Infant Toddler Program Training Opportunities

The Infant Toddler Team can facilitate FREE state-approved trainings for infant and toddler teachers. All trainings can be presented virtually or in-person at your location. Participants are not allowed to count within classroom ratios during training sessions. Trainings vary in length from 1 to 6 hours.

For training requests, contact infanttoddler@decal.ga.gov

Training topics include:

Challenging Behavior
Early Math Skills
Intentional Planning
Intentionally Teaching
Introduction to Brain Development
More than Just Routines
Responsive Caregiving
Social Emotional Development: Building Relationships
Transitions and Routines
Understanding Temperaments
The Engaging World of Infants and Toddlers series (more details below)

Training Title	# of Hours
Challenging Behavior Participants will understand how routines can be used as teaching moments and how to use language to reduce challenging behavior.	3
Counting on You: Early Math Skills for Infants and Toddlers Participants will learn about the importance of building early math skills and math development with infants & toddlers.	2
Intentional Planning Participants will learn the importance of lesson planning and the impact it has on a child’s development.	12 (Six two-hour sessions)
Intentional Teaching Participants will understand how to plan in a way that meets the individual needs of children.	6
Introduction to Brain Development Participants will learn how early experiences affect the development of brain architecture, identify factors that support & foster brain development, and identify early risk factors of healthy brain development.	1 or 2
More than Just Routines Participants will examine their current teaching practices around caregiving routines and their impact on infant and toddler learning.	1 or 2
Responsive Caregiving Participants will learn how to "tune in" to children and what they are telling you to meet their needs.	1 or 2
Social-Emotional Development: Building Relationships and the Learning Environment Participants will learn the importance of building a relationship with children and understand how to create classroom environments that are nurturing and responsive to children’s needs.	6
Transitions and Routines Participants will understand how transitions and routines can be used as teaching moments.	3
Understanding Temperament with Infants and Toddlers Participants will learn the definition of temperament & how it can impact the children's behavior & development	1 or 2