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Child Development and Learning

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🌟 Self-Paced Online Courses 🌟 Open Enrollment 🌟Complete Any Time of Day or Night 🌟 
🌟 Mobile Friendly 🌟 Meets Instructor-Led Requirements 🌟 

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15 Clock Hour of Early Childhood Education
This 15-hour course is designed to provide an overview of topics related to growth and development in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. As an early childhood educator an awareness of the developmental ages and stages is important in understanding the abilities of children and forming reasonable expectations of children’s behavior and skills. It is important for the professionals who care for children to understand the impact of trauma on development and to cultivate strategies that build children’s resilience so that they are able to succeed. 
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Topics Included in this Course:

1. Child Development Theorists and Learning Theories (3 hours)
2. Speech and Language Milestones (3 hours)
3. The Gifted Child (2 hours) 
4. What is Executive Function? (3 hours)
5. Supporting Children for Life Success (4 hours)

This is a 15 clock-hour course that is presented in English. The training method is online and self-paced, with instructor engagement. The training platform is mobile friendly, and most students will find that it works successfully on cell phones and tablets.

Learning Outcomes:

• After reading about each theorist and how they pertain to early childhood education, participants will be able to recall this through a multiple-choice quiz.
• After reading about the zone of proximal development and scaffolding, participants will be able to analyze how this fits into their classroom through the peer discussion.
• After reading about each theorist and what they are known for, participants will be able to explain this through an open-ended question.
• After reading about the differences between voice, speech, and language, participants will be able to recall these through a multiple-choice quiz.
• After reading about infant, toddler, and preschool speech and language milestones, participants will be able to identify these through a multiple-choice quiz.
• After reading about observing children's speech and language milestones, participants will be able to apply this to hypothetical scenarios through open-ended questions.
• After reading about best classroom supports for gifted children, participants will be able to apply these to hypothetical scenarios through open-ended questions.
• After reading about the characteristics of gifted children, participants will be able to identify these through a multiple-choice quiz.
• Identify areas of giftedness in children After reading common myths about gifted children, participants will be able to identify these through a multiple-choice quiz.
• After reading about Executive Function Disorder, participants will be able to apply this to a hypothetical scenario through an open-ended question.
• After reading about the stages of executive function, participants will be able to identify these through a multiple-choice quiz.
• After reading about self-regulation, participants will be able to describe this through an open-ended question.
• After reading about what ACEs are, participants will be able to explain this through an open-ended question.
• After reading about the 5 key facts surrounding ACEs, participants will be able to identify this information through a multiple-choice quiz.
• After reading about the differences between toxic stress and tolerable stress, participants will be able to describe these through the peer discussion.
• After reading about how nature and nurture effect brain development in children, participants will be able to recall this information through an open-ended question.
• After reading about how to support children who have experienced ACEs in the classroom, participants will be able to respond to hypothetical scenarios through open-ended questions.

To view a full list of states approvals for clock-hour courses: Click Here for a PDF chart of our state approvals.  
Illinois: Content Area A: Human Growth and Development (15 hours)
Maine: Child Development (15 hours)
Massachusetts: Understanding the Growth and Development of Children and Youth (15 hours)
New York: Principles of Childhood Development (15 Hours)
Oklahoma: Child Growth and Development (15 Hours)
Oregon: Step 1 - Human Growth & Development (15 Hours)
Texas: Child Growth and Development (15 Hours)
Washington:  Child Growth and Development (15 hours)

Technical Requirements:

This training platform is user friendly, and it is expected that the majority of students will find that their computers and mobile devices operate without any complications. However, here are a few things to keep in mind:

• A laptop or PC are recommended for completing online courses
• Most students are able to use mobile devices such as tablets and cell phones to complete courses. 
• Recommended internet browsers: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, Mozilla Firefox and Opera are all acceptable browsers 
• Some courses have assignments which may require downloading and editing a document using an application on your computer or mobile device. Applications that work to open the Word document are: Microsoft Word, Pages, Text Editor, Google Docs, and WordPad  
• Make sure you’re using a current operating system (for example, Windows 10 or Apple OS)
• Outdated operating systems may cause technical difficulties
• Slow internet speed may impact loading time

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Internet Explorer will not work to complete this course. Internet Explorer is no longer supported by Microsoft, and you WILL have issues if you use it to complete online training. Please use a different browser other than Internet Explorer.

​We have provided optional links below where you can download alternate browsers. All browsers are free to download and use on your computer.

• Download Google Chrome HERE
• Download Mozilla Firefox HERE
• Download Opera HERE

• Download Microsoft Edge HERE ​​

Terms of Use

​​Enrollment and Access to Training

1. You have access to online courses for 1 year from the date of payment.
2. For immediate access to courses at the time of payment, enroll at our sister site www.myececlass.com. 
3. When enrolling on our home page at www.cdastars.com, the information to access the online course will be sent to the email address provided during enrollment hours.
4.  New Enrollments Are Set-Up During the Following Times:​
     Monday - Friday        7  am – 8  pm (PT)
     Saturday & Sunday    8  am – 8  pm (PT)
     Holidays                    9  am – 8  pm (PT)
5. Registrations that are submitted at www.cdastars.com after enrollment hours will be processed the next morning. You will receive an email with information to access the course.
6. Check your email for instructions to start the training. Click on the link in the email to access the course.

Technical Requirements and Support

1. Internet access is required to complete our courses.
2. Some students may find that they have to update their internet browser, this is most often the case when trying to use Internet Explorer. We recommend Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome for the best results. Our student support staff is happy to assist students with troubleshooting should you encounter technical issues, and will provide common suggestions for solving problems that occur when normal browser maintenance or application updates need to occur.

Cancellations and Refunds

1. Cancellations and refunds requested within 72 hours after enrollment are available for courses/programs that have NOT been accessed. 
2. Refunds are not available after 72 hours from the date of payment.
3. Refunds are not available for courses/programs that have been accessed.
4. Once the student has logged in to the course, a refund is no longer available.
5. Refunds and cancellations WILL be charged a 20% cancellation fee.
6. After 72 hours from the time of purchase, the payment credit can be transferred to a different training or to a new student, if the training was not started by the original student, for up to 30 days after enrollment.
7. To try out a course before purchasing, click here for a *free course*

Course Curriculum and Certificates

• Course curriculum is developed by Successful Solutions Training in Child Development Instructors​
• This course is presented in English.
• Free preview of any course is available by registering for the course and clicking on the "Take a Look! Enroll Later" option
• Coursework is presented via a mobile friendly online training platform.
• There are no textbooks or materials to purchase, all course content is presented online. 
• Fully automated courses keep track of your progress and resume to right where you left off.​
• Progress through the courses is monitored by instructors and support staff. The courses include online instructor interaction and feedback via discussion boards and assignments.
• The student forum/discussion board allows learners and instructors to connect and collaborate about early learning topics presented in the course.  
• We include a wealth of optional resource links for you to explore and further your knowledge about each topic.
• Certificates are provided by email upon successful completion of courses. Trainers will review coursework and send students feedback, as needed, regarding coursework and meeting learning outcomes.