This training addresses playground safety hazards, playground supervision, maintenance and general upkeep of the outdoor learning environment, and age and developmentally appropriate playground materials and equipment.
Self-care is all about taking care of your health and making sure that you have everything you need to thrive as a teacher. Without taking care of yourself, you won’t have the energy to help your students. Because teaching is such an intensive job, educators can greatly benefit from learning about and practicing self-care at work and at home and how to relieve stress even in the workplace.
Smart Start of Forsyth County is the proud provider of First Aid, CPR and AED Training. Be sure to register early, spaces are limited. Participants must attend for the entire training session to receive the certificate.
Adults providing care for infants, 12 months or younger, are required to be trained in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Risk Reduction Practices. The Infant/Toddler Safe Sleep and SIDS Risk Reduction in Child Care (ITS-SIDS) is an approved training that provides an understanding of how to implement safe sleep practices.
Early childhood trauma generally refers to the traumatic experiences that occur in children ages zero – six. Because infants’ and young children’s reactions may be different from older children’s, and because they may not be able to verbalize their reactions to threatening or dangerous events, many people assume that young age protects children from the impact of traumatic experiences. Come Learn about the signs of traumatic stress, its impact on children, treatment options, and how caregivers can help.
In this training we will define Positive interactions. Discuss why they are important and how we can develop positive interactions in difficult situations.
Infusing classrooms with physical activity—or at least the option of some movement, at student discretion—isn’t just good for kids’ bodies, it’s also a powerful tool for improving learning and focus and reducing classroom management issues. Physical activity that amplifies learning can have a powerful effect on retention and engagement—it’s also fun. Come learn ways to integrate more movement in your lessons.
This ability to focus attention on the present and to maintain that focus is a foundational skill that underlies many other important capacities that we need for health, well-being, and connection with children, families, and others. When adults engage in focusing practices like mindfulness in early childhood settings, it helps to build important mental, social, and emotional skills. We often hear about the important role that a calm and responsive adult, and secure adult-child relationship, plays in helping young children learn and grow.
In this training we will define Positive interactions. Discuss why they are important and how we can develop positive interactions in difficult situations.
Participants will receive handwashing, diapering, toileting, and sanitation procedures as they are performed multiple times a day. While an early educator may believe that they already know how to properly wash hands, diaper children, assist with toileting, and clean, this training can help improve or refine their behavior to keep themselves and children healthy. Reviewing proper technique is a good reminder that these processes are beyond cleanliness but can also prevent the spread of infectious disease.