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Child and Teen Checkups
C&TC provides training throughout the state to those who screening children and young adults in Minnesota.
To request a C&TC training for your staff/organization, please submit a C&TC Training Request.
Create an account on the MDH Learning Center. Each person must have their own individual account in the system (no generic or group accounts are allowed). For additional information on registration, payment, and frequently asked questions, refer to Training Registration Process and FAQ (PDF).
Standard Training Descriptions
Overview of evidence-based recommendations for performing recommended and required components of a complete C&TC well child exam. Information is provided on specific screening procedures, considerations and strategies for providing appropriate adolescent care, referral, and follow-up, and health equity.
Intended for: Those who provide and assist in providing C&TC screening (providers, nurses, MAs, Head Start, trained support staff or aides, C&TC or Maternal and Child Health coordinators and outreach workers, clinic and public health admins, and health plan representatives).
Register for Best Practices in Well Child Screening - $60/person
Currently unavailable due to content renovation.
Includes an introduction to the C&TC screening exam, standard screening components, a systematic review of a physical exam, range of normal findings, common problems and referral criteria. Also includes is a practicum of participant demos with child models, preparation homework, practicing with a mentor in their practice setting, and on-site clinical consultation.
Intended for: RNs and PHNs who plan to actively provide C&TC screenings with/in 3 - 6 months have NOT been trained, and work in a practice setting that qualifies them to be an eligible provider to bill for C&TC screening exams. For more information, refer to the Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP) Provider Manual C&TC section about eligible provider criteria.
Full Rate is intended for registrants covered by C&TC Administrative Services Contract Funds (e.g. County or Tribal Public Health Nurses).
Reduced Rate is intended for registrants from tribal health, Head Start, or school-based clinics that do not receive C&TC Administrative Funding.
Hearing Basic: Includes basic anatomy, audiometer care and use, preparation and performing pure tone audiometry screening, otoacoustic emissions screening (OAE), pass/refer/rescreen criteria, and documentation.
Vision Basic: Includes external anatomy, visual conditions, performing near and distance visual acuity screening, recommended visual acuity charts, plus lenses, pass/refer/rescreen criteria, and documentation.
Intended for: Anyone who performs hearing and vision screening for children. Medical assistants, school health assistants, volunteers and other non-nurses who perform vision and hearing screening for children in Head Start, Early Childhood Screening, schools, clinics, and other community settings. May also be sufficient for nurses who provide only basic hearing and vision screenings.
Register for Hearing and Vision Basic Screening Skills - $60/person
The Hearing and Vision Basic Screening Skills Training is included within this training. In addition, the hearing portion includes in-depth ear anatomy and physiology, risk assessment/hearing history, definitions of conductive and sensorineural hearing loss, otoscopy, tympanometry, and otoacoustic emissions screening (OAE). The vision portion includes a review of myopia, hyperopia, amblyopia, and pupillary light and red reflex procedures. This training will include time to practice skills learned.
Intended for: RNs/LSNs/PHNs who perform hearing and vision screening at Early Childhood Screening, Head Start, schools and public health settings.
Register for Hearing and Vision Screening Advanced Skills for Nurses - $105/person
includes a review of current recommended and required C&TC screening procedures. This training Also provides updated information and skills needed to provide C&TC services consistent with program standards.
Intended for: RNs and PHNs who currently provide C&TC screening services and have attended a C&TC Comprehensive (3-day) Training in the past but have not attended a C&TC Comprehensive or Refresher training in the last 2-5 years.
Register for Refresher Training - $60/person
Custom Training Descriptions
Custom C&TC Trainings are intended only for those who provide and bill for complete C&TC screening exams: clinics, local public health, Tribes, and some Head Start programs.
Hearing Basic: Includes basic anatomy, audiometer care and use, preparation and performing pure tone audiometry screening, otoacoustic emissions screening (OAE), pass/refer/rescreen criteria, and documentation.
Vision Basic: Includes external anatomy, visual conditions, performing near and distance visual acuity screening, recommended visual acuity charts, plus lenses, pass/refer/rescreen criteria, and documentation.