Free Webinars

We are pleased to announce our next FREE evening webinar, brought to you by Child Care Aware Parent Network! As with all of our great content, this session is FREE! We hope you will join us online for:

Is Your Child Care Program Prepared for Emergencies?

This presentation will show parents how to ensure their family child care provider or center program is prepared to keep children safe during emergencies. Many different types of emergencies occur in the United States in a year including winter storms, tornados, floods, hurricanes, and wildfires. Child care programs should have a plan for protecting children and communicating with parents when natural or other disasters or emergencies occur. Questions to ask providers will be covered.

Our presenter, Dr. Beverly Schmalzried, is the Senior Strategic Advisor for the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) and has many years of experience working with providers who both need to prepare for and recover from natural disasters. She formerly directed the United States Air Force's worldwide system of child care and youth programs. She currently teaches as a Professor at Milligan College in Tennessee.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. EST

After registering for the webinar, be sure to check out what's going on with Provider Appreciation Day which is Friday May 7^th. It is a special day to recognize child care providers, teachers and other educators of young children everywhere. Started in 1996 by a group of volunteers in New Jersey, Provider Appreciation Day is appropriately celebrated each year on the Friday before Mother's Day. Please visit www.providerappreciationday.org for information on planning events, downloading a free poster, as well as lots of helpful information to help you celebrate child care providers where you live.

Have you joined NACCRRA's Child Care Aware® Parent Network? Raise your hand for high-quality child care by joining today. It's free! http://www.CCAParentNetwork.org. Be sure to stay tuned for the next series of FREE evening webinars brought to you by the Child Care Aware® Parent Network!

Sincerely,

The Child Care Aware Parent Network Team

National Association of Child Care
Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)

Child Care Aware Parent Network webinars are presented by child care experts to give you information about high-quality child care and other topics that are of interest to you. They are designed specifically for busy parents, grandparents, advocates, and professionals who to learn more but have very little time. Our educational Webinars are FREE exclusive content for our members.

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Brain Development: You can easily make a positive difference!
Wednesday, August 5th at 8:30 - 9:30 pm (EDT)

The brain is an amazing organ that allows each of us to think, feel, learn and act. It is exciting to know how experiences can have a positive impact on the developing brain- and it is not complicated to understand! Join early brain development specialist and award winning author, Deborah McNelis, for an informative session to learn how you can make a positive difference in the connections made among your child's 100 billion brain cells. This session will be interactive, and you can ask questions.

"My Body Belongs to Me!" Keeping Your Child Safe From Sexual Abuse- An Expert's Advice
Tuesday August 25th at 8:30 - 9:30 pm (EDT)

Jill Starishevsky and "My Body Belongs to Me"