15 In-Service Hours Needed ASAP

[Danie362]

I get a call yesterday saying that i needed 5 more hours. Do anyone know where i can go for free online training? Please help if you can.

Thanks

[ninosqueridos]

Childcarelounge.com has courses available. They're not free, but they are reasonably priced. They also have a list by state so you could see whether the course would be accepted.

[Danie362]

Okay thanks a lot, My Licensing Rep is driving me crazy!!!

[lovemykidstoo]

Carecourses.com not free either, but you can knock those out really fast too.

[lovemykidstoo]

Childcarelounge.com has courses available. They're not free, but they are reasonably priced. They also have a list by state so you could see whether the course would be accepted.

Can you recommend any that are really good? I just saw one about autism and I've been wanting to learn more about it and wondered if it was good.

[Blackcat31]

Our Child Care Resource and Referral usually publishes a book every Jan and July listing all the Eager-to-Learn courses they offer on-line.

Most them are very inexpensive and super easy to do.

I would definitely check with your local CCR&R.

[6colleen]

These sites are all free: extensionsonline.tamu.edu/ has 15 hours.
Courses.uaex.edu is a good source and kidvision VPK training has virtual field trips that my kids love, and you get 1 CEU for each trip. Check out this sight for next year: Early Chidhood Investigation, they have 2 webiners a month which are free and in my state counts as instruter led hours. The webinars are very interesting and are scheduled during my kiddos nap time.
I was inspected last month and my inspector approved all.

[MarinaVanessa]

I dont know If it will count for you or not but Early Childhood Investigations has free webinars. I think their Next one isnt until January 9th though and they usually hold 2 or 3 a month. Each one is about 1.5 hours Long and you get a certificate emailed to you.

http://www.earlychildhoodwebinars.org/presentations/

[Danie362]

I would like to say Thank you to all the ladies for the information. All the site where very interesting and I really liked the courses. I just have to verify them to make sure i can use them in Illinois.

[ninosqueridos]

From what I recall I have taken
Potty Training
Infant and Toddler Care
Taming Temper Tantrums
Moving and Grooving
Developmentally Appropriate Practices

Out of those, I found the Temper Tantrum & DAP courses the most useful.
One tip...all of the courses require you to post on the message board as part of the course. I never did (never got posting clearance) and I still got my certificates emailed.

[Michael]

Also Penn Foster: http://www.pennfoster.edu/daycare-micro/index.html

[LaLa1923]

Make sure these are approved! In md we can use care courses out of all the ones listed above.

[lovemykidstoo]

Make sure these are approved! In md we can use care courses out of all the ones listed above.

do you know how you can find out if they're approved sites for your state?

[LaLa1923]

do you know how you can find out if they're approved sites for your state?

I'm not sure, it might vary by state. Your licensing specialist should know though...

Here child care falls under the department of education. They have a website and they are listed there.

try smart horizons.com--- they offer classes for lots of states. you can find out from their website

[lovemykidstoo]

I'm not sure, it might vary by state. Your licensing specialist should know though...

Here child care falls under the department of education. They have a website and they are listed there.

try smart horizons.com--- they offer classes for lots of states. you can find out from their website

Thanks. I looked on our state website and it lists several types of places where we can get training, but nothing by name. It has for instance community groups, college and then it says just simply "online". So it looks like they're not that specific.