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Home-Based Child Care Specialization 

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Home-Based Child Care Specialization
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Overview

Launch a Home-Based Childcare Center. Master techniques and create essential elements to operate a nurturing and quality family day care center.

Duration

5 months

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Home-Based Child Care Specialization
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Highlights

  • Earn a Certificate upon completion
    Skills -Child Care,Business Accumen,Creativity,Planning & Instructing,Decision-Making,Communication,Planning & Instruction,Hiring,safety,Mental Health,Emergency Management,Nutrition
    The handbook contains 16 sections, including:
    1. Introduction,
    2. Philosophy,
    3. Curriculum,
    4. Parents/Family Engagement,
    5. Observation & Assessment Techniques,
    6. Discipline/Behavior Management Policy,
    7. Supporting Diversity,
    8. Training & Education Qualifications,
    9. Illness Prevention & Importance of Physical Activity,
    10. Nutrition & CACFP,
    11. Social-emotional Learning,
    12. Emergency Plan/Mandated Reporter,
    13. Requirements & Start-up Costs,
    14. Bookkeeping Basics & Insurance,
    15. Contracts, including State Resources, and
    16. Rate Setting & Invoice Processing.
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Home-Based Child Care Specialization
 at 
Coursera 
Course details

More about this course
  • This series of courses is intended to provide learners with the tools to develop and operate a home-based childcare center. Stages of child development, best practices to stimulate learning, important safety measures, and business fundamentals are introduced.
  • Applied Learning Project
  • By completing all three courses and their project assignments, learners will have a family policy handbook that can be refined and distributed to potential families and business clients.
  • The handbook contains 16 sections, including:
  • 1. Introduction,
  • 2. Philosophy,
  • 3. Curriculum,
  • 4. Parents/Family Engagement,
  • 5. Observation & Assessment Techniques,
  • 6. Discipline/Behavior Management Policy,
  • 7. Supporting Diversity,
  • 8. Training & Education Qualifications,
  • 9. Illness Prevention & Importance of Physical Activity,
  • 10. Nutrition & CACFP,
  • 11. Social-emotional Learning,
  • 12. Emergency Plan/Mandated Reporter,
  • 13. Requirements & Start-up Costs,
  • 14. Bookkeeping Basics & Insurance,
  • 15. Contracts, including State Resources, and
  • 16. Rate Setting & Invoice Processing.
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Home-Based Child Care Specialization
 at 
Coursera 
Curriculum

Introduction to Early Childhood

Health and Safety of a Home-Based Childcare Center

Child Care as a Business

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