Discussing mental illness in young children and unpacking the facts.

Learning Objectives:

• 1.The participants will be able to define what is a Profit Margin
• 2.The participants will be able to calculate their Profit Margin
• 3.The participants will be able to write one reason it’s important to know their Profit Margin

The goal of parent and family engagement is to work with families to build strong and effective partnerships that can help children and families thrive. These partnerships are grounded in positive, ongoing, and goal-oriented relationships with families. The relationships are based on mutual respect and trust. They are also developed over time, through a series of interactions between staff and families.

Learning Objectives:

• 1.What is autism?
• 2.What are common behaviors in young children with autism?
• 3.Develop strategies for supporting young children with autism.
• 4.Learn how to support the family.

Learning Objectives:

• 1.What is an exceptional child?
• 2.What can you as a family childcare provider do to support your exceptional students?
• 3.Associations for exceptional providers and educators.

Learning Objective:

• 1.Overview of Home-based Child Care (HBCC) and school-age children
• 2.Discussion #1 in mixed role groups: What are the strengths and challenges for HBCC?
• 3.Promising Practices on Access and Quality
• 4.Discussion #2 In role-similar groups: What are promising practices and potential solutions to challenges?
• 5.Discussion groups share promising ideas
• 6.Evaluation

Learning Objectives:

• 1.Overview of Trauma and Stress
• 2.Protective Factors and Resilience
• 3.Trauma-Responsive Caregiving Strategies and Practices
• 4.Wellness and Well-Being
• 5.Reflections and Wrap

Policy Drives Practice: Building the Roadmap for Staffed FCC Networks

Learning Objectives:

1. Overview of the Lead-Safe Toolkit for Home-Based Child Care Project
2. Lead Poisoning 101
3. Tackling Lead in Paint and Lead in Water
4. Sample policies
5. Implementation guidance

The QRIS Resource Guide is intended as a tool for States and communities to explore key issues and decision points during the planning and implementation of a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS). States are involved in various activities to improve the availability and quality of early and school-age care and education programs. Most often these activities are supported by quality set-aside funds from the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF). States increasingly use CCDF funds to create QRIS or elements of QRIS.