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NORTHWEST
CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL
TRAINING CALENDAR
February, March, April 2015
Canadian County
Yukon - United Providers Family Child Care Association meets every other month on the second
Tuesday from 6:30—8:30 p.m. They meet every other month throughout the year. For more
information contact Debbie Bunch at 405-577-2978 or go online to www.uproviders.com.
Woodward County
Woodward - KinderNotes Family Child Care Association meets the first Tuesday of the month.
For more information contact Kim Bates at 580-254-2912.
Woods County
Alva- Family Child Care Association meets fourth Monday of the month, 6:30pm at the Alva
Library. For more information contact Debbie Hansel at 580-327-0891
**ALL TRAININGS REQUIRE REGISTRATION.
Training is free unless otherwise stated.
February, 2015 Schedule of Training
Woodward, February 7th, Wendy Singleton will present training on Business Practices for a
Successful Family Child Care Home-based business, High Plains Tech Center, Woodward,
9am to 1pm. $25 fee includes Redleaf Calendar Keeper for 2015. Checks need to be made out
to CCR&R-CDSA and mailed to 114 S. Independence, Enid, 73701. Registration and fee
deadline is 1/30/2015.
Oklahoma City, February 21st, Rick Kernes will be offering CPR and First Aid training will at
Rainbow Fleet CCR&R, 3024 Paseo, OKC, from 9am to 5pm. Fee is $50. Register at
www.rainbowfleet.org by 2/20/2015 or contact Lindsay Brooks at 405-521-1426.
Concho, February 21st and 28th, Tier II training on “Daily Program for Infants and Toddlers”,
Cheyenne-Arapaho CDC, 450 N. Lefthand, Concho, OK, 9am – 2pm, both Saturdays. Fee is $10.
Register online at https://www.okregistry.org/ by 2/19/2015. Contact Mary Solomon at 405422-2989 or [email protected] for more information.
Alva, February 23rd, Wendy Singleton will present “Literacy for the Early Years”. The training
will be at Alva Public Library from 6:30 – 8:30pm. For more information or to register, contact
Wendy or Donna at 580-234-3552 or 800-401-3463. Registration deadline is 2/20/2015.
Enid, February 27th and 28th, Tracy Hinton will present “Behavior and Guidance I” Friday
night, February 27th from 6:30-9:30 p.m. and Saturday, February 28th from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. Saturday at the DHS office, 2405 Mercer Drive, Enid. Fee is $10. Register online at
https://www.okregistry.org/ by 2/21/2015. On Saturday, please bring a brown bag lunch!!
Contact Tracy Hinton at 580-532-6318 or [email protected] for more information.
March, 2015 Schedule of Training
Oklahoma City, March 7th, Rick Kernes will be offering CPR and First Aid training will at
Rainbow Fleet CCR&R, 3024 Paseo, OKC, from 9am to 5pm. Fee is $50. Register at
www.rainbowfleet.org by 3/6/2015 or contact Lindsay Brooks at 405-521-1426.
Fairview, March 24th, Fire Safety training will be presented at Northwest Tech Center,
Fairview from 6 – 8pm. Contact Dana, Major Co. OSU Ext. Agent at 580-227-3786 to register
or for more information.
Enid, March 28th, Advocates for Children Conference sponsored by WCECAO. 7:30am –
4:00pm, Gantz Center, NOC-Enid Campus. Watch for registration forms in the mail end of
February.
April, 2015 Schedule of Training
Enid, April 1st, Regina McCurdy will present “Safe Kids—DHS CPS Class”, 8:30am – 5pm,
Garfield County Health Dept., 2501 S. Mercer, Enid. Fee is $25. Participants can register
at: University of Oklahoma, Records and Registration, http://events.oucpm.org/safekids or
405-325-6808 or 1-800-522-0772. This eight-hour class will be offered by Safe Kids
Oklahoma as an option for meeting the OKDHS requirements for transporting children and child
passenger safety.
El Reno, Saturday in April, 4-hour, Tier II Childcare Provider training, details to follow.
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SAVE THE DATES:
Woodward, May 2 and May 16th, Amanda Stubbs will present “Quest for Quality: Early
Learning Guidelines, Ages 3-5” at High Plains Tech Center, Woodward, 8:30am – 3:30pm, both
Saturdays. Fee is $20. Register online at https://www.okregistry.org/ by 4/30/2015. Please
contact Amanda Stubbs at 405-795-1777 or [email protected] for more information.
Woodward, June 13th, 2015 Growing Up Wild! Tier II training will be presented by Kim Quinn,
Oklahoma Project Wild at High Plains Tech, room 201A/B in Woodward from 9am to 1pm. Fee is
$20.00, which includes training materials and guidebook. REGISTRATION & FEE DEADLINE
IS 4/8/2015.. Make the check or money order out to Oklahoma Project Wild and mail to
CCR&R-CDSA, 114 S INDEPENDENCE, ENID, 73701. Space will be limited to 25 participants.
For more information about this training, call Donna or Wendy at 580-234-3552 or 800-4013463 OR visit their website at http://projectwild.org/GrowingUpWILD.
Other CPR/First Aid Training Opportunities:
Autry Tech Center, Enid offers classes monthly. Call 580-242-2750 for more information or
visit www.autrytech.edu
Canadian Valley Tech Center, El Reno. Call 405-262-2629 for more information or visit
www.cvtech.edu
High Plains Tech Center, Woodward. Call 580-256-6618 or 800-725-1492 for more information
or visit www.hptc.net
ONLINE Childcare Courses available to providers at:
http://www.smarthorizons.org/naccrra/okrr/
http://usa.childcareaware.org/programs-services/child-care-aware-training-academy
WEBINARS are an easy and free way to get Tier I training hours! After registering,
participants will receive a confirmation email with information on how to join the webinar.
Once you register, if you are not able to watch the webinar at the designated date and
time, recordings are available to watch anytime and receive a certificate for the training.
You can participate in the training at a time that is more convenient for you! Visit these
websites for listings of webinars coming up:
http://www.earlychildhoodwebinars.com
http://www.naeyc.org/ecp/online/webinars
http://hatchearlylearning.com/resources/events/early-learning-expert-webinars/
The CECPD website also has a listing of approved trainings all over Oklahoma AND training that
can be taken online.
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Helpful Contact Information:
CDSA Child Care Resource & Referral Staff
Wendy Singleton, Donna Wixom (580) 234-3552
Dianne Juhnke (580) 242-6131
Reaching for the Stars
Misti Denton, Stars Outreach Specialist, (800) 225-9868 or (918) 207-4581, OKDHS
Kellie Knowles, CATSS Program Field Representative, OKDHS
Scholars for Excellence
Linda Sutherlin, NOC Enid, (580) 548-2360
Karen Huett, Redlands Community College, (405) 422-1286
REWARD Oklahoma (405) 799-6383
Center for Early Childhood Professional Development (888) 446-7608
Warmline 888-574-5437
UPCOMING WEBINARS:
REGISTER AT http://www.earlychildhoodwebinars.com/presentations/
02/04/2015 1:00 PM Technology and Digital Media in the Early Years: Big Ideas, Best Practices and Future
Directions, by Chip Donohue, Ph.D.
This webinar will be presented by Chip Donohue, Director of the TEC Center (Technology in Early Childhood) at
Erikson Institute and editor of the new Routledge and NAEYC publication, Technology and Digital Media in the
Early...
02/11/2015 1:00 PM Shared Services: Powerful Alliances for ECE Program Sustainability and Resource
Efficiency, by Louise Stoney.
Louise Stoney, co-founder of Opportunities Exchange, will introduce you to the concept and practice of Shared
Services, an innovative and exciting approach to help early care and education programs work together to
improve...
02/18/2015 1:00PM Becoming Bilingual: Resources and Strategies to Help Staff and Children in Your
Program Develop the Bilingual Advantage, by Kathleen Hayes and Karen Nemeth Ed.M.
This session is sponsored by… Becoming bilingual is a proven advantage for young children’s brain
development, for older children’s school success and even for adults to put off the effects of Alzheimer’s
disease....
03/04/2015
Judy Jablon.
1:00 PM Using Assessment to Make Meaningful Decisions about Teaching and Learning, by
Does assessment feel like an added burden? It can be when the focus of assessment is on logistics and
management rather than on the meaningful process of collecting data to get to know children and make
decisions about their...
03/11/2015 1:00 PM Early Childhood Program Business 101: Basic Business Planning for Growth, Janice
Lopez.
When you read the title of this session, you may have thought to yourself, “Plan for growth? I am operating
(or plan to open) a preschool program, not a business!” Like many administrators of early learning programs,
you may find it difficult to even think about your work as a business. But, in fact, early learning programs,
including Head Start are businesses, and they must grow or they will perish.
03/25/2015 1:00 PM Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Early Childhood Setting: The Role of
Administrators, by Michael A. Assel, Ph.D.
Dr. Assel will discuss the ways that administrators can support teachers by being able to recognize the signs
and symptoms of ASDS and cost-effective screening procedures that can be used in early childhood settings.
The importance of developing systems that lead to early identification and treatment for children with ASDS
will be highlighted.
Inclusion: Finding a Common Understanding
By: Melissa Crist, B.S. ECE
What is High Quality Early Childhood Inclusion?
Finding a shared definition of early childhood inclusion has not always been an easy task for those of us in the field of
early care and education. I remember quite well walking into my first teaching experience, a classroom full of toddlers,
all of which had unique abilities and needs. I asked myself, “Is this inclusion?”
When I was a beginning teacher, simply having children with disabilities enrolled in my class made it an “inclusive” class.
I quickly learned that getting each child engaged in daily routines and activities took intentional preparation and
planning. Getting extra planning time, additional training, access to adaptive materials, or the right support staff was not
always easy, and sometimes felt impossible. I learned quickly in that first teaching experience that a high quality
environment did not always equate to a high quality inclusive experience for each child in my care.
Later when I worked as an early intervention provider I found that inclusion was defined within many different contexts,
such as whether a child had certain skills, or based on the accessibility of programs identified as “inclusive,” or even
based solely on the request of families. Rather than inclusion being the starting point for every child, it was often
something to work towards. Fortunately, I am starting to see this change, although inclusive opportunities are far from a
reality for every child.
In 2009 the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the Division for Early Childhood (DEC)
released a joint position statement on early childhood inclusion. The position statement defined early childhood
inclusion, and provided the defining features of high quality early childhood inclusion: access, participation, and
supports. For the first time we had a shared definition of early childhood inclusion:
Early childhood inclusion embodies the values, policies, and practices that support the right of every infant and young
child and his or her family, regardless of ability, to participate in a broad range of activities and contexts as full members
of families, communities, and society. The desired results of inclusive experiences for children with and without
disabilities and their families include a sense of belonging and membership, positive social relationships and friendships,
and development and learning to reach their full potential. (NAEYC/DEC, 2009)
The Defining Features
Access
Program readiness is becoming the starting point for inclusion rather than child readiness, but access to inclusive early
care and education means more than getting in the front door. Access also extends to the materials in the classroom
and the learning activities provided in the classroom setting. Providing access to inclusive settings can often be done by
implementing simple changes, or adaptations. For example, many enrollment policies can unintentionally exclude
children with diverse needs and abilities, such as a requirements on independent toileting at a certain age. Consider
changes you can make to policies, the environment, and the curriculum to include any child in your care.
Read the complete article at http://www.communityplaythings.com/resources/articles/2015/what-is-inclusion