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Welcome to the CCDS METRO Independent Study website. You are fortunate to be one of the charter cooperating agencies able to access this service while it is in the primary implementation stage. You will see new classes and graphics added regularly. In the event you encounter a problem, or have a suggestion to improve this service, please let us know by sending an email to sstraining@ccdsmetro.org.

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Anger Management :Understanding and Guiding Behavior
Course Description: Caring for an angry or aggressive child can be very stressful and challenging . Learn some preventative strategies as well as strategies in how to manage and soothe an angry or aggressive child.

Child Care Health and Safety Tips :Health, Safety, and Nutrition
Course Description: General information on a dozen health and safety topics for the child care provider, includes bathing infants, storage and handling of food, pets in child care settings, symptoms that require family notification and exclusion, and more.

Developing Responsibility and Independence :Human Growth and Development
Course Description: Learn to define "responsibility and independence" including task management and social responsiveness. Lean how to apply the seven "R's" of responsibility.

Early Brain Development :Human Growth and Development
Course Description: This course will aid your understanding of neuroscience in order to improve teaching practices, program approaches and decisions regarding policies for children.

Effective Communication :Human Growth and Development
Course Description: Learn verbal and non verbal communication skills, common barriers to communicating with children and techniques for effective listening and responding.

Food Allergies :Health, Safety, and Nutrition
Course Description: Gain information about common food allergies. Learn alternatives for providing nutritious meals and snacks.

Food and Infant Health :Health, Safety, and Nutrition
Course Description: The importance of feeding infants and things that should be considered are discussed in this self study.

Helping A Child Grieve :Human Growth and Development
Course Description: Learn ways to help children cope with death.

Holiday Stress Management :Human Growth and Development
Course Description: The holidays are a wonderful time of year and also a stressful time of year. Learn strategies for managing holiday tasks and demands. Learn about the role of traditions; analyze whether a tradition is fitting or not; create meaningful new traditions and rituals and a whole lot more.

It’s the Relationship! Attachment :Special Needs
Course Description: Discuss the importance of secure attachment as the foundation of healthy child development. Learn the signs and symptoms of "attachment disorder".

Meeting The Challenge :Understanding and Guiding Behavior
Course Description: Finding and treating behavioral issues.

PANDEMIC INFLUENZA :Health, Safety, and Nutrition
Course Description: How can we keep our daycare children and providers safe and healthy?

Promoting Communication and Language Development :Learning Environments and Curriculum
Course Description: Communication is the expression and sharing of ideas and is an important factor in the development of a child.

Recognizing Stress & Avoiding Burnout :Human Growth and Development
Course Description: Understand where burnout comes from and how to take care of yourself to avoid it. Learn some quick ideas on how to do relaxation activities with the children in your care.

Save it for a Rainy Day :Learning Environments and Curriculum
Course Description: Learn different activities for those times when something special is needed.

Secure Relationships :Human Growth and Development
Course Description: The meaning of secure attachments/relationships. The importance of developing a secure attachment/relationship with your child. Key aspects to promoting nurture to provide early positive mental health. Enhancing skills to secure relationships/attachments.

SIDS :Health, Safety, and Nutrition
Course Description: Reducing the risk of SIDS in child care.

Snacks From Around The World :Health, Safety, and Nutrition
Course Description: Further children’s good health by preparing healthy, multi-culturally inspired recipes that they will enjoy at snack time.

Teaming with Parents :Families and Community Systems
Course Description: Learn how providers and parents can work together in all situations. Learn how to communicate with each other so everyone is on the same page.

The Do's and Don'ts of Discipline :Understanding and Guiding Behavior
Course Description: Learn methods for implementing positive techniques for discipline, setting limits and encouraging desired behaviors. This self study is worth 2 credit hours upon completion.

z DO NOT CLICK (Ages and Stages) :Understanding and Guiding Behavior
Course Description: Learn child development appropriate age-related behavior and gai n techniques to enhance child development