The Course
As an early care and education provider, you play a critical role in the health and wellbeing of children. You are also very well positioned to help identify children who might need extra help in their development. This FREE, online training course, Watch Me! Celebrating Milestones and Sharing Concerns, helps you fulfill this role by providing tools and best practices for monitoring the development of children in your care and talking about it with their parents.
What you will learn
This 1-hour, 4-module course focuses on:
- Why monitoring children’s development is important
- Why you have a unique and important role in developmental monitoring
- How to easily monitor each child’s developmental milestones
- How to talk with parents about their child’s development
Learning objectives for the training include:
- List three developmental concerns that early care and education providers should monitor.
- Identify at least three developmental milestones for class’s age group.
- Describe how to use “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” resources in early care and education work with children and parents.
- Describe two communication strategies to use when talking with families about their child’s development.
Curriculum
Your Important Role in Monitoring Children's Development
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- Objective 1: Why monitoring children's development and identifying developmental concerns early are important (text)
- Objective 2: Why early care and education providers have a unique and important role in developmental monitoring (text)
- Objective 3: How developmental monitoring can be easy with support from CDC's "Learn the Signs. Act Early." checklists and resources
- Key Points
Understanding Children’s Developmental Milestones
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Objective and Engaged Developmental Monitoring
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How to Talk with Parents about their Child’s Development
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- Objective 1: How to communicate with families about development
- Objective 2: How to encourage families to be aware of and monitor developmental milestones
- Objective 3: How to communicate when you have a concern
- Objective 4: Encourage families to talk with their child’s doctor about their child’s development
- Key Points
Final Quiz
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