Trauma-Informed Practice for Child Care Providers explores concepts in a variety of areas including infant/early childhood mental health, social emotional development of young children, and trauma and adverse childhood experiences. You will look at indicators and benchmarks and ways to foster social emotional learning  in culturally responsive ways. This training meets the DCFS requirement for trauma-informed care.

Contact Hours: 2 hours    Gateways Content Areas: HSW (2 hours)   CDA Content Areas:  Health & Safety (1 hour) and Social/Emotional (1 hour)

This online instruction will discuss the signs, symptoms, causes, triggers, prevention and long-term effects of Shake Syndrome and traumatic brain injury. Successful completion of this training meets DCFS pre-service requirements for the Home Care Provider License application. Licensed providers will receive hours of training for renewal of the license.

Esta instrucción en línea discutirá los signos, los síntomas, las causas, los disparadores, la prevención y efectos a largo plazo de Bebé Síndrome Sacudido y lesión cerebral traumática. La completacion exitosa de este entrenamiento cumple con los requisitos de pre-servicio de DCFS para la aplicación de la Licencia para Proveedoras de Cuidado en El Hogar. Proveedoras con Licencia recibirán horas de entrenamiento para la renovación de la licencia.

This online training will discuss Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), the behaviors that increase the risk of SIDS, safe sleeping habits, licensing standards, and resources to help you reduce the risk of SIDS for infants in your care.  

Esta instrucción en línea discutirá Síndrome Infantil Repentino de Muerte (SIDS), las conductas que aumentan el riesgo de SIDS, dormir seguro hábitos, licenciando estándares, y los recursos. La completacion exitosa de este entrenamiento cumple con los requisitos de pre-servicio de DCFS para la aplicación de la Licencia para Proveedoras de Cuidado en El Hogar. Proveedoras con Licencia recibirán horas de entrenamiento para la renovación de la licencia.

This course provides information on caring for children with special needs in typical child care settings. The training helps increase the knowledge and comfort level of participants to enhance their ability to care for young children with disabilities in early childhood environments. It will discuss adaptations and modifications that will assist all children to participate in activities. This meets the DCFS requirement for early childhood providers in special care inclusion training. The course will provide 7 contact hours and/or 1/2 Gateways credential point.