CHILD CARE FACILITY TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS
Child Care Standards
65C-22.001(6), Florida Administrative Code
All child care personnel are required to complete 40 hours of mandated training and must meet the
early literacy, First Aid and Pediatric CPR, Safe Sleep/Shaken Baby Syndrome and Fire Extinguisher
training requirements.
Important Timeframes
Introductory Training
Child care personnel must begin training within the first 90 days
of employment in the child care industry by:
starting a Part I or Part II course,
Within First 90 Days
of Employment taking a child care competency exam, or
earning an educational exemption.
All of the 40-hour required training must be completed one (1)
year from the date the training began. Child care personnel must
pass competency exams for the 40 hours of training to
One (1) Year From demonstrate their competency or receive an educational
Date Training Began exemption.
All child care personnel must complete 5 hours of literacy training
within one (1) year of employment in the child care industry,
Within One (1) Year through approved instructor-led, online course or college course.
of Employment
Additional Required Training
Fire Extinguisher Training
All staff must complete training in the use and operation of a fire
extinguisher. This training is not offered by the Department.
Within First 30 Days
of Employment Safe Sleep/Shaken Baby Syndrome Training
Child care personnel, including substitutes and volunteers, who
work in a facility that offers care to infants must have training
regarding guidance on safe sleep practices and preventing
shaken baby syndrome.
Note: By October 2019, all child care staff must have current First Aid and Pediatric
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training.
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40 Hour Introductory Training
The required 40 hour introductory training requirement is divided into two parts:
Part I (30 Hours) Part II (10 Hours)
All child care personnel must complete the All child care personnel must complete 10 hours
following 30 hours of training: of training from the following courses:
Child Care Facility Rules and Understanding Developmentally
Regulations (FACR – 6 hours) Appropriate Practices (UDAP – 5 hours)
Health Safety and Nutrition (HSAN – AND one (1) of the following:
8 hours) o Infant and Toddler Appropriate
Identifying and Reporting Child Practices (ITPR – 5 hours)
Abuse and Neglect (CAAN – 4 hours) o Preschool Appropriate Practices
Child Growth and Development (PSPR – 5 hours)
(CGDR – 6 hours) o School-Age Appropriate Practices
Behavioral Observation and (SAPR – 5 hours)
Screening (BOSR – 6 hours) OR
How to register for instructor-led Special Needs Appropriate Practices
and online courses (SNP – 10 hours)
Note: Training is available online or instructor-
Register for courses led.
Additional Required Training
Early Literacy Safe Sleep/Shaken Baby Syndrome
All child care personnel must complete a All child care personnel who work in a facility
minimum of five clock hours or .5 CEU in that offers care to infants must complete one of
one of the following ways: the following:
One of the Department’s web based DCF Health, Safety and Nutrition (HSAN – 8
courses: hours)
Early Literacy Birth to Three, or OR
Emergent Literacy for VPK Instructors DCF Safe Sleep Practices for Child Care
OR (SAFE – 1 hour)
An approved literacy course OR
OR Early Learning Florida’s Safe Sleep Practices
One college level early literacy course (for (SSPELFL – 1 hour)
credit or non-credit) if taken within the last
five years.
Annual In-service Training
July 1 – June 30
Upon completion of Part I and II introductory training requirements, child care personnel must
complete a minimum of 10 hours or 1.0 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) of in-service training
during the state’s fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30. Note: College courses
concentrating on children ages birth through twelve will be accepted. Documentation of the in-
service training must be recorded on the CF-FSP Form 5268 and included in the child care
facilities’ personnel records.
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