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Child Care - Health and Safety

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1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

Learn how to take care of children's physical and mental health and fulfil their needs in this free online course. Taking care of children is a demanding task but the proper knowledge and experience can make it fun. You will learn how to take care of children by keeping them safe and healthy at different stages of their development. We will explore how to fulfil children's needs, give them the right food and environment to grow, protect them against abuse and neglect and encourage play for learning and experience.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID187446
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Outline key principles of child development
• Distinguish between child development and child growth
• Explain different aspects of child care
• Identify needs and special needs of children
• Recognise a healthy and balanced diet for children
• List duties of a caregiver to keep children safe and healthy
• Categorise the several types of child abuse
• Indicate signs of neglect and abuse to a child
• Describe the importance of play as a learning tool for children
Course Code4322

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