Webinar Scheduling
Please join us for one of our monthly training/accessible webinars below.
February 24th, 6-7:30 pm
Oral Health for Children - What You Should Know
This webinar will introduce childcare providers to basic concepts of oral health in children. With this training it is hoped that providers will be able to assist parents in understanding the importance of oral health care and be able to recognize concerns and potential problems in the children they serve.
Approved for 1.5 KDHE Clock Hours
Core Competency: Health and Safety
March 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 31st, 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
April 17th, 1-2:30 pm Note NEW TIME
Monitor Care and Share: Strategies to Monitor Social Development and Positively and Productively Share Concern with Families
Training will review milestones of social development and present tools to efficiently monitor these milestones as part of care. Will also discuss the core symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and help childcare providers identify early signs or red flags that might be observed in a day care setting. Lastly, the training will discuss strategies for confidently and productively share concerns with families.
Approved for 1.5 KDHE Clock Hours
Core Competency: Child and Youth Growth and Development
April 23rd, 6-7:30 pm
Sensory Processing in a Childcare Environment
Childcare providers will care for children with many differences in sensory processing. For example, some children in their classroom might seek out sensory experiences while others might actively avoid it. This information will allow childcare providers to understand the differences individuals have in sensory processing, to recognize signs that an individual might need a modification to their environment to support their sensory processing, and to create a classroom environment where all individuals are supported, able to meet their sensory needs, and the classroom routine and structure is still met.
Approved for 1.5 KDHE Clock Hours
Core Competency: Learning Environment and Curriculum
May 12th, 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 & Assessment
May 22nd, 6-7:30 pm
Working with Children with Visual Impairment
In this webinar you will gain a better understanding of how to teach, interact, and support children with visual impairment that are in your care.
Approved for 1.5 KDHE Clock Hours
Core Competency: Interaction with Children and Youth
June 10th, 6-7:30 pm
Understanding Social Emotional Development as Caregiver to Infants and Toddlers
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 education, strategies, and tools to promote social emotional development with the aim of decreasing challenging behaviors.
Approved for 1.5 KDHE Clock Hours
Core Competency: Child Growth & Development