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Autism and Bullying |
0.50 |
This course covers Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Bullying. The course will begin by going over what autism is, and then it will continue to teach you about the bullying that may occur along with it, and how you can assist. This content will help you learn more about children with ASD and will help you understand how you might support these children. |
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Autism Spectrum Disorder |
1.50 |
This course covers autism spectrum disorder (ASD), focusing on how it is diagnosed, how it presents in the classroom, and school supports. This content will help you increase your knowledge about students with ASD and will help you understand how you might support these students. |
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Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness for K-12 |
1.50 |
This course covers child abuse and prevention awareness. This course will help you develop new knowledge about students and will help you understand how children who may be abused can be helped within schools. |
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Making Your Home A Safer Place |
0.75 |
This course covers household safety. This includes fire and kitchen safety, emergencies, infant safety, and more. This course will help you learn about the best practices for everyone inside the house, from infants to pets. It is just one of the many health and safety courses we offer. |
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Making Educators Partners in Suicide Prevention |
0.75 |
This course covers Making Educators Partners in Suicide Prevention. It is just one of many educational courses we offer. This course will help you develop new knowledge about children and help you better understand your role. This course will give you a broad overview of suicide statistics and the disparities that come with it. It will then give you an understanding of what educational professionals can do to help their students who are at risk and provide you with strategies recommended by the CDC. |
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Medication Administration in Child Care |
0.50 |
This course covers Medication Administration in Child Care. It is just one out of many educational courses we offer. This course will help you develop new knowledge about children and help you better understand your role. In this course, you will learn about common medications children may take while under your care and the policies and guidelines for administering them. You will also read about adverse reactions and how to respond in an emergency. You will gain a greater understanding of the importance of safe drug administration. |
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Reducing Turnover in Childcare Settings: Strategies for Administrators |
1.00 |
This course covers strategies for administrators to reduce turnover in childcare settings. It is just one out of many educational courses we offer. This course will help you develop new knowledge about the childcare setting and help you better understand your role as an administrator. |
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Suicide Prevention |
1.25 |
This course covers suicide prevention measures and suicide prevention organizations as well as the disparities found in suicide data.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
Distinguish the disparities in suicide statistics
Identify the risk factors that can lead to suicide
Apply techniques to help prevent suicide
Describe the work that suicide prevention programs are doing |
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Professional Learning and Ethical Practice for Teachers |
1.00 |
This course covers what teachers need to know about professional learning and ethical practice. This course will help you develop new knowledge about professional roles and responsibilities as a teacher. It will help you understand what your role as a teacher is regarding certain protocols that you must follow. |
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Understanding Autism in Your Community |
1.00 |
This course is designed to educate communities on how they can work together to be more inclusive and accepting of people with autism. It will give you an overview of the struggles people with autism face and some ways in which communities can make themselves more accessible and autism-friendly. |
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Understanding the Immigration Process |
1.00 |
This course is designed to provide information about the immigration experience and process children, youth, and their families have gone through to come to the United States. Strategies for supporting the emotional well-being and academic success of immigrant students will be provided. We hope this course will help you understand your immigrant English learners and their families a little better. |
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Infectious Diseases: Environmental Management |
1.00 |
This course is focused on reducing the risk of infectious diseases in early care and education environments.
Course Learning Objectives:
List environmental management strategies for reducing the spread of germs that cause infectious disease. |
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Safe Infant Sleep: Safe Sleep Policy |
1.00 |
This course is focused on safe infant sleep policies, and how to communicate best practice for safe sleep with the families of infants in your care.
Course Learning Objectives:
Explain the purpose and contents of a safe infant sleep policy.
Explore strategies for communicating with families about safe infant sleep practices. |
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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. |
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Infectious Diseases: Daily Health Check |
1.00 |
This course is focused on the daily health check, and how it relates to policy guidelines about whether or not children with symptoms of infectious diseases can participate in program activities.
Course Learning Objectives:
Describe the elements of a daily health check.
Discuss how daily health checks relate to policy guidelines about whether or not children with symptoms of infectious diseases can participate in program activities. |
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English Learner Socio-Emotional Factors and Typologies Review |
0.50 |
This course serves as a compliment to Knowing English Learners, an in-person training offered through CalSAC's English Learner Training and Professional Development Project. This review course is for CalSAC EL Trainers and participants. CalSAC Trainers can use this module as a way to brush up on the Socio-Emotional Factors and English Learner Typologies before conducting a training, and participants can use the module to further their understanding of the Factors and Typologies. |
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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. |
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Healthy Bodies: Promoting Good Nutrition and Physical Activity in Child Care |
1.00 |
This course will give you a broad overview of how to instill healthy habits at an early age. It will provide you with information about the nutritional needs of children and the benefits and risks associated with physical activity levels. Strategies will be given to use this knowledge in the classroom. |
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English Language Learners |
1.00 |
This course will give you a greater understanding of the circumstances under which some English language learners came to the U.S. and the challenges they may face. Strategies for teaching language acquisition skills will be provided, and you will learn the importance of collaborating with families and communities. |
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Down Syndrome |
0.50 |
This course will help you understand the unique characteristics that children with Down syndrome possess and the challenges that they face. It will provide you with knowledge on how to create the best learning environment possible to meet their needs by giving you specific ways to plan your curriculum and ways in which you can encourage communication. You will feel prepared to make accommodations to welcome children with Down syndrome into your classroom. |
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Engaging High School Youth in College & Career Readiness |
1.00 |
This course will introduce participants to the College & Career Readiness Toolkit, developed by the Maryland Out-of-School Time (MOST) Network, as well as developmentally appropriate activities and considerations for implementing college & career readiness with high school youth in an out-of-school time setting. |
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Engaging Middle School Youth in College & Career Readiness |
1.00 |
This course will introduce participants to the College & Career Readiness Toolkit, developed by the Maryland Out-of-School Time (MOST) Network, as well as developmentally appropriate activities and considerations for implementing college & career readiness with middle school youth in an out-of-school time setting. |
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Dyslexia |
1.00 |
This course will provide you with an overview of dyslexia to help you understand what it is all about, the challenges a student with dyslexia faces, and the best ways in which teachers can effectively support students with this disability. |
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Creating a Safe and Respectful Environment for Our Nation's Children and Youth |
0.75 |
This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to create safer, more inclusive environments for children. You will learn about the dynamics of bullying, the impact it has on those who are bullied, and strategies for prevention. |
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Dance for Joy: Movement, Music, and Rhyme |
1.00 |
This module from Dance for Joy will provide teachers with resources and activities that can be used and modified to support physical, mental, social, and emotional development in young children.
This course covers 5 activities: I Touch My Nose, I Touch My Toes, Hold Yourself Tight, Wake Up Right, Reach One Way, Reach the Other, Locomotor Freeze Dance, Salt and Pepper Dance. |
