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1 Saturday, June 28, 2014 at 9 a.m. Regitration begin Summer 2014 FR CHILD CARE, SCHL-AGE & EARLY LEARNING PRFESSINAL DEVELPMENT early care & education reource Gateway Regitry Member ID number i required to regiter for training. What Inide ExceleRate Illinoi rientation What i radon? Qué e el radón? Jak kztałtuje ię amoocena dziecka All training offered by Illinoi Action for Children are now regitry approved training

2 CNTENTS SUMMER 2014 Regitration begin June 28, 2014 n Introduction 1 n Adminitrative ffice, Staff, and Community Partner/Socio Comunitario 2 n Training Location/Sitio de Entrenamiento 4 n Service Area Map 5 n Provider Reource 6 n Training Policie 7 n Regitration Detail 9 n Important Information 10 n Index of Coure by Hot / Índice por organizador / Indek kurów według partnerów wpołnych 12 Coure Liting n CDA Content Area 11 n Teaching and Learning 14 n Family and Community Engagement 19 n Leaderhip and Management 20 n Qualification and Continuing Education 25 n Quality Count QRS/ExceleRate Illinoi 29 n Healthy Food Program 31 n Gateway to pportunity INCCRRA 32 Tallere en Epañol n Sitema de claificación de la calidad QRS/ExceleRate Illinoi 30 n Introduccíon 33 n Recuro para proveedore 34 n La norma para lo tallere 35 n Dato de regitro 37 n Página de información importante 38 n CDA Etandare de capacidad 39 n Eneñanza y aprendizaje 40 n Familia y la participación comunitaria 42 n Liderazgo y getión 43 n Calificacione y continuando educación 46 n El programa de alimento aludable 48 n portunidade de INCCRRA 49 Kury po polku n Introdukcja 50 n Zaady Szkolenia 52 n Szczegóły Rejetracji 54 n CDA Treści Tematówi 56 n Nauczenie i Uczenie 57 n Zaangażowanie Rodzin i Społeczności 58 n Przywództwa i Zarządzania 58 n Alphabetical Index of Coure Liting / Índice alfabético de curo / Alfabetyczny indek kurów 59 n Information/Información/Informacja n Coure in Englih n Tallere en epañol n Kury po polku n Quality Count QRS/ExceleRate Illinoi. Sitema de claificación de la calidad QRS/ExceleRate Illinoi. Publihed by Illinoi Action for Children and upported in part by the Illinoi Department of Human Service and our Community Partner. June 2014

3 INTRDUCTIN 1 Dear Colleague, Illinoi Action for Children, along with our Community Partner, believe that providing quality care for all children i our mot important tak a child care profeional. A an organization we trive to offer opportunitie that enhance your child care etting and your profeional development. I encourage you to find a new training workhop that i the bet fit for you and your child care program. With that in mind, you will find liting of many profeional development training detailed in thee page. Thi training eaon offer a variety of returning training, along with everal creative and challenging training being offered for the firt time. I incerely believe that thi catalog offer opportunitie that can benefit anyone in our field. I encourage you to find a training workhop that i the bet fit for you and your child care program. The illutration at right explain the type of information you will find inide thi catalog to decribe each training. Pleae alo refer to the legend on liting page that explain each icon. In addition, everal of the training erie offered will meet both in-ervice hour required by the Department of Children and Family Service (DCFS) and CDA/CCP credentialing requirement. For more detail, contact your local Community Partner lited on page 3. TRAINING SUBJECT TRAINING CURSE TRAINING TITLE DCFS REQUIRED FAMILY CHILD CARE Leaderhip and Management Program adminitration Caring for the Mildly Ill Child 4R 1 3 4R$ CHILD CARE CENTERS TRAINING LEVEL FEE REQUIRED QRIS LEVEL QRS FAMILY CHILD CARE QRIS REQUIRED CDA CMPETENCY STANDARDS We welcome your comment and quetion. Pleae call the Provider Reource Department at (773) or you may alo find u online at Your feedback help u provide better opportunitie for you. Again, thank you for your incredible effort on behalf of Illinoi children and familie you are doing great and important work! Sincerely, Maria Whelan, Preident/CE, Illinoi Action for Children MISSIN Illinoi Action for Children i a catalyt for organizing, developing and upporting trong familie and powerful communitie where children matter mot.

4 2 ADMINISTRATIVE FFICES, STAFF, AND CMMUNITY PARTNERS Illinoi Action for Children Adminitrative ffice, Staff, and Community Partner 4753 N. Broadway, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL phone: (312) fax: (773) Maria Whelan, Preident/CE April Janney, Chief Program fficer Provider Program (773) Monique Draper, Director of Provider Program, (773) , Sonia Adam, Quality Specialit, (312) , ni Autin, Quality Specialit, (312) , Francica Contrera, Training Program Supervior, (773) , Erica Diaz DeLeon, Profeional Development Aociate, (773) , Adriana Eparza, Profeional Development Aociate, (773) , Jean Ferguon, Data Supervior, (773) , Stacy Gatewood, Quality Specialit, (312) , Lelie Gilbert, Quality Specialit, (312) , Lynette Glanton, Quality Specialit, (312) , Monica Gomez, Quality Specialit, (312) , Rebecca Harri, Quality Specialit, (312) , Paulina Kowalczyk, Training Coordinator, (773) , Jeica Hollingworth, Quality Specialit, (312) , Heidi Konela, Quality Program Generalit, (773) , Jacqueline Melendez, Quality Program Generalit, (773) , Teree Quarino, Supervior of Quality Program, (773) , Cindy Rivera, Provider Reource Generalit, (773) , LaKeihia Richardon, Profeional Development Aociate, (773) , Adam Schneider, Training Coordinator, (773) , Yvonne Spurlock, Aitant Director, (773) , Conultation Program (312) Elyia Aufmuth, Early Childhood Mental Health Conultant, (773) , Deney Avery, Early Childhood Mental Health Conultant, (773) , Mary Bergen, Aitant Director, (773) , Anne Dempter, Early Childhood Mental Health Conultant, (312) , Andriana Garcia, Infant-Toddler Specialit, (312) , Holly Houeholder, Early Childhood Mental Health Conultant, (773) ,

5 ADMINISTRATIVE FFICES, STAFF, AND CMMUNITY PARTNERS 3 Jolene Martin, Infant-Toddler Specialit, (312) , jolene.martin@actforchildren.org Tereita Patino, Infant-Toddler Specialit, (312) , patinot@actforchildren.org Vickie Pendleton, Early Childhood Mental Health Conultant, (773) , pendletonv@actforchildren.org Catherine Rader, Infant-Toddler Specialit, (312) , raderc@actforchildren.org Martha Rodriguez, Early Childhood Mental Health Conultant, (312) , rodriguezm@actforchildren.org Roario Rodriguez, Infant-Toddler Specialit, (312) , rodriguezr@actforchildren.org Alexandra Theodore, Infant-Toddler Specialit, (312) , alexandra.theodore@actforchildren.org Jenil Thompon, Infant Toddler Specialit, (312) , thomponj@actforchildren.org Childhood Nutrition & Wellne Program (773) Tom Browning, Director of Childhood Nutrition & Wellne Program, (773) , browningt@actforchildren.org Yvette Alvarado, Fun on Wheel Coordinator, (224) , alvaradoy@actforchildren.org Jame Callan, Nutrition Advocate, (312) , callanj@actforchildren.org Joya Calloway, Program Clerk, (773) , joya.calloway@actforchildren.org Erin Coleman, Healthy Food Program Generalit, (773) , erin.coleman@actforchildren.org Armella Doyle, Nutrition Advocate, (312) , doylea@actforchildren.org Ruby Flore, Enrollment and Support Supervior, (773) , florer@actforchildren.org John Gadient, Claim Proceing and Reimburement Supervior, (773) , john.gadient@actforchildren.org Geannine Harri, Nutrition Advocate, (312) , harrig@actforchildren.org Luz N. Lopez, Nutrition Advocate, (312) , ortizl@actforchildren.org Tekeyla Tate, Child Care Reource Facilitator, (224) , tekeyla.tate@actforchildren.org Marilyn Torre, Child Care Reource Facilitator, (708) torrem@actforchildren.org General Quetion/Child Care Aitance Program (312) Quality Count QRS/ ExceleRate Illinoi Information Line (773) Nure Conultant Helpline (312) Illinoi Action for Children and Community Partner/Socio Comunitario Illinoi Action for Children 4753 N. Broadway, Chicago IL (773) Service area: Chicago Wet Carole Roberton Center for Learning 2020 W. Rooevelt Rd., Chicago, IL (773) Service area: Wet & Central Chicago, Wetern Suburb Center for New Horizon 226 E. 43rd St., Chicago, IL (773) Service area: South Chicago Children Home + Aid 2045 S. Arlington Height Rd., Suite 113D, Arlington Height, IL (847) Service area: North/Northwet Suburb and Far North Chicago Good Shepherd Center E. Carriageway Dr., Suite A, Hazel Cret, IL (708) Service area: South/Southwet Suburb Maria Gonzalez, Healthy Food Program Generalit, (773) , gonzalezm@actforchildren.org

6 4 TRAINING LCATINS / SITIS DE ENTRENAMIENTS / LKALIZACJE SZKLEŃ Training Location Summer 2014 Sitio de entrenamiento Verano 2014 Lokalizacje Szkoleń Lato 2014 CARLE RBERTSN CENTER FR LEARNING TRAINING SITES: Berwyn Public Library 2701 S. Harlem Ave., Berwyn CAPS 63rd St W. 63rd St., Chicago CAPS gden 3315 W. gden Ave., Chicago Carole Roberton Center for Learning Rooevelt 2020 W. Rooevelt Rd., Chicago Cicero Community Center 2250 S. 49th Ave., Cicero Wetcheter Public Library Canterbury St., Wetcheter Hillide Public Library 405 N. Hillide Ave., Hillide CENTERS FR NEW HRIZNS TRAINING SITES: Center for New Horizon Central ffice 4150 S. King Dr., Chicago Center for New Horizon Jame Pitt 226 E. 43rd St., Chicago CHILDREN S HME + AID TRAINING SITES: A Mother Touch 1666 Rand Rd., De Plaine Children Care and Development Center 3925 W. Lunt Ave., Lincolnwood Children Home + Aid 2045 S. Arlington Height Rd., Ste. 113, Arlington Height Eienhower Public Library 4613 N. keto Ave., Harwood Height Franklin Park Community Center 9560 Franklin Ave., Franklin Park Glenview Methodit Prechool 727 Harlem Ave., Glenview Hoffman Etate Park Ditrict Triphahn Center 1685 W. Higgin Rd., Hoffman Etate Irih American Heritage Center 4626 N. Knox Ave., Chicago Northlake Public Library 231 N. Wolf Rd., Northlake Schaumburg Community Child Care Center 725 E. Schaumburg Rd., Schaumburg GD SHEPHERD CENTER TRAINING SITES: Firt Prebyterian Church S. Gottchalk Ave., Homewood Good Shepherd Center E. Carriageway Dr., Ste. A, Hazel Cret Little Red School Houe 9800 Willow Spring Rd., Willow Spring Little Tot Child Care Center 646 Sibley Blvd., Calumet City Park Lawn S. La Porte Ave., ak Lawn Prairie State College 202 S. Halted St., Chicago Height ILLINIS ACTIN FR CHILDREN TRAINING SITES: Eienhower Public Library 4613 N. keto Ave., Harwood Height Franklin Park Community Center 9560 Franklin Ave., Franklin Park Illinoi Action for Children Chatham 8741 S. Greenwood Ave., Ste. 300, Chicago Irih American Heritage Center 4626 N. Knox Ave., Chicago Laurance Armour Day School 2150 W. Harrion St., Chicago Lawndale Chritian Health Center 3750 W. gden Ave., Chicago McCormick Center 6200 Capitol Dr., Wheeling live-harvey College S. Woodlawn, Chicago Park Ridge Recreation and Park Ditrict 2701 Sibley Ave, Park Ridge Prairie State College 202 S. Halted St., Chicago Height River Foret Community Center 8020 Madion St., River Foret Triton College 2000 Fifth Ave., River Grove

7 CMMUNITY PARTNERS / SCIS CMUNITARIS Service Area of Illinoi Action for Children and Community Service Area Partner of by Illinoi Zip Code Action for Children Community Partner, by Zip Code See contact information for Illinoi Action for Children AND Community Partner on page Children' Home + Aid Illinoi Action for Children Carole Roberton Center for Learning Center for New Horizon Good Shepherd Center Revied Augut Mile

8 6 PRVIDER RESURCES SUMMER 2014 Regitration begin June 28, 2014 Illinoi Action for Children Provider Reource The reource available to child care profeional at Illinoi Action for Children are a divere a the provider we erve. Call (312) or (773) for upport or pecific information about any of the following program: Help Parent Get $ We can anwer quetion about helping parent pay for their child care and ait you in receiving payment. Ak for the: CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE (CERTIFICATE) PRGRAM Promote Yourelf Want parent to know you offer child care ervice? To be lited in our databae, to update, or to check your liting, ak for: PRVIDER REFERRAL DATABASE Financial Aid You may qualify for career development mini-grant that can be ued toward early care, education, and chool-age activitie. Ak for information about: PRFESSINAL DEVELPMENT FUNDS (PDF) Make Quality Improvement If you are a child care center or family child care home provider, you may be eligible for a grant to improve or expand your ervice. Ak for the: QUALITY CUNTS CHILD CARE GRANT PRGRAM Take the Next Step Are you intereted in achieving the next level of quality in your home or center? You may be eligible to receive fund that upport accreditation. Ak for information about: ACCREDITATIN ASSISTANCE FUNDS Make Your Voice Heard Let your legilator and community know how important caregiver and educator are in developing the potential of every child. Ak for: ADVCACY Community Partner ur Community Partner make training available to early care and education provider right in their own neighborhood. Ak about: CMMUNITY PARTNERS Undertand Behavior ur Mental Health Conultant Program offer a wide range of ervice and upport about challenging childhood behavior, at no cot to thoe caring for and educating children. Ak about: CAREGIVER CNNECTINS Quality Count QRS/ ExceleRate Illinoi Quality Count QRS/ExceleRate Illinoi recognize program for achieving and maintaining quality above minimum licening tandard. Ak about: QUALITY CUNTS QRS/ EXCELERATE ILLINIS Getting to Know New Provider For provider that are not yet familiar with the program and reource that are available through Illinoi Action for Children, call to receive a Welcome Viit from a Child Care Reource Facilitator, o we can get to know one another! Ak about: PRVIDER ENGAGEMENT PRGRAM The Firt 1,000 Day The firt 3 year of a child life are an amazing journey of learning and dicovery. Child care for Infant, Toddler, and Two i a unique type of care. Get upport and training for caring for children during thee important early year. Ak about: INFANT-TDDLER PRGRAM Make Healthy Meal Healthy food i important to a child mental and phyical development and can help prevent obeity, diabete, and other illnee. You may be eligible to receive reimburement for erving nutritiou meal and nack to the children in your care. Ak about: HEALTHY FD PRGRAM

9 TRAINING PLICIES 7 Training Policie I. Regitration All regitration for workhop will take place on or after the deignated regitration date determined by Illinoi Action for Children and the Community Partner. Regitration begin at 9 a.m. on regitration day. No training will take place BEFRE the regitration date. A. Regitration Requirement All workhop require regitration that will be accepted on a firt come firt erve bai at the hoting Community Partner office, by walk-in, by telephone, by fax, or by . Pleae contact the hoting partner for acceptable form of regitration. Some workhop require fee payment; regitration i not complete until the hoting partner receive payment. Reminder may be made, but ultimately participant hould keep track of each workhop they regiter for. B. Enrollment Limit The Community Partner reerve the right to limit the number of workhop a participant may regiter for. The Community Partner alo reerve the right to limit the number of attendee due to pace, material availability, or Illinoi Trainer Network requirement. C. Regitration Deadline Regitration date are et for each training quarter; no regitration will be accepted before the deignated date. Workhop may fill quickly; many workhop could reach capacity on the firt day of regitration. In the event your workhop election i filled, pleae ak the hoting Community Partner if there i a waiting lit that you may be added to and contacted if there are cancellation. D. Walk-In Participant Walk-in are not advied, a pace, material, and certificate are not guaranteed. Pleae contact the hoting Community Partner prior to the tart of a workhop to inquire about available pace due to cancellation. II. Training Participation A. Expectation 1. Late Arrival A fifteen (15) minute grace period will be given at all training eion. Thi grace period begin at the advertied tart time. Participant will not be allowed in the training after the 15-minute grace period. 2. Early departure In order to receive a training certificate, participant mut remain until the end of the training. 3. Unreaonable time pent out from the workhop will reult in the lo of a training certificate and may reult in removal from the workhop. If you mut handle an emergency, pleae notify the facilitator or partner taff and dimi yourelf from the workhop. B. Children are not permitted at workhop eion. C. Code of Conduct 1. All cell phone mut be placed on vibrate prior to the tart of the workhop. Participant needing to attend to phone call hould excue themelve from the workhop. 2. All ethnicitie, abilitie, educational level, opinion, and experience will be repected. 3. Peronal experience hared during the workhop will be repected. Any information hared i confidential and hould not be hared outide of the workhop. Note: Confidentiality i alway limited by the obligation to take action if a participant dicloe an act or intention to do harm to one elf or another. 4. Miconduct or diruptive behavior will not be tolerated. Behavior of thi type will reult in removal from the workhop eion. 5. Threat, harament, or abuive treatment of taff, facilitator, preenter, or other participant will NT be tolerated. Miconduct of thi type i conidered a eriou offene and will be ubject to immediate and appropriate diciplinary action. In addition, the matter may be referred to local authoritie for invetigation and/or proecution. III. Cancellation A. Agency Cancellation The hoting partner reerve the right to cancel a workhop if fewer than ten (10) participant are regitered. 1. Workhop cancelled due to low enrollment will be cancelled at leat three (3) day prior to workhop. Participant will be notified of cancellation by phone or in writing. 2. The hoting partner will make every effort to rechedule a cancelled training by the following quarter. 3. There are no refund/voucher or credit for cancelled training unle the hoting partner fail to rechedule the workhop; then a refund will be iued, if that occur. B. Participant cancellation 1. Pleae call the hoting Community Partner at leat 24 hour prior to the training if you are unable to attend. 2. Participant who neglect to cancel for workhop will be given a lower priority for regitration for future workhop. 3. Refund/Voucher/Credit for regitration fee will not be given. 4. Regitration fee are non-refundable and non-tranferable. IV. Certificate A. Ditribution To receive a training certificate, participant mut tay until the trainer ha completed the workhop. 1. In the event certificate are not iued at the concluion of a workhop, certificate will be iued by mail within ten (10) buine day. 2. In the intance of regitration or name error, certificate will be iued by mail within ten (10) buine day. B. Replacement Replacement certificate will not be iued. You may requet a trancript of completed training. V. Training Trancript A. Releae of trancript Trancript may be iued at the requet of an individual participant. Information will only be releaed to the individual. B. There may be a fee charged for trancript requet. VI. No-Show Regitrant A. All participant attendance i tracked in a training databae. Thoe participant who regiter and no-how for three (3) or more workhop during a quarter will be required to regiter a a tand-by participant. Stand-by regitrant will be notified on the day of the workhop a to pace availability. B. Pleae call the hoting Community Partner at leat 24 hour prior to the training if you are unable to attend. Withdrawal from (5) five or more workhop during a quarter will be conidered exceive. Participant who exceively withdraw from workhop will be required to regiter a a tand-by participant. Stand-by regitrant will be notified on the day of the workhop a to pace availability. C. Regitration fee are non-refundable and non-tranferable for thoe who withdraw and thoe who are no-how regitrant.

10 8 CNTINUUM F TRAINING SUMMER 2014 Regitration begin June 28, 2014 Continuum of Training Training i offered on a continuum of knowledge and kill level or tage. The higher the Stage number, the more rigorou the training content and the evaluation of knowledge and kill. Training offered at Stage 1 and 2 provide an introductory look at the topic while training at Stage 3 and 4 are deigned for the individual with experience with the topic. Stage 5 training offer an advanced level of training for the mot experienced practitioner. INTRDUCTRY INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Developing baic knowledge Expanding knowledge. Focue on early childhood or chool-age/ youth tandard Deepening knowledge and kill Matering kill Refinement of knowledge and kill Strengthening and adapting kill for more effective application Geared toward provider with very little experience with thi topic Geared toward provider with baic knowledge and experience with thi topic Geared toward provider with a working knowledge and experience with thi topic Geared toward provider with an indepth knowledge and experience with thi topic. Geared toward provider with an indepth knowledge of and experience in the application and evaluation of thi topic Training Level Decription: In order to meet the divere need of caregiver and teacher, training are offered at three level: INTRDUCTRY: Introductory training outline baic information related to a ubject matter and are deigned for individual who may not have prior knowledge or experience in a particular topic. The training provide concrete, ueful tool and information to be utilized in the child care etting. They hould be conidered the firt tep in obtaining profeional goal or erve a a refreher for the experienced provider. INTERMEDIATE: Intermediate training build upon prior knowledge of a ubject matter. Thee training are deigned for individual who have a baic undertanding of a ubject. They may be offered in an individual or erie format. ADVANCED: Advanced training are in-depth and are deigned to go beyond general information, guideline, and concept. Participant are required to utilize critical thinking kill and interpret pecific apect of a particular ubject matter. Thee training encourage the ue of application, collaboration, and/or reflection kill. Regitration i required; we may not able to accommodate walk-in. To regiter, call the phone number lited for the workhop. Pre-payment may alo be required for ome workhop and i non-refundable and non-tranferable.

11 REGISTRATIN DETAILS 9 WE HEARD YU! Regitering for training can ometime be challenging. We ve created thi grid to help navigate the regitration proce for Illinoi Action for Children and the Community Partner. Conulte la página 37 para la red en epañol. Prozę zobaczyć trone 54 na tabliczkę w języku polkim. REGISTRATIN BEGINS aturday, JUNE 28, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. Carole Roberton Center for Learning (CRCL) Center for New Horizon (CNH) Children Home and Aid (CH+A) Good Shepherd Center (GSC) Illinoi Action for Children (IAFC) Area Wet, Central Chicago & Near Wet Suburban Cook Chicago South Far North Chicago and North/Northwet Suburban Cook South/Southwet Suburban Cook Chicago Wet To contact u by phone (773) (773) (847) (708) x225 (773) Regitration done by Walk-in, phone Walk-in, phone Walk-in; phone; fax (847) ; to andaid.org Walk-in; phone; to No longer accepting faxe Walk-in location: 4753 N. Broadway, Ste. 1200; phone; Fax and Mail- In regitration apply only to Level 1, QRS/ ExceleRate IL training; regitration@ actforchildren.org Payment Accepted Money order Money order, buine check Money order, buine check Money order, buine check, debit/credit card Money order, buine check Additional Language ffered Spanih Spanih Spanih Spanih, Polih Spanih, Polih Training Regitration Tip The following tip will make regitration eaier and fater for you. Gateway Regitry Member ID number i required to regiter for training. Have your Gateway to pportunity Regitry memberhip ID. Your memberhip ID begin with the letter N followed by a few number. Have your 1t and 2nd choice training written down. Having a econd choice elected i helpful in the event that your firt choice training are full. Pleae read the information provided for the training to make ure you are calling the correct community partner to regiter. Community partner cannot regiter anyone for a training they are not hoting.

12 10 IMPRTANT INFRMATIN SUMMER 2014 Regitration begin June 28, 2014 Important Information How to Regiter Still A Eay a 1, 2, 3 1. Chooe the workhop you wih to attend. All coure are acceible regardle of reidential area. Cla ize may be limited for ome coure. 2. Call the hot office at the number lited after each workhop offering to complete regitration. Give the repreentative the workhop title, date, and location for the coure you wih to attend. Some workhop require fee payment; regitration i not complete until fee i received by the hot office. In the intance of a fee payment, regitration in peron i mandatory. 3. To get the training ite addre, ee page 4. Note the name of the training ite lited for each workhop liting under Where. If you have any quetion regarding the regitration proce, pleae contact your local Community Partner. See page 3. How do I get training when they are all full? Regiter early Plan training throughout the year Contact a different Community Partner for open pace Speak with your local Community Partner for additional option, uch a online training Late Policy Anyone arriving 15 minute after the tart of a training eion will not be eligible to receive a certificate of attendance; and a a courtey to other, latecomer may not be granted entrance into the eion. Why haven t I gotten any call for my child care ervice? I need more children! If you have uccefully completed all tep required to become lited on Illinoi Action for Children Referral Databae, there are three main reaon why you may not be currently receiving call from familie needing child care: 1. If you live in an area where there are many other child care provider, parent may have found care in another program. 2. Parent may be looking for a pecific type of child care uch a evening care, part-time care, after-chool care, care that accept the Child Care Aitance Program, care in a particular area, etc. which may not match the decription you gave of your program. r, the family child care need may not match the care your program i licened for at thi time. 3. Illinoi Action for Children referral ervice provide familie referral information from our databae. Note: we do not give recommendation; ultimately, it i the parent who chooe which provider to contact and elect for their child care need. How can I become a licened child care provider? Step 1: Connect with your local Community Partner (ee page 3) and ak about training opportunitie and reource around becoming a child care provider. Step 2: Call the Department of Children and Family Service (DCFS) at (312) and requet an application packet for licening. Thi i the licening agency for Illinoi. Update your information on the Child Care Reource and Referral Databae Call u at (312) to update your program information o we can notify you of current event, opportunitie, and refer your program to familie in need of child care! I am looking for money to tart up a child care center. How do I begin? Illinoi Action for Children doe not currently offer direct funding opportunitie for thoe intereted in tarting a child care program. However, we can provide a reource packet of contact information for agencie that provide other upport and funding. Call (312) to requet thi packet.

13 CDA CNTENT AREAS 11 CDA Content Area 1 Planning a afe, healthy learning environment 6 Maintaining a commitment to profeionalim Example: Safety, firt aid, health, nutrition, pace planning, material and equipment, play Example: Advocacy, ethical practice, workforce iue, profeional aociation 2 Step to advance children phyical and intellectual development Example: Large and mall mucle, language and literacy, dicovery, art, muic 3 Poitive way to upport children ocial and emotional development Example: Self-eteem, independence, elf-control, ocialization 7 8 berving and recording children behavior Example: Tool and trategie for objective information collection Principle of child development and learning Example: Developmental miletone from birth through age 5 including cultural influence on development 4 Strategie to etablih productive relationhip with familie Example: Parent involvement, home viit, conference, referral 5 Strategie to manage an effective program operation Example: Planning, record keeping, reporting

14 12 INDEX / ÍNDICE / INDEKS SUMMER 2014 Regitration begin June 28, 2014 Index by Hot / Índice por organizador / Indek kurów według partnerów wpołnych nce you locate a training eion you want to take, ee page for more detail. Call the hot lited to regiter. Una vez que encuentre un taller que uted deea tomar, conulte la página para má detalle. Llame al organizador litada para regitrare. Po wybraniu eji treningowej, prozę zobaczyć tr na zczegóły. Prozę zadzwonić na numer podany aby ię zarejetrować. Carole Roberton Center for Learning (773) JULY 7/8/2014 Arte y creatividad con la mano* /12/2014 Acogiendo a todo y a cada uno de lo niño**...42 CPR and Firt Aid**...25 RCP y primero auxilio...44 Social-Emotional Development and Relationhip* /22/2014 Come ut and Play Nature Fun for Prechooler /23/2014 Communication Skill in Children: What I Typical? /26/2014 Diverion con matematica*...41 Welcoming Each and Every Child...19 AUGUST 8/2/2014 CPR and Firt Aid...25 RCP y primero auxilio /5/2014 Conviértae en un Maetro Eficaz /6/2014 Sindrome del Bebe Sacudido (SBS) y Sindrome de Muerte de Cuna (SMC) /9/2014 Balancing Stre I It Poible?...27 berva, ecucha, y aprende* /12/2014 Germ War /16/2014 CPR and Firt Aid**...25 RCP y primero auxilio**...44 Center for New Horizon (773) JULY 7/19/2014 Currículo creativo para bebé y niño pequeño* /22/2014 Caring for the Mildly Ill Child /24/2014 School-Age Children and Riky Behavior /26/2014 CPR and Firt Aid /29/2014 Redirecting and Uing Poitive Reinforcement /30/2014 Alivio para el etré...46 AUGUST 8/2/2014 CPR and Firt Aid...25 RCP y primero auxilio /5/2014 SIDS and Shaken Baby Syndrome /7/2014 Germ War /12/2014 Beautiful Brain: The Firt Three Year /13/2014 Ciencia para niño en edad preecolar /14/2014 Let Get Ready for Kindergarten...16 Children Home + Aid (847) JULY 7/19/2014 Welcoming Each and Every Child /22/2014 Talking with Parent About Health Iue /24/2014 Qué e el radón? /26/2014 CPR and Firt Aid /29/2014 Coming and Going: Separation and the Young Child /30/2014 Me etoy moviendo, etoy aprendiendo...41 AUGUST 8/1/2014 Early Childhood Developmental Screening /5/2014 Beautiful Brain: The Firt Three Year /6/2014 Succeful Claroom Arrangement /7/2014 Senory Integration Problem /9/2014 Illinoi Early Learning Guideline /11/2014 Muic for the Mind* /14/2014 Fabulou Fall Activitie /16/2014 Illinoi Early Learning & Development Standard...15 RCP y primero auxilio**...44 *Multiple eion. See coure liting for detail. **ffered at multiple location. See coure liting for detail. *Varia eione. Conulte el litado de curo para má detalle. **frecido en varia ubicacione. Conulte el litado de curo para má detalle. *Wiele eji. Prozę zobaczyć kur na zczegóły. **ferowane w wiely miejcach. Prozę zobaczyć kur na zczegóły.

15 INDEX / ÍNDICE / INDEKS 13 8/20/2014 Comunicación con la familia /25/2014 Manejando lo terrible do...46 Good Shepherd Center (708) JULY 7/8/2014 SIDS and Shaken Baby Syndrome...27 Sindrome del Bebe Sacudido (SBS) y Sindrome de Muerte de Cuna (SMC) /11/2014 Welcoming Each and Every Child /12/2014 Acogiendo a todo y a cada uno de lo niño**...42 CPR and Firt Aid**...25 Every Child Ready to Read...14 Language Development /15/2014 Medication Adminitration in Early Education and Child Care Setting /17/2014 The Impact of Chronic Violence on Children and Their Familie /23/2014 Playground Safety I No Accident /26/2014 Pauta para el aprendizaje a temprana edad en Illinoi para niño de 3 a 5 año de edad /31/2014 Haciendo un jardin con lo nino...41 AUGUST 8/1/2014 Creative Curriculum for Infant, Toddler, and Two* /6/2014 Illinoi Early Learning & Development Standard* /12/2014 SIDS and Shaken Baby Syndrome /14/2014 Dearrollo humano integral /16/2014 CPR and Firt Aid**...25 RCP y primero auxilio**...44 Welcoming Each and Every Child /19/2014 More than Jut Routine and Tranition /22/2014 Bringing Nature Inide...16 The Color, Shape, and Number of Nature...18 Illinoi Action for Children (773) JULY 7/21/2014 Qué e el radón?...44 What I Radon? /23/2014 Adminitración de medicamento en lo ámbito de la educación temprana y la guardería...44 Agreja u dzieci...57 Co oczekiwane jet od dziecka kiedy rozpoczyna Zerówke? /25/2014 An Introduction to Environment Rating Scale (ERS) /26/2014 CPR and Firt Aid...25 RCP y primero auxilio...44 SIDS and Shaken Baby Syndrome...27 Sindrome del Bebe Sacudido (SBS) y Sindrome de Muerte de Cuna (SMC) /28/2014 Quality Count QRS rientation for Family Child Care /29/2014 Cambio aludable con receta familiare...40 ExceleRate Illinoi rientation...24 Słowa wśród na praca nad wzbogacaniem łownictwa wśród dzieci w wieku 2-5 lat /30/2014 An Introduction to Environment Rating Scale (ERS) /31/2014 Acceo fácil al programa de ayuda para el cuidado de niño (CCAP) What Do I Do with the Kid Who Challenge and Worry Me?...19 AUGUST 8/2/2014 Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, A Hand-n Science Cla for You...16 Jak kztałtuje ię amoocena dziecka...57 Lo primero pao hacia una obervación autentica...42 Picao, Van Gogh and More, h My!...16 Utilizando obervacione para abordar lo problema y mejorar el aprendizaje...42 Wychowywać Chlopców /4/2014 ExceleRate Illinoi rientation...24 Metody pracy z dziećmi o trudnym zachowaniu: pozytywne metody i praktyczne zatoowania metod w klaie...58 Quality Count QRS rientation for Family Child Care...21 Red Flag for Early Intervention /6/2014 Podtawy diagnozy i pomocy pychologicznej udzielanej dzieciom krzywdzonym...58 The Impact of Chronic Violence on Children and Their Familie /9/2014 Quality Count QRS rientation for Family Child Care /21/2014 ExceleRate Illinoi rientation /23/2014 An Introduction to Environment Rating Scale (ERS)...21 *Multiple eion. See coure liting for detail. **ffered at multiple location. See coure liting for detail. *Varia eione. Conulte el litado de curo para má detalle. **frecido en varia ubicacione. Conulte el litado de curo para má detalle. *Wiele eji. Prozę zobaczyć kur na zczegóły. **ferowane w wiely miejcach. Prozę zobaczyć kur na zczegóły. CURSE LISTINGS

16 14 SUMMER 2014 Regitration begin June 28, 2014 Get Connected to More Familie! Illinoi Action for Children now offer a FREE online child care earch. The Quality Count nline Child Care Search offer familie an eay way to find a lit of child care program. A a ervice to you, we plan to include your program in thi earchable databae. It will offer your program free marketing to parent earching for child care 24/7. To view the baic information that will be available to parent acceing internet referral, pleae viit www. inccrra.org/qualitycount6. If you have quetion, or prefer that we not make your program information available via online earche, pleae contact the referral Databae team at (312) Teaching and Learning Learning Environment Succeful Claroom Arrangement 1 2 The way your claroom i deigned need to reflect both the age and interet of the children in your care. Learn not only the importance of developmentally-appropriate practice and room arrangement but alo how to deign your claroom around what the children in your care need. Stage 1. Wedneday, 8/6/2014, 7-9 p.m. Schaumburg Community Child Care Center (Suburban Northwet). Call Children Home + Aid at (847) Claroom Teacher Claroom Aitant Teacher CST: Free Curriculum Come ut and Play Nature Fun for Prechooler R 1 2 Exploring the outdoor i eential for every child, but how do you introduce children to the natural world? Join u a we dicover the benefit of outdoor play and imple way to encourage children to experience the wonder of nature. Increae your comfort level with technique that are engaging and fun and receive material you can implement the next day! Come prepared and dreed for outdoor activitie. Stage 1. Tueday, 7/22/2014, 6:30-8:30 p.m. CAPS gden (Chicago Central). Call Carole Roberton Center for Learning at (773) Claroom Teacher Claroom Aitant Teacher Family Child Care wner Family Child Care Aitant School-Age Staff CST: Free Creative Curriculum for Infant, Toddler, and Two 2 5 R$ Thi a training on how to develop a comprehenive, developmentally appropriate curriculum for children 0-3 year of age. Included in the training i an overview of the aement proce deigned to capture the development of children 0-3 at 4 point during the calendar year. The aement proce include developmental goal and objective for children learning in all area of development. Stage 3. 2 eion 8/1/2014 and 8/2/2014, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Good Shepherd Center (Suburban South). Call Good Shepherd Center at (708) n-site Adminitrator Claroom Teacher CST: $20.00 Every Child Ready to Read R 2 When you read and talk to children, you help develop the language and literacy kill they need to become ucceful reader and learner. Thi workhop hare tep you can take with children from birth to age ix to develop preliteracy kill needed to read. Stage 1. Saturday, 7/12/2014, 10 a.m.- 12 p.m. Prairie State College (Suburban Southeat). Call Good Shepherd Center at (708) Claroom Teacher Claroom Aitant Teacher Family Child Care wner Family Child Care Aitant School-Age Staff CST: Free

17 15 TEACHING AND LEARNING FAMILY AND CMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATINS AND CNTINUING EDUCATIN 4 R DCFS REQUIRED FAMILY CHILD CARE CHILD CARE CENTERS INTRDUCTRY INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED 4 R $ QRIS REQUIRED QRS FAMILY CHILD CARE FEE REQUIRED QRIS BRNZE QRIS SILVER QRIS GLD CDA CNTENT AREAS (ee p. 11) T REGISTER, ue R form on p. 29 Fabulou Fall Activitie R 2 Autumn i around the corner. Help children notice the many change in nature. Learn about new activitie for the eaon involving cience, art, game, book, ong, and more! Stage 1. Thurday, 8/14/2014, 7-9 p.m. Hoffman Etate Park Ditrict Triphahn Center (Suburban Northwet). Call Children Home + Aid at (847) Claroom Teacher Claroom Aitant Teacher Family Child Care wner Family Child Care Aitant School-Age Staff CST: Free Illinoi Early Learning & Development Standard 5 6 Thi training give early childhood profeional an overview of the revied learning and development tandard for prechool children age three to five. Through dicuion and mall group activitie, training participant will learn how to connect the tandard with daily practice in their program. Stage 3. 2 eion 8/6/2014 and 8/7/2014, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Good Shepherd Center (Suburban South). Call Good Shepherd Center at (708) Saturday, 8/16/2014, 9 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. Children Home + Aid (Suburban Northwet). Call Children Home + Aid at (847) Illinoi Action for Children Infant-Toddler Child Care Specialit Program (773) Good infant care i neither babyitting nor prechool. It i a pecial kind of care that reemble no other. The Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC) n-site Adminitrator Claroom Teacher Claroom Aitant Teacher School-Age Staff CST: Free Language Development R 2 Gain a deeper undertanding of language development in young children. What are the developmental miletone to plan for at each age? How can an Infant-Toddler Specialit help me? Deigning environment for infant & toddler conidering afety, pace arrangement and material ffering idea for developmentallyappropriate activitie that upport infant-toddler development Dicovering way to eae tranition Developing routine that make a difference Developing poitive relationhip and communicating with familie Learning poitive way to handle challenging behavior Home-baed licened and liceneexempt provider and center that care for children younger than 3 year of age are eligible to receive aitance from an Infant-Toddler Child Care Specialit. Service are provided at no cot include on-ite viit, pecialized training and technical aitance. Learn how to recognize when a delay i occurring. Stage 3. Saturday, 7/12/2014, 1-3 p.m. Prairie State College (Suburban Southeat). Call Good Shepherd Center at (708) Claroom Teacher Claroom Aitant Teacher Family Child Care wner Family Child Care Aitant School-Age Staff CST: Free

18 16 SUMMER 2014 Regitration begin June 28, 2014 Let Get Ready for Kindergarten R 2 Looking for good idea to get your prechooler ready to tranition into kindergarten? Thi workhop cover general expectation of what four- to five-year-old hould know before the firt day of kindergarten, along with recommended book and activitie to get them there. Stage 1. Thurday, 8/14/2014, 7-9 p.m. Center for New Horizon Jame Pitt (Chicago South). Call Center for New Horizon at (773) Claroom Teacher Claroom Aitant Teacher Family Child Care wner Family Child Care Aitant School-Age Staff CST: Free Picao, Van Gogh and More, h My! 2 In thi workhop you will learn how to incorporate famou artit and their tyle and technique into proce-oriented art for a prechool age child. Intereting torie will be told about the artit and a variety of art technique will be highlighted, uch a: painting elf portrait in the tyle of Frida Kahlo, circle in the tyle of Waily Kandinky, photography in the tyle of Anel Adam, thick paint and unflower painting in the tyle of Vincent Van Gogh, blown gla in the tyle of Dale Chihuly, human culpture in the tyle of Alberto Giacometti, and more! Stage 1. Saturday, 8/2/2014, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Irih American Heritage Center (Chicago Northwet). Call Illinoi Action for Children at (773) Claroom Teacher School-Age Staff CST: Free Intructional Quality Beautiful Brain: The Firt Three Year R 2 Explore how the brain develop. Examine hot topic in brain reearch and dicover what you can do to encourage and enrich brain development. Stage 3. Tueday, 8/5/2014, 7-9 p.m. Children Home + Aid (Suburban Northwet). Call Children Home + Aid at (847) Tueday, 8/12/2014, 7-9 p.m. Center for New Horizon Jame Pitt (Chicago South). Call Center for New Horizon at (773) Claroom Teacher Claroom Aitant Teacher Family Child Care wner Family Child Care Aitant School-Age Staff CST: Free Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, A Hand-n Science Cla for You R 2 A the ong, Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo ay, Put thi together with that and you ll get a little magic, believe it or not. It Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo. Thi workhop i loaded with developmentallyappropriate cience activitie that may appear a magic to young children. We will offer procedure, afety reminder for doing cience experiment, and idea about how to connect them to your leon plan. Stage 1. Saturday, 8/2/2014, 11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. Irih American Heritage Center (Chicago Northwet). Call Illinoi Action for Children at (773) Claroom Teacher Claroom Aitant Teacher Family Child Care wner Family Child Care Aitant CST: Free Bringing Nature Inide R 2 5 You can be tuck inide any time of year depending on what the eaon bring hot, cold, rain, or now. We ll help you bring nature inide on thoe inclement day and enhance your environment with the element of nature all year round. Stage 1. Friday, 8/22/2014, 1-3 p.m. Little Red School Houe (Suburban Southwet ). Call Good Shepherd Center at (708) Claroom Teacher Claroom Aitant Teacher Family Child Care wner Family Child Care Aitant School-Age Staff CST: Free Illinoi Early Learning Guideline 3 8 Thi training give child care practitioner an overview of program guideline for birth to age three. The training create a foundational undertanding for familie, provider, and profeional in the field of what children from birth to age three are expected to know and do acro multiple domain. Stage 3. Saturday, 8/9/2014, 9 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. A Mother Touch (Suburban Northwet). Call Children Home + Aid at (847) n-site Adminitrator Claroom Teacher CST: Free

19 CURSE LISTINGS 17 TEACHING AND LEARNING FAMILY AND CMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATINS AND CNTINUING EDUCATIN 4 R DCFS REQUIRED FAMILY CHILD CARE CHILD CARE CENTERS INTRDUCTRY INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED 4 R $ QRIS REQUIRED QRS FAMILY CHILD CARE FEE REQUIRED QRIS BRNZE QRIS SILVER QRIS GLD CDA CNTENT AREAS (ee p. 11) T REGISTER, ue R form on p. 29 Muic for the Mind R 2 3 Thi 3-part erie will provide idea on how to incorporate muic into your daily routine to help train both ide of children brain to reach early learning tandard. A an interactive workhop, you will learn how to incorporate game that develop litening kill into your leon. You will learn to develop litening journal geared toward three to five year old that involve intrument and vocal identification and feeling, and to teach imple pattern and rhythm to your tudent. Thee activitie will help your children with their language and decriptive kill while they preent opinion and idea and harpen their comparing and contrating kill. Stage 3. 3 eion 8/11/2014, 8/18/2014 and 8/25/2014, 7-9 p.m. Children Home + Aid (Suburban Northwet). Call Children Home + Aid at (847) Claroom Teacher Family Child Care wner School-Age Staff CST: Free Redirecting and Uing Poitive Reinforcement R 2 3 Behavior can be challenging and knowing how to handle each one i alo a challenge. ne child tart walking and never it down. The next child hit other, take thing from other, whine, and crie. Another child argue with other over unimportant thing. Come to thi workhop and learn about redirecting and uing poitive reinforcement. Stage 3. Tueday, 7/29/2014, 7-9 p.m. Center for New Horizon Jame Pitt (Chicago South). Call Center for New Horizon at (773) Claroom Teacher Claroom Aitant Teacher Family Child Care wner Family Child Care Aitant School-Age Staff CST: Free School-Age Children and Riky Behavior R 3 It i eential that parent, educator, and other concerned adult maintain awarene of the prevalence of riky behavior in adolecent youth. During thi training, participant will learn ome of thee behavior and poible motivation behind them, along with prevention and intervention method. Stage 3. Thurday, 7/24/2014, 7-9 p.m. Center for New Horizon Jame Pitt (Chicago South). Call Center for New Horizon at (773) n-site Adminitrator Family Child Care Aitant School-Age Staff CST: Free Senory Integration Problem R 2 Have you experienced children who are eaily over-timulated or have difficulty with loud noie? Do you encounter children who cover their ear each time muic i played? Have you witneed children crahing into thing or pinning in circle? Thee children Continued on page 18 Children Health & Safety Quetion A an early care and education provider, you re expected to know a great deal about the health and afety of the children in your care. Now, Illinoi Action for Children i making that reponibility a little eaier with the introduction of the NURSE CNSULTANT HELPLINE (312)

20 18 SUMMER 2014 Regitration begin June 28, 2014 Early Childhood Mental Health Conultant (312) Senory Integration Problem Continued from page 17 may be experiencing what i known a Senory Integration Dyfunction. Join u and learn more about thi diorder and how to help children overcome it. Stage 3. Thurday, 8/7/2014, 7-9 p.m. Children Care and Development Center (Suburban North). Call Children Home + Aid at (847) n-site Adminitrator Claroom Teacher Claroom Aitant Teacher Family Child Care wner Family Child Care Aitant School-Age Staff CST: Free We undertand the tre and worry you face when the young children you care for are challenged by ocial-emotional, phyical, learning, or behavioral problem, uch a biting, hitting, and tantrum. Caregiver Connection conultant provide: on-ite viit for child care provider; phone availability Support in facilitating meeting/converation with parent/family member information and linkage to reource training on young children ocial-emotional development, mental health, and working with familie a free ervice for provider caring for children, birth to 5 year old The Color, Shape, and Number of Nature R 2 8 Connect children to nature and the learning will begin. Learn about baic concept that help children learn about and enjoy the implicity of what nature ha to offer. Stage 1. Friday, 8/22/2014, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Little Red School Houe (Suburban Southwet ). Call Good Shepherd Center at (708) Claroom Teacher Claroom Aitant Teacher Family Child Care wner Family Child Care Aitant CST: Free Child Screening Early Childhood Developmental Screening 2 $ Thi training introduce the baic of conducting a developmental creening and making appropriate referral to ervice that children need. Alo included i information about the Age and Stage Quetionnaire. Stage 3. Friday, 8/1/2014, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Children Home + Aid (Suburban Northwet). Call Children Home + Aid at (847) n-site Adminitrator CST: $15.00 Red Flag for Early Intervention R 2 3 Come to thi workhop to learn the red flag of upected developmental delay for children from 0-3 year. You will learn to better undertand, identify, and properly make referral for the children in your care to get the reource they need. Stage 1. Monday, 8/4/2014, 6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. River Foret Community Center (Suburban Wet ). Call Illinoi Action for Children at (773) n-site Adminitrator Claroom Teacher Claroom Aitant Teacher Family Child Care wner Family Child Care Aitant School-Age Staff CST: Free