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Professional Development Courses

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Moving and Grooving: Fine and Gross Motor Skills for Infants and Toddlers
in-person-trainings

Moving and Grooving: Fine and Gross Motor Skills for Infants and Toddlers

What does "fine motor skills" mean, and how do caregivers build those strengths? Sign up and learn in this in-person training.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

Early Math Success: Essential Math Skills for Infants and Toddlers
on-demand

Early Math Success: Essential Math Skills for Infants and Toddlers

Throughout this fun, informative training, you will learn tips, activities, and best practices for preparing the infants and toddlers in your care for academic success.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOnline

Music to Our Ears: The Benefits of Music and Movement
on-demand

Music to Our Ears: The Benefits of Music and Movement

How can music stimulate infants’ and toddlers’ development (cognitive, physical, and socio-emotional)? Learn in this on-demand training.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOnline

Challenging Behaviors: Where Do We Begin? - CCDF 15
on-demand

Challenging Behaviors: Where Do We Begin? - CCDF 15

In this two-hour on-demand course, participants will examine behaviors exhibited by toddlers and preschoolers that are often considered challenging while gaining an understanding of how to handle them.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator | Preschool Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOnline

Stepping Stones: Developmental Milestones from Ages 0-24 Months
in-person-trainings

Stepping Stones: Developmental Milestones from Ages 0-24 Months

This training covers the physical, emotional, and cognitive developmental milestones for infants and toddlers.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

Time to Sign: Fostering Communication Skills
in-person-trainings

Time to Sign: Fostering Communication Skills

This training explores early language development and communication skills starting at birth. In this training, participants will learn the benefits of sign language and how to use sign language in the early childhood environment to support infants’ and toddlers’ communication skills.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development | Early Literacy | Early Communication

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

Baby BootCamp
in-person-trainings

Baby BootCamp

Learn the importance of early brain development and simple ways to strengthen those connections.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

Right on Time: Healthy Routines for the Early Childhood Classroom
in-person-trainings

Right on Time: Healthy Routines for the Early Childhood Classroom

How do you create an effective teaching and learning routine in the classroom? Sign up for this in-person early childhood training.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOn-Site

Best Practices for Language Acquisition: Read, Write, Talk, Sing & Play
on-demand

Best Practices for Language Acquisition: Read, Write, Talk, Sing & Play

A growing body of research reveals just how important it is for infants and toddlers to be exposed to many forms of language including reading, writing, talking, singing, and playing starting at birth.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development | Reading

LocationOnline

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AELG Online (Alabama Early Learning Guidelines) ​| Summer 2025
facilitated

AELG Online (Alabama Early Learning Guidelines) ​| Summer 2025

July 7, 2025 - August 24, 2025

The Alabama Early Learning Guidelines were developed by DHR to promote continuity of high-quality care and learning for children ages 0-5.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator | Preschool Educator

SubjectsCareer | Child Development

LocationOnline

Read, Read, Read: The Importance of Reading to Young Children
on-demand

Read, Read, Read: The Importance of Reading to Young Children

This free, 2-hour training also includes research-based guidelines for choosing developmentally appropriate books as well as literacy activities and resources.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator | Preschool Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOnline

School Readiness: Creating Life-Long Learners
on-demand

School Readiness: Creating Life-Long Learners

Join us to gain knowledge about best practices for preparing young children for kindergarten while exploring appropriate strategies for reaching developmental milestones.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator | Preschool Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOnline

Attachment Styles: How to Bond with Babies
on-demand

Attachment Styles: How to Bond with Babies

Learn the different attachment styles in this on-demand training.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOnline

Play on Purpose
in-person-trainings

Play on Purpose

Bring play into your infant and toddler classroom with this in-person training.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOn-Site | Zoom

In Progress
Early Brain Development and the Lasting Importance of Caregiver-Child Relationships
facilitated

Early Brain Development and the Lasting Importance of Caregiver-Child Relationships

July 7 - July 28, 2025

The human brain is amazing, and the developing brain of an infant is even more phenomenal. Within the first years of life, the brain develops at a rapid pace that will never again be replicated.

Educator GradeInfant and Toddler Educator

SubjectsChild Development

LocationOnline

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