This course fulfills the following CDA subject area:
Subject Area 1: Planning a Safe and Healthy Learning Environment
Nutrition is essential for supporting infants and toddlers in reaching their full developmental potential. Designed as part of the CDA Infant and Toddler curriculum in Planning a Safe and Healthy Learning Environment, this course guides teachers in recognizing the nutritional needs of young children and establishing age-appropriate feeding schedules. Additionally, it explores strategies for introducing new foods and managing food allergies effectively.
By the end of this training, the learner will be able to:
- Describe infant/toddler nutritional needs.
- List recommended feeding schedules and identify strategies for introducing new food for children birth through age three.
- List and review tracking systems to monitor the daily feeding schedule of infants and toddlers
- Identify the need to maintain individual feeding schedules for infants.
- Identify strategies to assist children with food allergies/feeding concerns.
- Criteria to earn CEUs:
- Certificates are awarded when the following criteria have been met by the learner:
- Class has been paid in full
- All material has been reviewed
- All review questions and final test have been completed with a passing score of 80% or higher.
- Learning Assessment Method:
- Learners will be assessed through questions after every section is completed. Learners will not be
allowed to proceed to the next section of the training until all questions have been answered correctly.
Learners will be presented with a final test composed of true/false and multiple choice questions.
Upon successful completion of the training, learners will receive their certificate by email.
- Learning Methodology:
- Online material will be presented in the form of slides,
accompanied with speech. Videos will be used to demonstrate ideas and concepts. Charts and tables
will be used for illustration.
- Logistics/Required Technology:
- A stable internet connection is required for the completion of this course. Users are highly encouraged to take their online course on Google Chrome on either a laptop or desktop computer. Speakers and/or headphones are also required to hear speech.
- Payment Policy:
- Payments need to be made in full. No refunds will be issued after starting the class.
- Proprietary or conflict of interest disclosure:
- Unless otherwise stated in the course description none of H & H subject matter experts and editor has any conflict or proprietary interests related to the material they prepared in this course.
- Support Services:
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You are purchasing a session of an online training that includes online assessments. Your certificate will be emailed to you once you pass the final exam with a passing grade of 80%.
Your certificate will bear the name you provided to us when you signed up. For support and questions regarding the material presented in this class please contact us at info@childcareed.com. Please consult our frequently asked questions page for other questions or feel free to contact us.
No prerequisites are required for the completion of this course.
