Facilitator : Abigail Black This training aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to promote healthy social-emotional development in young children. Participants will learn about the importance of social-emotional skills, emotional regulation techniques, attachment styles, and relationship skills, and how to apply the content of the training into their own early childhood environments.…

Facilitator  Angie Kinser: This training session is for early childhood educators seeking to enhance their skills in engaging and collaborating with parenting adults. The content focuses on engaging families of children aged birth to five and supports Kentucky All-Stars. The training focuses on building effective partnerships between educators and parenting adults to create a supportive…

Facilitator : Angie Kinser This mandatory training focuses on Health, Safety, and Sanitation, Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse, and Recommended Practices. This session is required for all childcare employees and must be completed within the first 90 days of employment. Successful completion of this course satisfies the Division of Child Care’s (DCC) new regulatory requirement…

Facilitator : Mavie Leon-Diaz Participants will learn more about how to create an environment that encourages curiosity and learning. Additionally, educators will gain ideas for offering invitations to play that support the development and learning of the children they serve. Where the main role of the environment is for children to feel safe and free…

Facilitator : Darice Hancock In this training, early childhood educators will be introduced to a comprehensive four-step assessment cycle. Step one involves frequent and contextually appropriate observations of children. In step two, educators will learn to analyze these observations and make informed choices on how to respond. Moving to step three, participants will evaluate their…