Growth Mindset Posters & ChildCare Education Institute Courses

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Have you ever been curious about how growth mindset or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might affect you and your preschoolers? I've just finished taking courses about both topics with ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI), and I am super excited to share a few things I've learned with you about them! I also made some awesome little growth mindset posters that you can print and use for free!


In this post, I'm going to share:


1- An introduction to CCEI.
4- FREE Growth Mindset Posters!

Introduction to ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI):


I love taking courses with CCEI! They are well-organized and present useful, research-backed information with fun hands-on teaching ideas and tips for organizing learning spaces. 

I've taken more than 10 courses with them, and each time I am impressed with how the courses focus on the most useful material I would look for in the course topic. 

Here are a few of my other favorite things about CCEI:


1- Everything is online! You can access your web-based account and the courses anywhere at any time--24/7/365! For busy teachers and parents, this is the ultimate in convenient professional development! You can get IACET CEU credits whenever you are ready.

2- The courses, credentials, and programs are accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commision (DEAC) and the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). 

3- They have courses on EVERYTHING! ChildCare Education Institute specializes in high-quality online courses and programs for teachers and parents in a huge variety of settings, including daycares, preschools, after-school programs, Head Start, and more! You can take individual courses with them (they have over 150 English and Spanish training courses) or you can earn national certifications like the CDA Certificate and Director's Certificate and Early Childhood Credential.

When you finish a course, you can download the certificate immediately. This is a copy of the certificate I got from their course CCEI110: Brain Development and Learning: What Every Early Care and Education Professional Should Know:


A little about the CCEI CUR121: Establishing Growth Mindset Practices in Early Learning Environments course:


I think every parent and teacher needs this course! It is a 2-clock hour course that introduces you to what growth mindset is, why it is important, and how you can help children create growth mindset beliefs and skills. I really love the brief introduction to how brain development is affected by a growth mindset and the suggestions to help teach children these skills. 

Developing a growth mindset helps children stress less about trying new things. Children with a growth mindset worry less about failure because they know that they can always try again!

CUR 121: Establishing Growth Mindset Practices in Early Learning Environments includes a lot of practical activities, discussion prompts, and ways to set up the learning environments that are effective and can be implemented immediately! One of the suggestions was to put up growth mindset posters, so I made two sets of fun little posters to put on our walls, and I'm sharing them below! Just scroll down and click on the yellow highlighted text!

The courses all have interactive activities, reflection questions, and polls. This drag-and-drop activity from the growth mindset course lets you practice identifying growth mindset communication patterns:



Like all courses, this one ends with a short exam. Immediately upon completion, you can download a certificate.

A little about the CCEI SPN107: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder course from CCEI: 

I was particularly interested in SPN 107: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) because of who I work with. 

CCEI's course covers the forms of ADHD, important facts and statistics, brief diagnostics, and different ways to support children and adults with ADHD. I liked the discussions about the relationships between brain development and common characteristics in adults and children with ADHD.

Many of the instructional slides are similar to this one on the ADHD course. They present concise, helpful information that is later reviewed and included in the exam:



Some of my favorite suggestions for ways to support and teach children with ADHD included proximity control, organized spaces with reduced visual clutter, illustrated instructions, having private conversations, and using "When-Then" statements.

"When-Then" statements help kids focus on the task at hand with positive reinforcement. For example, saying the statement, "When the blocks are put away, then you can paint" is more effective than telling your children "no painting." Plus, they will be held accountable for their cleaning before moving on to the next activity.

This course also ends with a short exam. 

FREE Growth Mindset Posters!

I had so much fun making these posters that I had to make two sets! They print out perfectly on 12x18 paper, but you can also resize it to anything smaller that you'd like!


This file has both sets of posters, so you can just print whichever ones you like!
CLICK HERE to grab a copy!


I am always happy to recommend ChildCare Education Institute for any early childhood professional development needs you have! I have been absolutely happy with every course I've taken with them, including the growth mindset and ADHD courses I've shared!


Happy Educating,
Carla

This article is sponsored by ChildCare Education Institute. All opinions are mine--you know I only recommend products and companies I love!




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