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ONLINE PARENT TRAINING

Smart Start of Davidson County Online Parent Training

Smart Start of Davidson County offers free online parent trainings to support families with young children. Follow the steps below to complete your training and receive your certificate of completion.

How to Complete Your Online Training:

  1. Please choose ONE training topic below.
  2. To view the training, click the green “Video Link” button.
  3. Next, exit the video.
  4. To the right of the “Video Link” button, click the green “Quiz/Evaluation Link” button.
  5. At the end of the Quiz/Evaluation, press the “Click Here to Submit” button to send your answers to Smart Start staff.
  6. After Smart Start staff has reviewed your quiz/evaluation, your certificate of completion will be emailed to you. Please allow up to two weeks for processing.
  7. If you would like training handouts, please email the title of your training to jand@partnershipforchildren.org.

Pasos para completar su capacitación para padres:

  1. En este momento, sólo hay una capacitación en español: Hablar Es Enseñar: ¡Léemelo!
  2. Podemos presentar cualquier de las demás capacitaciones en español a petición suya.
  3. Por favor, vea abajo y elija UN tema de capacitación.
  4. Para ver la capacitación, haga clic en el botón verde “Enlace al Video”.
  5. Luego, salga del video.
  6. A la derecha del botón “Enlace al Video”, haga clic en el botón verde “Enlace al
    Cuestionario/Evaluación”.
  7. Al final del cuestionario/evaluación, presione el botón “Haga Clic Aquí Para Enviar” para entregar sus respuestas al personal de Smart Start.
  8. Después de que el personal de Smart Start haya revisado su cuestionario/evaluación, le enviaremos su certificado de finalización por correo electrónico. El procesamiento puede tardar hasta dos semanas.
  9. Si desea recibir material de capacitación, envie el título de su capacitación a
    jand@partnershipforchildren.org.

Training Video Links and Quizzes/Evaluations

Quiz / Evaluation Link

Helping Children Understand Their World (for all ages)

Discover easy, hands-on activities that support your child’s learning and understanding of the world.

Duration: 1 Hour (Must complete quiz to receive credit.)

Quiz / Evaluation Link

Bright Beginnings: Supporting Your Infants Development (Birth -12 Months)

This workshop will provide you with valuable knowledge regarding your infants growth and development. Tips and strategies will be shared to improve your child’s development.

Duration: 1 Hour (Must complete quiz to receive credit.)

Quiz / Evaluation Link

Beyond Babyhood: Supporting Your Toddler’s Development (12 months-3 years)

This Training will provide parents/guardians with noteworthy developmental milestones and activities for toddlers to help them learn and grow.

Duration: 1 Hour (Must complete quiz to receive credit.)

Quiz / Evaluation Link

Ready for School Success: Supporting Your Preschooler’s Development (3 years – 5 years)

This training will provide parents/guardians with strategies and tips to improve their child’s preschool development and be ready to succeed in school.

Duration: 1 Hour (Must Complete quiz to receive credit.)

Quiz / Evaluation Link

Communicating with your Infant/Toddler: “Talking Sense” (Infant/Toddler Children)

Children already have all the tools they need to learn about their world: their five senses. Just abut anything they see, hear, smell, feel, or taste can springboard excitement

Duration: 1 Hour (Must Complete quiz to receive credit.)

Quiz / Evaluation Link

Talking is Teaching: Read to Me (Infant/Toddler children)

Reading strategies and tips on shared reading to highlight the fun and joy that reading together can bring.

Duration: 1 Hour (Must Complete quiz to receive credit.)

Quiz / Evaluation Link

Dads are Superheroes (All ages)

Discover the powerful role fathers play in their child’s growth and development in Dads are Superheroes. This engaging session will highlight the unique benefits of an involved dad, from building confidence to creating lifelong bonds.

Duration: 1 Hour (Must Complete quiz to receive credit.)

Quiz / Evaluation Link

The Value of Play (Preschool Age Children)

Learn about all the things children learn while they are playing!

Duration: 1 Hour (Must Complete quiz to receive credit.)

Quiz / Evaluation Link

Social Emotional Behavior: Dealing with Challenging Behaviors (Preschool Age Children)

Your child develops in many different areas simultaneously. Social emotional development refers to how your child learns to manage and express their emotions and interact with others. Their social/emotional growth as an infant or toddler affects their development in all other areas and will have an impact on their relationships with others.

Duration: 1 Hour (Must Complete quiz to receive credit.)

Quiz / Evaluation Link

Hablar es Enseñar: ¡Léemelo!

Oí un lector, mañana un líder. Leer y hablar son unas de las cosas más beneficiosa que puede hacer para fomentar el desarrollo de la mente y de las habilidades del pensamiento en los bebés y niños pequeños. La lectura y el hecho de hablar con su niño/a lo preparen para tener éxito en la escuela y más tarde en el trabajo. Este entrenamiento le ofrece una serie de estrategias y juegos sencillos que puede utilizar con su hijo/a durante algunos minutos cada día para aprovechar al máximo los beneficios de la lectura y prepárele a su hijo /a un futuro exitoso.

Duration: 1 Hour (Must Complete quiz to receive credit.)

Quiz / Evaluation Link

Eating and the Young Child

Creating a healthy eating environment, both at home for your infant or toddler is the best way to help him or her develop healthy eating habits that will likely last into adulthood.

Duration: 1 Hour (Must Complete quiz to receive credit.)

Quiz / Evaluation Link

Math at Home

Learn strategies that you can use in your home to increase and develop your child’s math skills.

Duration: 1 Hour (Must Complete quiz to receive credit.)

Quiz / Evaluation Link

Potty Training: Diapers are not Forever

Potty Training: Diapers are not Forever: “When it’s time to say goodbye to diapers, this training will give you tips, ideas, and activities to begin the potty-training process.”

Duration: 1 Hour (Must Complete quiz to receive credit.)

Quiz / Evaluation Link

Choosing Healthy Foods Part One: Eating a Rainbow

Learn how to allow children to experience vegetables using their fine motor skills and literacy. Eating a diet rich in vegetables and fruits provide vital nutrients for good health.

Duration: 1 Hour (Must Complete quiz to receive credit.)

Quiz / Evaluation Link

Choosing Healthy Foods Part Two: Using Our Senses

Learn activities that encourage children to explore, experiment and discover a variety of healthy foods by utilizing senses, fine motor skills and literacy.

Duration: 1 Hour (Must Complete quiz to receive credit.)

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