Webinar Scheduling
Please join us for one of our monthly training/accessible webinars below.
August 6th, 6-7:30 pm
Links for Learning: Understanding Special Education Supports
This training will provide an overview of the components of special education services process, including child find/referral, evaluation, eligibility and support planning. This information is especially important for childcare providers to understand as they are vital partners in identifying and supporting growth and development for all children. Childcare providers play an important part in recognizing developmental differences or delays in young children, and in supporting families to connect with supports and services children may need. With care providers who feel more confident and competent in supporting families' connections to special education supports and services, children have better opportunities to thrive.
Approved for 1.5 KDHE Clock Hours
Core Competency: Child and Youth Growth and Development
August 11th, 6-7:30 pm
More Than a Sticker Chart: Using Visual Supports
This webinar will provide participants information on how to use and create visual supports that allows them to support all children in their care.
Approved for 1.5 KDHE Clock Hours
Core Competency: Learning Environment and Curriculum
September 10th, 6-7:30 pm
Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis: Supporting Children and Families
This training will introduce the basics of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) to enhance child care providers' understanding of this discipline and its practitioners. Child care providers will learn to effectively communicate ABA fundamentals to parents and others when necessary. Additionally, the training will help providers understand how to incorporate ABA-based strategies and collaborate with ABA practitioners in daycare homes and centers.
Approved for 1.5 KDHE Clock Hours
Core Competency: Families and Communities
September 22nd, 6-7:30 pm
Understanding Challenging Behaviors to Support Infants & Toddler with Prevention and Replacement
This training will help childcare providers encourage the social emotional development of infants and toddlers, including those at-risk of a developmental delay and/or disorder, in their setting. The training will provide specific strategies to address challenging situations and behaviors in a childcare setting with specific attention to children at-risk of a developmental delay and/or disorder. Additionally, the training will dive deeper into the meaning of behavior, and how to be proactive by both preventing behaviors and teaching replacement skills for behaviors.
Approved for 1.5 KDHE Clock Hours
Core Competency: Child Growth and Development
October 7th, 6–7:30 pm
Difficult Conversations: Discussing Developmental Concerns with Parents
Childcare providers will be better equipped to confront challenging conversations with families related to concerns they have about a child's development. They will gain a deeper understanding of the complexity and nuance of these types of conversations and be able to utilize a framework for holding these discussions effectively.
Approved for: 1.5 KDHE Clock Hours
Core Competency: Family and Communities
October 15th, 6–7:30 pm
Equipped for Sleep: Promoting Healthy and Safe Sleep Practices in the Childcare Setting
During this webinar participants will learn and understand safe sleep guidelines, the science behind child sleep and evidence-based interventions, how timing of naps based on biological rhythms and sleepy cues, how to create an environment to promote sleep and ways to work together with families to improve sleep.
Approved for: 1.5 KDHE Clock Hours
Core Competency: Child and Youth Growth and Development
November 6th, 6–7:30 pm
Role of Childcare Providers in Developmental Screening and Reporting
Daycare providers play an integral role in caring for children and identifying concerning behaviors and developmental differences. Objectives for this training are: noticing and identifying developmental and behavioral red flags; exploring strategies for discussing concerns with parents; discussing information/assessments that may be requested from daycare providers; and understanding components of an autism diagnostic evaluation.
Approved for: 1.5 KDHE Clock Hours
Core Competency: Child Observation & Assessments
November 24th, 6–7:30 pm
Preventing Behaviors Means Fewer to Manage – Lessons Learned
This training will help childcare providers promote positive behaviors and interactions within their programs among children with and without developmental disabilities. It will provide practical strategies to prevent difficult behaviors, tips for how to respond, and suggestions for teaching alternative behaviors or skills that improve child behavior and climate. Attendees can expect practical examples to implement within their programs and resources to further knowledge around positive behavior supports and how to gain more assistance when needed.
Approved for: 1.5 KDHE Clock Hours
Core Competency: Child Growth & Development