces early childhood professionals to indoor safety standards in an early childhood setting. Topics covered include toy safety, poison control, the development of appropriate play space, controlling high traffic areas in the center, and other safety standards. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to identify common indoor injuries and identify appropriate ways to prevent these injuries. Students will also learn about the basic components of toy safety, potential safety hazards with specific equipment, and ways in which children may be exposed to
CCEI110B — Outdoor Safety in the Early Childhood Setting This course identifies common outdoor injuries and appropriate ways to prevent them. Student will learn about the various components of playground safety and hazards, as well as the steps that must be taken to prevent accidental poisoning. Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to identify common outdoor-related injuries to children and describe appropriate ways to prevent these injuries, list the four basic components of playground safety, identify playground problems and potential hazards and identify the ways children may be exposed to poisons. Course level - B
CCEI110C — Transportation and Field Trip Safety This course discusses safety requirements for vehicles and drivers who transport children. Focus areas include safe loading and unloading procedures, safety rules, and safety precautions for field trips. Participants will learn how to implement preventive practices for safe field trips and emergencies. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to list general safety and licensing requirements for vehicles used for the transport of young children, list requirements for drivers who transport children in the early childhood setting, identify vehicle operating procedures
CCEI110CP1 — Transportation and Field Trip Safety: A Practical Application Workshop This practical application course provides students the opportunity to apply the concepts learned in CCEI110C, Transportation and Field Trip Safety. The completion of instructor evaluated exercises is required in order to receive a certificate of completion. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to identify general safety requirements for transporting children, list general practices to ensure safe transport of children, list center procedures for transporting children to ensure the implementation of safe practices, plan a field trip and identify potential proble
CCEI112A — Child Abuse: Signs of Abuse and Reporting Requirements for Early Childhood Professionals This course identifies and defines the major categories of child abuse, explains the responsibilities of mandated reporters, lists methods of reporting, and emphasizes the importance of visual checks. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to identify and define the four major categories of child abuse, along with the signs, symptoms, and examples of each type of abuse. Course level - Beginner
CCEI112D — Child Abuse: The Impact of Maltreatment on Relationship Skills and Bonding This course educates professional caregivers about the impact of maltreatment on a child’s ability general relationship skills and bonding abilities. Participants will learn the major consequences of various forms of maltreatment on toddlers, young children, and adolescents, as well as the long-term impacts for adults who were abused as children. Participants will also learn about constructive measures that can be taken to help abused children overcome these disadvantages. Course level - Beginner
CCEI114A — Health and Hygiene in the Early Childhood Setting In this course, participants will better understand the importance of health and hygiene in the early childhood setting as well as steps which may be taken to ensure greater sanitation in the classroom and other areas where young children are present. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to identify why health issues are important in early childhood settings, how diseases are spread, ways to reduce the spread of illness in the early childhood setting, and areas that need close attention when cleaning and disinfecting. Course level - Beginner
CCEI114B — Recognizing Infectious Diseases in the Early Childhood Setting This course aids early childhood professionals in recognizing the symptoms of infectious diseases, and it outlines the necessary steps to prevent the spread of disease in an early childhood setting.
CCEI116A — Oral Health in Early Childhood This course addresses the importance of early and consistent oral health care for young children. Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to identify the causes and characteristics of dental decay, as well as strategies for promoting good oral hygiene in the classroom and home environments.
CCEI117 — Sudden Infant Death Syndrome This course is designed to increase knowledge about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and to inform early care professionals of risk reduction strategies. As a result of participating in this course, participants should be able to define SIDS, identify SIDS as the leading cause of death of infants between one month and one year of age, identify sleep environment dangers, identify the connection between child care and SIDS, identify healthy infant motor development in back sleeping infants and identify SIDS risk reduction recommendations. Course level - Beginner
CCEI118 — Shaken Baby Syndrome This course addresses the importance of understanding and preventing child abuse associated with Shaken Baby Syndrome. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to define Shaken Baby Syndrome, identify the occurrence and the causes of Shaken Baby Syndrome and identify the symptoms of Shaken Baby Syndrome and what to do when Shaken Baby Syndrome is suspected. Course level - Beginner
CCEI119 — Food Allergies in the Early Care Setting This course provides an overview of food allergies and basic food allergy safety principles to employ in the early care setting. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to identify the occurrence of food allergies in the United States, identify the center's responsibility to provide a safe environment for children and staff who suffer from food allergies, identify the eight major food allergens, identify contact and airborne sensitivity, list the theories associated with the rise in food allergies, identify the importance of food labeling and packaging and define epinephrine.
CCEI120 — Brain Development and the Effects of Early Deprivation This course examines the effects of early childhood deprivation, maltreatment and abuse on brain development. Ways in which Early Childhood Educators may help promote healthy brain development are also discussed. Upon completing this course, student will be able to define maltreatment, identify the lasting effects of early deprivation and maltreatment, recognize the results of research that studies the links between childhood maltreatment and later-life health and well-being, define neurons, synapse, and pruning, select ways in which early childhood educators might encourage the connection b
CCEI1200 — Assessing Young Children: Part 1 – Introduction to Assessment This is the first of a three-part series dealing with the assessment of young children. Students completing this course will have an understanding of the importance of assessing young children and creating a narrative summary for the assessment of each child. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to define assessment, list why it is important for teachers to assess young children, list the four basic areas addressed by developmental milestones and define "performance-based assessment". Course level - Beginner
* Approved for most state licensing requirements, check the state map and your licensing agency for details. Each clock hour of Professional Development offered through Gryphon House Online Learning by CCEI is awarded 0.1 Professional Development Continuing Education Unit (CEU). CCEI is approved by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training to award IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

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