Child Care Resource Service

Serving Champaign, Douglas, Iroquois, Macon, Piatt and Vermilion, IL Counties

Provider Services

Training for Child Care Providers

The Child Care Resource Service provides an abundance of training opportunities to fullfill our commitment to the development of quality childcare.

"Getting Out," "Meeting new people,""Sharing ideas," are reasons to join with other child care professionals in trainings. Gatherings of child care providers impart a strength in numbers and generate a sense of support from the wealth of ideas and shared values.

Training Opportunities

CPR/First Aid Training

Registered trainers with Illinois Trainer's Network, and Illinois Network of Child Care Resource Referral Agencies are:

Jessica McMahon
(217) 355-1197

Call to register for classes: CPR $22.00, First aid $22.00, Both, $40.00
Serving Champaign, Douglas, Iroquois, Macon, Piatt and Vermilion counties.

The following lists may be helpful to providers in meeting DCFS requirements for CPR training in locations according to COUNTIES:

CPR/First Aid Calendar

Training Calendar

The current workshops and training classes are listed in the months they are held. Use the following tabs to view the listings.

Click on the link below to print out the Fall 2008 registration form.

Coming Soon!

Self Studies

The Child Care Resource Service has self-study videos and materials available for child care providers to check out.

To view the specifc topics in each video series, click the tabs below:

The following GUIDELINES are followed for Self Studies:

The child care provider must be listed on the CCRS database.
One self-study at a time, per person may be checked out.
It is highly recommended that providers NOT use self-studies for more than half of their required training hours in a year.
Self-studies can either be picked up at our office or mailed to you.
Each video is approximately 30-minutes long and when combined with the self-study questions and activities, should require at least two hours of time to complete.
There is a fee of $5.00 to check out a self-study to help cover material costs. Please make checks payable to the University of Illinois.
Once we receive your check, we will contact you to let you know which videos are available, or to put your name on a waiting list if you have a particular request.
When materials are returned to our office, one of our staff will review your work and then return it to you with either a training certificate for 2-hours of credit or information on what is needed to obtain the training certificate.
If you have obtained your Child Development Associate (CDA) certification and need Continuing Education Units, the Caring For Children and The Whole Child series are available for this. However, IL State requires additional fees and paperwork. (Please call our office for details).
There will be a 25 cent late charge per day after one month. (We have this policy due to the demand for self-studies.)
Self-studies should be dropped off at our Urbana office or returned to us via U.S. Mail or U.P.S.
Please take care of the self-study like you would any other video. Extreme conditions and/or temperatures can prevent future usage.

Professional Links

Accreditation

NCCA -- National Child Care Association
NAFCC -- National Association for Family Child Care
NAEYC -- National Academy for the Education of Young Children
NAC -- National Accreditation Commission For Early Care and Education Programs
NAA -- National After School Association

Credentials

CDA Credential -- Child Development Associate (CDA) National Credentialing Program
CCP -- Certified Childcare Professional within National Child Care Association
IDC -- Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies
IGO -- Illinois Gateways to Opportunities