Caring for Infants

If you are employed in a state that uses a registry to track professional development hours, you will be able to provide your registry ID (Stars, MOPID, Registry or other ECE ID#) after you have completed the quiz for the course. If you pass the quiz we will report your course completion to the state registry using the registry ID that you provide.

Learn essential practices for providing safe, healthy, and developmentally appropriate care for infants in early childhood settings. Designed for infant teachers, caregivers, and family child care providers, this online, self-paced course explores safe sleep practices, hygiene and sanitation, diapering procedures, developmental milestones, and engaging infant activities. Through practical guidance and real-world examples, participants will build the knowledge and confidence to create nurturing environments that promote infants’ health, safety, learning, and overall development.  Course length – 2.5 hours.

The course helps answer the following questions:

• What is the difference between cleaning and sanitizing?

• What methods should be used for safe infant sleeping?

• What are proper hygiene practices in the infant center?

• What are proper diapering procedures?

• What milestones should I be watching for during these months?

• What are some great tips to help throughout your day?

• What are some activities I can do with infants?

Participants who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• Differentiate between cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting procedures and identify the appropriate use of each with 90% accuracy on the course assessment.

• Demonstrate knowledge of current safe sleep recommendations by correctly identifying at least five safe sleep practices for infants.

• Describe proper hygiene and diapering procedures that reduce the spread of illness and promote infant health and safety.

• Recognize age-appropriate developmental milestones during infancy and identify when additional observation or referral may be appropriate.

• Select at least five developmentally appropriate activities that promote infants’ cognitive, language, physical, and social-emotional development while supporting responsive caregiving.