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The 15-hour Pre-Service Training course content includes:
• Child Development: Milestones from Birth to Age 12 (1 Hour) • Keeping Children Safe: Building and Classroom Safety (1 Hour) • Essentials of Outdoor Safety in South Carolina (2 Hours) • Emergency Preparedness: Better Safe Than Sorry! (1 Hour) • Responding to Medical Emergencies (1 Hour) • Recognizing and Reporting Suspected Child Abuse in South Carolina (2 Hours) • Transportation Safety Basics in South Carolina (1 Hour) • My Plate: Helping Children Make Healthy Food Choices (1 Hour) • Infectious Disease Control, Immunizations, Bloodborne Pathogens and Bio Contaminants: Kick Those Germs to the Curb! (1 Hour) • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (1 Hour) • Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome, Abusive Head Trauma and Child Maltreatment (1 Hour) • Administering Medication in Child Care Settings (1 Hour) • Prevention of and Response to Different Types of Allergies (1 Hour)
In addition to the required 15 hours of pre-services training being done within 90 days of enrollment, the provider is also required to complete 10 hours of annual training.