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**NEW** Generational Diversity in the Workplace
    Examine the four generations that make up the staff and parents of any early childhood program today.  What
    makes them "tick?"  How are they alike and different?  What can we do to bridge the generation gaps and
    work together more cooperatively?

**NEW** Making Sense of Sensory Integration  
    Definitions and symptoms of Sensory Processing Disorder, methods of supporting children with processing
    disorders, and criteria for creating effective sensory environments for all children.

**NEW** Physical Fitness for Young Children
    Developmentally appropriate techniques and activities that promote physical fitness in young children.

**NEW** Taming Tyrants and Other Difficult People
    Learn to cope with the difficult people you encounter at work and elsewhere.

**NEW** The Evolution of Self-esteem in Young Children
    Characteristics of healthy and unhealthy self-esteem, and techniques teachers and caregivers can use to
    promote the development of healthy self-esteem in young children.

AD/HD: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
    The myths and realities of AD/HD and effective ways to work with children who are diagnosed
    with this disorder.

Bullying I: Bullies, Victims & Bystanders
    Who bullies?  Who is a likely victim?  Why don't bystanders intervene? Get the answer to these and other
    questions about one of today's biggest challenges in schools and childcare centers.

Bullying II: Intervention and Prevention
    Techniques that will allow you to intervene effectively in bullying incidents, work with the parents of both bullies
    and victims to stop bullying behaviors, and create a strategy to prevent future bullying.

Children in the Classroom Community
    Physical, emotional and behavioral issues related to the classroom setting.

Developmental Ages & Stages Series:
    The cognitive and language developmental milestones for young infants from birth through 8 months of
    age.
    The cognitive and language developmental milestones for infants age 9 to 18 months.
    The cognitive and language developmental milestones for toddlers age 18 to 36 months.
    The cognitive and language developmental milestones for preschool children age 3 through 5 years.
    The physical and emotional developmental milestones for young infants from birth through 8 months of
    age.
    The physical and emotional developmental milestones for infants age 9 to 18 months.
    The physical and emotional developmental milestones for toddlers age 18 to 36 months.
    The physical and emotional developmental milestones for preschool children age 3 through 5 years.

Extra-Special Children with Extra-Special Needs
    Eight areas of exceptionalities in children, including physical disabilities, learning disabilities, and AD/HD, the
    characteristics of each and specific methods of working effectively with these children.

Food Safety in the Childcare Environment
    Creating and maintaining safe food storage and preparation areas in a early childhood settings.

Germ Warfare: Winning the War against Infectious Diseases
    The transmission and prevention of infectious diseases commonly seen in children.

Itchy, Sneezy, Wheezy: Managing Childhood Allergies
    Learn what allergies are, why they occur, what you can do to prevent occurrences, and how to respond in case
    of a life-threatening allergic reaction.

Johnny, Be Good! Correcting Problem Behavior
    How children learn inappropriate behaviors and methods for replacing those behaviors with appropriate
    behaviors.

Learning Environments for Preschoolers
    Principles of child development and learning and creating environments in which children develop and learn
    best.

Learning Styles: Everyone Is Different
    Three of the most common ways in which we learn and how each of us learns differently.

Listening: An Essential Communication Skill
    Tools and techniques for effective listening.

Looking to Learn:  Observation in Early Childhood Settings
    Why observation is an effective teaching tool, ethical issues of observation, and the four most common
    methods of observing children in early childhood settings.

Make It Safe; Keep It Safe
    Creating and maintaining a safe and healthy physical environment for children.

Nurturing & Caring for Young Infants
    The basic skills and knowledge required to provide safe, healthy and intellectually-stimulating care for young
    infants from birth through 8 months.

Nurturing & Caring for Mobile Infants
    The basic skills and knowledge required to provide safe, healthy and intellectually-stimulating care for infants
    age 9 to 18 months.

Nurturing & Caring for Toddlers
    The basic skills and knowledge required to provide safe, healthy and intellectually-stimulating care for toddlers
    age 18 to 36 months.

Nutrition:  Planning and Preparing Nutritious Meals for Children
    The basics of planning and preparing nutritious meals for young children.

Recognizing and Responding to Child Abuse
    The symptoms of child abuse and appropriate personal and legal responses to child abuse.

Sending the Right Message: An Essential Communication Skill
    Tools and techniques for effectively constructing and sending the message you want to send.

Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Preventable Form of Child Abuse
    The medical definition, symptoms, long-term consequences, causes and method for preventing Shaken Baby
    Syndrome.

SIDS: Reducing the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
    What SIDS is and what you can do to reduce the risk of a child in your care dying from Sudden Infant Death
    Syndrome.

Temper! Temper! Teaching and Caring for Angry Children
    The basic causes and expression of anger, and skills that will enable teachers and caregivers to help children
    cope with their own anger in a positive, successful manner.

Thank Goodness: Getting Positive Results with Positive Reinforcement
    Ways to identify positive reinforcers and how to deliver positive reinforcement to promote desirable behaviors
    from others.

Understanding that Kid!
    Six of the most common and bewilder emotional and behavioral patterns exhibited by children.

Untangling Autism I: The Myths and Realities of Autism
    The myths often associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), the realities of the disorders, and the
    process of accurately diagnosing an ASD.

Untangling Autism II: The Autistic Child in the Classroom
    Positive discipline and teaching strategies you can use with children who are diagnosed with an autism
    spectrum disorder (ASD).

Working with Parents
    Specific guidelines and methods for working effectively with parents.