North Carolina Approved Self-Paced Trainings

Special needs

  • This 3 hour training is approved for 0.3 CEU's and meets requirements for North Carolina and is approved by the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE).

  • This training explores strategies behind creating interactive and engaging interiors that stimulate language development and peer interactions. 

    We will delve into principles for effective interactions between you and the children you care for, classroom design that supports peer interactions, and practical strategies for grouping children for maximum engagement. 

    We will also problem solve how to support children that are not engaging socially with their peers. 

    By the end of the training, you will feel confident optimizing your furniture and layout, establishing learning centers, supporting language development, and fostering positive peer interactions.

  • At the end of this training, you will be able to:

    1. identify the two main elements that make an interactive classroom. 

    2. Name at least 1 way you can arrange the environment to promote interactions. 

    3. Identify the best way to group children for learning experiences. 

    4. Identify ways to involve children with delays in peer play.

  • Resources: This training includes a digital handbook.

    Assessment: At the end of the training is a 10 question multiple choice quiz. You must pass with an 80% but don't worry, you get 3 opportunities to take and pass the quiz!

    Completion Deadline: This training expires 6 months from the date of purchase. The course must be successfully completed by the expiration date in order to receive a certificate. Don't forget to download and save the supplemental resources too!

    Refunds: There are no refunds.

  • This 3 hour training is approved for 0.3 CEU's and meets requirements for North Carolina and is approved by the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE).

  • This training is designed to equip childcare providers with effective strategies for navigating difficult conversations with parents and guardians.  

    Childcare providers often encounter challenging situations that require open and respectful communication.  Learn how to prepare for difficult conversations, create solutions, execute a plan, and be able to provide families with additional resources for a range of concerns. 

    You will leave the training feeling confident when addressing concerns while maintaining a positive relationship with families.

  • At the end of this training, you will be able to:

    1. Name 3 ways to prepare for difficult conversations.

    2. Name the 3 elements of an effective solutions plan.

    3. Name 2 different resources you can provide families with if they have concerns about their child’s development.

  • Resources: This training includes a digital handbook with resources to support you when talking with families. The fillable meeting agenda, fillable action plan, scripts, and template emails are all included to guide you in your success!

    Assessment: At the end of the training is a 10 question multiple choice quiz. You must pass with an 80% but don't worry, you get 3 opportunities to take and pass the quiz!

    Completion Deadline: This training expires 6 months from the date of purchase. The course must be successfully completed by the expiration date in order to receive a certificate. Don't forget to download and save the supplemental resources too!

    Refunds: There are no refunds.

  • This 3 hour training is approved for 0.3 CEU's and meets requirements for North Carolina and is approved by the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE).

  • This training provides information on language developmental milestones from 1-3 years old so caretakers know what to expect and when, when it comes to a toddler’s language development. 

    Providers will learn quick and easy strategies to support language development that can be implemented throughout the day, during natural routines. 

    The strategies are proven to support higher oral vocabulary through toddlerhood, stronger social connections, and academic success at school age.

  • At the end of this training, you will be able to:

    1) Participants will identify expressive and receptive language developmental milestones for babies ranging in age from 1 to 3 years old.

    2) Participants will identify 3 benefits (short and/or long term benefits) to providing a strong language foundation in toddlerhood.

    3) Participants will name language boosting strategies that support language development in toddlers.

    4) Participants will name daily routines that are part of the providers everyday schedule where they can implement learned strategies.

  • Resources: This training includes a digital handbook with milestone check lists, printable parent handouts with video examples, and strategies to help get toddlers talking or talking more with routine examples all at your fingertips!

    Assessment: At the end of the training is a 10 question multiple choice quiz. You must pass with an 80% but don't worry, you get 3 opportunities to take and pass the quiz!

    Completion Deadline: This training expires 6 months from the date of purchase. The course must be successfully completed by the expiration date in order to receive a certificate. Don't forget to download and save the supplemental resources too!

    Refunds: There are no refunds.

  • This 3 hour training is approved for 0.3 CEU's and meets requirements for North Carolina and is approved by the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE).

  • It can be frustrating for both you and a child when you don’t understand what they said.  This training provides information on speech sound development from 1-6 years old so caretakers know what sounds a child should be saying at specific ages. 

    Providers will learn quick and easy strategies to support speech development and respond in ways that reduces frustrations.

    These strategies can be implemented throughout the day, during natural routines! 

    Providers will also learn the answers to frequently asked questions such as how to support dual language learners speech, when to be concerned, and common things that have a negative impact on sound development.

  • At the end of this training, you will be able to:

    1)  Participants will name early developing and later developing sounds.

    2)Participants will name 3 RIGHT WAYS to respond that increase speech sound development.

    3) Participants will demonstrate how to respond when you do not understand what a child said.

    4)  Answer FAQ’s that relate to speech sound development.

  • Resources: This training includes a digital handbook packed with easy to read speech sound development charts by age, typical and atypical sound errors with examples, and more!

    Assessment: At the end of the training is a 10 question multiple choice quiz. You must pass with an 80% but don't worry, you get 3 opportunities to take and pass the quiz!

    Completion Deadline: This training expires 6 months from the date of purchase. The course must be successfully completed by the expiration date in order to receive a certificate. Don't forget to download and save the supplemental resources too!

    Refunds: There are no refunds.

  • This 3 hour training is approved for 0.3 CEU's and meets requirements for North Carolina and is approved by the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE).

  • In this training, participants will delve into understanding and supporting autistic children through a neurodiversity-affirming lens while learning directly from a Pediatric Speech Therapist.

    The goal is to equip you with the knowledge of what autism is and is not as well as debunk “old school” ways of supporting children with autism and learn new best practices. 

    You will leave the training with the tools you need to feel confident caring for a neurodiverse child while supporting their language, sensory processing system, and play!

  • 1. Identify the 3 main characteristics of Autism.

    2. Identify 5 different ways to support the sensory environment to meet an autistic child’s needs.  

    3. Identify neurodiversity affirming ways to play with an autistic child. 

  • Resources: This course includes four digital guides! The guides total more than 90 pages of handouts packed full of information for you and families you care for!

    Assessment: At the end of the training is a 10 question multiple choice quiz. You must pass with an 80% but don't worry, you get 3 opportunities to take and pass the quiz!

    Completion Deadline: This training expires 6 months from the date of purchase. The course must be successfully completed by the expiration date in order to receive a certificate. Don't forget to download and save the supplemental resources too!

    Refunds: There are no refunds.