Understanding Youth Mental Health 101
By devits
Designed to teach youth workers about youth mental health and illness including the stress/diathesis mode and how it contributes to mental health disorders.
Subject Matter: Family & Community Engagement
Understanding Youth Mental Health 201
By devits
Designed for those who work with youth to understand common diagnoses, signs/symptoms, and prevalence of various mental health disorders in youth.
Understanding Youth Mental Health 301
By devits
Designed for those who work with youth to understand prevention, intervention, and school & community-based mental health supports.
Developing: Types of Play
By devits
This two-part series dives into the various types of play, their definitions, and characteristics in early childhood education. Participants will analyze scenarios to identify types of play, explore detailed characteristics of each, and engage in role-playing activities to deepen their understanding and application of play-based learning strategies.
Sustaining: ECE & Play Foundations
By devits
Discovers how play nurtures creativity, supports multiple intelligences, and promotes healthy brain and body development in early childhood. Participants will define various play personalities and design engaging lessons that align with each type, fostering more personalized and meaningful learning experiences.
Sustaining: Mental Health Tools
By devits
Review effects of the pandemic on learners’ education, as well as emotional and behavioral regulation skills and review tools and skills for supporting learners’ mental and social-emotional health. Participants will understand and recognize signs of educator burnout/compassion fatigue. Participants will identify strategies to address burnout, including Boundary Setting and Fierce Self-Compassion and create a plan …
Sustaining: Family Engagement
By devits
Build strategies for sustainability in family engagement. While maintaining ideas on involvement vs. engagement, staff explore ways to work on their opportunities for growth and strategy to build sustainability.
Developing Early Childhood Foundations
By devits
Explore the vital connection between physical activity and early childhood learning. Participants will discover how sensitive developmental periods impact optimal learning and gain insight into types of physical engagement that support and enhance curriculum.
Developing: Family Engagement
By devits
Explore communication opportunities with families and work towards creating meaningful communication. Build strategy around communication with families.
Developing: Growth Mindset
By devits
Provides examples of Positive Language and Growth Mindset and shows how it applies to personal and professional life. The course provides practice using Positive Language and Growth Mindset to develop relationships and redirect constructively.