{"id":5589,"date":"2024-02-07T10:42:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T15:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/?p=5589"},"modified":"2024-02-07T16:27:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T21:27:10","slug":"free-trainings-for-legally-exempt-child-care-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/free-trainings-for-legally-exempt-child-care-providers\/","title":{"rendered":"Free trainings for legally exempt child care providers"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Added by Post\/Page specific custom CSS plugin, thank you for using! -->\n<style>.post-excerpt {\r\ndisplay: none;\r\n}\r\n.single #header-page-title .byline {\r\n    display: none;\r\n}<\/style>\n\n<p>Home-based, legally exempt child care providers who receive payment through the Administration for Children\u2019s Services (ACS) in New York City can participate in free training sessions on Zoom offered by the Institute&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earlychildhoodny.org\/ifcc\/\">Informal Family Child Care Project<\/a>. Training hours can be used toward the city\u2019s enhanced market rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GROW Program, which offers sessions in both English and Spanish, is for providers who do not belong to a family child care network (FCCN). Training topics include learning through play, creating a welcoming environment for children, partnering with families, guiding children through challenging behavior and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first round of virtual training, which took place in the fall of 2023, more than 60 providers gathered on Zoom to connect with each other and learn tips for engaging the young children in their care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFamily child care providers can sometimes feel invisible and isolated, but this is their place to build relationships and give each other advice,\u201d said program facilitator Zoraima Rosario.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Providers who participated said the training had helped them discover new strategies for supporting children\u2019s learning through play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI learned how I can make any experience and activity with my nephew a learning opportunity \u2014 even if it\u2019s small, I can still make it fun while they learn,\u201d said one participant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another participant shared that the training enhanced her communication with young children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI learned the importance of knowing when and how to engage with children \u2014 when is the right time to approach them and knowing what questions to ask to engage in conversation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rosario hopes providers who attend the training learn strategies for building positive relationships with children \u2014 and, in the process, understand how important their work is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re doing the work with young children, and we want them to understand how valued and respected they are,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.earlychildhoodny.org\/ifcc\/event_overview.php?eventID=8607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find an upcoming GROW session<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Family child care providers can sometimes feel invisible and isolated, but this is their place to build relationships and give each other advice.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13588,"featured_media":5590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,111],"tags":[207],"initiatives":[117],"audiences":[248],"organizations":[],"cbk":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[243],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5589"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5602,"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5589\/revisions\/5602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5589"},{"taxonomy":"initiatives","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/initiatives?post=5589"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=5589"},{"taxonomy":"organizations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organizations?post=5589"},{"taxonomy":"cbk","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cbk?post=5589"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=5589"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}