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Professional Development

We offer transformative professional development opportunities for early childhood professionals, support staff, and administrators aimed at increasing secure attachment and kindergarten readiness. By investing in professional development opportunities that focus on attachment and relationship-building skills, early childhood professionals can enhance their capacity to build secure attachments with the children they serve, laying a strong foundation for learning engagement and lifelong educational success. Sessions available in Spanish. All sessions are aligned to state, federal and national early learning and development standards.

Circle of Security Classroom: A secure attachment foundational approach which aligns with early childhood curricula
Social-Emotional Skills for Kindergarten Readiness
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and Developmentally Appropriate and Challenging Behaviors in Early Childhood Settings, a 3-part series
- Social-Emotional Support: Ensuring children receive the emotional care they need to thrive.
- Developmentally Appropriate Practices: Tailoring approaches to meet the specific developmental stages of each child.
- Culturally Responsive Methods: Recognizing and respecting the diverse backgrounds of students to create an inclusive learning environment.
Essential Topics in Early Childhood Education:
- Social-Emotional Skills
- Brain Development
  - “Brain Builders: Unlocking Early Childhood Brain Development “
- Play-Based Learning
  - “The Power of Play: Enhancing Early Childhood Development through Play-Based Learning”
- Pre-Literacy
  - “Dr. Hollis Scarborough’s Reading Rope”
- Pre-Numeracy
  - “Honeybees are Mathematicians Too!”
- STEM:
  - “Buzzing with STEM: Exploring Science and Honeybees Outdoors”
- Observational Assessment Rater Reliability
  - “Precision in Practice: Mastering Observational Rater Reliability for Effective Assessments”
- Revitalize your Skills: A KIDS Assessment Refresher Course
- Pyramid Model Program-Wide Implementation Introduction: A PBIS Framework