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The Health Benefits of Soy Foods
Price: Free !!!: This lesson teaches participants about soy foods, the nutritional value and health benefits of soy, and ways to include soy foods in daily meal plans. There is information on identifying traditional soy foods, where soy foods can be found in the supermarket, and ways to cook with soy products. Also included are recipes that use soy foods.
Osteoporosis
Price: Free !!!: This lesson teaches about osteoporosis - its risks and consequences, and things you can do to help prevent osteoporosis. Prevention focuses on consulting healthcare providers, adopting a healthy lifestyle, being physically active, and eating a balanced diet. There is also information about research related to women´s health
Controlling for Combustion Pollutants in Child Care Settings
Price: 5.00: Combustion Pollutants are gases that are produced from the burning of fossil fuels and tobacco. This course will teach you about common combustion pollutants found in facilities and how they affect the well being of young children.
Renting a Home
Price: Free !!!: For many, renting is the first step to homeownership and for others it is a long-term lifestyle. Whichever path you take, there are important things to consider including who will live with you, what you can afford, your housing needs and where you will live. There also are legal issues to consider such as the rental application and the rental agreement. In addition, it is important to know your responsibilities as the renter, the landlord´s responsibilities and how to move on when you are ready to rent somewhere else or buy a home.
Reducing Children´s Exposure to Asbestos and Lead in Child Care Settings
Price: 5.00: Asbestos and Lead will teach you how children can be affected by these two environmental pollutants and how to reduce their exposure.
Testing for Radon in Child Care Setting
Price: 5.00: Radon will teach what radon is and how to test for radon. It additionally will explain how radon can be a risk for children as well as adults.
How to Control for and Remove Biological Pollutants in Child Care Settings
Price: 5.00: Biological Pollutants will teach you what biological pollutant are and how they get into child care facilities. It will also teach you ways to remove or control the various biological pollutants.
Minimizing Potential Health Problems Associated with Household Products and Organic Gases
Price: 5.00: Household Products and Organic Gases will teach you what products you should be aware of and how they can affect one=s health. It will also cover ways to minimize potential health problems.
Introduction to Child Safety Seats for Child Care Providers
Price: Free !!!: Introduction to Child Safety Seats for Child Care Providers is designed to provide child care providers with basic knowledge on the correct selection, usage, and installation of child safety seats. This course qualifies for 2 clock hours of credit.
Cash Management
Price: Free !!!: Extension faculty and volunteer/support groups must assume responsibility for compliance with cash management principles and practices to ensure that Texas Cooperative Extension maintains the public´s trust in the future. This course provides an opportunity to refresh your Cash Management knowledge.
Keeping Kids Safe - Emergency Planning for Child-Care Facilities
Price: Free !!!: A disaster or emergency situation can occur when we least expect. It is especially important to be prepared in a child care setting since infants and children may be physically and/or developmentally unable to protect themselves. Child care facilities that have a plan in place and practice it on a regular basis are better able to protect the children in their care. This course is designed to present child care providers with the tools necessary to develop an effective disaster preparedness plan along with guidance on how to assemble a disaster supplies kit for childcare facilities. This self-paced course was developed with the busy working professional in mind. The course is comprised of a pre-test, course content, post-test, learning activities along with emergency plan templates and checklists. You can log onto the course to study the materials as many times as you wish before taking the final exam.
Emergency Management: Extension´s Roles & Responsibilities
Price: Free !!!: This course is designed to build employee understanding of Extension´s roles & responsibilities in Emergency Management. This includes a programmatic perspective from both a state and county level. It also includes the Agency´s roles & responsibilities to its employees in emergency situations.
Emergency Management: What Everyone Needs to Know
Price: Free !!!: This course provides training and resources needed by all employees. Topics include how to prepare for disaster at the personal level, access to the National Incident Management System (NIMS) training, and how media relations differ during an emergency situation. This course also gives an overview of resources available through Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN).
Understanding Infant and Toddler Development
Price: 10.00: This course is designed to provide child care providers with a basic understanding of infant and toddler development from birth to 36 months. Content covered in this course includes an overview of the principles of infant and toddler development, a presentation of the five primary domains of development, and suggested activities for enhancing development in all five areas. This course qualifies for 2 clock hours of credit.
The Value of Play for Preschool Children
Price: 5.00: This course examines the role of play in contributing to the healthy development of preschool-age children. Students who enroll in this course will learn why play should be an important component of every child care program, how to organize indoor and outdoor play space, and how to involve children in fun, creative, and inexpensive play activities. This course qualifies for 1 clock hour of credit.
Establishing Positive Partnerships with Parents
Price: 5.00: This course is designed to assist child care providers in establishing positive partnerships with parents. Students will examine topics such as how to conduct initial parent-caregiver meetings, how to handle disagreements with parents, and how to maximize parental involvement in child care settings. This course qualifies for 1 clock hour of credit.
Fostering Children´s Self-Esteem
Price: 5.00: Helping children develop a healthy self-esteem is an important goal of early childhood education. Children with a healthy self-esteem, compared to their peers with an unhealthy self-esteem, tend to be happier, more confident in their abilities, and less afraid of failure. Students who enroll in this course will learn about the concept of self-esteem, how to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy self-esteem, and how to foster children’s self-esteem in early childhood settings. This course qualifies for 1 clock hour of credit.
Creating a Literacy-Rich Early Childhood Program
Price: 5.00: Literacy skills are essential to success in school and later life. Students who enroll in this course will learn about the various components of emergent literacy, strategies for promoting early literacy development in children, and how to create a literacy-rich early childhood environment. This course qualifies for 1 clock hour of credit.
Promoviendo Actividades de Alfabetización en Centros de Lugares Infantiles
Price: 5.00: Leer y escribir son destrezas sumamente importantes para tener éxito en la escuela y en la vida. Estudiantes que se inscriben en este curso aprenderán sobre varios componentes de la literatura emergente, estrategias para adelantar y promover lectura y escritura en los años preescolares y cómo crear y mantener un ambiente que asegura el desarrollo de esa lectura y escritura para estos niños . Este curso cualifica para 1 hora de contacto (1 clock hour) de crédito.
Helping Children Resolve Peer Conflict
Price: 5.00: Dealing with conflict between children can be extremely frustrating for child care providers; however, peer conflict is an entirely normal part of growing up. Students who enroll in this course will learn about the positive and negative aspects of children´s conflict, why children engage in frequent conflict with their peers, and how to effectively manage children´s conflicts by teaching them age-appropriate conflict resolution skills. This course qualifies for 1 clock hour of credit.
Laws and Legal Issues Related to Special Ed.: What do CTE teachers need to know?
Price: Free !!!: This module outlines six federal laws that are important for CTE teachers to know and abide by for students with special needs in their classrooms. A detailed overview of the Individuals with Disabilities Act is also provided along with answers to several frequently asked questions related to legal issues. Pre and post-tests will be utilized to measure knowledge gain.
Put It OUTside for Healthier Kids
Price: Free !!!: Put it OUTside for Healthier Kids will teach you the definition of secondhand smoke and how to recognize children´s health risk when exposed to secondhand smoke. You will learn how it feels to have an asthma attack. The course provides a steps to create a smoke-free environment for children.
Behavior and Classroom Management: Implementing Successful Plans In Your CTE Classroom
Price: Free !!!: The objective of this module is to familiarize learners with behavior management plans that can be implemented for all students. Specifically, learners will hear about the ABC Behavior management plan that is most effectively used with individual students. Pre and post-tests will be utilized to measure knowledge gain. Course approved for professional development credit by TEA.
Trans. Assessment and Evals: How Can CTE teachers Ensure Students Make Suitable Decisions? 1
Price: Free !!!: This module is designed to help learners meet IDEA´s requirement of transition planning. The concepts of formal, informal and career assessments will be described. Pre and post-tests will be utilized to measure knowledge gain.
Trans. Assessment and Evals: How Can CTE Teachers Ensure Students Make Suitable Decisions? 2
Price: Free !!!: In this module learners will find out about how to effectively describe their CTE programs using entry-level checklists and comprehensive program skills inventories. Strategies regarding effective evaluations and exiting CTE programs for students with special needs will also be discussed. Pre and post-tests will be utilized to measure knowledge gain.
Instructional Strategies: Helping CTE Teachers Make Good Instructional Choices - Part 1
Price: Free !!!: This module provides learners with an overview of blended classrooms, multiple learning modalities, instructional strategies and the modifications and accommodations that can be best used with students from special populations who are placed in CTE classrooms. Pre and post-tests will be utilized to measure knowledge gain.
Instructional Strategies: Helping CTE Teachers Make Good Instructional Choices - Part 2
Price: Free !!!: This module provides learners with an overview of instructional strategies, CTE teachers´ role in the ARD process and available support services that can be best used with students from special populations who are placed in CTE classrooms. Pre and post-tests will be utilized to measure knowledge gain.
Controlling Asthma Triggers in the Indoor Environment
Price: Free !!!: This course will discuss common triggers and ways to reduce those triggers in the indoor environment. This course qualifies for 2 clock hours of credit for child care professionals.
Child Passenger Safety Technician Update
Price: Free !!!: This course provides information for certified child passenger safety technicians who wish to stay current in their technical knowledge. The course, presented in video format, features nationally known child passenger safety experts, Joe Colella and Beth Warren. This course is approved for 5 CEUs towards the required 6 CEUS for re-certification.
Home-Buying Process
Price: Free !!!: This course takes one through the parts of the home-buying process. For many, buying a home is the largest purchase in their lifetime. The home buying process can be overwhelming. This course provides you with information that may save you unnecessary headaches and expenses. It is a guide through the complete process.
Little Tummies and Big Appetites: Nutrition and the Preschool Child
Price: Free !!!: This short educational module covers the when, what, and how much of child feeding recommendations are based on the USDA MyPyramid and the American Academy of Pediatrics.