January - Safe Sleep    *This training meets the Child Care Services-Licensing requirement for safe sleep training.

This course will prepare child care providers to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Sudden Unexplained Infant Death (SUID) in family home, group home, and child care center settings. In this course, participants will define and identify the risk factors that lead to Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), list and implement OKDHS Child Care licensing regulation’s safe sleep policies in their child care program, write a safe sleep policy, and promote safe sleep with families in their child care program. 

Su decisión de tomar este curso demuestra su compromiso con la superación de calidad a través del desarrollo profesional. Ustedes contribuirán a su proceso de aprendizaje mediante su participación activa en el contenido y las actividades presentadas. La información, los métodos y las estrategias que compartiremos hoy promueven cualidades que pueden implicar un cambio en su forma actual de pensar y enseñar.

January - Nature Play

Hands-on, outdoor learning supports a child’s natural desire to explore. In this course, providers will learn how to create memorable and meaningful outdoor and indoor experiences that utilize natural elements in order to support mental and physical health and development.

February - Your Invitation to Play: Loose Parts Hope in the Classroom

This course is designed to inspire and prepare you to create thoughtfully curated play prompts or invitations to play. Today, we will examine the elements of an invitation to play using open-ended materials. Then we will address methods for bringing loose parts into the learning environment. You will learn the difference between loose parts, and found objects for self-directed activities, as we explore their definitions and roles in invitations to play.