This course, written by early childhood consultant and management coach, Dale Brown, is designed to guide the participant through a five step process of building “team esteem”; communication, motivation, productivity, attitude, and appreciation. Each step is equally important and work together to produce results. When finished, the participants will be armed with the tools and tips they need to create the best team yet. Course Level - Intermediate

This course, written by well know author Vicki Folds, Ed.D., explains literacy awareness through a print rich environment utilizing environmental and functional print. Information is shared regarding how to enrich the preschool classroom using commonly found materials. Resources such as word walls are presented which may be easily adopted into any early childhood program. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to define, compare and contrast environmental and functional print aspects and identify print rich materials that are environment and functional print resources. Course Level - Beginner

This course discusses early childhood obesity and shares strategies for addressing obesity in the early care setting. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to define obesity, identify causes of obesity, list risk factors for obesity and potential complications and list the ramifications of early childhood obesity. Course level - Beginner

Based on information obtained from the Department of Health and Human Services, USA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this course provides an overview of the requirements for preparing for an influenza pandemic. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to define a pandemic, identify the planning and coordination required to be prepared for a pandemic, identify infection control actions, list methods of communication during a pandemic. Course level - Beginner

This course provides an overview of the effects of stress in the lives of child care professionals and to understand coping techniques to manage stress. Participants will be able to define stress, identify four sources of stress, identify four symptoms of stress, and identify techniques for stress management in four categories. Course Level – Beginner

This course is written by well know author Gerald Newmark, Ph.D. Dr. Newmark is the author of the book "How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Children". This course is designed to introduce students to the five critical needs of emotionally healthy children. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to list the five keys to developing an emotionally healthy child, identify the causes for failure to meet the emotional needs of children, identify the problems created for children and families when emotional needs are not met and identify how to succeed in creating an emotionally healthy relationship with children. Course level - Beginner

This course is written by Karen Cairone, M.Ed. Special Projects/Trainer for the Devereux Early Childhood Initiative. When those who work with young children begin to understand temperament, and differentiate between typical behaviors expected of children at certain developmental level versus behaviors that may require more focused interventions, the overall program quality is strengthened through this important knowledge and valuable practice. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to define social development, emotional development and temperament, identify the role of developmentally appropriate expectations and behaviors, as well as the importance of individualizing and scaffolding for young children. They will be able to successfully redefine difficult behavior to focus on the positives, identify the key commonalities in the definition of challenging behavior and the reasons children use challenging behavior, identify how trust and attachment play a major role in helping a child with challenging behavior and recognize when challenging behaviors might require further intervention. Course Level - Advanced

This course is written by well known author and consultant Dr. Pam Schiller. The goal of the course is to introduce, develop, and help children practice literacy skills and concepts. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to list the building blocks of literacy development, list the guidelines for working with children with special needs, define visual impairment, list the major types of hearing loss, define cognitive challenges, define functional or self-help skills, define motor development, identify the sequence of normal speech development, identify the sign of behavior or social-emotional issues and define sensory integration disorders. Course level – Intermediate