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Parents face tremendous challenges and dilemmas while raising a child. Parent only classes are designed to meet the needs of today’s families. Our classes provide community and a shared learning experience for moms, dads, and those who work with children.

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Family Patterns and Roles: The Impact on Behaviors
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A workshop for home and center-based child care providers sponsored by Anoka-Hennepin Child Care Collaborative.Families play an essential role in the emotional, physical, and social development of individual family members. Research has found that the family's functioning impacts the child's development and behaviors. Families that function in a healthy manner are well equipped to deal with the many normal changes and unexpected crises that confront them throughout their lifetime. By understanding the family patterns and dynamics, providers are able to support families and their functioning in order to help children grow in healthy and supportive environments. You will discuss skills and strategies to support the families they work with.This behavior guidance course meets the licensed family child care annual training requirement (Develop Event ID: 181714). This is an adult-only event – no childcare is provided.About the presenter: Tracy Schreifels, MS, LMFT, IMH-E (III) is the Mental Health Specialist for Reach Up Inc., a Head Start and Early Head Start agency in St. Cloud, MN. Prior to this position she taught preschool for eight years and has had experience working in a day treatment program for preschool children. She provides in-home family therapy and classroom support for children identified with challenging behaviors as well as reflective consultation and therapeutic parent education groups. Tracy also teaches online for the Center for Early Education and Development at the University of Minnesota and provides trainings around the Midwest.
Winter/Spring 2019 ECFE

Building Math into Everyday Life
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A workshop for home and center-based child care providers sponsored by Anoka-Hennepin Child Care Collaborative.Learn easy ways to build a strong math foundation with young children.Early math experiences make a HUGE difference in future math and literacy achievement! Discover engaging ideas and materials to help draw out mathematical concepts from the everyday experiences of preschoolers. Bring a notebook and pen. This course meets the licensed family child care annual training requirement (Develop Event ID: 182219). This is an adult-only event – no childcare is provided.
Winter/Spring 2019 ECFE

A Good Night's Sleep - Why it's Important and How to Get There
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Learn the essentials of sleep for children and how sleep has a direct impact on daytime behavior. Up to date brain-based research will provide you with the knowledge to help your children get to sleep and stay asleep. Discuss strategies for children who refuse to go bed, children who get out of bed, and children who wake up during the night. Listen to real-life stories of families who took the stress out of bedtime while teaching their children the skill of a good night’s sleep. This is an adult only event - no childcare is available. About the presenter:  Angela Klinefelter, MS, is a licensed teacher of parents and children. She has a Master's Degree in Child and Family Studies and Marriage and Family Therapy and has 20 years of experience working with children and families. She is currently working as a parent educator and home visitor for the St. Cloud School District Early Childhood Family Education Program and is also the Project Manager for Greater St. Cloud Area Thrive. Angela teaches for St. Cloud State University for the Child and Family Studies Department and is an online instructor for the Center for Early Education and Development at the University of Minnesota. Angela specializes in the area of social emotional development of young child and the enhancement of parent/child relationships.
Winter/Spring 2019 ECFE
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Coffee & Conversation
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As your children grow and change, so do their interests, needs and behaviors. Are you noticing how you parent might need to grow and change too?Meet with other parents of preschoolers to third graders, along with a licensed parent educator, for coffee and conversation. Join us for friendship, sharing of ideas, information, strategies and support. Bring your own coffee or you can purchase coffee or other beverages in the Gathering Place.*Childcare is available for children ages birth to kindergarten - $5/child. Registration is required.
Winter/Spring 2019 ECFE

What Do You Do with the Mad that You Feel?
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Helping Children Manage Anger and Learn Self-ControlExamine the developmental stages a child goes through to learn self-control and explore the important lessons parents and early childhood educators can share along the way to support that process. By gaining the insight that the ways children deal with their mad feelings is a developmental issue rather than a moral issue, we can help the children learn how to deal with difficult feelings constructively.  This behavior guidance course meets the licensed family child care annual training requirement (Develop Event ID: 292883). This is an adult-only event – no child care is provided.About the presenter:  Lori Hameister has operated Little Bit of Guidance: Early Childhood Training & Mentoring since 1999. She specializes in trainings relating to theme-based curriculum, behavior guidance, “I am Moving, I am Learning” and the Business of Family Child Care. She also provides an array of trainings relating to special needs for the Center for Inclusive Childcare. (CICC) As a Community Education Instructor, she teaches a Child and Baby-sitting Safety Class (CABS) for 4th-8th graders, Home Alone for 3rd grade and up, Basic First Aid & Safety for K-3rd as well as a variety of Parent Education classes. With 20 years of experience operating her own family child care business, Lori enjoys sharing many of her own experiences with other early childhood professionals in hopes that it will help them to enhance their professional careers.
Winter/Spring 2019 ECFE
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