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Current Correspondence Course Information:
Shipping & Handling -
- Courses received via email in Adobe Reader format have no shipping cost.
- Courses mailed via the post office have the following cost based on
quantity of courses purchased:
- 1 - 3 courses = $5 for shipping and handling
- 4 - 6 courses = $7
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- 7 - 9 courses = $9
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- 10 - 13 courses = $11 "
Course Descriptions -
- A Look at Cultural Diversity & Inclusion:
- What
is culture, diversity or inclusion. Being sensitivity to the needs of
families and ways to achieve diversity in your child care setting.
2 hrs Relationships
- Arts
& Crafts from A-Z
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This
is a fun look at arts and crafts and the role they play in child
development. Covered are the benefits of arts and crafts to children in
care, sensory awareness and age appropriate ideas. There is a list of art
and craft projects for every letter of the alphabet. 2 hours Child
Growth & Development
- Making the Connection, Physical aspects of Infant Brain
Development:
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This
study takes a look at infant brain development from the beginning.
3 hrs
Child Growth & Development .
- Ages and Stages Infant Brain
Development, What Role do Caregivers Play:
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This
study takes a look at infant brain development and the roll that the
caregiver plays in the development of the infants in their care.
3 hrs
Child Growth & Development or Developmentally Appropriate Practice .
- Developing your own Theme-Based Curriculum:
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Create from materials you already have
for children 2 years to pre-K ”
2 hrs Developmentally Appropriate Practice.
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome:
- This 2.0 clock hour course covers what causes Fetal alcohol
Syndrome, possible effects on a child, and what child care professionals
can do to assist the child. There are links to other resources online
within the course. At the end you will be required to submit a 500 word
essay about what you learned in the course and how you could put this
knowledge into practice in working with children. 2 hours credit
in Health and Safety.
- Interviews, Policy Handbook, Contract & Forms:
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This is a 3 hour course that provides you with a contract, policy handbook
and forms that some inspectors are recommending to providers with inadequate
materials. Learn to use this document during the Interview, how to evaluate
your home from the parents point of view, & changes you need to address to
attract clients. The correspondence course includes computer disk in
Microsoft WORD ‘98. 1 hr Developmentally Appropriate
Practice 2 hrs Professionalism
- Recognizing Child Abuse & Neglect
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Ways to protect yourself & family from
charges of abuse, how to recognize child abuse, the caregiver’s
responsibility to report suspected abuse. 2 hrs Health & Safety
- Stress Management for Caregivers & Children:
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Caring for you so you can care for others.
Includes recognizing childhood stress & “Managing Stress, Workplace
Training”, American Red Cross (used with permission). 2 hrs Health & Safety
- Child Behaviors Situations & Methods:
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This class looks at child development,
scenarios and suggested methods to use in these situations. 1 hr. Guidance 1 hr. Child Growth & Development 1
hr. Developmentally Appropriate Practice
- Understanding Child Behaviors:
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This class looks at child development,
temperament, management techniques for children with difficult traits
such as Tantrums, Biting, Physically Aggressive Children and How to
Discipline with Love. 1 hr. Guidance 1 hr. Child Growth & Development 1
hr. Developmentally Appropriate Practice
- Train Up A Child: This class offers several different
approaches to helping children become comfortable with the potty. It
offers tips on how to recognize when a child is ready to begin the process.
Special needs and potty learning are included. The is a section on
Shoe tying with songs, poems and finger plays. Detailed pictures are
included of the very best ever bow. 2 hours Developmentally
Appropriate Practice.
- "Play" Is it the
Best Early Childhood Curriculum
- Early Childhood professionals have studied the effect of play as a
curriculum for many years and have published results that will make you
take a second look at all the seat work that many curriculums are based
on.
2 hr. in Developmentally Appropriate Practice or
Child Growth & Development.
- Sign Language for
Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers -
A look
at the History and research behind Sign Language Pages of the most important
words for infants, toddlers and preschoolers in written and sign form.
2 hours in Developmentally Appropriate Practice or Child Growth &
Development.
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