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Child Protection: Understanding Child Neglect

Understand the signs and indicators of neglect, and your role in supporting children who may be experiencing neglect.

Trauma Informed Practice

Understand trauma-informed practice and support children within your service.

Healthy Relationships: Attachment in Action

Understanding relationship-based practice, and promoting healthy relationships.

Personal Plans

Understanding and implementing Personal Plans as part of your childminding practice.

Understanding Observations in a Childminding Setting

The aim of this course is to help you understand and use observation to support children's learning and development.

Understanding Child Development: 5 - 8 Years

Gain a better understanding of child development (between 5-8 years).

Fully funded for all SCMA members

Understanding Child Development: 0 - 3 Years

Gain a better understanding of child development (between 0-3 years).

Child-Led Planning

Child-led planning to create meaningful experiences in a childminding setting.

Understanding Child Development: 3 - 5 Years

Gain a better understanding of child development (between 3-5 years).

Think STEM - Autism, ADHD and the Senses

Develop your understanding of STEM, Autism, ADHD, and the senses.

Fully funded and available as e-Learning for all SCMA members

Children's Rights: Participation in Practice

Promoting child-led participation and children and young people's rights.

Curriculum for Excellence: Early Level (3 - 5 Years)

Understanding the Curriculum for Excellence, and how it works in a childminding setting.

Realising the Ambition

All you need to know about Realising the Ambition: Being Me guidance and how it relates to your childminding practice.

Enhanced Child Protection

Consolidate and build upon your child protection knowledge

GIRFEC into Practice

Understand the eight wellbeing indicators and the four capacities surrounding the GIRFEC approach.

The Business Side of Childminding

Adopting a professional approach to providing a childminding service.

Child Protection in a Childminding Setting (2025)

Comply with Health and Social Care Standards and meet your legal requirements associated with running a small business.

Infection Prevention and Control in a Childminding Setting

Learn about health and safety issues and providing a safe environment.

Parental Involvement

Adopting a professional approach and developing effective partnerships in a childminding service.

Childminding Induction e-Learning

Designed to support potential childminders in Scotland through every stage of the registration process and beyond. Our Childminding Induction Support Programme covers everything you need to know.

Evidence In Practice (Quality in Practice series)

Producing evidence that demonstrates knowledge and understanding and enables you to cross-reference and link policies to practice.

Fully funded for all childminders

Translating Policy into Practice (Quality in Practice series)

Increase confidence when linking legislation, standards, guidance and frameworks with your childminding practice.

Fully funded for all childminders

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