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  • 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. 

  • This training is approved for 3 credit hours and 0.3 CEU's in DC, DE, FL, MD, PA

  • Did you know- research shows math language predicts later math AND reading skills!

    In this training, you will learn: How gender stereotypes impact math learning, language strategies to support teaching math in ways that littles learn best, and 5 key math concepts to focus on from birth through preschool age.

    You will also leave the training with toy, book, and game suggestions to use in your childcare as well as handouts to provide to families so they can support math language at home!

  • 1) Participants will describe gender stereotypes and how it impacts math learning.

     2) Participants will state what it means to follow the child’s lead and guide the interaction.

    3) Participants will name 5 key math concepts to focus on from birth through preschool.

  • This training is approved for 3 credit hours and 0.3 CEU's in DC, DE, FL, MD, PA

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  • From babies first bites of solid foods to troubleshooting challenging meal times with preschoolers- this training provides information on meal time success!

    You will learn ways you can support getting baby ready for solids, how to handle picky toddlers, and ways to troubleshoot challenges during meal time like throwing food, food refusal, and more! 

    This training is also packed with information about the nutritional needs and serving size of littles from birth through preschool to optimize growth and development! 

  • 1. Participants will identify 5 ways to support getting baby ready for solid foods.

    2. Participants will name 1 possible solution to common problems that occur at meal times. 

    3. Participants will Identify the nutritional needs of children from 6 months to 5 years.

  • This training is approved for 3 credit hours and 0.3 CEU's in DC, DE, FL, MD, PA

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  • Looking to incorporate sign language in your childcare?  This training is for you! 

    Learn about the many benefits of using sign language with infants, toddlers, and preschool age children that are both typically developing and have special needs.  Then have opportunities to watch videos and practice signs you can use during your everyday routines! 

    You will also learn ways to incorporate sign into your curriculum and how to create a supportive environment that fosters signs at your childcare and with the children’s families!

  • 1) Participants will identify populations of children that benefit from using sign language. 

    2) Participants will list 3 benefits of signing to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

    3) Participants will list routines within their day and curriculum where they can implement signing to children.

  • This training is approved for 3 credit hours and 0.3 CEU's in DC, DE, FL, MD, PA

  • The training is designed to equip childcare providers with the knowledge and skills necessary to support and enhance fine motor development.  

    Participants will learn what fine motor skills develop and when starting at infancy through age 5.

    You will leave the training with play ideas, table top activities, and toy suggestions that support later skills for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

    The training also gives you recommendation for equipment for common skills like pencil grasp and cutting, how to support children with fine motor delays, and FAQ’s (like "Does writing on a tablet support handwriting?") will be answered.        

  • 1. Identify fine motor milestones for the birth to 5 year old.

    2. Identify fine motor activities for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

    3. Identify strategies to promote pencil grasp and facilitate scissor skills.

  • This training is approved for 3 credit hours and 0.3 CEU's in DC, DE, FL, MD, PA

  • 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.

  • Identify the two main elements that make an interactive classroom. 

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

    Identify the best way to group children for learning experiences. 

    Identify ways to involve children with delays in peer play.

  • This training is approved for 3 credit hours and 0.3 CEU's in DC, DE, FL, MD, PA

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • This training is approved for 3 credit hours and 0.3 CEU's in DC, DE, FL, MD, PA

  • This training is designed to equip childcare providers with effective strategies for fostering positive behaviors in their childcare setting.

    Participants will learn the main reasons why children misbehave and deep dive into power struggles. 

    You will learn proactive techniques to reduce power struggles, encourage desirable behaviors, and learn to address power struggles in the moment. 

    By the end of this very interactive training, you will feel empowered implementing positive discipline strategies to support long term behavior change!

  • 1) Identify what a child really wants when they engage in power struggles.

    2) Identify ways you can prevent misbehavior before it happens.

    3) Identify ways you can respond to and redirect misbehavior.

  • This training is approved for 3 credit hours and 0.3 CEU's in DC, DE, FL, MD, PA

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  • This training is designed to equip childcare providers with effective strategies for fostering positive behaviors in their childcare setting. Participants will learn the main reasons why children misbehave and deep dive into attention seeking behaviors. 

    You will learn proactive techniques to reduce attention seeking behaviors, encourage desirable behaviors, and learn to address behaviors in the moment. 

    By the end of this very interactive training, you will feel empowered implementing positive discipline strategies to support long term behavior change!

  • 1) Identify what a child really wants when they use attention seeking behaviors.

    2) Identify ways you can prevent misbehavior before it happens.

    3) Identify ways you can respond to and redirect misbehavior.

  • This training is approved for 3 credit hours and 0.3 CEU's in DC, DE, FL, MD, PA

  • This training is designed to equip childcare providers with effective strategies for fostering positive behaviors in their childcare setting.

    Participants will delve into the main reasons why children misbehave and deep dive into aggressive behaviors. 

    You will learn proactive techniques to reduce aggressive behaviors, encourage desirable behaviors, and learn to address behaviors in the moment. 

    By the end of this very interactive training, you will feel empowered implementing positive discipline strategies to support long term behavior change!

  • 1) Identify what a child really wants when they use aggressive behaviors.

    2) Identify ways you can prevent misbehavior before it happens.

    3) Identify ways you can respond to and redirect misbehavior.

  • This training is approved for 3 credit hours and 0.3 CEU's in DC, DE, FL, MD, PA

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • This training is approved for 3 credit hours and 0.3 CEU's in DC, DE, FL, MD, PA

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • This training is approved for 3 credit hours and 0.3 CEU's in DC, DE, FL, MD, PA

  • This training provides information on language developmental milestones during the first year so caretakers know what to expect and when, when it comes to a baby’s language development. 

    Providers will learn quick and easy strategies to lay the communication foundation that can be implemented throughout the day, during natural routines. 

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

  • 1) Participants will identify expressive and receptive language developmental milestones for babies ranging in age from birth to 15 months.

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

    3) Participants will list 7 language boosting strategies that support language development in infants.

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

  • This training is approved for 3 credit hours and 0.3 CEU's in DC, DE, FL, MD, PA

  • This training is designed to enhance your understanding of early literacy development in infants and toddlers and give you strategies to foster a child’s love of reading!

    You will learn literacy milestones from birth-3 years, understand why reading matters, what to look for in books for this age, how to create a literacy rich environment, establish reading routines, and more! 

    Best of all, you will leave with tools to solve common reading struggles you probably encounter when reading to infants and toddlers.  

    By the end of the training, you will feel equipped to support language and literacy development with infants and toddlers!

  • 1. Identify strategies to read to infants and toddlers that supports language and literacy development.

    2. Identify different way(s) to rotate books that supports literacy and language.

    3. Identify how to create a literacy rich environment.

  • This training is approved for 3 credit hours and 0.3 CEU's in DC, DE, FL, MD, PA

  • This training is designed to elevate your understanding and practice of play-based learning with infants and toddlers. 

    You will explore fun and unique ways to engage infants and toddlers with toys that promote cognitive and language development and understand the significance of play positions to support sensory, fine, and gross motor skill development. 

    You will also learn strategies to support infants and toddlers when play is not going well or they are having trouble with play transitions (like clean up!). 

    The training is packed full of ready to do activities, video examples, toy suggestions, and more so you feel confident and empowered playing with infants and toddlers in ways that supports holistic development!

  • 1) By the end of the training, participants will identify characteristics of play-based learning.

    2) By the end of the training, participants will identify 3 benefits of play related to infant and toddler development. 

    3) By the end of the training, participants will recall ways to use play and play positions to support development. 

  • This training is approved for 3 credit hours and 0.3 CEU's in DC, DE, FL, MD, PA

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