December 2, 2011
Friday

Managing Personnel Transactions

CDA 5

$20

2 – 4 PM

For: D/Asst D/Lead/ Owners

Training Level 4

Trainer:

Ralph Adams

Location:

Strathmoor Presbyterian Church, 2201 Hawthorne Ave., across from Assumption HS, Louisville

This workshop will include Employee appraisals, Pay adjustments, Promotions, Transfers, Separations (voluntary & involuntary), Initial Hire, Re-hiring, Leaves of Absences.

December 3, 2011

ORIENTATION

CDA 1 & 8

$45

9:AM – 3:30 PM

For: New staff

Training Level 1

Trainer:

Linda Bratton

Location:

Country Inn & Suites, Blankenbaker Pkwy & I-64, Louisville, EXIT #17

KY Curriculum as mandated for new staff by KRS 199.896 and KRS 199.8982

December 3, 2011

Working with Children with Learning and Behavioral Needs and their Families

CDA 3 & 4

$20

9 AM - Noon

For: 3-5 years

Training level3

Trainer:

Theresa Stewart

Location:

The Children’s Center @ YUM, 5200 Commerce Crossings, Louisville (Preston Hwy & Gene Snyder Freeway)

Is it that a child won’t or can’t? So many children with special needs have behavior problems built into their diagnoses, and may act out due to impulses or self-protective routines that we can’t understand. That doesn’t mean you have to accept chaos as a way of life. What’s going on? More importantly, what can we do about it?

December 3, 2011

Getting Children Ready for School

CDA 3 & 4

$20

1 – 4 PM

For: 3-5 years

Training Level 2

Trainer:

Theresa Stewart

Location:

The Children’s Center @ YUM, 5200 Commerce Crossings, Louisville (Preston Hwy & Gene Snyder Freeway)

Will the children in your care be ready for school? Learn effective ways to make learning visible to parents while ensuring that you prepare the “whole” child for school…mind, body, social, self, and character.

December 6, 2011
Tuesday

Building Strong Relationships at Work and Home

CDA 4, 5, 6

$20

6 – 9 PM

For: All staff/ D/ AD

Training Level 3

Trainer:

Location:

Country Inn & Suites, Blankenbaker Pkwy & I-64, Louisville, EXIT #17

Building and maintaining strong relationships is very important for child care professionals. The focus of this workshop is exposing participants to interpersonal skills that can be used to improve communication and increase relationships at work and home.

December 10, 2011

Move to Talk, Move to Learn: The Power of Movement in Developing Cognitive Skills

CDA 1, 2, & 8

$25

9 AM - Noon

For: All staff

Training Level 4

Trainer:

Karaole A. Doran, OTR/L

Location:

Fairfield Inn, Blankenbaker Pkwy & I-64, Louisville, EXIT #17

By understanding brain inter-relationships of sensory, motor, cognitive and behavioral skills, an educator can more easily discover the best way to assist students with learning differences on their roads to success. Come and examine relationships among gross/fine/sensory motor skills and higher level cognitive learning—and how classroom struggles may be symptoms of motor deficits.

December 10, 2011

COOL and QUIET Fish, That’s ME!

CDA 2, 3, & 8

$20

1 – 4 PM

For: All staff

Training Level 3

Trainer:

Karaole A. Doran, OTR/L

Location:

Fairfield Inn, Blankenbaker Pkwy & I-64, Louisville, EXIT #17

Compare the “stormy seas” of poor self-regulation with specific programs and children’s books to facilitate the acquisition of each student’s “swim to the shore” of self-regulation needed for success.

December 15, 2011
Thursday

Leadership and Teambuilding

CDA 5

$20

6 – 9 PM

For: All staff

Training Level 3

Trainer:

Dr. Telly Sellars

Location:

Country Inn & Suites, Blankenbaker Pkwy & I-64, Louisville, EXIT #17

This workshop will review the basic elements of leadership and expose the participants to team building strategies and techniques. Activities that identify personal strengths and how to identify strengths in others will be discussed.