Green Childcare Seminar Series Certificate of Completion NEW!

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Note: The Children's Environmental Health and Wellness Extension Certificate is being revised and is not currently available. Please visit again in 2011 for information.

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Prevent or reduce children’s exposure to environmental hazards. Children are our most precious resource. Many children spend much of their early years in childcare facilities. While these facilities play an important role in their physical and mental development, they may also inadvertently be exposing children to a variety of potentially harmful chemicals or pollutants.

The Green Childcare Seminar Series is designed to provide the background information necessary to identify and interpret environmental hazards that can affect children. Acquire practical strategies and tools to reduce or eliminate environmental exposure in childcare settings. Get a checklist for creating healthier, greener childcare settings.

The series is designed for those who provide environments for young children, such as early childcare providers, day home providers, parents and grandparents, K-6 teachers and assistants, and health care workers.

Earning Your Certificate of Completion
Complete the three seminars (18 hours). You may take individual seminars of interest.

Required Courses

Environmental Influences on Children's Health
If you work with young children, or have children of your own, this course will help you to become familiar with the concept of environmental health for children. Recognize the determinants of health and identify windows of vulnerability in the developing child. You will investigate the relationship between acute exposure, chronic disease and environmental health hazards.

Subject code: XENH 10007

6 Hours. Fee: $99+GST

CRN 90986

2 classes

Oct. 5-7

6-9 p.m.

Tue., Thu.

Environmental Exposures in Child Care Environments
Children's exposure to environmental hazards is often difficult to recognize. This course will introduce you to those areas where environmental exposures can put the developing child at risk for acute or chronic illness. You will recognize which substances may be found in child care and home settings, both indoors and out.

Subject code: XENH 10008

6 Hours. Fee: $99+GST

CRN 90987

2 classes

Oct. 19-21

6-9 p.m.

Tue., Thu.

Creating Healthier Children's Environments
Discover practical strategies for preventing or reducing children's exposures to toxic chemicals and pollutants. Review a detailed checklist for creating health spaces. This course will also cover suggestions for pollution prevention, waste reduction, energy and water conservation for your facility or home.

Subject code: XENH 10009

6 Hours. Fee: $99+GST

CRN 90988

2 classes

Nov. 2-4

6-9 p.m.

Tue., Thu.