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Week of Mar 17th
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Four-Step Approach to Difficult Conversations with Families (KOSCIUSKO COUNTY) Four-Step Approach to Difficult Conversations with Families (KOSCIUSKO COUNTY)
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March 17, 2025In-Person training: Double-check the LOCATION of the session before registering!
Communicating with empathy and positive regard can be difficult, especially in an unbiased way. Positive family partnerships are essential when fostering a mutually respectful and trusting relationship. Learn how to use this four-step approach that supports adult composure, empathy, positive intent, and problem solving to support relationship building with your families when having difficult conversations.
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Foundations Academy
Warsaw, IN 46582
Strengthen Your Emotional Well-Being: Self Regulation Techniques to Navigate Difficult Situations (DUBOIS COUNTY) Strengthen Your Emotional Well-Being: Self Regulation Techniques to Navigate Difficult Situations (DUBOIS COUNTY)
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March 17, 2025In-Person training: Double-check the LOCATION of the session before registering!
Prolonged exposure to environmental stress, such as challenging behaviors in the classroom, family crises, or community violence, can significantly overload the emotional well-being of early childhood educators and staff. This training aims to equip adults working directly with young children with emotional regulation strategies to nurture, navigate and overcome stress during and after difficult situations.
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Hummingbird Day Care
Holland, IN 47541
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Writing and Implementing an Effective Policy Writing and Implementing an Effective Policy
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March 18, 2025Policies create clear expectations and help operate a business safely and efficiently. Learn key components to writing a policy and explore ways to implement them into your program.
*Be sure to register in I-LEAD as well as zoom, so that certificates can be processed into your I-LEAD account.
Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) Training Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) Training
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March 18, 2025The Ages & Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) provides reliable, accurate, developmental and social-emotional screening for children between birth and age 6. The ASQ has been specifically designed to identify developmental progress and spot potential delays in young children. Screening young children is an effective, efficient way for professionals to monitor a child’s development. Help parents celebrate their child’s milestones, know what to expect next, and determine whether a follow-up is needed. The ASQ is an essential first step toward identifying children with delays or disorders in the critical early years.
Each child care program is eligible to receive an ASQ®:-3 Starter Kit upon completion of this training! A SPARK Mental Health and Wellness Coach will also be available to support on-site with implementation.
PREREQUISITE REQUIRED: Using the CDC’s Learn the Signs. Act Early. Resources to Increase Family Engagement and Promote Developmental Monitoring and Screening
Child Care Licensing Orientation 2: Child Care Centers Child Care Licensing Orientation 2: Child Care Centers
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March 18, 2025In this professional development session, participants identify the components necessary to complete a successful child care center licensing application and pass the initial licensing inspection. This session is appropriate for those who intend to open a licensed child care center in the state of Indiana and who have already completed Orientation 1: Training for Child Care Providers.
We highly recommend that you join this training session using your computer. Throughout the session, there will be links provided that you will need to access. Furthermore, kindly ensure that your camera is turned on for the entire training.
** Be sure to register in both Indiana Learning Paths and Zoom for this training.
Keeping Children Safe: Systems for Supervision, Tracking and Follow Through Keeping Children Safe: Systems for Supervision, Tracking and Follow Through
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March 18, 2025Keeping children safe is a top priority for all educators. In this introductory-level training, providers will learn how to describe and apply active supervision strategies and systems to keep children safe and accounted for in their programs. Active Supervision is the most effective strategy for creating a safe environment and preventing injuries in young children. Learn the six strategies, how to set up the program environment to effectively supervise and track children, tools to support transition, and discuss leadership's role in reinforcing active supervision and tracking.
** Be sure to register in I-LEAD as well as zoom, so that certificates can be processed into your I-LEAD account.
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Live Resource: What you need to know about the School-Age Child Care Grant (SACC) Live Resource: What you need to know about the School-Age Child Care Grant (SACC)
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March 19, 2025School-Age Child Care Grant (SACC) applications are opening and this is your opportunity to learn about the changes in this year’s online application. Mark your calendar to join SPARK Learning Lab for a Live SACC application walkthrough. Don’t delay - register for this LIVE resource today! No certificate will be awarded for this Live Resource session.
Using Social Stories to Identify and Promote Prosocial Behavior Using Social Stories to Identify and Promote Prosocial Behavior
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March 19, 2025Employ social stories (also known as scripted stories) as a proactive and instructional strategy to reduce behaviors that challenge us in the learning environment. Learn how to individualize social stories to increase prosocial behaviors and respond to challenging behaviors in your setting.
* Be sure to register in both Indiana Learning Paths and Zoom, so that your certificate can be processed into your I-LEAD account.
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Employer Branding to Support Talent Acquisition Employer Branding to Support Talent Acquisition
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March 20, 2025In today's market, job seekers have endless options as to where they can choose to work. Employer branding is what can set your program apart to help bring more candidates, and higher quality candidates, through your doors. This training teaches the basics of employer branding including how to distinguish branding for your business versus branding for talent acquisition, how to engage with job seekers online and what an employer branding plan is to support your talent acquisition efforts.
** Be sure to register in both Indiana Learning Paths and Zoom for this training.
Being an Early Childhood Professional- Part 2 (Trending Thursday) Being an Early Childhood Professional- Part 2 (Trending Thursday)
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March 20, 2025This course builds on the skills learned in Part 1 of Being an Early Childhood Professional. During this session, you will be introduced to best practices for creating consistent and equitable accountability processes that promote staff development and growth. In addition, identify your leadership style and understand the impact these accountability processes have in promoting professionalism in a way that aligns with your program's vision. It is recommended, but NOT required, that learners complete Being an Early Childhood Professional Part 1 before Part 2.
** Be sure to register in zoom as well as I-LEAD, so that certificates can be processed into your I-LEAD account.
