Training - Early Years Specific
At Training Designs, we design your training to match your specific needs and requirements.
However, it may be that:
- one of the courses below completely suits your needs
- one of the courses below suits some of your needs, so you wish to adapt it to fit in with your requirements
- you wish to incorporate two or three of the 'short' courses into a full-day training session
- you wish to include personal development in your training
- you cannot see a course below to meet your needs - we can design a course specifically for you
Whatever you decide, we will aim for 100% client satisfaction, every time!
For Childcare Practitioners
Our courses will enable staff to:
- Feel supported in their day-to-day roles as competent practitioners
- Feel more confident in their role
- Be more confident and prepared for OFSTED inspection
- Be kept up-to-date with, and reflect and improve on, current practice
- Link theory to practice
- Identify their current and future learning needs
- Feel motivated to pursue their professional development needs
For Parents and Carers
Mothers, Fathers and Carers also want to be kept up-to-date with their child's care, learning and development and the Early Years Foundation Stage framework, stresses the importance of working in partnership with parents.
At Training Designs, we can deliver training to Mother and Toddler groups / Playgroups, Fathers groups and New Parents.
Alternatively, you may be a nursery manager interested in organizing a course for the parents of the children who attend your setting.
Our training will help parents to:
- Feel more informed about their child's wellbeing
- Feel more confident
- Understand the childcare frameworks such as Early Years Foundation Stage
- Feel more supported and reassured in bringing up their child
(Some Of) The Courses Available...
Below is just a selection of some of the courses available.
N.B: The length of all of our courses can be adapted according to individual needs.
- Safeguarding Children
- Promoting Play
- Taking a close look at observation and assessment
- How to include children in everything you do
- An overview of childhood ailments
- Early learning goals explored
- Post-Natal depression
- Sleep Management in babies and children
- Early Years Foundation Stage in bite-sized chunks
- Diversity and Cultural awareness
- 'E' is for environment
- The developing baby, toddler and child
- The value of exercise for children
- Developing effecting partnerships with Parents / Carers
- Managing Children's Behaviour
1. Safeguarding Children:
Aim: To update knowledge and skills regarding Safeguarding of Children
What you will learn:
- Legislation and safeguarding
- Definitions of child abuse
- Identifying abuse
- Disclosure
- Policies and procedures
- Maintaining accurate records
Length of course: 6 hours
2. Promoting Play:
Aim: To explore the meaning and the value of play
What you will learn:
- The different types of play
- The psychology of play
- Understand the importance of play within the nursery and at home
- Identify ways to introduce play
- Understand how to involve parents
- Links to child development
Length of course: 6 hours
3. Taking a close look at observation and assessment:
Aim: To explore the skills required by delegates for effective observations and assessments
What you will learn:
- The importance of observations in the Early Years Foundation Stage
- The definition of observation and assessment
- How to link theory to practice
Length of course: 3 hours
4. How to include children in everything you do
Aim: To understand the importance of inclusion within a childcare setting
What you will learn:
- The history of, and legislation surrounding, inclusion
- What does inclusion really mean?
- How to promote inclusion in the setting
Length of course: 3 hours
5. An overview of childhood ailments:
Aim: To give an overview of common childhood illnesses and their management
What you will learn:
- Different types of common childhood ailments
- How to recognise when a child is unwell
- Safe procedures to follow
- Documentation
- Management of the illness
- Medication
Length of course: 6 hours
6. Early learning goals explored:
Aim: To examine the early learning goals and their implication for practice within the EYFS
What you will learn:
- Become more familiar with all of the early learning goals and understand their meaning
- Identify ways to provide activities to link to children attaining the early learning goals
- Links to the Early Years Foundation Stage
Length of course: 3 hours
7. Post-Natal depression:
Aim: to give an insight into this condition and the current treatment/management
What you will learn:
- What Post Natal depression is / the causes of Post Natal depression
- Men and Post Natal depression
- The management and treatment of Post Natal depression
Length of course: 3 hours
8. Sleep Management in babies and children:
Aim: To explore sleep patterns/problems in babies and children and their management
What you will learn:
- Normal and abnormal sleep patterns
- Problems associated with sleep and how to overcome them
- Sleep management techniques
Length of course: 3 hours
9. Early Years Foundation Stage in bite-sized chunks:
Aim: You choose any section of the EYFS and we will provide training on this for you
What you will learn: You will identify the area you wish to focus on within the EYFS.
These sessions are two hours long, but can be mixed and matched to form a full day or even half day course-whatever suits you. Examples of what you may wish to cover are:
- The legislation surrounding the EYFS and why it came into place
- What do the themes, principles and commitments, mean for childcare
- Understanding the welfare requirements
- Balancing out the assessment scales
Length of course: 2 hours
10. Diversity and Cultural awareness:
Aim: to explore the importance of acknowledging diversity and culture in the setting
What you will learn:
- What is meant by diversity and culture?
- Anti-discriminatory practice
- Different types of discrimination
- Legislation
- Government policies
- How to promote culture and diversity
Length of course: 6 hours
11. 'E' is for environment:
Aim: To identify ways to provide a safe and stimulating environment for babies and children
What you will learn:
- What does the environment mean?
- How can the environment affect a child's development?
Length of course: 2 hours
12. The developing baby, toddler and child:
Aim: To identify the stages of child development from birth to five
What you will learn:
- How babies, toddlers and children develop up to the age of five
- All areas of development
- How to encourage development with children
- Identifying a child who may not be developing
- Working with and educating Parents / Carers
- Links to the Early Years Foundation Stage
Length of course: 6 hours
13. The value of exercise for children:
Aim: To identify the benefits of exercise for children
What you will learn:
- How does exercise link to children's development
- How to encourage children to exercise
Length of course: 2 hours
14. Developing effecting partnerships with Parents / Carers
Aim: To enable delegates to work with parents / carers more effectively and in partnership
What you will learn:
- Effective communication with parents / carers
- Building rapport with parents / carers
- Effective sharing of information
- Establishing boundaries
- How to involve parents in decision making
Length of course: 3 hours
15. Managing Children's Behaviour
Aim: To build on current knowledge of Behaviour management and explore new strategies
What you will learn:
- What is behaviour / types of behaviour
- Why do children behave in a certain way
- Child development linked to behaviour
- Using goals and boundaries
- Effective communication with children
- Developing strategies for effective behaviour management
- How to involve parents
Length of course: 6 hours