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Training & Workshops

Children's Care University offers local programming in multiple fields of studies including residential, educational, medical and managerial courses. We are now offering free parent trainings in both Sioux Falls and Rapid City, SD. We're a new program to Children's Care, so please visit often to see what courses we will be offering.

Children's Care is an ACE 2 provider of BACB credit.

UPCOMING COURSES:

Facilitating Language Development in Young Children - May 16, 2013, 6:00-7:30 p.m. (Sioux Falls) Cost: Free

Presenter: Caitlin Abbas, MA, CCC-SLP
Course description: Typical early speech and language development will be covered, including understanding (receptive language), talking (expressive language), and social interaction. Learn how the speech sound system develops and reasons for concern. Suggestions will be provided for ways to help children develop speech and language skills. This workshop will be held at the Children's Care Rehabilitation Center, 1020 W. 18th Street, Sioux Falls. Click HERE to register online.

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations made 30 days or more prior to the first day of the workshop require a non-refundable administrative fee of $35. Cancellations between 7 and 29 days prior to the workshop will be charged a minimum of 50% of the original workshop fee. No refunds will be available for cancellations within one week of the workshop.
Children’s Care reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any workshop. A workshop may be cancelled that does not meet minimum registration requirements or due to inclement weather. If Children’s Care cancels a workshop, paid registrants will be given full refunds. Rescheduled workshop information will be posted at www.cchs.org. In case of inclement weather, please use your own judgment when deciding to travel. Please contact Kristin Cokens, Training Coordinator, at 444-9513 and refund decisions will be made on an individual basis.

With questions about any of these workshops, please contact Kristin Cokens at training@cchs.org or (605) 444-9513 or (800) 584-9294, Ext. 9513.

The following courses are completed, but you can ask for information or request for future dates by calling (605) 444-9513:

Understanding People with ASD: Implications for Intervention
Supervision of Staff in Residential Programs
PECS Basic Training -Graduate credits are available through the University of South Dakota.
IntelliTools Classroom Suite 4 & IntelliKeys Workshop
How to Manage Stress and Prevent Burnout in the Residential Program
Using a Behavior Based Approach to Assess & Treat Pediatric Feeding Disorders
Feedback & Motivation for Direct Care Staff
Go Where You Want to Go: Power Up for Functional Mobility
Bowel & Bladder Accidents in Children Over Four
Standing and Walking for Children with Gross Motor Dysfunction: Practical Applications of Evidence Based Protocols
"If You Can't Breathe, You Can't Function"
Using The Principles of Applied Behavior Analysis for Teaching Children with Autism and Developmental Disabilities
Technology for Special Education
Comprehensive Dysphagia Interventions: The Esophagus, Acid Reflux Disease, Oral Hygiene and Free Water
Focusing on Alignment, Fine Tuning & Stance Phase of Gait
Pediatrics: Sitting to Standing: Where do we Begin?
Evidence-Based Practice in Sensory Processing Disorder: Subtypes, Assessment, Diagnostic Issues and Intervention
Boardmaker Studio Workshop
Clinical Gait Course - Treatment, Not Theory
iPad Workshop
Strategies for Picky Eaters
Applied Behavior Analysis for Parents
Facilitating Language Development in Young Children
Back to Sleep, Tummy to Play
Solving Complex Pediatric Feeding & Swallowing Issues
Strategies for Picky Eaters

Children's Care no longer offers CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) Training.