text: Training Materials | Reaching & Teaching Children Who Hurt
  Helping teachers and caregivers
  These 10 modules cover Child Development Associate (CDA) training topics for infant and toddler teachers. Written at a sixth-grade level, these highly attractive materials average 30 pages in length. They are designed to be used over and over again for self-paced instruction or as a basis for small groups/classwork. The focus is on using the knowledge caregivers have about children to help them include children with disabilities.
  Order These Materials
  Module 1 Safety – Seeing Accidents Before They Happen
  Module 2 Health – Following the Right Steps
  Module 3 Environments that Say "Yes"
  Module 4 Physical – Children Need to Explode
  Module 5 Cognition- Children Learn by Playing
  Module 6 Communication is a Two-Way Street
  Module 7 Where do Children Learn Behavior
  Module 8 Guidance- Behavior is a Message
  Module 9 Families- Getting to the Roots
  Module 10 Preventing Child Abuse
  Ten self-paced skill-building journals accompany the ten Module topics. The skill-building journals include a pre-competency assessment, various activities to reinforce the Module content (matching exercises, crossword puzzles, word jumbles, fill-in the blanks etc.), a Summarizing Progress section, and an application of knowledge and relationship to the participant's own experience.
  1- Seeing Accidents Before They Happen
  2- Health – Following the Right Steps
  3– Environments that Say "Yes"
  4- Physical – Children Need to Explode
  5- Cognition – Children Learn by Playing
  6- Communication is a Two-Way Street
  7- Where do Children Learn Behavior
  8- Including All Children: Guidance – Behavior is a Message
  9- Families – Getting to the Roots
  10- Preventing Child Abuse
  A trainer's guide accompanies these modules.
  The Trainer's Guide Introduction lays out the reason for inclusive child care and reviews the materials and process for training groups or individuals.
  This guide contains ideas, content, and handouts for 90 minute workshops or self-paced instruction: one for each Module topic.
  Trainer guidelines for moving participants through workshop or self-paced studies, along with post-competency assessment and observation forms are included.
  Both a parent and a staff Orientation to Disability one hour workshop content is outlined with handouts.
  The Guide is 3-hole punched.
  Including All Children Trainer's Guide for Infant and Toddler Teachers EC#1229DVD $50
  Including All Children Trainer's Guide for Pre-K Teachers (Coming soon)
  Including All Children Trainer's Guide for Out of School Teachers (In development)
  Including All Children: Using the Skills You Already Possess
  AGH Associates, Inc.
  Item # EC1227 $65.00
  This six minute DVD provides the initial insight into including children in child care settings. Journey through typical childcare settings to see how best practices support all children, including those with disabilities. This DVD accompanies the Including All Children Orientation to Disability workshops (see Trainer's Guide) and Infant/Toddler teacher training. View Sample DVD.
  It's Really No Different: Conversations with Caregivers
  Item # EC1229DVD $65.00 or
  Item # EC1229VHS $20.00
  A seventeen minute DVD of caregivers who have been through the process of including all children. They discuss their experiences, both in centers and in their homes. We hear them speak to their initial fears, their difficult times, and their success in opening their classrooms and homes to all children. View Sample DVD.
  Teacher, Caregiver, Staff, Behavior, Solutions
  Abuse, Hurt, Attention, Focus, Teacher, Tantrum, Explosive behavior, Out of control, aggressive, impulsive, rigid, violence, bullying, training, mental health, abuse, children, stress, willful, obsessive, ashamed, defiant, resilience, depressed, depression, inability to focus, reactive, withdrawn, perfectionist, foster care, trust, empathy, self-regulate, attachment disorder