Webinar Scheduling
Please join us for one of our monthly training/accessible webinars below.
January 27th, 6-7:30 pm
More Than a Sticker Chart: Using Visual Supports
This webinar will provide participants with valuable information on how to effectively use and create visual supports to enhance communication, understanding, and independence for all children, including those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Visual supports are powerful tools that can help children navigate daily routines, understand expectations, make choices, and express their needs—especially in early childhood and caregiving settings. Participants will learn about different types of visual supports, such as schedules, choice boards, labels, social stories, and visual cues, along with practical strategies for implementation in school or childcare environments. This session will equip you with the tools to create inclusive, supportive spaces that empower every child through the consistent use of visuals tailored to their individual needs.
Approved for 1.5 KDHE Clock Hours
Core Competency: Learning Environment and Curriculum
February 5th, 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
February 19th, 6-7:30 pm
Trauma Responsive Practices
Early childhood trauma is the most common type of trauma, and the most detrimental. In addition, trauma responsive practices, when put into place early in a child’s life, are more likely to benefit children’s development than practices put into place later in life. Relationally positive experience is, in fact, the most beneficial form of intervention to address early child trauma. Childcare providers, therefore, work with a high percentage of children exposed to trauma and are in a unique position to help. In addition, use of trauma-responsive practices may decrease childcare provider stress. A final benefit is that trauma-responsive practices are consistent with, and may compliment, practices to support children with developmental disabilities.
Approved for 1.5 KDHE Clock Hours
Core Competency: Child Observation and Assessment
March 5th, 6-7:30 pm
Advanced Trauma Responsive Practices
Early childhood trauma is the most common type of trauma, and also the most detrimental. In addition, trauma responsive practices, when put into place early in a child's life, are more likely to benefit children's development than practices put into place later in life. Relationally-positive experiences are, in fact, the most beneficial form of intervention to address early child trauma. Daycare providers, therefore, work with a high percentage of children exposed to trauma and are in a unique position to provide relationally-rich supports. Use of trauma-responsive practices may decrease daycare provider stress. This training builds on a previously delivered
"Trauma Responsive Practices" training and provides more space for learning specific tools to use to instill a sense of safety and security for trauma-exposed children, and to help decrease trauma-related emotional reactivity.
Approved for 1.5 KDHE Clock Hours
Core Competency: Child Observation and Assessment