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Course Time: 1.5 Hours
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The COVID-19 coronavirus global pandemic has disrupted societies across the world. The virus is causing individuals to adjust their lives and adapt to the new normal. During this time of uncertainty, many are facing increased stress and anxiety. Some are working longer hours, serving children of front-line workers, and implementing new business models. Others are struggling financially, unable to work, and unsure when the next paycheck may arrive. Also, children have seen their routines interrupted, and their schools and child care programs closed.
Through a mix of slides, graphics, videos, and real-world scenarios, our online training course experts will teach participants about mental health and behavioral health, and how to cope during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. We will provide information and resources to help identify and understand some of the feelings you, your clients and parents, and your children may be experiencing. We will also provide actionable tips and tools that you can use to reduce levels of stress and anxiety today – as well as provide information that you should be taking into consideration when thinking about reopening your program/facility.
Learning Goals and Objectives:
- Identify the causes of stress and typical reactions to stressful situations in both children and adults.
- Identify how children and adults manage, handle, and process stress differently.
- Discuss techniques that can serve as ways to reduce stress and build resilience.
- Discuss considerations for those working in stressful situations - burnout, compassion, and fatigue.
- Describe considerations for individuals with developmental disabilities.
- Describe strategies that can be used when attempting to return to normal after an incident or situation.
Andrew Roszak-JD, MPA, EMT-P: Andrew serves as the executive director at the Institute for Childhood Preparedness, where he oversees work designed to enhance emergency preparedness, response, and recovery for early childhood professionals. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, where he helps train the next generation of public health professionals in the department of community and environmental health. Previously Roszak has served as the Senior Director of Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Catastrophic Response at the National Association of County and City Health Officials – where he worked with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the 3,100 local health departments in the United States to increase pandemic preparedness efforts.
Core Competencies Standards
We know that every state has its own set of standards and protocols regarding statewide training and professional and career development courses for the early childhood community. Our online training courses were researched, developed, and designed with input from early childhood professionals, child care providers, directors and administrators, early childhood learning institutions, Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, Head Start and Early Head Start programs, public health professionals, public policy experts, emergency management, and law enforcement.
During our on-site training, we seek professional guidance and feedback from early childhood professionals. Our online courses reflect this feedback, and we aim to provide early childhood professionals with the latest and most informative core competency learning standards. We do not expect early childhood professionals to be emergency preparedness experts, therefore our online training courses provide skills, abilities, qualities, and actionable tips and policies. Our training enables early childhood communities across the country, so they can serve the children in their care and provide a safe and prepared environment.
Who Are These Online Training Courses For?
Early childhood professionals have an awesome responsibility. Not only do they provide a caring environment for infants, toddlers, and children, but they also must provide a safe and secure environment. Our online training courses provide early childhood professionals with resilience, confidence, and a strong learning foundation to protect children in an emergency or natural disaster.
We know that the needs of the early childhood community are very specific. That’s why we designed our courses to meet the needs of early childhood professionals, those that care for infants, toddlers, and children, Child Care Resource and Referral organizations, parents, teachers, child care providers, directors and administrators, and early childhood learning institutions.
All the topics that we cover in our online training courses are approached in a safe and calm manner. We aim to address the specific needs of the early childhood community, and we wholeheartedly agree that children should be allowed to learn, grow, and dream without the threat of aggressive preparedness policies. During our online training courses, we never call for unannounced drills or simulated violence of any kind. Instead, we provide actionable ways for child care providers to teach children about emergency preparedness, response, and recovery in a developmentally age-appropriate way.
Assessments and Student Accountability
Our online training courses keep students actively engaged and eager to learn. We have designed our courses with a learn at your pace approach; students can start and stop courses at their convenience, go back and re-learn or refresh course topics, and students also have access to the online courses for one full year from the time of purchase.
Our teaching approach is warm, calm, and respectful, and we make sure no student is left behind. With a mix of slides, graphics, videos, and other creative visuals, students feel empowered, focused, energetic, and ready to learn. We have framed our coursework to meet the needs of the early childhood community, making sure that everyone can participate and put our practices to use in a child care setting. Because our courses make participants feel empowered and confident, students have the desire to continue learning and building upon each lesson in our online course catalog.
Time Awarded for Online Training Courses
Upon the successful completion of each online training course, participants are awarded a certificate of completion. Each certificate states the name of the student, course minutes, name of the course, and date the course was completed. The time awarded for the course is equal to the amount of time used to complete the course.
Course Curriculum
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PreviewIntroduction and Objectives (3:18)
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StartCoronavirus Considerations (11:17)
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StartCompassion Fatigue (16:15)
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StartFree Resources (20:08)
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StartDeveloping a Self-Care Plan (10:02)
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StartConsiderations for Reopening & Returning to Normal (17:31)
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StartCoronavirus Considerations: Developmental Disabilities (18:45)
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StartKnowledge Check
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StartDownloadable Resources
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StartColoring Contest
Learn more about our offerings and check out all of our early childhood resources: The Institute for Childhood Preparedness.