The courses listed below may be scheduled for team trainings at your location or ours.
For more information visit STAFF TRAINING or contact the Community Collaborations and Professional Development office.

Courses for individual enrollment are also offered are various times throughout the year.
See UPCOMING PROGRAMS for schedule information.

Current Offerings

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Ohio-approved training for educators

All of the following programs are Ohio-approved and aligned with Ohio’s Early Learning Development Standards.

Current Events

The Impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic on Early Childhood Development
Helping Young Children When Bad Things Happen

Essentials

Recognition and Prevention of Child Abuse:
Certification (6 hours) and Recertification (3 hours)
Toddlers: Mastering Self-Care = Self-Esteem
Toddlers: Containing the Aggression
Working Through Ethical Dilemmas in the Early Childhood Profession
Working with Toddlers: The Beginning Development of a Person

Building a Supportive School Community

Establishing Healthy Teacher-Child Relationships OAL1
Establishing Healthy Staff Relationships (OAL2)
Strategies that Increase Family Engagement

Classroom Environment

Creating a Respectful Classroom Environment Using Kind Words: The Language of Feelings (OAL1)
Anti-Bias Curriculum: An Active Approach to Challenging Prejudice, Stereotyping, Bias and the ‘isms’ (OAL2)
Creating an Emotionally Safe Preschool Classroom: Responsibility, Respect and Relationships (OAL3)

Understanding Behavior and Development

Developmental Challenges
Early Intervention in Regular Preschool Classrooms (OAL2)
Early Intervention in Regular Preschool Classrooms 2 (OAL3)
Exploring Gender Development and Identity (OAL2)
Helping Children Express Their Mad Feelings (OAL2)
Helping Children Express Their Mad Feelings (OAL3)
Helping Families Cope With Trauma in the Early Childhood Environment 
Infants and Attachment: Why Attachment is So Important
Keeping Young Children’s Attention
Listening to a Child’s Behaviors: 3 hours
Listening to a Child’s Behaviors: 12 hours
Promoting Positive Social-Emotional Development in Toddlers
Promoting Positive Social-Emotional Development in Young Children During Parent’s Divorce & Separation
Toddlers: Mastering Self-Care = Self-Esteem
Toddlers: Containing the Aggression

The Skillful Teacher

The Skillful Teacher: Building Your Teaching Skills (Overview)
The Skillful Teacher: Building Your Teaching Skills: Schedules, Routines and Transitions

CEU training for social workers, counselors and therapists

The Hospitalized Child: A Course for Child-Life Professionals
Recognition and Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect
Exploring Gender Development and Identity
Helping Families Cope With Trauma in the Early Childhood Environment 
Infants and Attachment: Why Attachment is So Important
Promoting Positive Social-Emotional Development in Toddlers
Promoting Positive Social-Emotional Development in Young Children During Parent’s Divorce & Separation
Toddlers: Mastering Self-Care = Self-Esteem
Working with Toddlers: The Beginning Development of a Person

Bullying Prevention

Helping Children Express Their Mad Feelings With Words (My Mad Feelings): A curriculum for working with preschool-age children

Unless otherwise noted, programs for early childhood educators/teachers are approved for professional development credit by the State of Ohio and aligned with Ohio’s Step Up to Quality (SUTQ) standards.
Unless otherwise noted, Continuing Education Units for social work and mental health professionals are provided through the Ohio Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage & Family Therapist Board (CWSMFT provider No. RSC019904).