Community partners, local public health units, fire departments, local libraries, speech and language associations, and early years centres can be great resources.
CNC Conference Call: October 24th at 11am
Register Early to Get the Answers you Need…and a Prize
As CNC rolls out, questions from administrators and caregivers continue to roll in.
That’s why CMAS is hosting our first CNC Question and Answer conference call on October 24th at 11am. We will be answering questions surrounding all aspects of CNC, including requirements and implementation.
Spaces are limited, so click here and register early. Please note that registration closes on Friday October 18, 2013. And, if getting the answers you need isn’t motivation enough, the first 10 people to register AND submit questions will receive a prize!
Free online training webinars
We have identified the following webinars that can support your staff’s learning.
Webinar topics:
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Special Needs
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Culture/Diversity
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Language & Literacy
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Health
Special Needs Webinars
- Challenging Behavior is Everyone’s Challenge! How to support ECE staff who work with children with challenging behaviors
Find out how your child care centre can work with children who exhibit challenging behaviours through lessons learned from an actual case study.
- Quality ECE Inclusion Programs for ALL Children: Operating Standards for High Quality Inclusive Child Care
Easter Seals presents strategies to provide high quality, inclusive experiences for children of all abilities, covering topics that include Program Operations, Parent Communications; Teacher/Therapist Integration and Staff Training and Resources.
- Ways to Understand and Respond to Autism Spectrum Disorders
Learn the early signs of autism and get an “inside” perspective of how children and adults with autism might be experiencing the world—as well as the range of interventions available and the importance of autism “acceptance”.
- Learning the Signs and Acting Early: Keys to Helping Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other Developmental Disabilities Reach their Full Potential
From birth to age 5, there are milestones children should reach in terms of how they play, learn, speak and act. A delay in any of these areas could be a sign of a developmental problem, including autism. This webinar will help you identify delays early so that more can be done to help children reach their full potential.
Culture/Diversity Webinars
- TVO Special: Parenting Across Cultures–The Different Ways We Raise Our Children
Research shows that many newcomers strive to raise their kids with the customs and values they grew up with. Why is this a preference? And what effect does this cultural upbringing have on a child’s development and learning? A panel of diverse experts discusses the role home cultures play in the way immigrant parents raise their children.
- West and East, Cultural Differences, Part 1
- West and East, Cultural Differences, Part 2
This documentary examines the differences in Eastern and Western reasoning and learning, that will give you a better understanding how the cultures differ from East to West. Part 1 includes discussion on how children learn and offers parenting examples.
- Creating a Nature-Based Culture in Your Program
(Note: In order to access this webinar, you will be asked to register in advance. You will then be emailed access information)
This session will explore five essential steps in creating a “Nature-Based Culture” in your program, including a natural learning and outdoor play philosophy, and how it embraces active learning and play. You’ll get practical ideas and useful resources to use in your program and take it outside.
- Building a Multicultural Multilingual Community in Your Early Childhood Program
This webinar offers strategies and resources to help your program encourage and support cultural diversity and multilingualism.
- Support Diversity in Your ECE Program With A Treasure Trove of Free Resources: Libraries and Librarians
(Note: In order to access this webinar, you will be asked to register in advance. You will then be emailed access information)
This webinar will help you plan a set of action steps and resources you can use to build partnerships between your preschool programs and your community libraries so you and the teachers in your program can better meet the needs of young dual language learners and their families.
- Challenging Behavior and Culture – A Connection? Creating Culturally Respectful ECE Environments
(Note: In order to access this webinar, you will be asked to register in advance. You will then be emailed access information)
This webinar will look at culture from a research based perspective in order to help directors understand the influence of culture – the child’s, the educator’s, and the center’s (school’s) – on behavior because a cultural conflict, visible or invisible, can cause or contribute to challenging behavior.
Language & Literacy Webinars
- How to Support Teachers’ Use of Story Retelling to Build Comprehension and Oral Language in Early Learning Programs
(Note: In order to access this webinar, you will be asked to register in advance. You will then be emailed access information)
During this webinar, you will learn what story retelling is and why it is important. You will also find out how story retelling skills develop over time and the key role teacher-child interactions play in scaffolding and guiding literacy learning. You’ll be inspired by the many creative, innovative ideas that you can use to pass on to teachers to enhance story retelling throughout your program.
- Priming Children for Language and Literacy Success: A Focus on the Toddler Years
(Note: In order to access this webinar, you will be asked to register in advance. You will then be emailed access information)
This webinar examines recent language and literacy research and its implications for program policies and teaching practices. Both theory and strategies for caregivers are covered, with topics that include dual language learners and children with special needs (toddler years).
Health Webinars
- Eating Healthy on a Budget the Sesame Way!
Join Sesame Workshop in an interactive session that will provide multimedia tools, including fun and educational strategies for parents and caregivers of young children to cope with the challenges of food insecurity.
- Let’s Move! Child Care Physical Activity for Providers and Parents
Learn about the Let’s Move! Child Care goals related to physical activity. Sesame Workshop shares what research tells us about the importance of one to two hours of physical activity throughout the child care day, the inclusion of outdoor activities in child care, and how to develop an outdoor activity plan for young children.
