Creating a Home Away from Home

Are you interested in exploring the idea of creating a "home away from home" for children? It's not just the environment that creates this feeling, it's also the activities of the children and the adults in the space. It's bringing to life relationship-based care steeped in the LifeWays Principles.  In this course, you will learn how and when to start a program, crafting your program's rhythms and practices, managing the business aspects, building positive relationships and caring for yourself along the way! 
 
Topics Include:
 
Deciding to Start  - Is this the right career for you and your family?​​
 
Tools of the Trade - Learn the practical and business aspects of starting and operating your own home-based childcare program.
 
Crafting Your Program -Create a holistic program using LifeWays’ proven principles.
 
Working with Parents -Gather strategies to find families for your program and explore how to form positive relationships with parents.
 
Self-Care andProfessionalDevelopment- Set up ways to create your support system and to further your understanding of child development.

What you will receive:
 
Lifetime access to the online course materials including helpful articles, inspiring videos and handy resources​
Access to the LifeWays student resources cloud which contains  helpful forms, documents, and more to start and run your home-based business​
A copy of the book Home Away from Home: Lifeways Care of Children and Families, by Cynthia Aldinger and Mary O’Connell (Since we only ship to US addresses, we are happy to provide our International Students with a PDF version of the book.)
* Earn a certificate for 25 hours of continuing education *