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Program for Infant and Toddler Care (PITC) of Iowa Online!

Audience:

• Child Development Homes
• Child Care Center Administrators
• Child Care Center Infant and Toddler Classroom Teachers

4 Stand-Alone Modules

Select the topics that best meet

your learning needs and interests!

10 Hours Per Module

Iowa Health and Services training credit!

(6 hours of virtual online credit

4 hours of self-study credit)*

Both Must Be Completed.

Partial Credit Is Not Given.

*The self-study portion is completed

during the week of the appropriate session.

Multiple Series Available!

To enroll, click on the start date that works for your schedule!

Note: Each schedule is a series and has multiple dates.

Module 1: Social - Emotional Growth and Socialization

This five-lesson series will allow participants

to gain an understanding of the importance

of developing positive relationships with

young children.

Session Topics Include:

• Session 1: Getting in Tune with Infants and Toddlers
• Session 2: Temperaments
• Session 3: Social - Emotional Milestones and Responsive Caregiving
• Session 4: Understanding Children's Behaviors
• Session 5: Guidance and Discipline

Module 2: Group Care

This five-session series examines the role of routines, primary care, and responsive environments in supporting children's development and individualized care within group settings.

Session Topics Include:

• Session 1: Routines as Curriculum
• Session 2: Primary Care/Continuity of Care
• Session 3: Environments 1
• Session 4: Environments 2
• Session 5: Making It Happen: Small Groups and Individualized Care

Module 3: Learning and Development

This five-lesson series will allow participants

to gain an understanding of how infants

and toddlers develop, and how to optimize

their learning.

Session Topics Include:

• Session 1: Principles in Facilitating Early Learning
• Session 2: Discoveries of Infancy
• Session 3: Brain Development in Infancy
• Session 4: Special Needs
• Session 5: Language Development, Communication, and Culture

Module 4: Behaviors and Protective Factors

This five-lesson series will allow participants

to gain an understanding of how families, cultures, and personal views affect a

caregiving relationship.

Session Topics Include:

• Session 1: Culture, Family, and Providers
• Session 2: Harmonizing Cultural Diversity for Sensitive Infant Care
• Session 3: Responding to Families in Culturally Sensitive Ways
• Session 4: Protective Urges
• Session 5: Acknowledge, Ask, and Adapt

Interested in participating in IQ4K?

This training may help meet those requirements! Reach out to CCR&R staff for more information about creating a professional development plan!

Brought to you by your friends from CCR&R of Iowa.

Funding provided by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services

through the Child Care and Development Fund

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