Courses

Child Care Resource and Referral sponsors and co-sponsors a wide variety of training classes, workshops and conferences throughout North Dakota. Educational and innovative trainings are offered for early childhood practitioners in both family and center-based programs, educators, parents, foster care providers, and those interested in the development of children age birth through twelve years of age. CCR&R core courses include the following:

BCC – Basic Child Care

This six-hour course is designed especially for family and group providers who have been licensed for one year or less. Topics covered include: health and safety, professionalism, setting up the environment, guidance strategies, child development activities, record keeping and business practices, and policy and contract writing. Providers who complete the training receive an extensive resource binder.

North Dakota child care rules and regulations require that new providers holding a family or group license must attend a Basic Child Care course within the first year of licensure. The course may be used toward the total number of annual training hours providers are expected to complete.

Basic Child Care courses are offered throughout the state on a regular basis. The course may be offered as full-day sessions or as several shorter sessions. Caregivers may choose to attend Basic Child Care in any area of the state.

JumpStart

JumpStart is a seven-hour training that provides basic information for child care center staff in five topic areas: child development, guidance, health and safety, working with families and professionalism. This course is developed to give child care staff the basic tools they need to provide quality care.

JumpStart classes are offered throughout the state on a regular basis, as a full-day session.

Management Matters

Management Matters is a sixteen-hour course for child care center directors, designed to provide information and skill development in six key areas: licensing and health and safety; human resources; facility management; financial management; working with families and communities; and the director as the leader.

Management Matters is offered throughout the state on varying schedules.

ITTI – The Infant Toddler Training Intensive

These trainings are for infant and toddler caregivers in both family and center-based programs, and provide valuable information for anyone working with young children. Workshops are available on the following topics: Social Emotional Growth and Socialization; Group Care; Learning and Development; and Culture, Family, and Providers. Sessions can be designed to meet the needs and interests of particular groups by combining the many infant-toddler lessons available.

ITTI workshops can be offered in two 2.5-hour segments, incorporated in half or full day sessions, or packaged to meet program needs.

Links: www.zerotothree.org & www.pitc.org

Those Challenging Behaviors Series

Caregivers and parents find themselves making daily decisions about how to handle children with challenging behaviors. This series focuses on issues involved in “hot spots” for adults and strategies for positive guidance. The Challenging Behavior series is designed in four sessions: The Role of Observation in Guiding Behavior, Caring for the Defiant Child, Caring for the Active/Aggressive Child and Caring for the Highly Sensitive Child.

Each session is 2.5 hours in length and may be presented as a separate class or incorporated in a half-day training.

Hand In Hand Series

The Hand In Hand series focuses on specific play problems and the impact of these problems on children’s development. The series is designed in eight segments, including:

1. Watch Me! Watch Me! – The role of observation in identifying play and behavioral problems and developing effective strategies.
2. When a Child Doesn’t Play – Provides background information on skill development through play and identifies six play problems and a process for adult intervention.
3. The Child Who Wanders – Examines why children wander from activity to activity without engaging in meaningful play.
4. The Child Who Dabbles – Identifies children who do not engage with play materials and focuses on ways to help children play with greater depth and interest.
5. The Child Who Appears Anxious – Learn techniques to help children develop trust and become more relaxed and playful.
6. The Child Who Appears Aloof – Focuses on children who avoid others or seem unwilling or unable to make social contact.
7. The Child Who is Ignored – Looks at children who may have individual play skills but are ignored when trying to engage in group play activities.
8. The Child Who is Rejected – Examines children whose behavior creates barriers to play with other children and explores ways to teach children positive play behaviors.

Each of the sessions is 2.5 hours in length and may be scheduled as a stand-alone training class or incorporated in a half or full-day session.

Preventing Discipline Problems

This three-part series is designed to help providers and parents prevent discipline problems before they occur. A smoothly running early childhood program looks like it requires very little effort on the part of the adults, but in most cases there’s a powerful prevention strategy at work. Sessions in this series include: Building Prevention Strategies, Supporting Transitions and Nurturing Responsible Behavior.

Each of the sessions is two hours in length and may be offered as a stand-alone class or incorporated in a full-day session.

PROJECT EXCEPTIONAL

PROJECT EXCEPTIONAL training is currently available in eastern North Dakota and offered in collaboration with the Family—to—Family Network at the UND School of Medicine (link will open in a new browser window). This training project is for caregivers in the early childhood field who work with children with special needs and their families. The goal of this training project is to increase the quality and quantity of early childhood care options for young children, age birth to five years, with disabilities. Workshops are available on the following topics: Ability awareness, respect for diversity, family perspectives, family caregiver partnerships, assessment and referral, caring for children with physical disabilities, health and safety and administrative issues in serving children with exceptional needs. PROJECT EXCEPTIONAL can be offered in two– 2.5-hour segments, incorporated in half or full day sessions, or packaged to meet program needs.

Training to Go

Each CCR&R offers a selection of one to two hour training classes that can be customized to meet a program’s training needs. Training to Go provides an opportunity to host a training class at a center, child care association or in your home. Simply arrange a group of interested participants and a location---CCR&R will come to the location of your choice and provide the training you have requested. A fee is charged, based on the number of hours of training requested. Contact your regional CCR&R Training Coordinator for a list of available topics to schedule training, customize training, or to discuss your training needs.

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