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Catalogs

Title	Duration (hours)	Description
Commotio Cordis	1.00	Paramedic Instructor Peter Bonadonna discusses his thoughts on Commotio Cordis in an effort to orient EMTs that are not familiar with the phenomena.
Managing Performance: Legal Appraisals	0.84	In this course you will learn to: identify legal appraisals and responsibilities in relation to laws enforced by the EEOC, and identify risks of legal challenges and the importance of maintaining positive communication.
GED: Social Studies - Unit 5: Post-Test	0.25	Welcome to Unit 5: Post-Test. This post-test covers civics and government, US history, economics, and world geography. At the end of this post-test is a table that matches each test question to the content it covers. Use it to review and content you haven't mastered.
Advanced Interpersonal Communication: Customers and Vendors	0.50	Your customers include anyone who uses your company or organization to obtain goods and services. Customers might be internal or external. An internal customer is a member of your organization and can be a supervisor, colleague, or subordinate. An external customer is someone from outside your organization. Each customer is of equal importance, regardless of the amount of business that customer provides to your organization. You should provide the same level of quality goods and services all your customers, and all are equally deserving of efficient and effective communication. In this course you will learn: to respond to customers’ complaints, and to reject a vendor’s contract without rejecting the vendor, and address a complaint to a vendor.
Machine Guarding and Amputation Hazards	1.00	This course covers the sources of amputation hazards as well as the possible protection methods against them. Different machine guarding for various types of machines and tools will also be discussed.
SIDS and Safe Sleep (CDA 1)	2.00	Based on national standards representing the best evidence, expertise, and experience on health and safety policies and practices, and, focused on the American Academy of Pediatrics’ best practice recommendations, this course provides information on reducing the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and for promoting safe sleep in infant care settings. This course is designed to be part of a Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential™ curriculum. It covers CDA Subject Area 1: Planning a Safe, Healthy Environment to Invite Learning. This course can also be taken as a stand-alone learning event, or as part of a broader early childhood education curriculum.
Safe Infant Sleep: SIDS and the Safe Infant Sleep Position	1.00	This course is focused on the American Academy of Pediatrics’ best practice recommendations for reducing the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and for promoting safe sleep in infant care settings. Course Learning Objectives: Define Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID), and their relationship to safe infant sleep in infant care settings. Identify safe infant sleep position and safe sleep environments.
Correcting Performance Problems: Investigating Performance Problems	1.00	Before addressing a performance problem, you should confirm the existence of the problem itself. An interview is a useful method for doing this. During the interview, you might encounter facts that you were previously unaware of and excuses that you didn’t expect. It's important to follow a definite process, and expect the unexpected during the interview. In this course you will learn to: identify the causes for an employee’s performance problem by interviewing, and question an employee regarding attendance issues, describe the factors affecting achievement, and apply conduct investigation techniques.
21st Century Skills in Early Childhood (CDA 2, 3, and 8)	2.00	In this course, you will identify skills considered to be essential for success in the 21st century and examine the critical connection between these skills and academic learning. You will also explore how two Key Learning Areas from Learning Standards for Early Childhood - Social and Emotional Development and Approaches to Learning through Play - can help you promote the development of 21st Century Skills in the children with whom you work. This course is also designed to be part of a Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential™ curriculum. It covers Subject Area 2: Advancing Children’s Physical and Intellectual Development, Subject Area 3: Supporting Children’s Social and Emotional Development and Subject Area 8: Understanding Principles of Child Development and Learning.
Sales Skills: Advanced: Developing a Winning Strategy	0.50	This course will focus on examining consulting strategies and developing solutions for clients.
Developing Effective Outdoor Environments and Interest Areas: Assessing Space and Planning Activities	1.00	School-age children need daily opportunities to exercise, relax, and participate in a wide range of outdoor activities. The hours children spend in after school programs are often the best hours of the day for getting fresh air and enjoying the outdoors while it's still daylight. School-age programs can provide safe, secure settings where children can enjoy the outdoors. In this course, we will explore how to assess space and plan activities in outdoor environment and interest areas.
Business Accounting: Stockholders' Equity	1.50	This course will cover how to identify various types of stocks and calculate the value of a corporation’s stock as well as how to use financial ratios to calculate book value and market value per share. You will also learn how to identify the components of stockholders’ equity and report stockholders’ equity on financial statements.
GED: Math - Unit 5: Coordinate Plane	1.00	Welcome to Unit 5: Coordinate Plane. If you've ever graphed points, or read a graph, you've worked with the coordinate plane. In this unit, we'll learn about points, the lines that connect them, and the equations used to create them.
Zoonotic Disease and Biosecurity	2.00	Every year, zoological organizations are faced by new challenges in maintaining the health of their animal collections. Zoonosis, or disease that can be spread between species, forms one of the greatest threats to the safety of animals, guests, and keepers. Using a case study from a zoonotic disease concern at the San Diego Zoo, you will learn the basics of zoonotic disease identification and prevention, including standard record keeping, best practices, health and safety protocols for keepers, and the understanding of how disease can be spread.
SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Keeping Babies Safe	1.50	This course will give participants a brief overview of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related deaths. Participants will learn about recent research and statistics, the importance of child care providers, AAP SIDS Task Force recommendations, and how to implement polices in child care.
Observation and Assessment of the Learning Environment (CDA 7)	2.00	Research finds that the quality of a child’s early learning environment has a significant impact on his well-being and ability to learn. This course focuses on two significant aspects of environmental quality: the relationships and rich interactions that happen in the classroom, and the physical setting and learning materials. Special emphasis is placed on observation and assessment of the learning environment to make improvements and support positive outcomes for children. The course covers how professionals who work with young children can use observation and assessment as a way to support children’s development (social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and approaches to learning), inform teaching practices, enhance interactions with children, and plan activities for young children. This course is designed to be part of a Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential™ curriculum, and covers CDA subject area 7: Observation and Assessment. It can also be taken as a stand-alone learning event or as part of a broader early childhood education curriculum.
Team Participation: Nonverbal Communication and Active Listening	0.75	This course will focus on how to identify types of nonverbal cues and how they mesh with verbal messages, identify the characteristics of active listening and become an active listener, and respond to input in a productive manner.
California Harassment Prevention Training for Team Members	1.00	Harassment cases have resulted in organizations being liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in legal fees and lost revenue annually. The information presented here enables employees in the organization to create a harassment-free culture.
Managerial Leadership: Defining Employee Roles and Priorities	1.50	A vision is created by an organization to inspire its members to work together to reach for an ideal of what the organization can become. The members of the organization should use the vision as the standard to determine the day-to-day functions of their individual roles. The vision is the guide to use every time an action is taken, a decision is made, or a plan is developed to improve the organization or the people in it. An organization’s vision should enable the members in every role to do what is in the best interest of the organization. In this course you will learn to: determine leader roles and strengthen employee roles, and align employee priorities and evaluate employee performance.
Sanitation and Hygiene	0.25	This course covers the proper manufacturing practices to ensure good sanitation, how to achieve proper hygiene among personnel, and how to identify sanitation and health problems in the workplace.
Environmental Systems	2.00	Many of the animals exhibited in zoos and aquariums have very specific environmental requirements that must be met in order to support the life form and better ensure its welfare. This course will explore the unique biological, physiological, and welfare requirements of several varied types of animals; their unique requirements; and the implications for the provision of these requirements.
Effective Communication with Children and Youth	2.00	We are constantly communicating with the children and youth in our program through our words and actions. It's important for program staff to think critically about their communication skills and habits in order to communicate effectively. During this course, participants will learn about effective and dynamic communication tools, strategies to check for understanding, and activities that engage children and youth in communication.
Forklift: Material Handling	0.75	This course covers topics and techniques related to safe forklift operation and material handling.
Project Management - Intermediate: Risk Analysis, Response, and Control	1.00	This course will cover how to identify the goals and benefits of risk assessment and follow the qualitative risk analysis process and how to use the quantitative analysis techniques and draw a decision tree. You will also learn how to follow the risk response process and identify the categories for possible risk response plans and how to use the methods of monitoring and controlling project risks and identify the outcomes of monitoring and control.
Lions	2.00	This course explores the natural history of lions along with current conservation efforts. You’ll learn about the lion’s physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, reproduction, and who is working to protect these animals.