Tara Glanton - KCCTO Training and Technical Assistance Specialist

It's never too early to start reading to children. Reading skills are already developing in the first few months of life and continue to grow. 📚⁠ ⁠

Learn more about early literacy: https://bit.ly/4bxAZ74

It's Not Too Late!

Scholarships are still available for advance pay or reimbursement for trainings and conferences that occur through June 30, 2024.

Apply today! https://kccto.org/providers/scholarships/

Scholarship types include:

1.) In-service training: registration *KCCTO courses are not covered under the in-service scholarship.
2.) In-state conferences: registration, travel, and lodging
3.) National conferences: registration, travel, and lodging
4.) First Aid CPR – must include pediatric
5.) CEC Endorsements and Credentials
6.) Facility Accreditations
7.) Higher Education- 2 and 4 year KS accredited schools (Fall 23, Spring 24 and Summer 24)
8.) Support Service Professional Scholarships are also available for individuals working in the Kansas ECCE workforce whose work directly supports licensed child care professionals and programs AND a high school CTE and FCS teacher is eligible to apply for the Support Service Provider Scholarship.

We're so excited to have Tina Payne Bryson, one of New York Time's Best Selling Authors", join us for a Live-Virtual Event on June 27th!

Tina is the author of BOTTOM LINE FOR BABY and co-author (with Dan Siegel) of the two New York Times best-selling books THE WHOLE-BRAIN CHILD and NO-DRAMA DISCIPLINE, along with THE YES BRAIN and THE POWER OF SHOWING UP. She has just completed the manuscript for THE WAY OF PLAY (Random House 2025), co-authored with Georgie Wisen-Vincent.

On June 27th, she brings to us a session on "Rethinking Challenging Behaviors with the Brain in Mind". The goal for this training is to help us better understand what children's behaviors are communicating and how child care providers can respond to those behaviors in effective ways. If we're responding effectively, we will be building the brain while keeping relationships and regulation in mind, which will set them up for successful change.

The first 100 Registrants will receive Tina's book "No Drama Discipline"!

Register today! https://kccto.org/product/live-virtual-rethinking-challenging-behaviors-with-the-brain-in-mind/

Date: June 27th, 2024
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
2 KDHE Hours

Training Module: "Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome"

If you have basic knowledge of child abuse prevention, increase your knowledge about ways to protect infants from risks of shaken baby syndrome (SBS). In this course, learn the signs, symptoms, and causes of SBS. Gain strategies for coping with crying, soothing, and self-care of infants. Find information on the Period of PURPLE Crying, a typical part of every infant’s development, about Kansas SBS prevention efforts, and how to share this information with families.

Register by June 17:
https://kccto.org/product/preventing-shaken-baby-syndrome-4/

Online Training
June 20 - 27
3 KDHE Hours

Know anyone interested open Consultant position? Contact Marie [email protected]!

Family Forward looks to fill Shawnee Co. child care gap The Family Forward initiative is a partnership between GO Topeka and Child Care Aware of Eastern Kansas.

Are you looking to advance your early childhood education career through courses in High Education?

Don't let the cost hold you back. Consider applying for the Higher Education Progression of Professional Development Scholarship! KCCTO will cover 100% of your ECE course tuition and fees up to 6 credit hours per semester, pending verification of use of any other available financial aid.

Curious what type of courses? This scholarship covers early childhood college courses for:

- Continuing Education
- CDA Preparatory Courses
- Early Childhood Certificate
- Associate Decree (A.A., A.S., A.A.S.)
- Bachelor’s Degree (B.A, B.S.)

Learn more and apply today at https://kccto.org/providers/scholarships/.

Calling all Family Child Care Providers!

There are two NEW Live-Virtual training opportunities available for registration! These trainings are designed specifically for at-home family child care providers. There are limited seats available, so don't wait to register!

Active Learning Across the Curriculum with Rae Pica
April 11th, 2024 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 2 KDHE Hours

Adventures in Outdoor Play: 3 Ways to Boost Outdoor Play and Learning with Rusty Keeler
May 22, 2024 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | 2 KDHE Hours

Register here:
https://kccto.org/fcc_trainings/

Do you hold an administrative or director position in a center-based program? If so, we have two live-virtual trainings coming up that can help strengthen your leadership skills.

February 1, 2024: Managing Conflict
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Live-Virtual
1.5 KDHE Hours
Register by January 28th

April 4, 2024: Supporting Staff with Children's Challenging Behaviors
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Live-Virtual
1.5 KDHE Hours
Register by April 1st

Register for or learn more about both trainings here:
https://kccto.org/?s=director%27s+alliance&post_type=product

See you there!

It's finally time! Registration is Now Open for KCCTO's 10th Annual Mad Hatter Tea Party!

Join us on Saturday, March 2nd and get inspired by Kristen Peterson with an all-day training “Wonderland of Play”. This day will inspire you to release the fear and to trust your cape as you head back into the world to care for children. It will also help you apply Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to your every day routine with young children and dig into the buzzword: DAP (Developmentally Appropriate Practice) and what this REALLY means.

Oh, and don't forget to make a fun hat for the annual Mad Hatter Hat Contest for a chance to win free registration for next year's event.

Registration will close on February 9th or when the event sells out, so don't wait!

Register and learn more at www.kccto.org/mad-hatter.

Date: March 2, 2024
Time: Registration begins at 8:00 AM.
4 KDHE Hours
Location: Manhattan, KS
Cost: $40/person

Apply for a scholarship at www.kccto.org/scholarships.

CLC South is open and accepting enrollment! Call or email to inquire about enrollment!