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Our Resource Library contains materials and assistance for early childhood educators and those they serve. Explore our selection of podcasts, tip sheets, websites, documents, and self-study courses.
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| Resource Name | Description | Resource Type |
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| Seguridad contra incendios en el cuidado infantil: Consideraciones para niños con discapacidades (Fire Safety in Child Care: Special Considerations for Children with Disabilities) | La seguridad contra incendios en los programas de cuidado infantil implica concientización, educación, práctica y adaptaciones. El conocimiento de las necesidades individuales de cada niño es esencial para garantizar su seguridad en caso de una evacuación por incendio. Con algunas adaptaciones implementadas, la seguridad contra incendios intencional es la forma más efectiva de reducir los riesgos de incendio para las personas con discapacidades.Fire safety in child care programs involves awareness, education, practice, and making accommodations. Knowledge of each child’s individual needs is essential to ensuring their safety in the event of a fire evacuation. With a few adaptions in place, intentional fire safety is the most effective way to reduce risks of fire for individuals with disabilities. | Tipsheet |
| Seizure Training | The Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota strives to enhance the quality of life of those affected by seizures. 1 in 10 Americans have had or will experience a seizure at some point in their life, and children under the age of 18 make up the largest percentage of new epilepsy cases. Therefore, anyone working with children should be aware of the changes in first aid for seizures. In an effort to create awareness and acceptance of those living with epilepsy, the Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota offers FREE educational programs on Seizure Recognition and First Aid for businesses, group homes, health professionals, school personnel, and childcare workers. The one-hour training covers the causes of epilepsy, prevention and first aid for seizures, and the primary types of seizures. The Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota also provides student education programs, advocacy and support services, information and referral, and youth and family programs. To set up a free training for your staff or to inquire about our other programs and services, please call Tracy Reardon at 651-287-2312 or Angie Wiesner at 651-287-2313. | Document |
| Seizures | The types of seizures and how to respond to them. | Tipsheet |
| Selective Mutism Foundation, Inc | The Selective Mutism Foundation, Inc. website is designed to help parents and educators assess the cause of selective mutism and figure out how to take a team approach to treat it. Consultation, sensitivity training, an educator's section, a healthcare providers section, and related links and ability to contact the site operators with direct questions. | Website |
| Selective Mutism Group | The Selective Mutism Group member-based site houses a "ask the Doc" feature, current articles, and archival information covering various aspects of selective mutism. Various chat rooms are available for adults as well as children. | Website |
| Self Care for Child Care Providers Part 1 | Listen as our guest, gentle yoga instructor Barbara O’Sullivan shares ways that we as early childhood professionals can develop daily habits that increase our energy and stamina. | |
| Self Care for Child Care Providers Part 2 | We welcome Barbara O’Sullivan, gentle yoga instructor back to the podcast to examine ways to provide yourself with “self-care splashes” each day that will support your social-emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing. | Podcast |
| Self-Care for Early Care and Education Professionals | Tip sheet with practical self-care strategies for early care and education professionals. | Tipsheet |
| Self-Care Strategies for Child Care Providers Working in Stressful Environments | Define and describe how the human stress response system works using Polyvagal Theory. Polyvagal Theory outlines how the human nervous system responds to short and long-term stress such as that faced daily by child care providers. Learn examples of ways to practice research-based self-care strategies for child care providers to incorporate into their work. Knowledge and Competency Framework Area(s) - VI: Professionalism (10 Hours) CDA Content Area - Content Area VI: Maintaining a commitment to professionalism (10 Hours) Level 2 - Implements New Navigation Tools: This self-study does not have audio available at this time. For optimal performance, please access this course from a computer or tablet. Click on the black box with 2 white arrows to view the self-study in Full-Screen Mode. Click on the black box with white eyeglasses to view the self-study in Accessibility Mode. For ten clock hours on your Learning Record, please register and pay online at Develop. Then, complete a 500 word reflection paper and submit this document with your reflection. Please note: You have access to this document as view only. To enable editing, download the document. Click "file" then "download as" in the upper left-hand corner of this screen. This will give you the option to open the document as a Word doc on your own computer. Then, you can complete the information and email it to: credit@inclusivechildcare.org. *Disregard any directions regarding a final quiz. The only learning assessment needed is the reflection paper. | Course |
| Self-Care Strategies for Child Care Providers: Part 1 | Understanding the importance of human connections, social engagement, and feelings of safety is at the heart of relationship-based child care work. This tip sheet we will highlight the symptoms of burnout and secondary trauma and discuss stress and the Polyvagal Theory. | Tipsheet |
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