Managing Infectious Diseases in Children

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Name the basic causes of infectious disease
• Identify the most common early childhood diseases and their symptoms
• Define how illnesses and infections are spread and name ways to limit the spread of illness and infection in early childhood education settings
• Identify when sick children should be excluded and for how long
• Indicate how families should be notified about possible exposure to contagious diseases

Students, aspiring professionals, Interns, executives etc.

Basic English and computer literacy required

Contributes to Professional and technical skill development in this area

IACET endorsed printable certificate on scoring 80% pass

While child care and educational environments are generally happy, safe, and fun settings for learning, they are also ideal settings to pass along germs that cause illness and infection. Because of the nature of the population served is young children, diseases and infections will always find their way into the environment. This course will discuss the causes of disease, categories of infectious disease and illness, and how to minimize illness and infection in early child care settings.

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