Lead Every Emergency. Protect Every Child.
Crisis Ready Childcare gives directors and lead educators the decision-making frameworks, site-specific protocols, and calm leadership skills to handle any emergency — medical, lockdown, evacuation, or aftermath — before it ever happens on your watch.
"Being crisis-ready isn't about being fearless — it's about doing the preparation work so that when fear shows up, it doesn't run the show."
— Wanda Holmes
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Build and implement a compliant, site-specific Emergency Action Plan for your childcare facility
- Lead staff calmly and decisively through medical emergencies including anaphylaxis, seizures, and serious injuries
- Execute lockdown, shelter-in-place, and evacuation procedures with practiced confidence
- Communicate clearly with families, first responders, and licensing authorities during and after a crisis
- Conduct post-incident debriefs that strengthen your team and reduce future risk
- Develop a resilient crisis leadership mindset that prevents panic and protects children under pressure
How it works
A school that adapts to you
This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.
We learn your level
A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.
Lessons adapt as you go
Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.
Your AI coach keeps you moving
Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.
The curriculum
What's inside your school
6 modules · 26 lessons
The Crisis-Ready Leader
Establishes the mindset, legal obligations, and foundational frameworks every childcare leader needs before an emergency strikes.
- 1.1Your Role When It Matters MostIncluded
- 1.2How Panic Works — and How You Override ItIncluded
- 1.3Legal Duties, Licensing Standards, and LiabilityIncluded
- 1.4The Crisis Leadership Mindset in PracticeIncluded
Building Your Emergency Action Plan
Guides directors and administrators through creating a compliant, site-specific Emergency Action Plan (EAP) ready for immediate use.
- 2.1Anatomy of a Compliant Emergency Action PlanIncluded
- 2.2Conducting a Site-Specific Risk AssessmentIncluded
- 2.3Assigning Roles and Building Your Emergency TeamIncluded
- 2.4Documenting, Storing, and Reviewing Your EAPIncluded
Medical Emergencies: Protocols and Confident Response
Trains leaders to recognize and direct staff response to the most common and high-stakes pediatric medical emergencies.
- 3.1Anaphylaxis and Severe Allergic ReactionsIncluded
- 3.2Seizures: Types, Response, and RecoveryIncluded
- 3.3Serious Injuries, Choking, and Sudden IllnessIncluded
- 3.4Managing the Scene: Staff Coordination and Child SupervisionIncluded
- 3.5Medical Incident Documentation and Regulatory ReportingIncluded
Lockdown, Shelter-in-Place, and Evacuation
Provides step-by-step protocols and drill frameworks for the three core physical-security emergency procedures in childcare settings.
- 4.1Lockdown Procedures: Intruder and Threat ScenariosIncluded
- 4.2Shelter-in-Place for Hazmat, Severe Weather, and Air Quality EventsIncluded
- 4.3Evacuation Planning and ExecutionIncluded
- 4.4Running Effective Emergency DrillsIncluded
Crisis Communication
Equips leaders with clear, trust-building communication strategies for families, first responders, media, and regulatory agencies during and after a crisis.
- 5.1Communicating with First Responders on ArrivalIncluded
- 5.2Notifying and Updating Families During an IncidentIncluded
- 5.3Reunification Procedures and Family Release ProtocolsIncluded
- 5.4Reporting to Licensing Authorities and Mandatory ReportersIncluded
- 5.5Managing Media Inquiries and Social MediaIncluded
After the Crisis: Debrief, Recovery, and Building Resilience
Develops the post-incident skills that turn every emergency experience into stronger systems, a more resilient team, and reduced future risk.
- 6.1Leading the Post-Incident DebriefIncluded
- 6.2Supporting Staff Psychological Safety After TraumaIncluded
- 6.3Reviewing and Updating Your Emergency Action PlanIncluded
- 6.4Building a Culture of Ongoing Emergency PreparednessIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
Childcare Center Directors
You carry ultimate responsibility for every child and staff member on site — this course gives you the frameworks and plans to lead every type of emergency with authority.
Lead Educators
When the director isn't on the floor, you're the one who has to act — this course prepares you to make confident, correct decisions the moment a crisis begins.
Family Daycare Operators
Running a small home-based program doesn't mean smaller emergencies — you'll build a site-specific plan and protocols that fit your exact setting and team size.
Early Childhood Administrators
Overseeing multiple sites or programs means your emergency systems need to be consistent and compliant across the board — this course gives you the structure to make that happen.
Compliance & Safety Coordinators
If your role is to keep childcare programs up to licensing standards, this course gives you a deep, practical foundation in EAP development, regulatory reporting, and drill planning.
Newly Promoted Directors
You've just stepped into a leadership role and inherited a binder called 'Emergency Plan' that hasn't been touched in years — this course helps you build something that actually works.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
Wanda Holmes
If you've ever stood in the middle of a chaotic moment at your center — a child seizing, a lockdown threat, a parent calling in a panic — and felt the weight of everyone looking to you for the answer, you already know why I built this course.
I know what it's like to carry that responsibility. Childcare directors and lead educators are asked to be educators, administrators, family liaisons, HR managers — and, when it counts most, emergency commanders. But almost nobody gives you the training to actually do that last one well. A compliance checklist isn't training. A laminated poster on the wall isn't a plan. And a thirty-minute online module you clicked through at your state licensing deadline isn't going to help you stay calm when a child stops breathing.
That gap is exactly what Crisis Ready Childcare is designed to close. I built this course to give you what I wish every childcare leader had before their first real emergency: a clear framework for thinking, a practical plan for your specific facility, and the practiced confidence to lead — not freeze — when the moment arrives. We go through the medical emergencies most likely to happen in your setting: anaphylaxis, seizures, serious injuries. We build your Emergency Action Plan together, from the risk assessment through staff roles and documentation. We work through lockdowns, shelter-in-place events, and evacuations in enough detail that the procedures feel familiar when you need them. And we don't skip the hard parts — communicating with families during an incident, managing reunification, reporting to licensing authorities, and taking care of your staff after something traumatic.
Here's what I want you to understand: being crisis-ready is not about being fearless. It's about doing the preparation work ahead of time so that when fear shows up, it doesn't run the show. Every parent who drops off a child at your facility is trusting you with the most important person in their life. This course is how you make sure that trust is completely earned.
If you're ready to lead with the kind of calm, decisive confidence that comes from genuine preparation — not luck, not hope, not a poster on the wall — then I'm glad you're here. Let's build that readiness together.
— Wanda Holmes
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