Training resources are available to help you provide the best care possible. We offer a variety of training, both in person and virtually to provide flexible, accessible learning opportunities for all participants. Our offerings are designed to support your professional growth, enhance program quality, and ensure you stay informed on current best practices and licensing requirements.
If you operate a child care center, orientation is available several times a year. If you would like to attend an orientation session, please call our main line at 517-284-9730 or contact your licensing consultant for availability information.
The slides and video resources for new center rules training are now available.
If you are applying for a license to provide in-home child care, orientation is mandatory. You will be scheduled for orientation after you have submitted a complete application.
To complete the new rules training for child care home providers, please email rubleyk1@michigan.gov. You will receive a link to complete the training in MiRegistry. After completing the training and assessment of learning, you will earn 2 clock hours towards your required professional development hours. Due to the high demand of online training and testing requests, the process is currently taking 2-3 business days to send access codes to requestors. To help speed up the process, please send only one request for access codes.
The Child Care Licensing Bureau would love to connect with you in the community through the trainings below.
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Health and Safety resources are at the core of providing a safe and healthy environment for children. The resources in this section support providers in proactively preventing injury and illness.
Social-emotional resources support providers through tough situations by providing tools to both staff and children in care to navigate scenarios that may arise in a child care setting.
Biting: What Can I Do To Stop It? BCAL-688 - offers guidance on how to take a calm and patient approach when caring for a child that is biting others.
Fussy Baby BCAL-689 - provides guidance on what may be causing fussiness and how to identify their indivialized need during periods of fussiness.
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation - a Prevention-based Intervention teaming mental health professionals with early care and education providers, home visitors, and families to improve adults’ ability to positively develop children’s social, emotional, and behavioral health from birth through age five.
Infant Mental Health - gives information on how to support a healthy, happy relationship with the children in your care.
Positive Discipline-Including the Proper Use of Time Out-BCAL PUB-787 - is a guide for caregivers on how to work with children that are acting out by encouraging rule folowing, nurturing constructive interactions, and positive discipline reinforcement.
Positive Methods of Discipline Video - a video that reflects how negative discipline can impace children and how to start practicing positive reinforcement.
Toilet Learning And The Toddler BCAL-686 - provides a practical approach to toilet learning to ensure success.
Working With Children Who Have Special Needs BCAL-4594 - is a guideline for the best ways to work with children that have special needs that help them learn and grow.
Child Care Licensing provides a variety of resources from our partner organizations to ensure the highest standards of information are available to those who do or who would like to provide care for children.
Afterschool Training Toolkit provides researched-based practices, sample lessons, video examples, and resources to support academic enrichment during afterschool hours.
Michigan Afterschool Partnership (MASP) targets network engagement, quality and capacity building, advocacy, and other resources that support the Out-of-School-Time (OST) sector and help young people thrive.
Baby & Kid Product Recalls - Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products, such as toys, cribs, power tools, and household chemicals.
Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation promotes social and emotional development in children (birth to age 5) by providing evidence-based resources to Head Start staff, families, and early childhood professionals.
Trauma Smart Resources is an early education partnership that helps schools and organizations support children affected by trauma.
Zero to Three - Early Childhood Mental Health is dedicated to ensuring all babies and toddlers (birth to age three) have a strong start in life by providing resources for parents, training for professionals, and advocating for policies regarding child care, mental health, and development.
Child and Adult Care Food Program helps to improve nutrition, reduce hunger for over 3 million children, and enhance food quality in child care centers, family day homes, and adult day care centers by providing reimbursement to care providers for serving nutritious meals and snacks to children and eligible adults in daycare settings.
Healthy Children - American Academy of Pediatrics Website provides trusted health information for parents and caregivers and offers over 5,000 articles on child health, safety, and development from birth through young adulthood in English and Spanish.
Disaster Preparedness to Meet Children's Needs ensures that emergency plans specifically address children's unique physiological, psychological, and developmental vulnerabilities by training responders, securing pediatric-specific medical supplies, planning for family reunification, and addressing the needs of children with disabilities in shelters and evacuations.
Early On provides free, early intervention services for children from birth to age 3 who have, or are at risk for, developmental delays or disabilities.
Michigan Head Start Association Inc. provides leadership, training, and advocacy for children and families served by Head Start and Early Head Start agencies across Michigan.
Preparing for the Flu: A Communication Toolkit for Child Care and Early Childhood Programs offers CDC-based resources to help providers prevent, manage, and communicate about influenza in early childhood settings by providing templates, fact sheets, and action steps for staff and parents regarding hygiene, vaccination, and illness management.
Program Administrators - NAEYC Accreditation leads early childhood centers through a rigorous, voluntary 4-step accreditation process to meet high-quality standards in teaching, curriculum, health, and leadership.
United Way mobilizes communities to improve lives by focusing on education, financial stability, and health and acts as a community change agent by partnering with local nonprofits, businesses, and government to fund programs, address gaps in services, and support families.
