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Colorado Department of Education Division of Child Care presents:
EXPANDING QUALITY IN INFANT & TODDLER CARE
This class is offered for anyone who lives or works with babies and is interested in learning about infant toddler development. Successful completion of this course will meet the infant/toddler licensing training requirements for teachers who work with young children birth to three years.
FREE training!!
Topics to be covered include:
- Responsive Caregiving
- The Inter-Relatedness of Learning and Development
- Language Development
- Safe and Healthy Environments
- Positive Guidance
- Babies in Motion
- Our Partners, the Families
- Temperaments
- Curriculum Planning
- Understanding and Respecting the Gifts of Culture
- Inclusion
The class will be held every Monday evening, 6:30-9:20 from 1/11/10-5/3/10 at Colorado Mountain College, Edwards Campus. You must complete the 48 hour course in order to receive the Infant/Toddler certification from CDE. Mentoring for each student is included.
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Incredible Years Parenting Class
The Incredible Years Parenting Class provides tools to help your child learn and succeed in school and life!
Want to build a stronger relationship with your young child?
Looking for a more effective discipline?
Need new ideas for helping your child to grow and learn?
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By the teen years, your kids should know the facts about alcohol and your attitudes and beliefs about substance abuse. So use this time to reinforce what you've already taught them and focus on keeping the lines of communication open. Teens are more likely to engage in risky behaviors, and their increasing need for independence may make them want to defy their parents' wishes or instructions. But if you make your teen feel accepted and respected as an individual, you increase the chances that your child will try to be open with you.
Kids want to be liked and accepted by their peers, and they need a certain degree of privacy and trust. Avoid excessive preaching and threats, and instead, emphasize your love and concern. Even when they're annoyed by parental interest and questions, teens still recognize that it comes with the territory.
Teaching Kids to Say "No"
Teach kids a variety of approaches to deal with offers of alcohol:
- Encourage them to ask questions. If a drink of any kind is offered, they should ask, "What is it?" and "Where did you get it?"
- Teach them to say "no, thanks" when the drink offered is an alcoholic one.
- Remind them to leave any uncomfortable situation. Make sure they have money for transportation or a phone number where you or another responsible adult can be reached.
- Teach kids never to accept a ride from someone who has been drinking. Some parents find that offering to pick up their kids from an uncomfortable situation — no questions asked — helps encourage kids to be honest and call when they need help.
It's important to keep communication open and expectations reasonable. Tying responsible actions to freedoms such as a later curfew or a driver's license can be a powerful motivator. Teach your kids that freedom only comes with responsibility — a lesson that should last a lifetime.
Reviewed by: Steven Dowshen, MD
Date reviewed: September 2008
Article by Kids Health |
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