The following chart lists each lesson and all required and non-required activities and resources in this course. Use this as a guide, table of contents, or print it out and use as a checklist to manually keep track of progress through the course. Required activities are marked with a star and must be completed and reviewed by a trainer, coach or administrator. VLS Partner users will utilize the VLS learning management system to track progress towards course certification.
Within the Training & Curriculum Specialist Child Abuse: Prevention course you will learn about:
- Strategies to promote protective factors in yourself and others that prevent child abuse and neglect in your program
- How to help staff understand child development and set realistic expectations for behavior
- Ways to encourage staff to promote social and emotional competence in children
- Your responsibility to ensure staff are supported to respond appropriately to challenging behavior
- How to recognize environmental characteristics of your facility and use program management practices that prevent child abuse and neglect
