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Developmental Monitoring and Screening
Presented by Liz Moore, MEd
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Course: #31149Level: Introductory1 Hour
This training will look at what developmental monitoring is, why developmental monitoring is so important, and where teachers and providers can access checklists and screening tools to help determine if a child is developing on target. It will briefly discuss what is developmentally appropriate for children 12 months – 5 years old. Lastly, the course will discuss where to refer families when a child is at risk for developmental delay.

Developmental Foundations of Handwriting
Presented by Dena Bishop, OTR/L
Video
Course: #31154Level: Introductory2 Hours
The skill of handwriting requires postural control, motor control, bilateral coordination, visual perception, visual motor skills, grip patterns, language development and social emotional skills. This course is designed to delve into each of area to understand child development in context to handwriting. The main focus is on developmental activities for each foundational skill area to promote prewriting skills.

Active Supervision for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
Presented by Amanda Schwartz, PhD
Video
Course: #31155Level: Introductory2 Hours
Keeping children safe requires intentional, careful supervision. Participants will learn 6 steps to active supervision and how they can be used with infants and toddlers as they rapidly develop new skills and take new risks. In addition, participants will learn about keeping preschoolers safe through the everyday routines of a center and other events that can change those routines.

Screening, Assessment, and Evaluation
Presented by Amanda Schwartz, PhD
Video
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.

Routine-Based Strategies for Keeping Children Safe
Presented by Amanda Schwartz, PhD
Video
Course: #31157Level: Introductory3 Hours
Infants use their hands, mouths, and bodies to learn. Toddlers learn through exploration. Preschoolers explore, challenge themselves, and take risks to learn throughout the day. In this course, you will learn ways to keep children safe during the routines in their day.

Children, Families, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Presented by Dan Dubovsky, MSW
Video
Course: #31158Level: Intermediate2 Hours
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. This course then explores how and why approaches need to be modified for children who are affected, and the importance of all involved providing the same approach.

Auditory Processing Disorders and Hearing Loss in the Mainstream Classroom
Presented by Jane Madell, PhD, CCC-A/SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
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Course: #31153Level: Advanced2 Hours
One way children learn is by listening to things around them. If children do not hear speech clearly because of hearing loss or auditory processing disorders, they will have difficulty learning. This workshop will help early childhood educators learn how to recognize auditory processing disorders in children in their classroom and offer management suggestions. In addition, this course will assist regular classroom teachers in understanding hearing loss and how to maximize learning for children with hearing loss in their classrooms.

Growing a Child's Auditory Brain
Presented by Carol Flexer, PhD, CCC-A, LSLS Cert. AVT
Video
Course: #31145Level: Intermediate3 Hours
Using a research to practice format, this course will describe hearing, listening, literacy, and music from a neurological perspective. Practical suggestions will be offered for enriching a child auditory brain; reading aloud and the development of phonological awareness; and encouraging families to incorporate music into everyday life for infants and young children.

What the Early Childhood Educator Should Know About Hearing
Presented by James W. Hall III, PhD
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Course: #31146Level: Intermediate2 Hours
In this course, the hearing system is reviewed briefly, with an emphasis on the middle and inner ear. Then, common causes for hearing loss in preschool children are identified, and their influence on communication development and educational performance is described, including risk factors. Finally, procedures and protocols for screening and diagnosis of hearing loss in preschool children are described.

Infant Mental Health
Presented by Nicole Quint, Dr.OT, OTR/L
Video
Course: #31144Level: Intermediate2 Hours
This course introduces the concept of infant mental health, emphasizing individual child, family-centered care, environment and context and development. This course investigates attachment, the "fourth trimester" transition, and temperament, as well as strategies to enhance caregiver and infant co-occupations, including infant massage and positive routines.