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State Approval Information for New York

Continued is an approved organization with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) to offer distance learning courses. All courses on Continued Early Childhood Education may be applied to New York child care licensing and Aspire registry requirements.

Scholarship funding to participate in continued training may be available through the Educational Incentive Program. For more information, visit our EIP Guide Page.

We are not yet able to offer course approval to meet CTLE Professional Certificate requirements through the Office of Teaching Initiatives, but we encourage you to check back as this may change in the future. Meanwhile, feel free to search our library for courses that may be helpful to your professional development.

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Behavior or Sensory? Understanding Challenging Behavior
Presented by Tara Warwick, MS, OTR/L
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Course: #30433Level: Intermediate1 Hour
The following course provides a framework for better understanding challenging behavior. Participants will learn how to identify target behavior, create a hypothesis, and create an intervention plan.

Supporting Teachers in Addressing Challenging Behavior: A Team Approach (a workshop for Directors & Administrators of EC programs)
Presented by Barbara Kaiser, MA
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Course: #30425Level: Advanced1 Hour
To be effective, leaders must be self-reflective—think about who they are, become aware of their strengths and weaknesses, and look for ways to develop their own and their staff’s competencies and resilience. As school districts increasingly prohibit the suspension and expulsion of young children the Director/Administrator needs to believe in this goal and have the skills to develop and lead a team that supports it.

Foundational Skills and Activities for Handwriting
Presented by Dena Bishop, OTR/L
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Course: #30424Level: Introductory1 Hour
This course details the multiple foundational motor and perceptual skills required for handwriting such as bilateral coordination, visual spatial relations, visual motor skills and grip patterns. The main focus is on developmental activities for each foundational skill area to promote prewriting skills.

Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders
Presented by Tara Warwick, MS, OTR/L
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Course: #30431Level: Introductory1 Hour
This course is an introduction to autism spectrum disorders. Participants will learn about the diagnosis of autism as it is described in the DSMV.

Developmental Skills for Handwriting
Presented by Dena Bishop, OTR/L
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Course: #30419Level: Introductory1 Hour
The skill of handwriting requires postural control, motor control, bilateral coordination, visual perception, visual motor skills, language development and social emotional skills. This course is designed to delve into each of area to understand child development in context to handwriting.