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Training Topics

Child Care professionals never stop learning. To help you stay up to date on the latest information in child care, we provide training on the following topics at our training center or on-site.


Health and Safety Training:
A Band-aid A Day Keeps the Doctor Away: Health and Safety in the Early Childhood Classroom
Child Abuse: Detecting and Reporting
Eat Healthy, Be Active
Growing Up Healthy
How to Lose a Germ in Ten Seconds: Infectious Disease Control
Kids Count on You: Protecting Children by Strengthening Families
Monkey Bars and Jungle Gyms: Keeping your Playground Safe
Transportation Safety

Child Development:
Are You GELing? The Georgia Early Learning Standards
Basics of Brain Development
Climbing the Ladder of Child Development (Birth to 5)
Creating Order out of Chaos! Developing Daily Schedules and Routines
Learning Centers
Let the Child Lead: Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Child Care

Infant/Toddler Training:
Designing Quality Infant/Toddler Learning Environments
From Cooing to Conversing: Language Development for Infants and Toddlers
Making it Happen: Individualized Care and Small Groups for Infants and Toddlers (3 hrs)
More Than Bottles and Booties: Infant/Toddler Development & the Georgia Early Learning Standards
Tackling Transitions with Infants & Toddlers
The Secrets of Scheduling for Infants and Toddlers

Preschool Training:
Designing Your Preschool Classroom to be a Co-Teacher
More than ABCs & 123’s: the Basics of Preschool Development
The Secrets of Scheduling for Preschoolers

School Age Training:
Developmental Characteristics of School Age Children
Scheduling a Quality School Age Program
Spaces that Work: Science for Quality School Age Programs

Literacy Training:
Creating a Literacy- Rich Environment
Early Language and Literacy Development
Get Ready to Read! Paving the Way for Literacy Success in Pre-K

Activity Training:
Borrowed, Bought, Found and Recycled: Creative Activities for Multi-Age Groups
Outdoor Play!
Ready Set Create! Open ended Art for Children
Sand and Water: It’s Not Just For Play
Thinking Inside the Box: Creating Prop Boxes to Enhance Dramatic Play
We Are The World: Geography in Early Childhood Classrooms

Classroom Management Training:
Enhancing Your Preschool Classroom Management Skills
Intentional Interactions with Young Children
Taming Transitions
The Behavior Battle: Reducing Challenging Behaviors in the Classroom
The Challenging Child: Behavior Management with Infants and Toddlers
Transitions are Teaching Times Too!
Where the Wild Things Are!

Inclusion Training:
Adapting Toys and Lesson Plans for the Inclusive Environment
Americans with Disabilities Act and Child Care (1 hr)
Identifying Red Flags in Early Childhood
Introduction to Autism
Let’s Talk: Communicating Developmental Concerns to Parents
Steps to Inclusion

Administration Training:
Build Successful Staff Relationships by Identifying Your Organizational Culture
“Did you say what I think you said?” Improving Staff Communication & Gossip Prevention in Child Care Centers
Functional Feedback, Deliberate Documentation, and Effective Evaluations
Leadership, Management, and Advocacy
Look Before You Leap
Marketing: Understanding and Engaging Your Community
Ready, Set, Go: Opening and Maintaining a Family Child Care

Miscellaneous:
Becoming a Child Care Professional
Building the Bridge to Positive Communication in Child Care
Therapy 101: How to Reduce Burnout/Stress



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