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Child care professionals have an incredibly important job – nurturing our children. Caregivers need access to a wide range of up-to-date information in order to respond to children's needs, communicate effectively with parents and manage their businesses. Child Care Resources strives to meet the training needs of early childhood professionals through quality online training that is available on-demand, around the clock.
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We work hard to offer affordable professional development for child care providers that is relevant, informative and fun. Our courses range in Knowledge Base from Child Growth and Development to Health, Safety and Nutrition, and cover an array of topics from business practices to how to work with children with special needs. See our Course Catalog for a complete list of the courses we offer. We also continue to develop new courses every year based on feedback that we receive from people like you, who tell us what they need and what they could use. We also periodically take down courses to revise or rewrite them to stay with the most current research in the childhood profession. Our hope is to empower child care providers through an educational learning community at ChildCareTraining.org.
Credit Hours: 2.0 Learning to listen and understand language begins at birth. Learn how to make language a priority for the children in your care. Keywords: cognitive, speech, fluency, vocabulary, communication Credit Hours: 2.0 Find the balance between toddlers' need for independence and the necessary boundaries that keep them safe. Keywords: potty training, toileting, naps, meals Credit Hours: 2.0 Learn about the importance of expressive language, how children acquire it, and how child care providers can facilitate it. Keywords: cognitive, speech, fluency, vocabulary, communication Credit Hours: 2.0 Brain research shows that early childhood matters! Examine how the brain grows and develops in young children. Credit Hours: 2.0 Examine how early childhood professionals can provide experiences that can help children's brains grow and develop. Keywords: enriched environments, relationships, developmentally appropriate practice, abuse and neglect, nurturing, supportive relationships, private speech, fantasy friends, exploration, language enrichment, music Credit Hours: 2.0 Bullying can be both prevented and unlearned. Learn how you can influence children's behavior in a positive way. Keywords: conflict, empathy, self-worth Credit Hours: 3.0 Biting in toddlers is common, but still frustrating. Learn ways to cope with this challenging behavior. Keywords: incident report, guidance Credit Hours: 2.0 Understand and evaluate appropriate vs. inappropriate direct and indirect guidance in early childhood settings. Keywords: discipline, prosocial, consequences, punishment, rewards, teaching Credit Hours: 3.0 The occurrence of autism is on the rise. Learn the tools necessary to support a child with autism and his or her family. Credit Hours: 2.0 Explore how phonological awareness develops in young children and how this relates to literacy skills. Credit Hours: 2.0 Learn the three most important components in the development of early literacy. Keywords: alphabetic principle, writing, letters, stage Credit Hours: 2.0 Explore the role of the environment in the development of early literacy skills. Credit Hours: 2.0 Examine how your physical environment can have an impact on the behavior of the children in your care. Credit Hours: 2.0 This brand new course is more relevant than ever. Learn about the health and developmental effects of early television and screen time exposure on young children and how to reduce screen time in your child care setting. Credit Hours: 2.0 Make a habit of planning meals in advance to save money and time, and help balance food choices for the children in your care. Keywords: energy, time, planning, portions, leftovers, staples, groceries, shopping, economic Credit Hours: 2.0 The new food pyramid is designed to help Americans lead happier and healthier lives. Learn how to put this tool to work. Keywords: weight, activity, grains, fruits, vegetables, model, move, proteins Credit Hours: 4.0 Know when and how to report suspected cases of abuse and neglect and the Montana regulations. Credit Hours: 2.0 Explore what Ellyn Satter calls the division of responsibility in feeding and learn how to clearly define the roles and expectations between adults and children. Keywords: restrict, force, regulator, transition, predictable, communicate, components Credit Hours: 2.0 Discuss how variety affects children's overall development, not just physical, and how new research is suggesting a connection between food and behavior. Keywords: colors, vitamins, texture, research, mealtimes, nutrition, environment, sensitivity Credit Hours: 3.0 Define diversity and bias in terms of the early education environment. Learn how to select appropriate materials. Keywords: stereotypes, analyzing books and materials, overgeneralizations, prejudice, culture, values, ethnic, self-evaluation, tourist approach, environment, strategies Credit Hours: 2.0 Learn the tools necessary to create a bookkeeping system using paper ledgers or a computer spreadsheet program. This course is for testing purposes on our website, and is not available for students or for training credit. Wondering what ChildCareTraining.org courses are like? This is an actual course from our curriculum and will give you an idea of what to expect for content, quizzes, activities and formatting. Learn how to use the ChildCareTraining.org website. We are proud to provide a better user experience for our students, including new, interactive features. This Site Tutorial will show you how to navigate through the website, and how to navigate through a course once you're enroled. We encourage ALL students to take this quick and easy tutorial to familiarize yourself with how everything works.
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