Professional Development for Early Childhood & AfterSchool Programs.Our trainings provide professional development services to Early Childhood and After-School programs, enabling them to meet license and regulatory requirements. We provide on-site training to all staff members in all of the topic areas required by the Office of Children and Family Services and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. We also provide all programs with records of all training hours, topics and documents requested by their regulatory agency. We focus on helping Early Childhood & After-School programs stay in compliance with license and regulations such as Article 47.37 and Part 414.14, while building the capacity of their staff.
Development with Dignity™ provides on-site workshops for Early-Childhood Centers and After-School Programs. Upon completion, DWD provides the organization with:
• Tracking form with hours and topic areas for training requirements
• Certificates for each participant
• Copies of certificates for the organization’s records
• Training schedules that are flexible, based on the needs of the organization. DWD can teach up to 30 participants in each workshop.
Click Here: Early Childhood Education Workshop Registration
Click Here: After-School Site-Based Training Registration
We also provide centralized training for After-School Programs, where individual staff can obtain 15 hours of training, meeting all 8 topic areas for Office Children & Family Service (OCFS) SACC 414.14.
3 full days of workshops from 9:00 am-2:00 pm. $220/staff per cycle
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Location: 2340 5th Ave, New York, NY 10037 (corner of 142nd street)
If you need a specific topic only, join our webinar training.
$65 per person per topic
Click Here: Webinar Training RegistrationOffice of Children & Family Services SACC 414 RegulationsTuesday, October 18th 2011 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm All staff will understand the OCFS requirements and their role in maintaining the school-age child-care permit. Covers OCFS topics 5 & 7. Child Abuse Identification & Reporting Thursday, November 17th 2011 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Staff will have an understanding of how to identify all areas of child abuse and know the protocol to report child abuse. This workshop will also cover how to prevent shaken baby syndrome. Covers OCFS topics 6, 8 & 9. Promoting Safety, Health & Nutrition in Children & Youth: Tuesday, December 13th 2011 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Creating an environment where families, children, and staff feel safe and secure. This workshop will focus on creating an environment that protects and enhances the health and nutrition of our children. Covers OCFS topics 2, 4 & 7.
Staff will have an understanding of how to identify all areas of child abuse and know the protocol to report child abuse. This workshop will also cover how to prevent shaken baby syndrome. Covers OCFS topics 6, 8 & 9.
This workshop supports staff in interacting with families to make them feel welcomed and comfortable. Staff will learn how to work with families to support the development of the children in their program. Covers OCFS topic 4b.
Promoting Safety, Health & Nutrition in Children & Youth:[+] Expand
Creating an environment where families, children, and staff feel safe and secure. This workshop will focus on creating an environment that protects and enhances the health and nutrition of our children. Covers OCFS topics 2, 4a & 7.
Understanding and Implementing the New York State SACC Regulations: [+] Expand
All staff will understand the OCFS requirements and their role in maintaining the school-age-child-care permit. Covers OCFS topics 5 & 7.
This workshop will focus on teaching staff techniques to manage children in their classrooms without using usual punishments such as threats, issuing orders, and time out. Covers OCFS topics 1 & 3.
Curriculum Development (Project-Based Planning):[+] Expand
This workshop will teach staff how to do long-term project-based learning with their children. Covers OCFS topics 1, 3 & 5.
Meeting the Developmental Needs of Children and Youth:[+] Expand
This workshop will focus on the four developmental needs of children: social, physical, emotional, and physical development. Covers OCFS topics 1 & 3.
This workshop will focus on teaching children how to make informed and responsible choices in their everyday lives. Staff will learn how to remind children to think about how their actions may affect others. Covers OCFS topics 1 & 3.
This workshop will focus on getting staff to work together effectively and will involve activities that staff can do with children and youth to reinforce teamwork. Covers OCFS topics 1 & 3.
Support Students’ Academic Outcome through Project Based Learning: [+] Expand
Where do we even begin! First, participants will understand what the “Department of Education Academic Standards” are. From this baseline, participants will learn how to develop strong objectives to keep the focus on building skills to support the child’s academic outcome. Through the project based learning process, participants will design a step-by-step curriculum that will have children experiencing learning in a fun, engaging, and intentional process. The key is not to repeat the school day, but to spark the desire for learning, bringing the outside world into the classroom. Covers topics 1& 3.
As educators, we must first understand how to tap into our creative mind to inspire our young people to use their creative mind. This workshop will focus on understanding the process that sparks creativity in ourselves and then design an environment where children can find their creative niches: writing, dancing, singing, drawing, photography, acting, and many other activities. Participants will walk away with a clear understanding of how to develop a curriculum to meet the developmental needs of their children by using a creative process. Covers OCFS topics 1 & 3.
Building your Classroom Facilitation Skills:[+] Expand
We often repetitively do things in the same way and find that children get restless or impatient. This workshop will build your resources of ways to do things that keep children focused and engaged. Participants will learn how to design a classroom environment that doesn’t feel like school is still in session. Participants will learn how to adjust their approach according to each child’s needs as well as to the energy of a large group. Come build your bag of tricks to keep your sanity and have kids engaged. Covers Topic 1 & 3
• This workshop will explore the foundation for developing an early childhood curriculum in a specific setting with a focus on developmentally appropriate standards. Together, we will examine sources for curriculum and gain knowledge of principles of child development while focusing on children’s social, emotional, physical, and cognitive growth.
• Satisfies DOHMH Article 47.37 Topics: Early Childhood Education Curriculum Development and Appropriate Activity Planning
• This workshop will explore the foundation for developing an early childhood curriculum in a specific setting with a focus on developmentally appropriate standards. Together, we will look at a variety of approaches in developing curriculum through the assessment of numerous models. You will experience a better understanding of curriculum development by having the opportunity to create your very own curriculum.
• Satisfies DOHMH Article 47.37 Topics: Early Childhood Education Curriculum Development and Appropriate Activity Planning
• This workshop will explore the foundation for developing tools that promote respect and appropriate interactions among children and teachers. Together, we will examine how to establish effective rules and consequences, implement preventive strategies, focus on the behavior not the child, and respond to classroom disruptions.
• Satisfies DOHMH Article 47.37 Topic: Appropriate Supervision of Children
• This workshop will explore the significance of physical arrangement in a classroom for toddlers and how it can promote a sense of independence, security, and belonging.
• Together, we will brainstorm strategies for providing opportunities to support children’s development by creating the right classroom atmosphere, while looking at all the learning areas. You will become attuned to identifying the signs of what works.
• Satisfies DOHMH Article 47.37 Topic: Appropriate Supervision of Children, Meeting the Needs of Children with Physical or Emotional Challenges
• This workshop will explore the significance of physical arrangement in a classroom for preschoolers and how it can promote a sense of independence, security, and belonging.
• Together, we will brainstorm strategies for providing opportunities to support children’s development by creating the right classroom atmosphere, while looking at all the learning areas.
• Satisfies DOHMH Article 47.37 Topic: Appropriate Supervision of Children, Meeting the Needs of Children with Physical or Emotional Challenges
• Participants will strengthen their ability to interact and partner with the families that they serve. Staff will learn how to work with families to support young children’s social and emotional development.
• Satisfies DOHMH Article 47.37 Topics: Parent, Staff, and Volunteer Communication and Orientation: Roles and Responsibility
Child Abuse, SBS & SIDS: Reporting & Preventing Child Abuse, Shaken Baby & Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness:
• Participants will gain an understanding of how to identify all areas of child abuse and know the protocol to report child abuse. This workshop will cover Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) as well as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
• Satisfies DOHMH Article 47.37 Topics: Child Abuse Training and Maltreatment Identification, Reporting and Prevention and Requirements of Applicable Statutes and Regulations; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (“SIDS”) and “Shaken Baby” Identification and Prevention Training
Health & Wellness: Promoting Health & Nutrition in Children[+] Expand
• Participants will create an environment where families, children, and staff feel safe and secure. This workshop will focus on creating an environment that protects and enhances the health and nutrition of our children.
• Satisfies DOHMH Article 47.37 Topic: Physical Activities Meeting Nutritional Needs of Young Children
• Participants will learn the latest information about in infection. They will learn techniques for controlling the spread of infection in the classroom and within their personal space. This training is provided by a medical professional.
• Satisfies DOHMH Article 47.37 Topics: Parent, Staff, and Volunteer Communication and Orientation: Roles and Responsibility
Developmental Delays: Supporting Children & Families[+] Expand
• Participants will learn how to access resources provided by state agencies funded by the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD). A directory of provider agencies will be included.
• Satisfies DOHMH Article 47.37 Topics: Early Intervention; Meeting the Needs of Children with Physical or Emotional Challenges
Development with Dignity™ provides on-site workshops for Early-Childhood Centers and After-School Programs. Upon completion, DWD provides the organization with:
If you need a specific topic only, join our webinar training.