Online Training/Live Webinar
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Autism in Early Childhood
Online WebinarThis training will provide an overview of characteristics of autistic development in the 0-5 year old population, including ways to support children with autism and how to make referrals to related professionals. Trainers: Anna Cannone & related graduate students, Northern Illinois University Audience: All Providers 1.5 Training Hours; Level of Learning: Introductory Fee: Non 4-C Members: $10 […]
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Small Changes, Big Results
Online WebinarMaking small, intentional changes in daily habits can lead to significant improvements in personal well-being, relationships, and productivity. In this training, we will identify some simple, yet powerful shifts that can create big results over time to make life more comfortable and easier. Trainer: Marquita Myles, 4-C Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant Audience: All Providers 2 […]
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Creating an Inclusive Environment: Understanding and Supporting Different Disabilities
Online WebinarThis training equips early childhood educators with the knowledge and strategies around inclusive learning environments that embrace and support differing abilities in early childhood settings. Participants will explore typical signs of developmental delays, learn how to identify and accommodate varying needs, and discover ways to foster a culture of belonging. Trainers: Andrea Cossey & Mary Kelly, […]
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**CANCELLED** Better Together Learning Collaborative-Nutrition
Better Together Learning Collaboratives bring together Leadership Teams from various ECE programs to learn about healthy habits in ECE settings while sharing experiences with each other and implementing new strategies in their own programs. The Learning Collaborative framework includes Learning Sessions (noted on the table), followed by Action Periods where the Leadership Team uses the […]
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Connecting the Dots: Why Do I Respond the Way I Do? (FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS ONLY)
Online WebinarIn this training we will take a deeper look at how our caregiving style is connected to our teaching style and how it influences our ability to foster meaningful connections with children in our care. We also explore how this impacts our capacity in responding to daily challenges. We are all products of our environment […]
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Advocacy Strategies for Early Childhood Professionals
Online WebinarEarly childhood professional play a vital role in shaping systems that impact young children and their families. This training will equip participants with advocacy strategies that center family voice, address systemic inequities, and promote trauma-informed, equity-centered care. Through real world examples and interactive dialogue, attendees will explore how to engage families as true partners in […]
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Inspiring Meaningful Play in Early Childhood Education
Online WebinarThe benefits of play in early childhood education include helping children develop skills, build relationships, and foster creativity. The purpose of this training is to increase the understanding of play between adults and children and how to use everyday interactions to engage children and enhance their communication skills and their love of play. Trainer: Marquita Myles, […]
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Smart Start Workforce Grants Orientation for Family & Family Group Child Care – FY26 (CCR&R-Facilitated)
Online WebinarThis orientation is a mandatory training to be able to apply for Smart Start Workforce Grants in FY26. This training seeks to provide licensed family and family group child care programs with a comprehensive understanding of Smart Start Workforce Grants. The goal is to strengthen participants’ knowledge about the grants, including the required wage floor […]
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Smart Start Workforce Grants Orientation for Child Care Centers
Online WebinarThis orientation is a mandatory training to be able to apply for Smart Start Workforce Grants in FY26. This training seeks to provide licensed center-based programs with a comprehensive understanding of Smart Start Workforce Grants. The goal is to strengthen participants’ knowledge about the grants, including the required wage floor, application requirements, and the steps […]
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Guiding with Grace: Classroom Management for ECE Success
This training equips early childhood educators with developmentally appropriate strategies to foster a well-managed, nurturing, and engaging classroom environment. Participants will explore proactive techniques that support positive behavior, build strong relationships, and minimize challenging behaviors. Grounded in early childhood development principles, the training emphasizes prevention, connection, consistency, and reflection as the foundation for effective classroom […]
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How Trauma Impacts Young Children
Online WebinarChildren’s lives are directly impacted by exposure to traumatic events. By using a diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) lens, we can consider how these traumas are felt unequally across the diverse communities that childcare providers serve. We will examine trauma and resilience, screening tools, look at the research on the impacts of trauma, review […]
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Let’s Get Cooking: Healthy Foods and Fun
Online WebinarCooking in the classroom gives children the opportunity to learn many skills such as math, language, social-emotional, motor development and problem solving. The provision of healthy food in a child care program is essential for children’s growth and development. This zoom training will discuss hands-on ways to bring cooking into the classroom and incorporate healthy […]
