| Winter/Spring Professional Development Opportunities: (Note: Print in LANDSCAPE format) | |||||||||||
| Region I (Clay, Cloud, Jewell, Smith, Marshall, Mitchell, Osborne, Republic, and Washington Counties) | |||||||||||
| County | Date | Time | Location | In-service Hours | Instructor | Title | Co-Sponsors | Course Description | Cost | Core Comp. | CDA Area |
| Cloud | Nov 3 | 7-9 PM | CCCC Concordia Campus, 2221 Campus Drive, Concordia, KS | 2 | Kelly Buckley | PCAN Session #2Making the Tough Calls Strategies for Troubled Family Relationships | Cloud County Community College | When do harmful parenting practices cross the line to abuse and neglect? We will help you determine what are harmful parenting practices vs. what is child abuse and neglect and when to report suspected abuse/neglect. We'll discuss tough issues like: How do you tactfully suggest the need for additional support services such as special needs screening, family preservation, etc. | $10 | 5. Health Safety and Nutrition. Level 2 |
1. Safe Healthy Learning Environment Function 1 |
| Washington | Nov 6 | 7-9 PM | 1st National Bank, 101 C St, Washington, KS | 2 | Jennifer Towe | Powerful Playdough and Other 3 Dimensional Media | Participants will learn to identify appropriate media for each developmental stage and the developmental stages associated with 3 dimensional are media. | $10 | 2. Learning Environment and Curriculum Level 2 | 3. Social & Emotional Development |
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| Cloud | Nov 12 CANCELLED |
7-9 PM | CCCC Concordia Campus, 2221 Campus Drive, Concordia, KS | 2 | Jennifer Towe | Understanding and Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect | Cloud County Community College | The focus is on increasing the awareness of the prevalence of abuse and neglect among infants and toddlers, promotion of healthy function, and the prevention, recognition and response to abuse and neglect. | $10 | 5. Health Safety and Nutrition. Level 1 |
1. Safe Healthy Learning Environment Function 1 |
| Cloud | Nov 17 CANCELLED |
7-9 PM | CCCC Concordia Campus, 2221 Campus Drive, Concordia, KS Room 258 |
2 | Leona Breeden | What Do You Do With the Mad That You Feel | Smoky Hills Public Television | The important message of this event is realizing that self control is not a moral issue - it's a developmental one. Self control grows in stages as a child develops. | $10 | 6. Interactions with Children Level 2 | 3. Social & Emotional Development Function 10 |
| Cloud | Dec 1 | 7-9 PM | CCCC Concordia Campus, 2221 Campus Drive, Concordia, KS | 2 | Kelly Buckley | PCAN Session #3 | Cloud County Community College | When do we step in and help families in troubling situations? We will help you discover tools to help families in need. We will practice prevention and intervention strategies to use in parent provider interactions. | $10 | 4.Families and Communities Level 2 |
4. Relationships with Families Function 11 |
| Washington | Dec 12 | 7-9 PM | 1st National Bank, 101 C St, Washington, KS | 2 | Jennifer Towe | Dealing With Divorce and Separation in Child Care Settings | Dealing with divorce and separation training will help participants understand how the separation is affecting the children in your care. participants will learn coping methods to help support parents that are enduring separation or divorce. | $10 | 6. Interactions with Children Level 3 | 3. Social & Emotional Development Function 10 |
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| Cloud | Dec 15 | 7-9 PM | CCCC Concordia Campus, 2221 Campus Drive, Concordia, KS | 2 | Leona Breeden | Language to Literacy | Smoky Hills Public Television | This event is designed to enhance language development in children birth to 4. It lays a strong foundation for lifetime literacy and the love of books for all children. | $10 | 1.Child Growth & Development Level 3 |
3. Social & Emotional Development |