PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Kids Included is an approved professional development provider in Alberta.
Our workshops (except for the free Microlearning Series) meet the criteria for professional development funding, and/or release time funding, as outlined in the Alberta Child Care Grant Funding Guide.
We offer a variety of learning opportunities designed to strengthen the skills, knowledge and confidence of early childhood educators, teachers, and family members.
Inclusive Practices Micro-Learning
This workshop series is perfect for early childhood educators who are looking for bite-sized skills to add to their toolkit. These introductory workshops are based on the Pyramid Model, an evidence-based framework for high quality and inclusive care.
In this series, each session explores a different area of the model. Workshops take place via Zoom. Register for one workshop or all. Certificates of completion are provided for each session to all participants who attend in real time.
Inclusive Practices Workshops
This interactive online learning focuses on providing knowledge and strategies to adults who support diverse learners in the early years (for example, preschool and kindergarten).
Register for one workshop or all. Workshops take place via Zoom. Certificates of completion are provided for each session to all participants who attend in real time.
Cultural Humility
To enrich our own understanding of culture, we must first reflect on our own cultural identities. During this session, participants will reflect on what culture means to them, and identify how our thoughts our influenced by our cultural identities, and impact our interactions with others. The purpose of this workshop is to enhance the mental health and well-being of educators, and foster their efforts at building community with the children and families they serve.
Trauma Informed Care
Supporting others who have experienced trauma can be a difficult task. In this session, participants will identify the different types of trauma, and the types of experiences that can have traumatic impacts; describe the principles of trauma-informed care that we practice when working in a trauma-informed way; and, investigate how this information applies to ourselves and our unique role in trauma-informed care.
Social & Emotional Development
The first five years of a child’s life are very important. A child’s healthy social and emotional development forms a foundation for lifelong learning and mental health. Children's social and emotional development is deeply linked to healthy adult-child relationships. In this workshop, you will identify social and emotional milestones, and the qualities of engagement between adult and child that support healthy development. You will also reflect on how your own qualities of engagement with children and families is a powerful tool for supporting developmental progress.
Understanding Grief & Loss
Grief is a complex emotion and experience that we all experience at one time or another. How we make space for grief and loss in our own lives, as well as the lives of children and families, can have a significant impact on healing. In this workshop, participants will describe the many types of grief and loss, identify skills for responding to others’ grief and loss, and investigate strategies for coping with personal grief and loss.
E-Learning for Access, Support and Participation Program
Our Access, Support and Participation Program (ASaP) offers professional learning, coaching and leadership development opportunities for its enrolled licensed child care centres and family dayhomes.
These learning opportunities focus on helping child care settings across Alberta create high-quality, inclusive environments for all children.