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Child Development

Active Bodies, Active Minds	Active Supervision for Center Staff	Active Supervision for Family Child Care
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) & Trauma Informed Care	An Introduction to ASQ-3 and ASQ Online - 3 hour	Behavior Guidance for Infants and Toddlers
Bottoms Up! Tummy Time Fun	Building Classroom Communities	Building Resilience in Young Children
But It's Mine! Redirecting Toddlers (Developing Social Emotional Competencies)	Calm in the Chaos: Tools to Increase the Peace	Capturing Child Development Through Portfolios
Caregiving as Curriculum: Using the Caregiving Time to Build Executive Function in Infants and Toddlers-	Caring for Little Ones: Using Sign Language to Communicate	Character Development in Preschool
Character Development in Preschool (2hrs)	Child Development and Developmental Delays (2 hour)	Child Development and Developmental Delays (3 hour)
Conflicts Arise; Proven Strategies Resolve	Connecting Assessment to Curriculum and Instruction	Creating a Compassionate Classroom: Bullying
Creating a Stress Reducing Environment for Children of All Ages	Critical Competencies	Cross-Cultural Support for Grieving Children and Families
Cultivating Creative Problem Solvers	Culture, Development and Learning - PITC	Developmental Delays
Developmentally Appropriate Supervision	Discipline is Teaching Positive Strategies to Reduce Challenging Behaviors	Emotions Matter!
Helping Boys Blossom: Strength-Based Approaches for Teaching Boys	Helping Children Cope: Recognizing and Responding to Childhood Trauma	How to Develop Critical Thinking Skills in Children
I Am Full of Emotions: Why Social and Emotional Skills and Emergent Literacy are Important	Infants and Toddlers Developing a Sense of Self	Introduction to Observation and Assessment of Children Birth through Twelve
Introduction to the Pyramid Model	Kids In Motion! Music and Movement Activities for the Whole Child	Learn to Move, Move to Learn
Little Boy Blues	Lovable Ones	Marketing for Business Growth
Marvelous Math	Math Activities Using Children's Literature	Math and Science for Infants and Toddlers
Messing Around with Science	Mindfulness and Yoga for Adults and Young Children	More than Running Around: Connecting the Mind and Body
Nurturing Amazing, Brainy Babies	Nurturing Brain Development	On Track: All Aboard for Developmental Progress Overview
Planning the Day for Infants and Toddlers	Planning Yoga Experiences for Early Childhood Classrooms	Positive Child Guideance & Discipline Theory
Positive Words for Positive Actions	PURPLE Tears: Adults' Impact on Infant Emotional Intelligence	Put on Your Thinking Cap: Executive Functions of the Mind in Early Childhood
Pyramid Model for Preschool Classrooms – Module 1: Building Nurturing & Responsive Relationships and Creating Supportive Environments	Pyramid Model for Preschool Classrooms – Module 2: Targeted Social Emotional Supports	R.E.S.P.E.C.T. – What Infants and Toddlers Want
Reality Bites	Recognizing and Responding to Challenging Behaviors	Redesign Your Circle Time
Reducing Stress and Burnout for Those Caring for Kids	Reporting Child Abuse and Preventing Bullying	Resiliency and Adverse Childhood Experiences
Resolving Conflicts with Young Children	Resources That Guide Daily Planning	Routines and Cultures
Schedules and Routines	Scientific Minds: Inquiry Based Science-	Scribbles Count! Emergent Writing
Sensory Play for Infants and Toddlers	Show Me What I Can't Hear	SIDS, SUID and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths
Signing with Young Children	Story Stretchers for Infants and Toddlers	Storytime for Infants and Toddlers
Stress in Early Childhood: Helping Children Cope	Successfully Managing Children's Behavior: Connecting in Meaningful Ways	Summer Science Activities for Preschool Children
Supporting Breastfeeding in Child Care	Supporting Culturally Diverse Familities	Switch On - Switch Off: Babies and Technology
Taking Good Care of You	Teaching Problem Solving Throughout the Day	The Basics: How Children Learn to Think - Explore Through Movement and Play
The Benefits of Play	The Window Through Which We Look	Toddler Patterns of Learning: Play Schemas
Toilet Training: Catching the Cues of the Potty Dance	Transition Techniques	Understanding Linguistic and Cultural Diversity and Language Acquisition
Understanding Temperament: Implications for Working with Young Children	Vertical Learning: Creative Uses of Classroom Walls	Watching to Learn
What's the Sign	Who's Coming To Your Program?	Why Do Toddlers Bite?
Why Play Matters	Working Together: The Importance of Community Helpers in Our Daily Lives	Working with Mixed Age Groups
You Can Do This! Accommodating All Children in Your Program	You've Got a Friend: Teaching Friendship Skills

Community

Anti-Bias Cultural Competence Awareness	Becoming Aware of Cultural Issues	Building Classroom Communities
Celebrating Culturally Diverse Early Childhood Classrooms	Community Collaboration & Learning Around the Town	Connecting Child Care, Families and Community
Creating a Compassionate Classroom: Bullying	Creating Culturally Rich Environments with Loose Parts	Cultural Competency in Early Childhood Education
Developing a Community Resource File	Family and Community Partnership	Fostering a Father Friendly Environment
How to Construct a Meaningful Community Service Project with Children	It Takes A Whole Village	Language in the Multicultural Child Care Setting
Living the Protective Factors: Taking Care of Yourself	Making Families Welcome: Positive Partnerships with Families	Multiple Intelligences: Discovering Gifts & Empowering Children
Pyramid Model for Preschool Classrooms – Module 1: Building Nurturing & Responsive Relationships and Creating Supportive Environments	Reporting Child Abuse and Preventing Bullying	Respecting All Family Structures
SO What Are PAUs and How Do I Get Them	Stranger Danger	Supporting Children of Gay and Lesbian Parents
Supporting Culturally Diverse Familities	Teaching Parents About School Readiness	Team Building
The Power of Partnering with Families	Time for Referrals: Tips for Talking with Parents	Turn It On, Cut It Out-Learn How to Put Your Resource Room to Work for You!
Vertical Learning: Creative Uses of Classroom Walls	What Happened To The World? Helping Children Cope	Who's Coming To Your Program?
Working Together: Community & Its Helpers All Around Town

Curriculum

A Child's Eye View: Inspiring Wonder through Environmental Design	A Play on Literacy	A Sense of Place: Human Geography in the Early Childhood Classroom
Active Bodies, Active Minds	Activities for the Culturally Diverse Classroom	Ants in Their Pants: Teaching Children Who Must Move to Learn
Art plus SEL = Strong Classroom Management	Baby Blocks: Helping Infants & Toddlers Grow	Baby Picasso: Process Art Experiences for Infants and Toddlers
Beyond Counting: Games and Activities to Support Preschool Math	Building Oral Language in the Early Childhood Classroom	Caregiving as Curriculum: Using the Caregiving Time to Build Executive Function in Infants and Toddlers-
Chatting with Children: Interactions That Go Places	Circle Time: You Can Make It Developmentally Appropriate	Classroom Schedules and Transitions: Tricks and Tips to Help Your Day Run Smoothly
Coloring Outside the Lines	Combining Living and Learning	Cooking Across the Curriculum
Counting on Math in Early Childhood Education	Creating a Writing Center from Dollar & Thrift Store Find	Creating Culturally Rich Environments with Loose Parts
Creating Preschool Coding Stories and Games	Creating Success in an After School Program	Culture, Development and Learning - PITC
Developmentally Appropriate Practice with Infants and Toddlers	Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Recognizing the Essentials	Discipline is Teaching: Positive Strategies to Reduce Challenging Behavior (3 hour)
Discipline vs. Guidance: Teaching Strategies that Engage Children and Reduce Challenging Behavior	Early Childhood STEAM	Early Intervention Coaching in Child-Care Settings—Creating an Infants and Toddlers Dream Team
Elevate and Empower: Training Teachers as Young Scientist Mentors	Encouraging Imaginative Play	Engaging Indoor Activities for Inclement Weather
Engineering with Simple Machines in the Preschool Setting	Everybody Plays, Everybody Wins: Strengthening Children's Lives with Successful Physical Activity Expereinces	Exploring Scientific Thinking and Inquiry with Children's Literature
Exploring Social Studies Concepts with Children’s Books`	Exploring the Great Outdoors in Autumn	Express Yourself! Discovering How to Extend Children's Natural Forms of Self Expression to Promote Early Literacy Skills
Fine Arts for Young Children	Fit from the Start	Fun with Found Materials
Get Up, Get Out! Preschoolers in Motion	Growing STEM Minds - 3hours	Hands-On Art for Twos
How to Create a Meaningful Lesson Plan	How to Develop Critical Thinking Skills in Children	I Can Pretend Too! Dramatic Play Experiences for Toddlers & Twos
I Want My Baby to Read	Imagine After School Spaces That Work	Imagineering in the Classroom
Improving Transitions in Your Program	Indoor & Outdoor Nature Based Learning for Infants & Toddlers	Infant and Toddler STEM
Interactive Storytelling	Introduction to Healthy Beginnings	Introduction to Observation and Assessment of Children Birth through Twelve
It's a Simple Story, Tell It	Jumping Into Science	Jumping Into Social-Emotional Development-
Kids In Motion! Music and Movement Activities for the Whole Child	Kindergarten Readiness for the Child Care Community	Learning Math with Dollar & Thrift Store Finds
Lego On: Building Your Preschooler One Colorful Brick At A Time	Lesson Planning for Family Child Care	Lessons to be Learned from the Bowerbird and Nature
Literacy Activities from the Mobile Literacy Lab	Lively Arts for Preschoolers	Lovable Ones
Making Meaningful Connections: Building the Foundation of the Young Brain	Making the Most of Your Circle Time	Marvelous Math
Math Activities Using Children's Literature	Math and Literacy: The Perfect Pair	Math and Science Board Books for Babies
Math and Science for Infants and Toddlers	Messing Around with Science	Mindfulness and Yoga for Adults and Young Children
More Than A Fence: Reimagining Outdoor Spaces for Young Children	More than Twinkle Twinkle: Using Music with Infants and Toddlers	Nurturing Brain Development - 2.5 hrs
Once Upon a Storytime	Open-Ended Art for the Preschool Child	Outdoor Environment Design for Infants & Toddlers
Pancakes, Pancakes!	Parent Handbook	Parent Involvement + Family Engagement = Success
Planning the Day for Infants and Toddlers	Planning Yoga Experiences for Early Childhood Classrooms	Positive Child Guideance & Discipline Theory
Prioritizing Outdoor Play	Priority Standards for Language Arts	Priority Standards for Math
Reading Aloud	Reality Bites	Redesign Your Circle Time
Resiliency and Adverse Childhood Experiences	Resources That Guide Daily Planning	Restorative Practices
Rethinking the Environment to Spark Curiosity using Creative Containe	Schedules and Routines	Science, STEM, Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) in the Early Childhood Program: Discover STEM	Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) in the Early Childhood Program: Infuse STEM in Your Program	Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) in the Early Childhood Program: It's the Questions Not the Answers
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) in the Early Childhood Program: Supporting STEM through Play	Scientific Minds: Inquiry Based Science-	Sensory Play for Infants and Toddlers
Small World Play: Building Imagination in Children	Social Studies - All Around Me	Story Stretchers for Infants and Toddlers
Storytime for Infants and Toddlers	Successfully Managing Children's Behavior: Creating a Supportive Environment	Summer Science Activities for Preschool Children
Surviving Summer with School-Agers	Take A Look in a Book: Infant and Toddler Emergent Literacy	Taking Learning Outside
The Benefits of Play	Toddler Patterns of Learning: Play Schemas	Treat Yourself
Understanding Temperament: Implications for Working with Young Children	Unplug and Think Outside the Box	Using Art to Heal Trauma
Using Storytelling to Enhance Children's Development	Using Visual Supports to Promote Independence & Success	What is DAP?
Working Together: The Importance of Community Helpers in Our Daily Lives	Working with Mixed Age Groups	You've Got a Friend: Teaching Friendship Skills

First Aid & CPR

EMS CPR and First Aid Combo Class	EMS Safety Basic First Aid	EMS Safety Infant/Toddler/Adult CPR Certification
Mental Health First Aid	National Safety Council Basic First Aid	National Safety Council Infant/Child/Adult CPR

Health, Safety & Nutrition

Asthma , Allergy and Anaphylaxis Prevention and Management Training	Avoiding Burnout in a Demanding Occupation	Basic Health & Safety Training with Supporting Breastfeeding in Child Care
Basic Health and Safety Training	Beyond Mr. Yuk: Poison Safety and Prevention	Car Seat Safety
Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Recognizing the Essentials	Emergency & Disaster Preparedness	Exploring the Great Outdoors in Autumn
Fit from the Start	Fun with Found Materials	Growing Vegetable Soup: Connecting Children to Healthy Foods
Healthy Bodies Inside and Out	Healthy Children Through Nutrition and Physical Activity	Healthy Kids Move!
Healthy Lifestyles Lead to a Healthy You	Let's Move! Child Care	Let's Move! Child Care (II)
Making Contracts and Policies Work for Your Family Child Care	Making Families Welcome: Positive Partnerships with Families	Managing Stress at Any Age
Medication Administration	Mental Health First Aid	Nutrition and Active Learning
Nutrition and Wellness for Child Care	Playground Safety	Preparing for Emergencies in Child Care
PURPLE Tears: Adults' Impact on Infant Emotional Intelligence	Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse & Neglect	Reporting Child Abuse and Preventing Bullying
Resources & Tools for Your Body as the Basis of Stress	SIDS, SUID and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths	Social Studies - All Around Me
Stranger Danger	Success Over Stress: Gain Control of Your Life	Sun Safe: A Program for Child Care Providers
Supporting Breastfeeding in Child Care	Taking Good Care of You	The Next Step in Emergency Preparedness
Transporting Kids Safely	Traumatic Events: Helping Our Children Cope During and After a Crisis	Understanding ADD/ADHD
Understanding and Preventing Bullying Behaviors in Child Care	Understanding Playground Safety	Understanding Temperament: Implications for Working with Young Children
What Happened To The World? Helping Children Cope	Why Do Toddlers Bite?	Why Play Matters

Professionalism

Achieving Quality Standards in Early Education	Becoming Aware of Cultural Issues	Beyond Management: How to Be An Effective Leader
Building Strong Teams Through Understanding Personality Types	Building Your Parent Handbook and Contract	Building Your Resilience
Business Bootcamp for Family Child Care	Business Foundations in Family Child Care: Module 1 – What to Know about Business	Center Aide Orientation
Center Aide Orientation (2023)	Collaborative Partnerships: Professional Development Through Coaching	Conflict Resolution Strategies
Customizing Your Contract	Discoveries of Infancy: The What and How of Learning	Early Learning Assessment Training
Educational Equity: Culturally Responsive Teaching	Family-Provider Partnerships	How to Expertly Navigate Conflict in the Workplace
I’m Not Biased, Am I? Implicit Bias: What is it and What Can I Do about it	Introduction to NAFCC Accreditation	Introduction to the Maryland Credential
Introduction to the Maryland Credential (3hour)	It's Conference Time	Language in the Multicultural Child Care Setting
Lesson Planning for Preschool Classrooms	Looking at Quality from a Business Administration Perspective	Make Time Happen: Time Management Tips
Making Contracts and Policies Work for Your Family Child Care	Making Meaningful Connections: Building the Foundation of the Young Brain	Managing Stress at Any Age
Managing Your Family Child Care	Marketing for Business Growth	Marketing Your Family Child Care Business
Maryland EXCELS Training : Super Saturday	MSDE Accreditation Orientation	Nurturing Brain Development
On Track: All Aboard for Developmental Progress Overview	Overview of the Environmental Rating Scales	Policies That Protect
Professionalism in Child Care	Pyramid Model for Preschool Classrooms – Module 2: Targeted Social Emotional Supports	Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse & Neglect
Recognizing and Responding to Challenging Behaviors	Simple Strategies for Staying Healthy During Trying Times	Success Over Stress: Gain Control of Your Life
Successful Relationships Begin with You!	Supporting Young English Learners	Taking Learning Outside
Teaching Problem Solving Throughout the Day	Team Building	The Changing Face of Child Care
The Child Care Provider as a Professional	The Maryland Child Care Credential - What Does It Mean for Me?	Time for Referrals: Tips for Talking with Parents
Toilet Training: Catching the Cues of the Potty Dance	Traumatic Events: Helping Our Children Cope During and After a Crisis	Treat Yourself
Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Preschool Program	Understanding Autism Today	What to Do? Ethics and the Early Childhood Educator
Why Risk It? Managing Risk in Child Care

Special Needs

All Children Are Gifted	Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Child's Perspective	Big Anxiety, Small Child
Developmental Delays	Including All Children and the Americans with Disabilities Act	Inclusion Strategies for School-Age Programs
Keys to Success: Improving Outcomes for Preschoolers with Special Needs	Making Meaningful Connections: Building the Foundation of the Young Brain	Multiple Intelligences: Discovering Gifts & Empowering Children
Storytime for Infants and Toddlers	Supporting Children with Disabilities, Delays or Special Health Care Needs	Time In: Understanding and Preventing Behavior
Traumatic Events: Helping Our Children Cope During and After a Crisis	Treat Yourself	Understanding ADD/ADHD
Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 3 hours	Understanding Autism Today
Understanding Linguistic and Cultural Diversity and Language Acquisition	Using Art to Heal Trauma	What’s In Their Backpack? The Impact of Trauma
You Can Do This! Accommodating All Children in Your Program

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