Autism and Communication: Understand and Support an Autistic Child’s Communication
Gain practical tools to support autistic children in their unique communication journeys. First you will have a clear understanding of what autism is and how autistic children develop language. Then you will learn 10 tips to understand what a child may be communicating and how to respond in ways that supports language development. The research has changed when it comes to best practices for supporting an autistic child’s communication. Learn the most up to date information right from a speech therapist and feel empowered understanding and fostering communication with autistic children. NOTE: Research has also changed how we write about autism. The Autism community prefers identity first language (i.e., autistic child) and is considered best neurodiversity affirming practice.
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- By Kelly Goldberg
Baby and Toddler Bookworms: Fostering Early Literacy Skills
This training is designed to enhance your understanding of early literacy development in infants and toddlers and give you strategies to foster a child’s love of reading! You will learn literacy milestones from birth-3 years, understand why reading matters, what to look for in books for this age, how to create a literacy rich environment, establish reading routines, and more! Best of all, you will leave with tools to solve common reading struggles you probably encounter when reading to infants and toddlers. By the end of the training, you will feel equipped to support language and literacy development with infants and toddlers!
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Boost Vocabulary Through Science Play
Boost Vocabulary Through Science Play is designed for child care providers caring for toddler through preschool age children. This 3 hour training focuses on evidence-based practices for teaching vocabulary in natural, meaningful contexts while sparking curiosity through Science exploration. Participants will learn how to integrate vocabulary for each of the 5 science domains into everyday routines, hands on activities, books, and toy, sensory, and imaginative play. By the end of the session, providers will leave with a toolkit for boosting vocabulary development (which leads to later academic success!) and foster a love for Science.
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Elevating Play with infants and toddlers
Learn directly from a Pediatric Speech Therapist and Occupational Therapist! The training is packed full of ready to do activities, video examples, toy suggestions, and more so you feel confident and empowered playing with infants and toddlers in ways that supports language and motor development.
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First Babbles to First Words: Nurturing Early Language Skills
This self paced 4 hour training provides information on language developmental milestones during the first year so childcare providers know what to expect and when, when it comes to a baby’s language development. You will learn 7 quick and easy strategies to lay the communication foundation and move baby from babbling to saying their first words! You will also learn ways to support special populations. These strategies can be implemented throughout the day, during your natural routines with all children!
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Get Your Toddlers Talking or Talking More: 10 Tips from a Pediatric Speech Therapist
Have a late talker or a toddler that just isn't talking as much as you would expect? This training is for you! Learn language developmental milestones from 1-3 years old so you know what to expect and when, when it comes to a toddler’s language development. You will also learn language boosting strategies used by pediatric speech therapists to support language development and get littles talking or talking more! These strategies are quick, easy, and can be implemented throughout the day, during natural routines! Decrease frustration and increase communication with these tips!
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Goodbye Getting Even: Tips for positive behavior
This training is designed to equip childcare providers with effective strategies for fostering positive behaviors in their childcare setting. Participants will delve into the main reasons why children misbehave and deep dive into aggressive behaviors. You will learn: - proactive techniques to reduce aggressive behaviors - ways to help children regulate their feelings when they are having an extreme emotion - how to teach children to repair when they were aggressive By the end of this very interactive training, you will feel empowered implementing positive discipline strategies to support long term behavior change!
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Interactive Interiors: Enhancing child care spaces to support language development and peer interactions
This training explores strategies behind creating interactive and engaging interiors that stimulate language development and peer interactions. We will delve into principles for effective interactions between you and the children you care for, classroom design that supports peer interactions, and practical strategies for grouping children for maximum engagement. We will also problem solve how to support children that are not engaging socially with their peers. By the end of the training, you will feel confident optimizing your furniture and layout, establishing learning centers, supporting language development, and fostering positive peer interactions.
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Little Hands Big Connections: Sign Language for Childcares
Looking to incorporate sign language in your childcare? This 3 hour training is for you! Learn about the many benefits of using sign language with infants, toddlers, and preschool age children that are both typically developing and have special needs. Then have opportunities to watch videos and practice signs you can use during your everyday routines! You will also learn ways to incorporate sign into your curriculum and how to create a supportive environment that fosters signs at your childcare and with the children’s families!
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Mealtime Struggles to Mealtime Success with Infants Toddlers and Preschoolers
Some children will eat 2/3's of their meals in childcare. From babies first bites of solid foods to troubleshooting challenging mealtime behaviors with toddlers and preschoolers- this training provides you with the information you need to feel confident during mealtimes. You will learn ways you can get baby ready for solids, how to handle gagging, what to do when children throw food, how to handle food refusal, and best practices when it comes to supporting picky eaters. You will also learn nutritional needs and recommended serving size by age, how to include diverse cultures during mealtime, the prevalence of feeding disorders, and what to do when you have concerns.
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Meet Milestones Through Play: Toddlers
Learn simple strategies to maximize a child’s development using toys and materials you already have. This interactive training is designed for child care providers working with toddlers aged 18 - 36 months. Explore how common toys and every day objects can be transformed to target language growth and strengthen fine motor skills. You’ll learn specific language and fine motor strategies that support development and gain fresh ideas for play-based learning that you can implement immediately in your child care.
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Peace Out Power Struggles: Tips for positive behavior
This training is designed to equip childcare providers with effective strategies for fostering positive behaviors in their childcare setting. Participants will learn the main reasons why children misbehave and deep dive into power struggles. You will learn proactive techniques to - reduce the chance of a power struggle escalating by responding "in the moment" - address power struggles "outside of the moment" to decrease the chance of a power struggle happening - teach problem solving strategies that children can actually use By the end of this training, you will feel empowered implementing positive discipline strategies to support long term behavior change!
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See Ya Later Attention Seeking Behaviors: Tips for Positive Behavior
This training is designed to equip childcare providers with effective strategies for fostering positive behaviors in their childcare setting. Participants will learn the main reasons why children misbehave and deep dive into attention seeking behaviors. You will learn proactive techniques to reduce attention seeking behaviors, encourage desirable behaviors, and learn to address behaviors in the moment. By the end of this very interactive training, you will feel empowered implementing positive discipline strategies to support long term behavior change!
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- By Kelly Goldberg
Sensory Play with Infants and toddlers
Dive into the world of sensory play and discover its many benefits for infants and toddlers! This engaging training highlights the 8 sensory systems and provides a variety of ideas for fun, low cost-no cost, easy-to-implement sensory activities aligned to each of the 8 systems. There are many benefits of sensory play- from fostering cognitive and language development to building emotional regulation. Leave feeling equipped with tools and ideas to create a sensory-rich environment for children birth through age 3 that nurtures every child's development!
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Sensory Solutions: Understand Behaviors and Support Sensory Needs in Child Cares
This training is designed to equip childcare providers with effective strategies to support young children's sensory needs in the childcare setting. This training will explore how children process sensory information, understand sensory processing differences and disorders and how that impacts behavior, and you will learn easy to apply tools and techniques to promote regulation, improve focus, and enhance play and learning experiences. Learn how to create a sensory-friendly environment that fosters calm, engagement, and positive behavior, ensuring every child can thrive in their developmental journey.
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Sounds and Symbols: Enrich Literacy by Developing Print and Phonological Awareness
Strong emergent literacy skills in early childhood are key predictors of later academic success. This training explores how phonological awareness, print awareness, and alphabet knowledge work together to support early reading development. You will learn how to intentionally build these skills through playful, developmentally appropriate activities and routines and leave with practical strategies to create a literacy-rich environment.
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Strategies for Difficult Conversations and Community Resources for You and the Family
This training is designed to equip childcare providers with effective strategies for navigating difficult conversations with parents and guardians. Childcare providers often encounter challenging situations that require open and respectful communication. Learn how to prepare for difficult conversations, create solutions, execute a plan, and be able to provide families with additional resources for a range of concerns. You will leave the training feeling confident when addressing concerns while maintaining a positive relationship with families.
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Supporting Children With Autism Using a Neurodiversity Affirming Approach
In this training, you will delve into understanding and supporting autistic children through a neurodiversity-affirming lens while learning directly from a Pediatric Speech Therapist. The goal is to equip you with the knowledge of what autism is and is not as well as debunk “old school” ways of supporting children with autism and learn new best practices. You will leave the training with the tools you need to feel confident caring for a neurodiverse child while supporting their language, sensory processing system, and play!
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- By Kelly Goldberg
Supporting Fine Motor Skills from Infancy Through Preschool
The training is designed to equip childcare providers with the knowledge and skills necessary to support and enhance fine motor development for handwriting. Participants will learn what fine motor skills develop and when starting at infancy through age 5. You will leave the training with play ideas, toy suggestion, table top activities, and ways to provide explicit letter forming instruction to support handwriting skills at each stage of development: infant, toddler, and preschooler. The training also gives you utensil recommendations for common skills like pencil grasp and cutting, how to support children with fine motor delays, and we will answer common FAQ’s.
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Supporting Math Skills Just By Talking
This training provides information on math language and the benefits using math language in early development has on later success at school age. Providers will learn quick and easy strategies to support math language in five key areas that can be implemented throughout the day, during natural routines. The strategies are proven to support higher oral vocabulary and academic success at school age.
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- By Kelly Goldberg
What To Do When You Don't Understand What A Child Said: Tips from a Pediatric Speech Therapist
It can be frustrating for both you and a child when you don’t understand what they said. This training provides information on speech sound development from 1-6 years old so caretakers know what sounds a child should be saying at specific ages. Providers will learn quick and easy strategies to support speech development and respond in ways that reduces frustrations. These strategies can be implemented throughout the day, during natural routines! Providers will also learn the answers to frequently asked questions such as how to support dual language learners speech, when to be concerned, and common things that have a negative impact on sound development.
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- By Kelly Goldberg
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