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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


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