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Challenging Behaviors Come from Challenged Children: How Can We Help?

In this interactive training participants will have the opportunity to discover a new lens to view mistaken behaviors, to explore the factors that influence challenging behaviors, and to investigate tools and strategies that will support children as they develop social-emotional regulation skills. This training combines the work of Dan Gartrell, the Pyramid Model, and current brain research from Zero to Three.

STEM Through Stories: Creating Design Challenges

Helping children develop problem solving and critical thinking skills are some of the greatest benefits of STEM learning. In this training you will learn how to use children’s stories to introduce and support STEM learning and to create design challenges based on stories that inspire children to create, make, and engineer solutions to real life issues and problems.

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News and Updates

Child Care Stabilization Grant Application

Get the Latest COVID-19 Guidance for Child Care Facilities -

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Please see the attached NEW COVID-19 Guidance for Child Care. There are several changes that have been made. Every person associated with a child care program must read the entire document to ensure compliance. This guidance has been compiled by the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) and approved by both MDH and the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). If you have any specific questions, please contact your Licensing Specialist for further information.

COVID Vaccine Update:

Child Care workers are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. Find a more information and a Vaccination Clinic near you at https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/vaccine

Learn how to "Stay Open Safely with Confidence." Build-A-Plan with Maryland's COVID-19 health and safety guidelines. Click here to access the MD Build-A-Plan Tool webpage.