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Change Your Perception, Change Their Attitude: Part 2
Presented by Kathy Lincoln, MA
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Course: #31164Level: Intermediate1 Hour
This is the second in a two-part course that helps leaders recognize the influence their perceptions and attitudes have on the people and programs they lead. In this segment, participants are introduced to the characteristics of passive, aggressive, and assertive behaviors, as well as characteristics and skills associated with Assertive Leadership.

Change Your Perception, Change Their Attitude: Part 1
Presented by Kathy Lincoln, MA
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Course: #31163Level: Intermediate1 Hour
This course will introduce participants to the concept of neurophysiology, the brain and body’s auto response to stress, and to the development of perception. Leaders will be able to engage in a self-reflective process that helps them understand the influence their perceptions and attitudes can have on the people and programs they lead.

Screening, Assessment, and Evaluation
Presented by Amanda Schwartz, PhD
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Course: #31156Level: Intermediate2 Hours
From a child's first day in a program, staff gather information about the best ways to meet his or her needs. Make screening, assessment, and evaluation part of your program's culture to improve teaching, individualizing, and, when necessary, identifying a child for additional services. This course details these processes for administrators and teaching staff.

Screening, Assessment, and Evaluation: A Guide for Administrators
Presented by Amanda Schwartz, PhD
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Course: #30667Level: Intermediate1 Hour
From a child's first day in a program, staff gather information about the best ways to meet his or her needs. Make screening, assessment, and evaluation part of your program's culture to improve teaching, individualizing, and, when necessary, identifying a child for additional services.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) - Working with Children and Families to Improve Outcomes
Presented by Dan Dubovsky, MSW
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Course: #30676Level: Intermediate1 Hour
This course relies on a basic knowledge of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). It focuses on how and why approaches need to be modified for children who are affected and the importance of all involved providing the same approach.

Keeping Children and Staff Healthy: Ways to Manage the Spread of Illness
Presented by Amanda Schwartz, PhD
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Course: #30675Level: Introductory1 Hour
Young children are more likely to catch and spread minor illnesses as they build their ability to fight infections. Early education programs can do a lot to manage the spread of disease by promoting healthy behaviors and keeping spaces clean.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) - Impact on Children and Families
Presented by Dan Dubovsky, MSW
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Course: #30673Level: Intermediate1 Hour
This course examines the importance of recognizing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in children who are struggling and why typical approaches to behaviors are not effective. Brain structures involved are discussed with their impact on behavior.

I'm a Teacher, not a Babysitter!: Professionalism in Early Childhood
Presented by Natasha Crosby Kile, MS
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Course: #30586Level: Intermediate1 Hour
Early childhood professionals must hold themselves to a high standard if they want to change the way that they are seen by society. We will discuss the four dimensions of professionalism and how to achieve them in order to reach this high standard.

Kids Haven't Changed but Parents Have: Tips and Strategies for Connecting with Millennial Parents
Presented by Karen Deerwester, EdS
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Course: #30442Level: Introductory1 Hour
A new generation of Millennial Parents is changing best practices for communicating and connecting with families in Early Childhood programs. In this course, teachers and administrators will discover the strengths of this new generation and learn to reframe and adapt expectations and strategies for more effective, less frustrating parent engagement.

It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It (Family-Centered Practice & Teaming)
Presented by Tara Warwick, MS, OTR/L
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Course: #30423Level: Intermediate1 Hour
The following course will walk participants through the process of family-centered practice. How to have difficult conversations with families and teams will also be addressed.