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COMPLIANCE TOPICS

Fee: $15.00

Standard First Aid

(Min: 5/Max: 15)

6:30 - 9:00 p.m.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

This course is designed to help participants identify and eliminate potentially hazardous conditions in their environment. Participants will understand how to recognize an emergency situation and ways to give immediate care to the injured person until more advanced medical care arrives. 

**PARTICIPANTS ARE RECOMMENDED TO WEAR COMFORTABLE CLOTHING FOR HANDS-ON TRAINING**

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Topic Area: Health and Safety

2.5 CHC

Fee: $5.00

Sniffles, Sneezes and Tummy Aches

(Min: 5/Max: 20)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

Participants will increase their knowledge of the signs and symptoms of communicable illnesses, the steps to help prevent these illnesses from occurring in your child care environment, what to do if these symptoms do appear and when you are required to exclude the child from the child care setting. General guidelines for provider exclusion and re-admittance criteria will also be discussed.

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Topic Area: Health and Safety

2.0 CHC

Fee: $10.00

Emergency Preparedness Training

(Min: 5/Max: 15)

9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

(Lunch Provided)

Friday, September 10, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

Participants will be provided with the tools and knowledge in this two part series to be used during emergency preparedness and response procedures. Each individual facility will also complete a series of assignments at their facility (4.5 hours) to receive a total of 9 in-service training credit hours. Upon completion participants will have a working knowledge on the benefits of planning, preparing, practicing, responding and recovering from an emergency or disaster in a child care setting.

** 2 PART SERIES~ADMINISTRATORS/OWNERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AN EMERGENCY  PLAN FOR THEIR FACILITY**

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Topic Area: Program Management

4.5 CHC

Fee: $5.00

ITS-SIDS

(Min: 5/Max: 25)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 FULL 

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

Participants will learn strategies to improve infant sleep environments and help reduce the risk of sudden infant death. This class meets NC state requirements for SIDS training of child care providers. Participants will understand how to create a safe sleep environment for infants and receive information about complying with NC rules and regulations designed to reduce the risks of SIDS in the child care setting.

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Topic Area: Health and Safety

2.0 CHC

Fee: $15.00

CPR Re-Certification

(Min: 5/Max: 12)

6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

This course is for currently certified participants whose cards will expire within the next 60 days. This is a re-certification training for Adult, Child and Infant CPR. (Proof of current CPR Certification must be submitted PRIOR TO enrollment)

**PARTICIPANTS ARE RECOMMENDED TO WEAR COMFORTABLE CLOTHING FOR HANDS-ON TRAINING**

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Topic Area: Health and Safety

3.0 CHC

QUALITY TOPICS

Fee: $5.00

Active Supervision for Preschool

(Min: 5/Max: 20)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Location: OCPC - RICHLANDS

Effective supervision techniques help keep children safe, support positive behavior and facilitate learning. Active supervision creates a safe environment, enjoyable play, and promotes positive learning opportunities for everyone. Come join us and learn effective techniques for managing your preschool classroom.

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Topic Area: Safe and Healthy Learning Environment

2.0 CHC

Fee: $5.00

Science and Math in the Classroom

(Min: 5/Max: 20)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

Are you struggling to find new science and math activities for your classroom? Are the children in your classroom bored with your current materials? Let us help you reignite your creativity by helping you find creative ways to use your everyday math and science materials to create new ideas and self-directed play opportunities in the classroom.

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Topic Area: Social, Emotional Growth and Development

2.0 CHC

Fee: $5.00

Positive Approaches to Challenging Behaviors

(Min: 5/Max: 20)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

Do you struggle with knowing what to do when challenging behavior happens in your classroom? Do you feel like your children control the situation? Responding positively to a negative behavior is the key to your success during the situation. The classroom environment can sometimes be a difficult environment when children do not have clear expectations and consistency. Come join us and learn different ways to respond to challenging behaviors without using time out. 

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Topic Area: Social, Emotional Growth and Development

2.0 CHC

RESPITE TOPICS

Fee: $5.00

NACCRRA Abuse Modules

(Min: 5/Max: 20)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

This workshop is designed to assist participants in recognizing and reporting child abuse along with an emphasis on child abuse prevention in child care settings. 

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Topic Area: Health and Safety

2.0 CHC

Fee: $5.00

Supporting Positive Behaviors

(Min: 5/Max: 20)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

This workshop is designed to help participants get a better understanding of how behavior is a form of communication, the art of observation and how the environment and accommodations support positive behaviors in children.

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Topic Area: Inclusion, Growth and Development

2.0 CHC

Fee: $5.00

Medication Administration

(Min: 5/Max: 20)

6:30 - 9:00 p.m.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

An in-depth training on medication administration in child care that will answer or help reduce some of the fears concerning administering medications. This workshop will cover NC rules on handling medication, the proper techniques for administering medications and ideas on how to lower your liability to administer medication in your child care program. 

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Topic Area: Health and Safety

2.5 CHC

Fee: $5.00

Supporting Our Military Children on the Home Front

(Min: 5/Max: 20)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

This workshop will help participants gain a better understanding of the effects deployment has on the military child. Participants will be able to identify and recognize how stress affects children and how to build "Healthy Minds" by using the "Five R's of brain development. Come join us and learn the "7 gifts" providers can offer every child by helping them prepare for an impending deployment, learn to cope while the parent is away and tips for reuniting upon the return of their loved one.   

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Topic Area: Health, Safety, Social, Emotional, Physical and Intellectual Development

2.0 CHC

MORE AT FOUR TOPICS

Fee: $5.00

Creative Curriculum for Preschool: ART

(Min: 5/Max: 20)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

Art is very important, yet sometimes overlooked or avoided in the classroom. When following the Creative Curriculum, we see that art is a very important center in the classroom. Come learn new and interesting ways to include art in your activity planning. Teachers will learn effective ways to work with the Creative Curriculum and incorporate art into their classrooms. During this training session we will look at many different types of art materials and find inventive ways to use art with the children in our classroom.

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Topic Area: Social, Emotional, Physical Intellectual Growth and Development

2.0 CHC

FAMILY CHILD CARE TOPICS

Fee: $5.00

Professional Business Practices

for Family Child Care Homes

(Min: 5/Max: 20)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

Do you ever wonder if you are getting the most out of your home child care business? Participants in this training will discover how to become more professional while providing the highest quality services to your clients. Come join this workshop and share new ideas and strategies to enhance your business practices.

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Topic Area: Program Management/Professionalism

2.0 CHC

Fee: $5.00

Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers! Oh My!

(Min: 5/Max: 20)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

Are you planning activities for 6 weeks to school age children?  Planning for a diverse age group of children can be challenging. Would you like to learn new ideas that can be used with any age group? Come join us and learn how to include all children in your care in every activity. Participants will learn tips for working with multi-age groups in your family child care setting; we will even explore how to make outside time work for each child in your care.

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Topic Area: Social, Emotional, Physical, Intellectual Development

2.0 CHC

OTHER TOPICS

Fee: $5.00

Darkness to Light

(Min: 5/Max: 20)

6:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

This workshop is designed to help identify and recognize the signs and symptoms of physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Participants will gain a better understanding of the NC Child Abuse Reporting Law, the steps to reporting suspected abuse and some of the reasons why children are abused or neglected.

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Topic Area: Health and Safety

2.5 CHC

Fee: $5.00

Preventing Challenging Behaviors:

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure!

(Min: 5/Max: 25)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

The environment a teacher creates, paired with her knowledge of the children in her care, can prevent many challenging behaviors in young children. Teachers who create positive social environments find that children more easily develop the social-emotional skills they need to succeed. This session focuses on modifications teachers can make in six key areas of the environment that will prevent and reduce conflict that leads to challenging behaviors. Come join Regional Behavioral Specialist, Di Worthy and learn how to assist children through challenging behaviors.

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Topic Area: Social, Emotional, Growth and Development

2.0 CHC

Fee: $5.00

Language Development and Communication

for Infant and Toddlers

(Min: 5/Max: 20)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

Come join our Regional Infant/Toddler Specialist, Marti Brown and learn about the developmental milestones of language for birth to three, the science that links relationships to language learning in the first three years, and strategies to support development in this domain for all children in infant and toddler classrooms

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Topic Area: Social, Emotional Growth and Development

2.0 CHC

Fee: $5.00

Kids Included Together

(Min: 5/Max: 20)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

Come join our Regional School Age Specialist, Angela Doiron and learn some practical strategies to included children with varying abilities in any school-age care environment. This workshop is an inclusion module for school-age administrators and providers.

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Topic Area: Inclusion, Growth and Development

2.0 CHC

Fee: $5.00

Period of Purple Crying

Promoting Early Abuse Prevention

(Min: 5/Max: 20)

6:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010  FULL

Location: OCPC - Jacksonville

The "Period of PURPLE Crying" is an educational program designed to normalize infant crying, inform parent and providers about the dangers of shaking an infant, and offer support to families of young infants. This workshop is a state-wide collaboration effort to reduce the incidence of shaken baby and abusive head trauma in NC. Participants will also understand how to recognize and report child abuse in the child care setting.

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Topic Area: Health and Safety

2.5 CHC