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strategies to assist staff members in understanding how to care for infants and how to cope with a crying, fussing, or distraught child; strategies to ensure staff members understand the brain development of children up to five years of age; and a list of prohibited behaviors when dealing with children.

iii. All CCDF-eligible licensed in-home care. Provide the standard: The following standards are applicable to infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children in all CCDF-eligible regulated (but not licensed) informal in-home care providers and are found in the Health & Safety Standards for Informal Providers Appendix HH. J. Policies and Procedures (1) The Informal Provider shall have a written policy regarding the following: (e) A description of the practices followed by the Program to prevent shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma in children up to five years of age that includes the following information: how to recognize, respond to, and report the signs and symptoms of shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma; strategies to assist staff members in understanding how to care for infants and how to cope with a crying, fussing, or distraught child; strategies to ensure staff members understand the brain development of children up to five years of age; and a list of prohibited behaviors when dealing with children. (g) Recognition and reporting of child abuse and neglect

O. Staff Training (1) Program Orientation. Prior to assignment to children or task, the Provider and all Employees (i.e., Volunteers, Students-in-Training, Independent Contractors, etc.) and Provisional Employees must receive initial program orientation. The initial program orientation must include the following subjects: the program's policies and procedures; the portions of these rules dealing with the care, health and safety of children; the Staff person’s assigned duties and responsibilities; reporting requirements for suspected cases of child abuse, neglect or deprivation; communicable diseases and serious injuries; emergency weather plans; the program’s emergency preparedness plan; childhood injury control; the administration of medicine; reducing the risk of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) which includes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS); hand washing; fire safety; water safety; and prevention of HIV/AIDS and blood borne pathogens.

(2) Health and Safety Orientation. Each Informal Provider, Employees, and Provisional Employees with direct care responsibilities shall complete health and safety orientation training within the first 90 days of employment. The state- approved training hours obtained will count toward required annual training hours. The training must address the following health and safety topics: (j) Recognition and reporting of child abuse and neglect;

(3) Ongoing Training (a) Every calendar year after the first year of employment, the Provider,