www.inclusivechildcare.org || Concordia University, College of Education
Cindy Croft, Director || croft@csp.edu || 651.603.6265

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CICC E-News, Issue #2. September 2007

Upcoming Online Training of Trainer Courses

The following Train the Trainer Courses are being offered by the Center for Inclusive Child Care in February through May of 2008.  If you are interested in increasing your professional skills as a trainer, please visit www.inclusivechildcare.org to download a registration form or contact croft@csp.edu for more information. 

The Nurtured Heart Approach:

• ’08 February 27-March 11, Chats on Tuesdays March 4 & 11 @ 8-8:45 PM CST (The Instructor for this course is Corrine Woosley)

The Train the Trainer Course The Nurtured Heart Approach is based on the best selling work of Howard Glasser and Jennifer Easley Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach.  The material applies a unique approach for working with children who have high intensity temperament and challenging behavior using four key strategies, which have been researched as highly effective.  Participants are required to purchase the book and will be provided a CD-ROM with the supplemental workshop training activities which can be used to develop a series of workshops on the Nurtured Heart Approach.  Training is appropriate for child care, Head Start, special education, Learning Readiness, and school age providers and educators. The training of trainers is two weeks in length, with mandatory messageboard postings and two mandatory 45-minute chats. In addition, there will be required correspondence between the instructor and each participant in the form of ‘reflection of learning.’  Work must be successfully completed in order to be certified in this training curriculum by the Center for Inclusive Child Care.  Upon certification, trainers can be listed in the trainer registry at www.inclusivechildcare.org.  The CICC does not hire trainers or guarantee employment as a trainer but only offers the training of trainer certification and an opportunity to market yourself through the CICC trainer database.  Note: Course cost including the CD-ROM of workshop activities is $125.00. (book sold separately at www.amazon.com).

The 6 Keys: Strategies for Promoting Children’s Mental Health in Early Childhood Programs

• ‘08 February 26 – March 24, Chats on Mondays March 3, 10, 17, 24 @ 7 PM CST (Instructor: Cindy Croft)

This Training of Trainer Course The Six Keys: Strategies for Promoting Children’s Mental Health in Early Childhood Programs is based on the curriculum by the same name and uses evidence-based practice and current research to demonstrate key components necessary for promoting emotional well-being in early childhood programs using a training manual with corresponding training activities designed for each workshop (two volume set).  There are a total of seven narrative chapters with 4-8 training activities each that can be developed into a series of seven 2-4 hour workshops or into credit coursework.  Materials include theories of emotional development, resilience, self-regulation, temperament, and many useful strategies for the early childhood setting. Training is appropriate for child care, Head Start, special education, Learning Readiness, and early childhood providers and educators.  The training of trainers is four weeks in length, with mandatory messageboard postings and four mandatory 45-minute chats. In addition, there will be required correspondence between the instructor and each participant in the form of ‘reflection of learning.’  Work must be successfully completed in order to be certified in this training curriculum by the Center for Inclusive Child Care.  Upon certification, trainers can be listed in the trainer registry at www.inclusivechildcare.org.  Note: The CICC does not hire trainers or guarantee employment as a trainer but only offers the training of trainer certification and an opportunity to market yourself through the CICC trainer database.  Course cost including the 2 volume curriculum is $250.00.

Children’s Development: What to Expect and When to Be Concerned

• ’08 February 26 – March 10, Chats on March 3 and March 10 @ 7 PM CST (Instructor: Christine Bentley)

This Training of Trainer Course Children’s Development: What to Expect and When to Be Concerned is based on CICC Project EXCEPTIONAL training on red flags, typical and atypical development, and when/how to share concerns with family.  Materials include one narrative chapter and one set of corresponding training activities on CD-ROM that can be developed into one or two 2-4 hour workshop or into credit coursework and 25 developmental brochures by the same name.  Training is appropriate for child care, Head Start, special education, Learning Readiness, and school age providers and educators. The training of trainers is two weeks in length, with mandatory messageboard postings and two mandatory 45-minute chats. In addition, there will be required correspondence between the instructor and each participant in the form of ‘reflection of learning’.  Work must be successfully completed in order to be certified in this training curriculum by the Center for Inclusive Child Care.  Upon certification, trainers can be listed on the trainer registry at www.inclusivechildcare.org.  The CICC does not hire trainers or guarantee employment as a trainer but only offers the training of trainer certification and an opportunity to market yourself through the CICC trainer database.  Note: Course cost including the CD-ROM of supplement training materials is $125.00.

Children and Challenging Behavior: Making Inclusion Work

• 08 March 26-April 22, Chats on Tuesdays April 1, 8, 15 and 22 @ 8-845 PM CST (Instructor: Cindy Croft/Corrine Woosley)

This Training of Trainer course is based on the training curriculum Children and Challenging Behavior: Making Inclusion Work, an evidence-based, peer reviewed narrative training manual with accompanying training activities designed for each workshop (two volume set).  There are a total of seven narrative chapters with 4-8 corresponding training activities that can be developed into a series of seven 2-4 hour workshops or into credit coursework.  Materials include the function of behavior, the role of environment, tools for your toolbox, specific strategies for ADHD and Autism, and much more. Training is appropriate for child care, Head Start, special education, Learning Readiness, and school age providers and educators. The training of trainers is four weeks in length, with mandatory messageboard postings and four mandatory 45-minute chats. In addition, there will be required correspondence between the instructor and each participant in the form of ‘reflection of learning.’  Work must be successfully completed in order to be certified in this training curriculum by the Center for Inclusive Child Care.  Upon certification, trainers can be listed in the trainer registry at www.inclusivechildcare.org.  Note: The CICC does not hire trainers or guarantee employment as a trainer but only offers the training of trainer certification and an opportunity to market yourself through the CICC trainer database.  Course cost including the 2 volume curriculum is $250.00.

Sensory Processing Disorder

• ’08 January 10-January 23, Chats on Wednesdays January 16 & 23 @ 1 PM CST (Instructor: Christine Bentley)
• ’08 May 2 – May 15, Chats on Thursdays May 8 and 15 @7 PM CST

This Training of Trainer course Sensory Processing Disorder is based on material which is a supplemental to the curriculum Children and Challenging Behavior: Making Inclusion Work, an evidence-based, peer reviewed narrative training manual with accompanying training activities manual designed for each workshop (two volume set).  In Sensory Processing Disorder (the supplemental) there is one narrative chapter and one set of corresponding training activities on CD-ROM that can be developed into one to two 2-6 hour workshop or into credit coursework.  Also included is the spiral  bound booklet Supporting Sensory Preferences in Young Children. Materials include the definition of SPD, the seven senses, strategies for improving a child care environment, and much more. Training is appropriate for child care, Head Start, special education, Learning Readiness, and school age providers and educators. The training of trainers is two weeks in length, with mandatory messageboard postings and two mandatory 45-minute chats. In addition, there will be required correspondence between the instructor and each participant in the form of ‘reflection of learning’.  Work must be successfully completed in order to be certified in this training curriculum by the Center for Inclusive Child Care.  Upon certification, trainers can be listed in the trainer registry at www.inclusivechildcare.org.  Note: The CICC does not hire trainers or guarantee employment as a trainer but only offers the training of trainer certification and an opportunity to market yourself through the CICC trainer database.  Course cost including the CD-Rom is $125.00.

The Center For Inclusive Childcare || Concordia University, College of Education
Cindy Croft, Director || croft@csp.edu || 651.603.6265