Beyond the Classroom: Connecting Families to Essential Services
Child care providers play a vital role in connecting families to the resources they need to thrive. This course gives you the tools to identify, select, and promote meaningful community supports for children and families, including referrals for developmental disabilities, ADHD, anxiety, and autism spectrum disorder. You’ll gain a clear understanding of the Coordinated Family and Community Engagement (CFCE) Network, Family Resource Centers, and the Strengthening Families Protective Factors framework. By completing this training, you’ll strengthen your leadership skills, build partnerships with families, and ensure every child receives the individualized care and support they deserve.
*Illinois Providers: This training has been approved to align to ECE Gateways Credential, ECE FCR4: Identifies, selects, and promotes meaningful connections to community resources that are responsive to the unique strengths, priorities, concerns, and needs of young children and their families.*
By the end of this training, the learner will be able to:
- Identify resources addressing health, safety and nutrition topics (CPR, 911, CDC, WIC, Poison Control)
- Demonstrate an understanding of media trends in child care.
- List resources and the referral process for preschoolers with a suspected/diagnosed disability.
- List community resources, supports, and referrals for ADHD.
- List community resources, support, and referrals for developmental disabilities.
- Give examples of ways to collaborate with other professionals involved in the care and education of all children and youth.
- Identify resources for referral and specialized services.
- List resources and the referral process for infants and toddlers with a suspected/diagnosed disability.
- Describe ways child care professionals can display leadership with families and the community.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Strengthening Families Protective Factors
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Coordinated Family and Community Engagement (CFCE) Network and Family Resource Centers.
- Give examples of ways for families to be included and represented in the classroom, even when they are not physically present.
- Criteria to earn CEUs:
- Certificates are awarded when the following criteria have been met by the learner:
- Class has been paid in full
- All material has been reviewed
- All review questions and final test have been completed with a passing score of 80% or higher.
- Learning Assessment Method:
- Learners will be assessed through questions after every section is completed. Learners will not be
allowed to proceed to the next section of the training until all questions have been answered correctly.
Learners will be presented with a final test composed of true/false and multiple choice questions.
Upon successful completion of the training, learners will receive their certificate by email.
- Learning Methodology:
- Online material will be presented in the form of slides,
accompanied with speech. Videos will be used to demonstrate ideas and concepts. Charts and tables
will be used for illustration.
- Logistics/Required Technology:
- A stable internet connection is required for the completion of this course. Users are highly encouraged to take their online course on Google Chrome on either a laptop or desktop computer. Speakers and/or headphones are also required to hear speech.
- Payment Policy:
- Payments need to be made in full. No refunds will be issued after starting the class.
- Proprietary or conflict of interest disclosure:
- Unless otherwise stated in the course description none of H & H subject matter experts and editor has any conflict or proprietary interests related to the material they prepared in this course.
- Support Services:
- Please visit our contact us page
You are purchasing a session of an online training that includes online assessments. Your certificate will be emailed to you once you pass the final exam with a passing grade of 80%.
Your certificate will bear the name you provided to us when you signed up. For support and questions regarding the material presented in this class please contact us at info@childcareed.com. Please consult our frequently asked questions page for other questions or feel free to contact us.
No prerequisites are required for the completion of this course.
Hours breakdown
Topics / Categories
Not ApplicableBasic
Community and Family
Group Admin
Infant/ Toddler
Preschool
Families
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