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Day Care Training Developmental Needs of Preschool Children

• Educational Needs of Preschool Children Ready Rosie Curriculum Based Interaction

• Nutritional Needs of Preschool Children JuicePlus+ Nutritionist Training Government Regulated

• Psychological/Emotional Needs of Preschool Children and their families Child Parent/Teacher Relationship Training Refer for interventions

Preschoolers need Connection Children need to connect emotionally to their

caregivers. Problem: How do we train people to connect

to children?

Child Teacher Relationship Training Denton Born, Denton Studied Center for Play Therapy is creating a certification

program for training professionals in this modality. CDC is close to identifying this as an Evidence Based

Intervention for children. Studies show it is more effective than Conscious

Discipline in several areas. Taught in 10 sessions. Developmentally and culturally sensitive

intervention

Brief Overview of CTRT Didactic Teaching of Skills

• Active Listening Skills• Identifying Emotion through faces• Encouragement VS Praise• ACT before its too late!

Brief Overview Continued Experiential Teaching of Skills

• Includes a group dynamic • In the group dynamic, there are role playing, modelling

exercises.• Practicum portion:

Child of Focus Videotaped Special Play Time Group Supervision

THIS IS THE GAME CHANGER!!!

Acorn + Day Cares = Strong Children, Families and Community

November 18th from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm• Parent FaceBook Party where parents can comment on the 4

Components of a Family Diet-an ebook by Christy Graham. Our therapists will be responding to those comments/posts by those in ‘attendance’.

Alpha Academy and Argyle Fine Arts Academy hand out our newsletters to parents on a monthly basis.

Argyle Fine Arts Academy is hosting a Parent Community Potluck where Acorn will have therapists leading table conversations with the parents.

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that show CTRT and CPRT’s effectiveness. Please specify any other information you

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Day Care Training Needs Continued from beginning

Developmental Needs of the Child Referral Needs for Families

• Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapy Referrals• Parenting Classes• Marriage Counseling• Churches, Support Groups, Etc.