Description:
In this sensory training, learn how to use sensory play to promote learning and development in all children.

In this course, you will:

• Learn about the eight senses and how they develop from infancy through childhood
• Explore experiential activities that bring our sensory systems to life
• Discover how to incorporate sensory play into all classroom routines
• Get over 50 fun sensory activities to do with your class
• Find new ways to jazz up your sensory table with toys and materials that get kids excited to use it.

This course is perfect for: child care providers, early childhood educators, teachers, parents, and anyone who works with young children.
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Description:
Biting is common, especially in early childhood. This challenging behavior training will provide practical strategies to prevent biting, how to respond to bites, and communicate with families effectively.

Features:
• Learn about the causes of biting and how to prevent it
• Design a plan for responding to bites calmly and effectively
• Practice communicating with families about biting in a clear, respectful, and supportive way

This training offers valuable opportunities to learn how to address biting in a safe, supportive, and effective way.
This training is perfect for early childhood educators, child care providers, and parents.
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Description:
Are you ready to thrive in your classroom instead of constantly putting out fires? This course is packed with the strategies you need to decrease power struggles, increase cooperation, and build connection with kids who challenge you the most. Get the information you need to understand why power struggles happen and what to do about them. After this course you’ll feel confident responding to power struggles in the heat of the moment and learn easy-to-follow strategies that prevent them from happening in the first place. 

Description:
Are there challenging behaviors in your classroom that make you scratch your head and wonder “what’s going on?” Have you tried a bunch of strategies and the behaviors keep happening? Even the most experienced teachers sometimes struggle with challenging behaviors even though they know that all behavior is communication and it’s our job to understand the messages that children are giving us. Kids with challenging behavior are good kids who just need our support to learn and thrive. This course will give you the tools you need to understand what behaviors are communicating and why they keep happening. You’ll leave with everything you need to identify antecedents and consequences for behavior, collect data using ABC charts and scatterplots, and the skills to analyze behavior data to uncover patterns. Once you understand the function of behavior you can identify effective strategies that meet the needs of the children in your classroom and set them up to be successful. 

Description:
Are you ready to feel confident supporting kids with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)? Teachers need strategies for kids who have a high energy level, struggle to pay attention, and who know the rules but can’t seem to follow them. This course will help you understand the inattention, hyperactivity or impulsivity that’s behind these behaviors and give you practical strategies and effective solutions, so these kids thrive in your classroom.

In this course, you’ll learn:

• How kids with ADHD process information differently
• How to give directions so kids will actually listen
• Why fidgeting is a solution rather than a problem 
• Which fidgets and active seating options are best 
• And how to tap into the power of play to build self-regulation skills 
  

Description:
Are you ready to expand your knowledge of practical strategies for helping children with autism build their vocabulary? Do you wish you had techniques to communicate more effectively with your students?

This training will teach you how to:
• Decide what words to teach first to meet your individual students’ learning goals
• Use songs for language learning
• Implement visual strategies like sign language, visual schedules, and First/Then schedules
• Apply proven techniques for supporting language development to the unique way children with autism process language

By the end, you will be able to:
• Expand your knowledge to help children with autism build their vocabulary
• Communicate more effectively with your students
• Implement visual strategies to reinforce language development in children with autism

This high-quality autism training is perfect for early childhood professionals, child care providers, parents, and people interested in supporting language development in children with autism.
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Description:

Are there challenging behaviors in your classroom that make you scratch your head and wonder “what’s going on?” Have you tried a bunch of strategies and the behaviors keep happening? Even the most experienced teachers sometimes struggle with challenging behaviors. This course will give you the tools you need to understand why behaviors keep happening and a step-by-step guide to creating a plan with strategies that will actually work. You’ll leave with everything you need to complete ABC charts and analyze behavior data for students in your classroom. We’ll walk you through real-life behavior support plans and give you a customizable template of your own, so you feel confident writing a plan and putting it into practice.

Description:
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects 1 in every 36 children. This means you will likely have a child with ASD in your classroom every 2-3 years.

This autism training will give you the knowledge and skills to understand and support any young child with ASD.

We will cover the following topics:

• What is ASD?
• Signs and characteristics of ASD in children
• How to partner with families
• Quality inclusive practices for supporting children with ASD

This training is a suggested pre-requisite for IMPACT's Autism Spectrum Disorder training series. 
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Description:
Are you seeking effective early childhood inclusion strategies to address challenging behavior in your classroom?

In this course, you will:

• Learn the causes of challenging behavior in young children
• Discover practical, actionable strategies to promote positive behavior
• Reframe how you think about behavior in a way that builds connection and strong relationships with all students
• Understand how trauma affects behavior and identify strategies to support children with sensory seeking or avoiding behaviors
• Master the basics of data collection and ABC charts to pinpoint the root causes of challenging behavior and identify the right solutions

This course is perfect for early childhood educators, child care providers, parents, and people who want to effectively address challenging behavior in an inclusive environment. 
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Description:
Communication and collaboration with families in early education are essential in supporting child development and identifying developmental delays or concerns, promoting learning, and providing a supportive environment for all children.

This resource will help you to:
• Understand the benefits of close collaboration with families
• Identify barriers to family participation and how to overcome them
• Develop communication strategies that promote cooperation with families
• Create a supportive environment for all children

We will cover the following topics:
• The importance of family-centered, quality inclusive practices in early childhood education
• How to build relationships with families
• How to communicate effectively with families
• How to involve families in the classroom
• How to accommodate special healthcare needs

This training is perfect for early learning instructors, child care providers, and anyone working with children.
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Description:
Do you want to learn how to recognize and support individual sensory needs in the classroom?

This course supports you to:
• Identify sensory-seeking and sensory-avoiding behaviors
• Understand the brain-based science of sensory regulation
• Create a sensory-rich classroom environment
• Design individualized sensory plans for your students
• Help get children regulated and ready to learn

We will also provide you with a printable Sensory Matrix template you can customize and use in your classroom.

This resource is perfect for early childhood educators, child care providers, families, and people interested in learning more about sensory regulation and how to cater to sensory needs in the classroom.
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Description:
Are you looking for ways to help the picky eaters in your classroom? Do you have any students who eat only one or two favorite foods? 

In this course, you will:

• Learn strategies to promote food exploration and make the most of group mealtime in your program
• See videos of real-world classrooms using family-style dining
• Discover actionable steps for involving kids in mealtimes
• Explore the sensory aspects of eating and how predictability impacts kids' willingness to try new foods
• Learn how to effectively respond to common challenges like throwing and dumping food
  
• Identify ways to individualize mealtime to successfully include all children and abilities in mealtime
  
  This course is perfect for early childhood educators, child care providers, parents, and anyone who want to build their toolbox to support picky eaters and promote food exploration in young children.
  Complete the form below for next steps and to see if this training is a good fit for your needs.