Here is a list of trainings/topics for trainings. If you do not see the topic you need, please tell us more in the box below!
Foundational Skills:
- Child Care Foundational Trainings (Intro to the Child Care Professional, Fundamentals of Family Child Care, Fundamentals of Infant Toddler, and Skills and Strategies)
- Adult & Pediatric CPR w/ AED and First Aid.
- Developmentally Appropriate Practice and/or Environments, Pyramid Model (Preschool, Infant Toddler, and/or e-Modules), WI Model Early Learning Standards (WMELS), WMELS Next Steps or Domain Specific (courses to support implementation of WMELS strategies).
- Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) and Safe Sleep (or SIDS) Trainings
- Train the Trainer for AHT, Active Early
- Understanding Regulatory Requirements
- Child Supervision
- Child Development/Brain Development
- Mind in the Making Series
Program Support
Health & Safety:
- Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care
- Healthy Bites (nutritional topics around writing policies, focus on infants and/or children, planning healthy meals, supporting healthy eating)
- Stewards of Children (prevention of child sexual abuse)
- Strengthening Families (training built on the 5 Protective Factors for early childhood professionals)
- Mandated Reporter Training
- Other basic health & safety topics
Environments:
- Safe & Healthy Environments (handwashing, diapering, toileting, sanitizing and disinfecting)
- Family Child Care Environments
- Introduction to the Environment Rating Scales
- Intentional Environments in After School Care
- Supporting Conversation around Race and Culture in Early Childhood
Family Engagement & Parent Education:
- Family Engagement
- Protective Factors (training for professionals around the 5 Protective Factors)
- Five for Families (training for families around the 5 Protective Factors)
- Triple P (Positive Parenting Program)
- The power of positive parenting
- Raising confident and competent children
- Raising resilient children.
- Positive Solutions for Families
- Parent Cafes
Screenings & Assessments:
- Ages & Stages (ASQ-3 and Social Emotional)
- Overview on Asessessments and Observation in the Classroom
- Individual Learning/Documenting Learning with Children in your Program
- Teaching Begins with Observation (teaches the fundamentals of classroom observations)
- Developing Child Portfolios
Curriculum/Topical:
- Art, Science, Math, Literacy topics
- LENA (Language ENvironment Analysis) Overview