Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 408 - LICENSING STANDARDS FOR GROUP DAY CARE HOMES › Appendix G - Pre-Service and In-Service Training

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Entities that may provide
				pre-service and in-service training to meet the requirements of this Part
				include, but are not limited to:
1) colleges and
				universities
2) child care resource and referral
				agencies
3) Illinois Department of Public Health or
				local health departments
4) Office of the State Fire
				Marshal or local fire department
5) Illinois Department
				of Children and Family Services
6) Illinois Department
				of Human Services
7) state or national child care or
				child advocacy organizations
8) national, state or
				local family day care home associations
9) Child and
				Adult Care Food Program sponsors
10) Healthy Child Care
				Illinois nurses
11) American Red Cross, American Heart
				Association and other providers of first aid and CPR training that have been
				approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health
b) Topics or
				courses to meet the in-service training requirements include, but are not
				limited to:
1) child care and child development
2) guidance and discipline
3) first
				aid and CPR
4) symptoms of common childhood
				illness
5) food preparation and nutrition
6) health and sanitation
7) small
				business management
8) child abuse and neglect
9) working with parents and families
10) caring for children with disabilities
11) information about asthma and its management
12) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) education (training is
				required for new applicants to care for newborns and infants, and every three
				years thereafter for the life of the license)
13)
				service obligations under the federal Americans With Disabilities Act
				(ADA)
14) Shaken Baby Syndrome (training is required
				for new applicants and assistants licensed to care for newborns and infants,
				and every three years thereafter for the life of the license)
15) Department approved Mandated Reporter Training (available
				on the Department's website; training is required for new applicants and
				assistants)
16) Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID)
				(training is required for new applicants and assistants licensed to care for
				newborns and infants, and every three years thereafter for the life of the
				license)
c) Training
1) Pre-service and
				in-service training may be acquired through the following:
A) attending college or university or vocational school
				classes (clock hours spent in the classroom are counted)
B) attending conferences or workshops (certificate or other
				proof of attendance, clock hours and subject matter is required)
C) attending state or local child care association meetings
				when a specific training program is provided by a guest speaker or group member
				(documentation of attendance, subject matter and clock hours is
				required)
D) in-home training by a Child and Adult Care
				Food Program sponsor representative, nurse or other trainer (documentation must
				include the topic and the clock hours)
E) self-study
				materials provided by a child care resource and referral (CCR&R) agency
				(certification of clock hours must be secured from the CCR&R)
F) internet home study programs if the internet site provides
				documentation of use and number of clock hours
G)
				Mandated Reporter Training may be acquired through the Department's website at:
https://www.dcfstraining.org/manrep/index.jsp
H) viewing of the approved video offered by the National
				Institutes of Health Back to Sleep Campaign for SIDS and sleeping position of
				infants
2) The training instructor, speaker or
				president of the child care organization sponsoring the training, may sign the
				documentation of completion. The child care resource and referral (CCR&R)
				agency must sign and provide documentation of completion for self-study
				materials, and the internet site must provide documentation for home study
				programs.
d) Licensed providers shall meet the 15 clock hour
				requirements for in-service training per period of licensing year. Caregivers
				obtaining clock hours in excess of the required 15 clock hours per year may
				apply up to 5 clock hours to the next year's training requirements.
e) Courses/training approved by the Department in carrying for children
				with disabilities must include the following component:
* Introduction to Inclusive Child Care
*
				Understanding Child Development in Relation to Disabilities
* Building Relationships with Families
* Preparing for and Including Young Children in the Child Care
				Setting
* Community Services for Young Children with
				Disabilities (including Early Intervention services)