Explore how energy management supports self-care and sustainable, healthy work practices.
Full Course Description
Prioritize your well-being with our Self Care for Youth Champions Online Course. This 2-hour course is designed for educators, youth workers, and leaders who are committed to making a positive impact while maintaining their own health. Learn to identify burnout signs, set healthy boundaries, and practice stress management techniques. The course provides practical strategies to prevent burnout, protect your time, and promote mind and body wellness. By the end, you’ll have the tools to sustain your passion and energy for your work. Enroll today to boost your well-being and continue your impactful work with renewed focus.
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Discuss strategies for identifying and expressing needs.
Practice moments of rest.
CEU Requirements
To receive CEU credit for taking this course, you must:
Pass the knowledge check-ins and complete the entire course.
Complete the course evaluation form at the end of the course.
Upon successful completion, you will receive a certificate showing the CEUs earned.
Change Up Learning requires disclosure of proprietary interests. No staff, instructors, or course developers have proprietary interests related to this course.
This course will take approximately 2 hours to complete.
This course satisfies these child care training requirements:
Career Development
1. Ethics and professionalism in child care
2. Stress management
Child Growth and Development
3. Professionalism
9. Health and wellness
Child Growth and Development
3. Professionalism
9. Health and wellness
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services: Child Care Center Professional Development Training Topics
Career Development
Child Growth and Development
Quality Guidelines for Ohio's Afterschool Programs
Child Growth and Development
Core Knowledge and Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals
1. Management
West Virginia Afterschool Program Quality Standards
4. Health, Safety and Nutrition
7. Leadership and Professionalism
Afterschool Network Best Practices
1. Prepared Staff
Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners
8. Professionalism and leadership
Afterschool Alliance Best Practices
1. Prepared Staff
6. Promotion of Safety, Health and Wellness
Director Annual Training
5. Professional Development
All Staff Annual Training
6. Professional Development
7. Program Administration
Early Learning Staff Professional Development Areas
All Staff Annual Training
Director Annual Training
School Age Child Care
1. Principles of Childhood Development
2. Nutrition and Health Needs of Infants and Children
3. Child Day Care Program Development
Network for Youth Success Quality Self-Assessment (QSA) Tool
2. Administration & Organization
4. Staffing & Professional Development
9. Program Sustainability & Growth
NYC DYCD Core Competencies for Youth Work Professionals
6. Ability to promote responsible and healthy decision-making among all participants.
7. Ability to develop leadership, team-building and self-advocacy skills among participants.
After School Network
1. Relationships — Interactions and Engagement
6. Staffing/Professional Development
Early Learning and Development Standards
3. Health Issues
Texas Partnership for Out-of-School Time (TXPOST) Standards of High Quality
1. Safety, Health and Nutrition
2. Staff and Volunteer Management
Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool Youth Development Network (PSAYDN) Statement of Quality in Afterschool
1: Structure and Management
Guidelines for Afterschool, Summer, and Youth Development Programs
2. Health, Safety, and Environment
8. Staff and Professional Development
Early Childhood Professional Learning Categories
2. Leadership
6. Implementation
Afterschool Network Quality Standards
5. Health
Standards for Quality Afterschool Programs
2. Ongoing Training and Staff Development
Workforce Knowledge and Competencies
3. Positive Interactions (PI)
Standards for Quality Afterschool Programs
2. Program Management and Staff
3. Communication and Interaction
Department of Children and Families (Annual In-Service Training)
18. Leadership development/program management and child care personnel supervision
Goals for Program Management and Delivery
2. Qualified and Diverse Staff
Goals for Program Participants
7. Greater Personal Responsibility
North Carolina Center for Afterschool Programs (NCCAP)
Goals for Program Management and Delivery
Goals for Program Participants
Afterschool Program Quality Institute
2. Relationships and Connections
Early Childhood - Continuing Education
11. Management/Administrative Education
Virginia Partnership for Out-of-School Time Quality Standards
2. Staffing, Volunteers & Professional Development
3. Leadership & Management
7. Health, Nutrition & Physical Fitness
Hawaii OST Quality Guidelines
2b. Staff Professional Development and Leadership
3c. Health, Safety, and Emergencies
Afterschool Network
3. Health, wellness, and safety
10. Professionalism
Child Care Training & Education
Standard 3: Staff Qualifications and Professional Development
Standard 4: Administration and Business Practices
OST Quality Guidelines
3. Human Relationships
Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and Administrators
6. Professional development and leadership
8. Teaching practices
ECE Competencies
3. Relationships, Interactions, and Guidance
10. Leadership in Early Childhood Education
Quality Standards for Expanded Learning
5. Healthy Choices and Behaviors
7. Quality Staff
10. Continuous Quality Improvement
Early Care and Education Professional Competency Goals for Staff
4. Business related topics, including parental communication, recordkeeping, etc.
Afterschool & Youth Development Standards
4. Relationships
5. Health & Well Being
6. Staffing & Professional Development
7. Organizational Practices
Early Care and Education Professional Competency Goals for Directors
b. Business management
f. Advocacy for the Center, Parents, children and Staff
School's Out Washington Quality Improvement Standards
4. Engaging in learning opportunities that build academic, life, and career skills
Department of Children, Youth & Families: Child Care Provider Training Requirements
7. Program planning and development
8. Professional development and leadership
11. Other training as appropriate
Statewide Afterschool Quality Standards
4. Professional Development and Qualifications
B-3 Continuum
5. Joint Professional Development
Core Knowledge Areas from the Michigan Core Knowledge and Core Competencies for the Early Care and Education Workforce
4. Program management
7. Interactions and guidance
After School Program Quality Standards and Indicators
4. Staffing and Professional Development
Quality Standards for OST Programs
4: Leadership and Management
Afterschool Program Quality Guidelines
5. Professional Development
Child Care Core of Knowledge
5. Professionalism
Out-of-School Time Program Quality Standards
Administrative Quality Standards
Administrative Quality Standards
II. Youth Program Leadership and Sustainability
IV. Youth Program Staffing and Professional Development
Afterschool Alliance's Quality Standards
5. Strategies to manage an effective program operation
6. Maintaining a commitment to professionalism
Child Care Centers Professional Growth and Development Training Requirements
5. Strategies to manage an effective program operation (includes business practices)
6. Maintaining a commitment to professionalism
Core Knowledge and Competencies
6. Leadership and Professionalism
7. Organizational Development and Administration
Building Blocks for Out-of-School Time Quality
6. Organizational and Leadership Management
7. Ongoing Staff Support and Volunteer Development
Ignite Afterschool
6. Organizational Management, Staff Support and Youth Safety
Teachers of Early Childhood Education Subject Matter Standards
6. Professionalism
Early Care and Education Knowledge Base
6. Professionalism
Early Care & Education Professional Development Content Areas
6. Professionalism as an Early Childhood Educator
8. Professional Development and Leadership
Out-of-School Time (NMOST) Guiding Principles
7. Administration and Organizational Development
8. Staffing and Professional Development
Early Childhood Education and Care Department
7. Professionalism
Program Quality Practices
7. Leadership and Administration
8. Professional Development
Department of Early Learning and Care: Training
7. Personal, Professional & Leadership Development
8. Program Management
Afterschool Quality Standards
7. Staffing and Professional Development
Childcare Program: Continuing Education
8. Leadership, child care administration, or mentoring
Early Childhood: Child Care Center Training Topics
8. Prevention of shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma, and coping with crying babies
Department of Social Services, Child Care Services (CCS): Pathway to Professional Development
8. Program management and regulation
13. Professionalism
National Afterschool Association Competencies
8. Safety and Wellness
Core Knowledge Areas, DC Division of Early Learning Training Categories
9. Program Management, Operation and Evaluation
10. Professionalism and Advocacy
12. Personal Development and Self-Care
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Training
10. Professional issues
Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals
13. Professionalism
Quality Standards for Out-of-School Time Programs
C. Intentional Programming and Activities
Early Childhood Education Professional Learning Standards
C. Program administration, planning, development, or management
Quality Standards for Nevada OST Programs
c. Program Management & Professional Development
Division of Early Care and Education: Staff Development
r. Business operations
Early Childhood Professional Development Framework
Standard VII: Engages in Professional Development
Standard X: Provides Leadership Within School/Community/Profession
