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Early Childhood Programming & Staff Professional Development

Trainings Suited for: Early Childhood Care Providers, Teachers, Home Visitors, Family Service staff, Content-Area Leads, Early Childhood Program Supervisors and Managers, and Program Directors

Level of Content: Beginner level for new staff to advance level for seasoned early childhood program staff.

Service Delivery: On-site or virtual consultation, program review and recommendations, professional development support, targeted training and support for implementation of content into practice.

Early Head Start Program

Session Content:

Understand how the Head Start Program Performance Standards guide quality early childhood programming
Understand the basic structure and organization of an Early Head Start Program

Duration: 2+ hours

Collaborating and Co-Teaching in Group Care

Session Content:

Components of Co-Teaching / Team Teaching
Benefit of Working as a Team
Classroom Management
Making the Most of the Partnership
Tips for Working Together

Duration: 3+ hours

Staff Wellness

Session Content:

Identify components of staff wellness
Articulate why staff wellness is important
Practical tips to improve personal wellness
Practical tips to improve wellness in programs
Understand and Learn to manage stress & Depression

Duration: 1 - 4 hours

Coaching

Session Content:

Explore benefits of coaching
Explore coaching options and formats
Understand the various components to the different coaching formats
Considerations for implementing coaching into your early childhood program

Duration: 2 - 10 hours

Applying

Practice-Based Coaching

Session Content:

Explore the key elements and components of Practice-Based Coaching
Discuss current coaching activities in relation to Practice-Based Coaching
Theory of Change

Duration: 2 - 10 hours

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Session Content:

Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care
Brain Architecture
Brain Building Through Play
The Parent-Child Relationship as a Space for Healing
Parent Talk

Duration: 1 1/2 - 5 hours

Introduction to a Culture of Safety

Session Content:

•Define and identify characteristics of a culture of safety

•Understand how a culture of safety prevents injuries and promotes child well being

•Describe the 10 actions for a culture of safety

Duration: 1 1/2 - 5 hours

Implementing a Culture of Safety

Session Content:

•Explore and discuss strategies to establish, train, implement, and enforce a culture of safety

•Learn ways to solve safety problems using root cause analysis

•Discuss how management systems strengthen and support a culture of safety

•Explore the role of program leadership in establishing and enhancing a culture of safety

Duration: 1 1/2 - 5 hours

Active Supervision

Session Content:

•Explore adult supervision as the most effective way to keep children safe and prevent injuries

•Explore the six active supervision strategies

•Identify ways to plan for, implement, and monitor active supervision strategies

Duration: 1 1/2 - 5 hours

Infant & Toddler Development & Care

Understand the essence of child development for children newborn to age 3, how to provide developmentally appropriate responsive care for young children in group care to support and maximize young children’s development.

Learn how to effectively design and implement high-quality early childhood group care services and achieve desired outcomes.

Trainings Suited for: Early Childhood Care Providers, Teachers, Home Visitors, Content-Area Leads, Early Childhood Program Supervisors and Managers, and Program Directors

Level of Content: Beginner level for new staff to advance level for seasoned program staff.

Service Delivery: Consultation, program review and recommendations, professional development support, targeted training and support for implementation of content into practice.

The Growing Brain Curriculum

Session Content:

The Basics
The Factors Affecting Brain Growth and Development
Communication and Language Development
Cognition and Executive Function
Social-Emotional Development
Understanding Behavior
Everyday Play

Duration: 3 - 21 hours

School Readiness for Infants & Toddlers

Session Content:

Overview of School Readiness
Attachment
Developmental Domains
Individualization

Duration: 1 1/2 - 6 hours

Responsive Caregiving

Session Content

Define and understand responsive caregiving.
Understand how responsive caregiving impacts children’s learning and development
Identify responsive caregiving strategies

Duration: 1 -2 hours

Attachment Theory & Brain Research

Session Content:

Understand brain areas and functions
Develop strategies to use with families to promote healthy brain development
Identify different types of stress and associated impact on child and adult outcomes
Explore ways responsive relationships support early brain development

Duration: 1 - 2 hours

Transitions

Session Content:

Understand the importance of effective transitions in group care
Explore and practice various types of strategies for effective transitions throughout the daily schedule of activities

Duration: 1 - 2 hours

Temperament

Session Content:

Understand and explore Flexible, Fearful or Fiesty, the different temperaments of Infants and toddlers

Duration: 1 - 2 hours

Creating Indoor & Outdoor Environments for

Infants & Toddlers I

Session Content:

Develop a deeper understanding developmentally-appropriate indoor and outdoor learning environments for infants and toddlers.
Design and create an environment for those you care for.

Duration: 2+ hours

Creating Indoor & Outdoor Environments for Infants & Toddlers II

Session Content:

Develop a deeper understanding of how to plan for or improve an infant and toddler care setting.
Learn how to set up specific areas for infants and toddlers.

Duration: 2+ hours

The Home-Based Program

Understand the essence of the Home-Based Program option with support and training designed for program staff in all positions.

Learn how to effectively design and implement a high-quality home-based program and support enrolled families to achieve desired outcomes with targeted program services.

Trainings Suited for: Home Visitors, Home-Based Program Supervisors and Managers, and Program Directors

Level of Content: Beginner level for new staff to advanced level for seasoned staff.

Service Delivery: Consultation, program review and recommendations, professional development support, targeted training and support for implementation of content into practice.

The Guiding Processes
of Home Visiting

Session Content:

The home-based program model
The process of home visiting
The responsibilities & steps of home visiting
Key approaches for working with parents
Taking a strengths-based perspective
Cultural competence

Duration: 4+ hours

The Home Visitor
& Parent Relationship

Session Content:

The role & relationship of the Home Visitor
The triadic relationship with the parent & family & their child.

Duration: 3+ hours

The Parent &
Child Relationship

Session Content:

The relationships parents develop with their child
Ways that the home-based program supports the parent-child relationship
The young child’s universal learning agenda, developmental needs & temperament that influence the relationships parents develop with their child

Duration: 3+ hours

Child Development

Session Content:

Child development
Brain development
The importance of attachment
Responsiveness to support the developing child

Duration: 2+ hours

Guidance & Discipline

Session Content:

Explore socialization and guidance practices that support a young child’s developmental readiness
Developmentally appropriate guidance and discipline practices
Providing guidance and discipline strategies with parents and families.

Duration: 4+ hours

Language &
Cognitive Development

Session Content:

Children’s learning
Ways for parents to support learning in the home through naturally occurring interactions and objects
Language and cognitive development

Duration: 4+ hours

Special Considerations
in Home Visiting

Session Content:

Child development concerns
Parent and child mental health
Communicating with parents
The role and responsibilities of those that supervise and support Home Visitors

Duration: 4+ hours

Socializations & Home Visiting

Session Content:

Design and implement effective Socialization opportunities for children and families that support home-based program services and programming.

Duration: 3+ hours

Reflective Practice,
Self-Awareness & Self-Care

Session Content:

The importance of Reflective Practice to support home-based program services and Home Visitors
Information and resources to support home-based program staff’s self-awareness
Self-care practices to sustain high-quality program practices and effective implementation of program services

Duration: 4+ hours

Family Services & Engagement

Explore and understand the essence of family services and engaging families as an essential component to an early childhood program. Learn the role of family services and family service staff, how to engage and build relationships with families, and the critical elements of the Family Partnership Process. Learn how to assist families reduce their stressors and increase their strengths and capabilities to be their child’s first and best teacher and advocate.

Training Suited for: Family Service Staff, Family Service Supervisors and Managers, and Program Directors

Level of Content: Beginner to advance for new and seasoned family service staff and home-based program staff.

Service Delivery: Consultation, program review and recommendations, professional development support, targeted training and support for implementation of content into practice.

Overview of Family Services

Session Content:

The Foundations of Family Engagement
Building Relationships and Partnerships with Families
On the Job - Roles and Responsibilities

Duration: 5 -6 hours

The Family Partnership Process

Session Content:

Recruitment and Enrollment
Family and Child Assessment
Communication with Families
Goal Setting with Families
Follow Up and Support
Continuous Program Improvement

Duration: 1 1/2 - 2 hours

Goal Setting with Families

Session Content:

Understand and explore the goal setting process as part of the Family Partnership Process
Explore the various steps necessary to support goals from creation to accomplishment
Practice strategies to utilize to support families with their goals to reduce their stressors and increase their self-reliance

Duration: 3 hours

Motivational Interviewing

Session Content:

Gain increased understanding of factors that make it difficult for families to engage
Gain strategies for improving and developing positive relationships with families
Gain strategies for having more-helpful conversations that facilitate growth
Understand Motivational Interviewing strategies
Understand how to implement MI strategies with families to facilitate and support their change process
Build skills by practicing MI strategies

Duration: 2 -4 hours

Training Menu

Early Childhood Programming & Staff Professional Development

Infant & Toddler Development & Care

The Home-Based Program

The Guiding Processes of Home Visiting

The Home Visitor & Parent Relationship

The Parent & Child Relationship

Child Development

Guidance & Discipline

Language & Cognitive Development

Special Considerations in Home Visiting

Socializations & Home Visiting

Reflective Practice, Self-Awareness & Self-Care

Family Services & Engagement

The Guiding Processes
of Home Visiting

The Home Visitor
& Parent Relationship

The Parent &
Child Relationship

Language &
Cognitive Development

Special Considerations
in Home Visiting

Reflective Practice,
Self-Awareness & Self-Care