Course will take approximately 1.5 (one and a half) hours to complete
Upon successful completion participants will be awarded 1.5 early care and education training hours
Audience: Professionals working with families
Course Description
This training will introduce participants to the Kentucky Strengthening Families (KYSF) Initiative and share ways to apply components of this approach to any setting that serves young children and their families. Participants will learn the importance of the Kentucky Strengthening Families Initiative, including the six (6) Guiding Premises, the six (6) Protective Factors, how to change their perspective when working with families, and identify Protective Factors that they would like to strengthen within their organization and their work with families.
Course Facilitators
Emily Keely
Lead Facilitator emily.keely@ky.gov
Kristen Martin
State Supervisor kristen.martin@ky.gov
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Training Outcomes
By the end of this session participants will be able to:
Recognize the importance of the Kentucky Strengthening Families (KYSF) Initiative based on the research that supports the movement
List and explain each of the 6 Protective Factors
Identify family-driven, youth-driven, and strength-based implementation strategies
Recognize how to shift from a deficit-based, risk factor lens of working with families to a more positive lens that focuses on their strengths and skills
Identify how Protective Factors can support your work with children and families
Workplace Outcomes
Participants will be able to work with children’s caregivers using a strengths-based, relationship focused mindset; identify Protective Factors that need more support in their programs, and return with a goal for improvement.
ECE 132: Sign Language for Preschoolers (1.5 hours)
This is the second in a series of 3 modules on Sign Language especially designed for Early Childhood Educators, Children’s Librarians and Families of Young Children.
This course includes videos, practice time, reflection questions, a Facebook Community, as well as resources and printables that will assist you in including sign language elements in your family or program.
If you are interested in continuing on with the series please click the links below, or visit www.hdilearning.org and add the course(s) to your cart.
This is the second in a series of 3 modules on Sign Language especially designed for Early Childhood Educators, Children’s Librarians and Families of Young Children.
This course includes videos, practice time, reflection questions, a Facebook Community, as well as resources and printables that will assist you in including sign language elements in your family or program.
If you are interested in continuing on with the series please click the links below, or visit www.hdilearning.org and add the course(s) to your cart.
? The goal of this course is to promote the vision that every child can grow up to work and share their talents and skills with the world if given the proper support, including children with disabilities.
This course focuses on setting goals for employment from an early age, preparing for employment, and cultivating and sharing a vision for the future.
About this Course
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This course is divided into Lessons and Topics. Each topic must be completed in order to move to the next Lesson.
A graded quiz to check your understanding of the topic(s) covered. Quizzes are complete when 80% of the questions are answered correctly. You may take the Check Your Knowledge and Final Course quizzes multiple times until 80% is achieved.
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Course developed by KentuckyWorks, funded by the US Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Administration for Community Living.
This is the first in a series of 3 modules on American Sign Language especially designed for Early Childhood Educators, Children’s Librarians and Families of Young Children.
This course includes videos, practice time, reflection questions, and a Facebook Community, as well as resources and printables that will assist you in including sign language elements in your family or program.
If you are interested in continuing on with the series, please click the links below or visit hdilearning.org and add the course(s) to your cart.
Demonstrate knowledge that young children are diverse with regard to different rates of development, individual interests, special needs, temperaments, languages, cultures, and learning styles.
This online course fulfills the mandatory 6-hour orientation requirement for early care and education professionals in Kentucky.
Orientation training consists of three lessons:
Health, safety & sanitation – 2 hours
Includes mandatory First Aid and CPR Training
Recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect – 1 hour
Recommended practices in early care and education – 3 hours
Learners should have access to a printer for copies of supplemental handouts and other information that they may want to keep.
All activities must be completed in all three modules for a certificate to be awarded. Except for non-graded activities (NG); which pertain to your experiences or your work environment, activities must be completed at 80% or better correct rate. Activities may be redone until at least 80% correct is achieved.
Upon successful completion of the course, a Recognition of Course Completion will display within the course. In addition, your personal training record will be updated in ECE-TRIS within 10 days.
ECE-TRIS Registry: Kentucky’s Early Childhood Education Training Records Information System (ECE-TRIS) is a centralized database that tracks and stores individual training records. As a new early care and education professional please be sure to set up an account in ECE-TRIS so that all of your training hours are tracked through this system. To register, complete the ECE-TRIS Personal Information Form. This form should be faxed or mailed into the address listed on the form, or submitted online in the course.
Target Audience: early care and education professionals in Kentucky.
ECE 107: External Transitions – Resources and Supports in Child Care Settings
ECE 107 is the fourth module in a series dedicated to the challenges, impacts, and prevention of suspension and expulsion in child care settings. This module focuses on practical applications of prevention strategies which will help increase the threshold for decision-making regarding the necessity of external transitions for children, with the intention of reducing or eliminating suspension and expulsion in child care settings.
This course builds upon the content of ECE 101, 102, and 103 by:
Communicating information on the structure of supports available to Kentucky child care providers which promote the ability for teachers, program administrators, and other caregivers to address behavior challenges in child care settings.
Promoting changes in practice which positively impact individual and/or group behavior in child care settings.
Connecting providers with state and national resources to support positive behavior and healthy child development in child care settings.
In ECE 101 participants learned about the impacts of external transitions on children; the impact of a disruption of continuity in early childhood settings; the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on brain functioning and cognitive development; and, the role early care and education settings play in mitigating the long term impacts of stress and trauma for children.
ECE 102 reviewed challenges Kentucky families and children face regarding continuity of care; program availability and access; the impact that stable, nurturing relationships play in child development; and, the influence of implicit bias in decision-making regarding suspension and expulsions in early care and education settings.
ECE 103 took a deeper dive into the impact of suspension and expulsion on families and on child care businesses. The content explored the role that policy and access to resources beyond the child care setting can have on reducing the number of suspensions and expulsions children experience. This module also provided a brief overview of strategies for developing and maintaining high-quality programming in conjunction with options for individualized and classroom-based intervention plans.
Course Details
Target Audience
All Staff
Learning Environment
Infant Toddler Preschool School Age
Training Level
1
Core Content Subject Areas
Professional development/professionalism
Program management and evaluation
Core Content Competencies
Participate in professional development (i.e., credentials, degrees) as required for each level to improve performance and to expand personal knowledge of child development, interdisciplinary practices, and family-centered services.
Adhere to program policies and regulations and assist with maintaining individual child records.
Family Interaction Training (FIT) Training is a set of three modules (ECE 104, 105, & 106) based on an evidence-based Centers for Disease Control (CDC) course. These courses provide information to help early care and education providers learn Key Concepts and Strategies of FIT. The modules and videos provide an overview of how to work with families on each of the strategies and how to apply these principles to your own early care and education setting. The goal of FIT is to share evidence-based practice that promotes positive behaviors in young children.
Module Objectives
Describe how logical consequences can address problem behaviors.
List the steps for the removal of privileges.
Keep in mind that working with any young child-whether an infant, a toddler, or a preschooler, requires empathy. Babies cry to communicate. Toddlers are impulsive. Preschoolers are learning to self-regulate, too. They need their caretakers and families to be empathetic. Try to understand what it is like to be little and to have big feelings. It is hard to put words on those feelings. Some children might have developmental delays affecting their ability to use words instead of expressing frustration with tantrums or other challenging behaviors.
Just like children need to self-regulate, the adults in their lives also need to self-regulate. When a child is “pushing your buttons”, take a breath. Responding with anger or roughness will only make the situation worse. You need to be a calm and steady influence to help the child feel safe. You can do so by acknowledging the child’s feelings. Next, tell them the rules for how to act when feeling that way. Be a safe space for them. Reconnect to the child after they calm down so the child knows that you are still there for them.
In Module 3, you will learn more about managing misbehaviors. All young children are learning appropriate behaviors. This is a normal part of their development. Patience with young learners is key! The lessons you learn in this module can be used in your classroom or family childcare home. You will also be able to share these same lessons to engage your families with good strategies they can use at home. Misbehavior is an adult perception of a child’s behavior. The child may be acting in a challenging way for a variety of reasons.
Family Interaction Training (FIT) Training is a set of three modules (ECE 104, 105, & 106) based on an evidence-based Centers for Disease Control (CDC) course. These courses provideinformation to help early care and education providers learn Key Concepts and Strategies of FIT. The modules and videos provide an overview of how to work with families on each of the strategies and how to apply these principles to your own early care and education setting. The goal of FIT is to share evidence-based practice that promotes positive behaviors in young children.
Module Objectives
By the end of this module, participants will be able to
describe the importance of establishing routines and rules
establish routines and rules in a classroom setting
use transitions and redirections to prevent misbehaviors
Let’s start by reviewing the key concepts for this module below. These concepts may be familiar to you, but reviewing them helps to reinforce how they fit into the goal of understanding behavior. The more you know about behavior, the better prepared you are to help families. In this course, you will also be using specific strategies to help structure the environment to make expectations clear, promote consistency and predictability, and help prevent misbehavior.
You can help children better manage behaviors and get along with others.
You can help children manage their behavior with clear and consistent schedules, routines, rules, and directions.
Intervening before behavior problems start can prevent misbehavior.
Strategies focusing on helping children manage feelings can prevent misbehavior.
Family Interaction Training (FIT) Training is a set of three modules (ECE 104, 105, & 106) based on an evidence-based Centers for Disease Control (CDC) course. These courses provide information to help early care and education providers learn Key Concepts and Strategies of FIT. The modules and videos provide an overview of how to work with families on each of the strategies and how to apply these principles to your own early care and education setting. The goal of FIT is to share evidence-based practice that promotes positive behaviors in young children.
Module Objectives
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
Learn and practice communication skills that promote positive behaviors
Use praise effectively
Use attention strategically to shape positive behaviors
Make playtime effective for learning
Access resources for developmental monitoring that will assist families and providers
This course provides information to help early care and education providers learn Key Concepts and Strategies of Family Interaction Training (FIT). The modules and videos provide an overview of how to work with families on each of the strategies and how to apply these principles to your own early care and education setting. The goal of FIT is to share evidence-based practice that promotes positive behaviors in young children. This first module includes four lessons: Communication, Praise, Using Attention Strategically, Scheduled Parent-Child Playtime.
