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Enhancing Your Playground with Limited Funds
Presented by Nancy P. Alexander, MEd
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Course: #31849Level: Introductory1 Hour
Outdoor time is a valuable time for children, but equipment can be very expensive. Learn how to enhance your playground without breaking your budget.

Safe and Healthy Sleep for Infants and Young Children, in partnership with Region 9 Head Start Association
Presented by Charlotte Hendricks, PhD
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Course: #31847Level: Introductory1 Hour
Safe sleep practices help reduce the risk of sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUIDs). Appropriate nap environments, sanitation, and routines help keep all young children safe and reduce the risk of infectious disease, in partnership with Region 9 Head Start Association's Training West.

Home Visiting Essentials, in partnership with Region 9 Head Start Association
Presented by Stacy Brown, BA
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Course: #31853Level: Introductory6 Hours
Learn about home visiting as an important component of the early childhood education system, building relationships with families, parent-child interaction, and promoting the development of the child and family, in partnership with Region 9 Head Start Association's Training West.

Supporting Young Children through Change, in partnership with Region 9 Head Start Association
Presented by Julie Kurtz, MS
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Course: #31843Level: Introductory1 Hour
Learn concrete strategies to support young children faced with BIG life transitions such as returning from break, extended absences (fire, COVID-19, tornado, flood), or starting school, in partnership with Region 9 Head Start Association’s Training West.

Positive Discipline Tools for Teachers: Alternatives to Rewards and Punishment
Presented by Kelly Gfroerer, PhD, LPC
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Course: #31644Level: Intermediate1 Hour
Learn Positive Discipline tools for teachers in early childhood education. Learn how effective discipline, rather than rewards and punishment, results in teaching young children self-regulation, problem-solving, and other important life skills.

Evaluating and Supporting Early Educators
Presented by Angèle Sancho Passe, BS, MA
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Course: #31829Level: Intermediate1 Hour
Learn how to evaluate and support early educators (classroom teachers and other educators) in early education programs.

What a Wonderful World: Growing Empathy for Early Learners
Presented by Jennifer McCroddan, BA
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Course: #31820Level: Introductory1 Hour
Explore the beginnings of empathy and how we can help nurture it in young children early for lifelong impact. Take a look at yourself as an educator, the environment in which we build empathy, and practical steps to get started.

Emergent Curriculum
Presented by Kathleen Seabolt, EdD
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Course: #31824Level: Introductory1 Hour
Emergent Curriculum is a way of teaching that focuses on being responsive to children's interests, needs, and motivations. Learn how to apply your deep understanding of each child to create meaningful learning experiences.

Health, Safety, and Nutrition during Home Visiting, in partnership with Region 9 Head Start Association
Presented by Stacy Brown, BA
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Course: #35064Level: Introductory1 Hour
Explore ways in which home visitors utilize health, safety, and nutrition topics to promote healthy development for children and families during home visits and socialization experiences, in partnership with Region 9 Head Start Association's Training West.

Talking to Children about Grief and Loss, in partnership with Region 9 Head Start Association
Presented by Tricia Chase, MS, LPC, Doreen Fischer, BA, Norman Lorenz, EdD
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Course: #31809Level: Introductory1 Hour
Explore the definition and signals of grief in young children. Learn concrete, simplistic ways to respond and facilitate healthy recovery across the stages of death, dying, and grieving, in partnership with Region 9 Head Start Association's Training West.