Identify social and environmental problems of persons served
Identify discrimination facing persons served
Learn cross-cultural interventions
Identify areas of advocacy
How to access community resources

Recognize medical emergency situations
Understand American Red Cross recommendations for providing emergency care
Understand when to activate the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system
Learn appropriate care for breathing emergencies, cardiac emergencies and choking situations.

Recognize medical emergency situations
Understand American Red Cross recommendations for administering basic first aid care for: open and closed wounds, injuries to muscles, bones and joints, seizures, strokes, poisoning, allergic reactions, fainting, heat and cold related emergencies.
Understand when to activate the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system

Identify five functions of anger
Identify responses of anger
Identify continuum of anger
Identify coping strategies for anger and stress

Learn how to keep children healthy
Understand basic child care procedures
Knowledge of appropriate products for child care
Understand sanitary measures for child care

Examine motivation for completion of home studies,
Review types of home studies
Review qualifications for completing home studies
Review changes to Minimum Standards
Review communication skills & home study formats

Understand types of blood borne pathogens
Identify common modes of transmission
Identify methods of prevention
Identify emergency procedures

Understand infant brain development
Learn Attachment Theory & its importance
Care giving for Traumatized Children
Shaken Baby Syndrome & Prevention Measures
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome & Risk Reduction

Define self-esteem and how it develops
Understand the short and long-term effects of positive and negative self-esteem
Learn importance of one’s own self-esteem as a caregiver
How to help build self-esteem in children

Identify healthy development of stages, birth to age 18
Identify emotional development of stages, birth to age 18
Be able to relate to each stage of development

Learn statistics of sexual abuse
Identify characteristics and effects of sexual abuse
Identify children’s behaviors associated with emotional and sexual child abuse
Learn reporting procedure for emotional & sexual abuse

Identify risk factors of child physical abuse
Identify types of child neglect
Identify effects of child physical abuse and neglect
Learn Reporting Procedures for Child Abuse and Neglect

Identify children’s nutritional needs
Identify the media’s influence on nutrition
Identify tips for healthy children’s nutrition
Understand differences between food allergies and food intolerance
Identify common food allergy symptoms and what to do

Basic knowledge of civil rights in the Special Nutrition Programs
Participants will apply knowledge of civil rights to scenarios in special nutrition programs

Learn statistics regarding child airway obstruction injuries
Identify reasons for children choking on food
Identify common foods that cause choking
Identify ways to prevent choking
Learn treatment for choking

Identify purposes of communication
Identify what affects communication
Learn how to improve communication
Identify types of customers
Learn steps to offer great customer service

Identify definition of cultural diversity
Increase awareness of one’s own culture, values and beliefs
Understand importance and practice of cultural competency

Identify types of depression
Understand difference between sadness & depression
Indentify causes of depression
Understand depression symptoms in adults and children
Understand care giving for depressed child or adult

Understand the difference between discipline and punishment
How to effectively discipline a child
How to build a proactive approach to a child’s behavior
Challenge parenting styles to become a more effective parent

Understand Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Understand Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
Identify physical, behavioral, and cognitive characteristics
Identify techniques for working with children with FAS/FASD

Learn special needs for hair and skin care of African-American and biracial children
Learn the emotional needs associated with hair and skin care
Basic knowledge of appropriate products for hair and skin care of diverse children
Basic knowledge of hair styling for diverse children

Symptoms of head lice
Treatment for head lice
Lice Prevention Strategies

Increase understanding of dignity of the persons served
Increase knowledge of rights of the persons served
Learn about needs of the population served
Understand normalizing experiences and social inclusions

Increase understanding of impact of parental incarceration on children
Identify feelings associated with having a parent in jail or prison.
Identify ways to help children of the incarcerated.

Understand the importance of role modeling
Identify the qualities of positive role models
Identify ways to become positive role models
Identify past and present positive role models

Understand history of Infant Massage
Learn benefits of Infant Massage
Learn importance of touch for infants
Understand how infants communicate
Understand cues and respond to baby’s needs

Increase level of understanding about online use.
Increase knowledge of negative statistics and how they affect our children
Avoiding Cyber bullying and online sexual solicitation.
Increase knowledge of lingo used by online users.
Identify safety guidelines for online use.

Identify impact of father involvement in children's lives
Identify protective factors a father provides
Identify types of mentoring
Identify benefits of mentoring

Identify safety and security issues in the home
Identify safety and security issues in the workplace
Identify safety and security issues in the environment
Identify personal safety and security issues

Increase knowledge of healthy child and brain development
Understand impact of childhood traumas on child and brain development
Increase parenting skills to nurture and protect children
Develop abilities to parent/foster/adopt traumatized children

Learn safe lifting practices
Learn basic fire prevention
Learn basic housekeeping practices
Learn how to avoid slips, trips, and falls
Learn about Hazard Communication Standard
Learn about Material Safety Data Sheets

Review the principles of SAMA
Review the Assisting Process
Review protection of self and others
Review Special Situations and Object Retrieval

Learn the basic principles of SAMA
Learn the Assisting Process, verbal de-escalation procedures
Learn protection of self and others
Learn about special situations and object retrieval

Learn developmental milestones of school-age children
Learn how abuse/neglect affects school-age children
Learn adult roles in child's play
Identify appropriate games and toys for school-age children

Identify five stages of grief
Understand expression of stages in adults vs. children
Understand anticipated vs. sudden loss
Learn coping strategies for adults and children

Learn statistics of abuse and neglect of children
Identify signs of abuse and neglect of children
Learn how abuse and neglect affects children
Learn how to report abuse and neglect of children

Increase your knowledge of suicide and its affects
Identify warning signs of suicidal thoughts
Identify ways to prevent suicidal actions
Learn about prevention resources

Identify key concepts of effective communication
Identify individual types of personalities
Practice collaborative problem-solving

Learn normal temper tantrums vs. abnormal temper tantrums
Identify characteristics of tantrums by age group
Identify ways to redirect temper tantrums by age group

Increase theoretical knowledge of developmental stages (Piaget’s, Erickson’s, and Kohlberg’s)
Understand physical, language, developmental milestones
Understand toddler/preschool groups group dynamics, Increase knowledge of transitions & appropriate activities

Increase knowledge of toilet training methods
Identify signs of child’s readiness for toilet trainig
Identify challenges in toilet training girls vs. boys
Incorporate play activities during toilet training

Increase knowledge of trauma and its impact on children Increase care giving skills to nurture and protect children
Develop abilities as part of a professional team providing care to abused and neglected children

Understand complex trauma and its effects
Learn principles of Trauma Informed Care
Understand practice of trauma-informed care giving