Note: this course requires completion of activities in an early childhood classroom environment. You will need to: 1) Work in or have access to an early childhood classroom/setting; 2) Allow time for a two-week implementation of an adaptation in the early childhood setting.
Description
Using CARA’s Kit, Creating Adaptations for Routines and Activities, as a framework, learn to support both individuals and groups of children who are experiencing challenges in the classroom by making adaptations to the environment, routines, and activities. Learners will focus on how to conduct assessments, prioritize needs, and implement adaptations that support full inclusion for both toddlers and preschool-age children, and which apply to situations linked to Pennsylvania's Early Learning Standards.
Credits: 6 Act 48 hours and/or 6 Infant Toddler Clock Hours
Intended Audience: Classroom teachers, early intervention staff and others working in early childhood settings across Pennsylvania programs including Head Start, Early Head Start, Pre-K Counts, Child Care, private nursery schools and Early Intervention.
Registration: This course is available by registering on the PaTTAN online registration Training Calendar. Choose the quarter in which you would like to take the course and then click on the course title listed on the 1st day of that quarter (July 1, October 1, January 1, or April 1). Approximately 10 days prior to the end of each quarter, registration will close, and no one will be able to register for the course within that quarter. During this period, everyone will need to wait until the first day of the next quarter to register and complete the course. Users who complete the course will be awarded Act 48 credits at the end of each quarter. The credits will be dated with the last day of that quarter. It may take up to 30 days from the end of the quarter for users to see their Act 48 credits in the Professional Education Record Management System (PERMS).
- Teacher: Beth Fairchild (Instructor)
- Teacher: Janet Gmiter