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 (1 Course Hour = .1 CEU)

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  • Family Child Care Basics

    Family Child Care Basics

    Course ID: ADM102Course Hours: 3Course Level: Beginner

    This course was designed to provide information, resources, and advice to family child care providers. The course provides information regarding the business and regulatory side of family child care, as well as a basic overview of health, safety, child development, and educational issues relevant to those who use their homes to care for children.

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  • Foundations of Positive Guidance

    Foundations of Positive Guidance

    Course ID: GUI106Course Hours: 2Course Level: Beginner

    This is an introductory course to positive guidance, a philosophy and strategy for guiding children’s behaviors and learning experiences. The course will explore the elements of child development that influence positive guidance strategies and some basic implementation practices for use in the child care setting. The course will also discuss the importance of working with families to establish consistent positive guidance practices at school and at home.

  • Practicing Positive Guidance with Infants and Toddlers

    Practicing Positive Guidance with Infants and Toddlers

    Course ID: GUI107Course Hours: 2Course Level: Beginner

    Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to identify strategies for promoting self-identity, self-confidence, and self-control in infants and toddlers. This course also reviews and expands upon theories, theorists, and concepts regarding human behavior and early childhood development.

  • Practicing Positive Guidance with Preschool and School-Age Children

    Practicing Positive Guidance with Preschool and School-Age Children

    Course ID: GUI108Course Hours: 2Course Level: Beginner

    In this course, participants will explore the concept of positive guidance and why it is so important to use positive guidance in their work with preschool and school-age children. This course focuses on the use of developmentally appropriate practices as well as the child development theories that support positive guidance practices.

  • Promoting Empathy and Other Prosocial Behaviors

    Promoting Empathy and Other Prosocial Behaviors

    Course ID: SOC104Course Hours: 1Course Level: Beginner

    This course examines recent social research into empathy and other prosocial behaviors, as well as recommended strategies and practices for guiding young children through the early phases of empathy’s long developmental process.

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View options for purchasing child development classes online.

Individual Options

Flexible options for individual educators, including course hours and annual subscriptions.

Center Options

Cost-effective annual group training packages tailored for child care centers and staff management.