Advanced Training for Staff
For more information, contact Dr. Nancy C Osborn at [email protected] or Shelby Nace at [email protected]
Advanced Training (14 hours)
After attending the 15 hours of Putting on a New Pair of Lenses, early childhood center is given the option to continue with Advanced Training. Each of these advanced trainings is one hour long and is approved for one clock hour.
Asterisk indicates the same topic is offered separately for staff and parents.
After attending the 15 hours of Putting on a New Pair of Lenses, early childhood center is given the option to continue with Advanced Training. Each of these advanced trainings is one hour long and is approved for one clock hour.
Asterisk indicates the same topic is offered separately for staff and parents.
- Recognizing Developmental Needs
- Participants will be provided mental health criteria for developmental disorders including Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities and Rett Syndrome. Particular attention will be given to understanding the characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder/
- How to Have Difficult Conversations with Parents
- Participants will be provided with why parents have a variety of reactions when professionals express concern about their child’s behaviors. In addition, participants will be provided a variety of considerations when providing this information to parents. There will be an opportunity to role-play.
- Emotional Regulation 101 for Teachers
- Topics included in this training include what happens in the brain when people are overwhelmed, the variety of sources of our emotional reactions, thought distortions, emotional regulation skills and emotional regulation strategies.
- Recognizing Healthy Parenting/Caretaking
- A variety of parenting/caretaking styles will be described and the particular impact that each of these styles have on children. There will also be a discussion of why parents parent the way they do.
- How Can We Foster Resilience?*
- Participants will be provided general information about resilience and in particular the importance of resilience. Ginsburg’s 7 C’s of resilience will also be provided and teachers will be asked to reflect on how they can use these concepts in their classrooms to foster resilience.
- How to Create a Safe Space
- The importance of understanding how to create a healthy relationships, our implicit biases and how to create a safe physical space in the classroom will be focused on in this training.
- How To Teach Emotional Regulation to Infants/Toddlers*
- Some of the topics provided in this training include emotional regulation, self-soothing, co-regulation, how to help young children identify their emotions and a variety of emotional regulation strategies.
- Mindfulness for Teachers
- Participants will be provided a description of how the brain can change with a regular mindfulness practice and why these changes can assist us in being more compassionate and trauma responsive. Participants will be provided at least one common mindful practice.
- How to Recognize Sensory Needs
- Topics include a description of sensory needs, types of sensory processing disorders, a list of behaviors which may indicate that a child has sensory needs, ways to communicate sensory needs to parents, and ways they can accommodate for sensory needs in their classroom.
- Mindfulness for Young Children*
- Participants will be provided some ways that teaching mindfulness to children can be beneficial and ways they can incorporate mindfulness into their classrooms.
- Expanding Our Definition of Grief: The Process of Adjusting Expectations
- Participants will be provided information about the importance of expanding our ideas about grief, possible grief reactions, parental grief regarding loss of dreams/expectations, healthy considerations when processing grief and positive ways they can approach others who are grieving.
- Thank You for Trusting Me: A Childcare Provider’s Guide on What to do When Children Disclose Abuse
- 1 in 5 children suffer from abuse. Odds are, childcare providers will need to make a hotline call at some point in their careers. While it's a moment we all hope to avoid, this trauma-informed training helps providers to feel more confident in identifying signs of abuse, as well as reporting and discussing abuse in a helpful and developmentally friendly way.
- Get On Up! Physical Movement Practices for Regulation
- We've all taken note of how wiggly our early-learning students can be, but what does that have to do with their stress-response? It's been proven that children need even more sensory input than adults to stay calm and regulated. This training will use brain science to explain why. Using a foundational understanding of the mind-body connection, we will also provide some hands-on strategies for incorporating movement into the classroom for healthier, more regulated kids and teachers.
- Challenging Behaviors: Why It Happens and How Teachers Can Assist
- Knowing what to do when a child is exhibiting challenging behavior can be overwhelming to most of us. Over time, psychologists have evolved in their understanding of why we may be exhibiting this behavior. Using Polyvagal Theory and the Windows of Tolerance, teachers will learn that frequently the reason a child is exhibiting this behavior is a result of them not feeling safe—actually, this is true for most of us exhibiting challenging behavior. Creating a safe relational environment is the answer. Time will be spent discussing ways teachers can create this safety.
- Knowing what to do when a child is exhibiting challenging behavior can be overwhelming to most of us. Over time, psychologists have evolved in their understanding of why we may be exhibiting this behavior. Using Polyvagal Theory and the Windows of Tolerance, teachers will learn that frequently the reason a child is exhibiting this behavior is a result of them not feeling safe—actually, this is true for most of us exhibiting challenging behavior. Creating a safe relational environment is the answer. Time will be spent discussing ways teachers can create this safety.
- Mindful Self Compassion for Teachers
- We’ve all heard it by now: taking care of ourselves allows us to show up as the best teachers we can be. But how do we make time for self-care without escaping the guilt and negative self-talk that comes along with it? This training, based on the work of Dr. Kristin Neff, helps childcare professionals to approach themselves with compassion and care, allowing them the space they need to see the world in a more mindful way.
