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	Health, safety and nutrition - These classes help you maintain a healthy and safe setting. Child Development Home providers must take 2 hours of health and safety training in their first year of registration.
	CPR and First Aid - Most staff in DHS licensed preschools and centers need current certification in Infant/Child/Adult CPR and First Aid. Child Development home providers must have current First Aid certification than includes management of a blocked airway and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. If the First Aid course does not include this, providers in Child Development Homes also need current CPR certification.
	Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse - Child care and education professionals in Iowa must have 2 hours of training for reporting child abuse.
	Standard Precautions and Exposure Control Plans - This course will help decrease the risk of illness and disease. Staff who work in licensed child development centers must take it every year. Providers in child development homes may choose to take it to fulfill one hour of health and safety.
	Development - Quality childcare and education programs have caregivers who interact appropriately with the children. Topics may include appropriate activities, the environment, literacy, and child development.
	Guidance - Children need caregivers who give consistent and positive guidance, and know how to arrange the environment and activities to minimize conflicts.
	Business - Any child care and education program must use sound business practices to be successful. Classes include budgeting, income and expenses, knowing your community resources, personnel management, and communication skills.
	Series classes - People are more likely to use what they learn if they have attend multiple sessions, with time between classes to practice the skills. ChildNet, Welcome to Child Care, Welcome to School Age Care, PITC (Program for Infant and Toddler Caregivers) are all series classes that CCR&R provides.
	Conferences - Many providers like to acquire most of their hours through attending a conference that allows participants to choose workshops that need their individual needs or interests. Conferences also give people the opportunity to meet and network with other people who have similar jobs.