This is the one and only book to offer a step-by-step guide to passing the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential process. It costs $425 just to take the test. Be sure to pass on the first try. Approximately 18,000 early childhood professionals becoming new CDAs annually. After receiving your CDA Credential, you can continue to use this book to renew your credential--must be renewed every three years--to earn a CDA for a different setting (family child care to center-based care or infant-toddler to preschool), and to develop goals for future professional development. The fourth edition of The CDA Prep Guide is revised to reflect the latest changes in the process for earning the Child Development Associate Credential, including updates to the procedure for assembling a Professional Portfolio and the CDA renewal process. Audience is early childhood educators obtaining or renewing their CDA credential in a variety of settings including school-based, centers, and family child care.