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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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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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Food Allergy Basics: Emergency Response |
1.00 |
Welcome to Food Allergy Basics: Emergency Response. This course is focused on how to use a Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Emergency Care Plan to care for a child with a food allergy.
Course Learning Objectives:
- Explain the correct use of the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Emergency Care Plan.
- Identify the six rights of medication administration. |
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Food Allergy Basics: Preventing Reactions |
1.00 |
Welcome to Food Allergy Basics: Preventing Reactions. This course is focused on ways to prevent accidental exposure to foods that can cause an allergic reaction.
Course Learning Objectives:
- Describe ways to prevent accidental exposure to foods that cause an allergic reaction.
- Demonstrate how to read a food label to reduce the risk of accidental exposure to foods that can cause an allergic reaction. |
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Food Allergy Basics: Symptoms and Triggers |
1.00 |
Welcome to Food Allergy Basics: Symptoms and Triggers. This course identifies the symptoms and triggers of food allergies.
Course Learning Objectives:
- Define food allergy.
- Identify the foods that cause 90% of all food allergies.
- List the symptoms of food allergies. |
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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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HEPA Standards 2.0 and the Self-Assessment Tool |
1.00 |
In 2011 the National AfterSchool Association adopted standards for healthy eating and physical activity (HEPA) in out-of-school time. In 2018, the HEPA Standards were updated to Version 2.0.
This interactive e-learning course, commissioned by the Kentucky Out-of-School Alliance (KYOSA) and designed by CypherWorx, will explain how the HEPA Standards were created and how they should be used, as well as presenting the Standards in their entirety. We will also cover the HEPA Standards 2.0 Self-Assessment Tool and how to use it. |
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I Am: Supporting Self-Awareness and Self-Management |
2.00 |
Children and youth develop social-emotional skills and character over time and through a variety of experiences.
Expanded Learning Programs strongly support three foundational areas of Social-Emotional Learning and Character Building:
- I AM (Interpersonal Connections)
- I BELONG (Interpersonal Connections)
- I CAN (Belief and Mindset)
This course focuses on the I Am skills.
By the end of this course, you will:
- Understand how young people's responses affect personal emotion and behavior.
- Learn how group agreements can support self-awareness and self-management in children and youth.
- Learn strategies and resources to support I Am skill building with children and youth. |
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Infectious Diseases: Causes and Symptoms |
1.00 |
An infectious disease is an illness that is caused by organisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. Many of these organisms live in or on our bodies, and are normally harmless. But under certain circumstances, they can cause disease.
Course Learning Objectives:
- Describe infectious disease, and the ways in which germs that can cause infectious disease are spread.
- Identify common symptoms of infectious diseases, and why young children are vulnerable to infectious diseases. |
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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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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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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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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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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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OSTPD - Promoting Positive Youth Development |
1.00 |
This training will define Positive Youth Development, benefits of Positive Youth Development and how to implement Positive Youth Development. |
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OSTPD - Supporting Alternative Pathways through Service Learning |
1.00 |
This training will cover a number of areas regarding how after school programs can support alternative pathways by using service learning. The course will review what service learning is and provide a solid foundation of this concept. It will then look at the benefits of service learning followed by how service learning supports youth’s alternative pathways. It will conclude with information on how to get started and creating a path to implement service learning in your own program.
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OSTPD - Supporting Attendance through After School Programming |
1.00 |
This training will cover a number of areas regarding how after school programs can support youth attendance in school. By looking at and exploring the connection between after school programming and attendance in school, we see how after school programming supports attendance at school as well as how to coordinate with the school in order to maximize the positive impact of after school on school attendance through collaboration. |
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Presentation Methods and Debriefing Activities |
2.00 |
There is no "one size fits all" approach to working with children and youth, and this is especially true when it comes to how we present and debrief activities. During this course, participants will understand the importance of the delivery and debriefing of an activity to help children and youth make meaning, as well as some specific methods that can be incorporated into the program right away. |
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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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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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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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School-Age Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity |
0.34 |
At the end of this course, participants will be able to define the terms overweight and obesity, know health consequences of childhood obesity, and explain the purpose of CDC’s School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity. They will also identify at least two healthy eating and two physical activity policies or practices that can be implemented in schools to address obesity. Participants will also be able to create guidelines to address problems in their area as well as find stakeholders that need to be informed of the guidelines.
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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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Social-Emotional Learning, Character Building & Enhancing Quality |
2.00 |
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Strengthen your understanding of the social-emotional learning and character building that expanded learning programs support.
Be able to articulate what social-emotional learning and character development looks like in children and youth.
Identify the connection between quality standards and social-emotional learning and character development. |
