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CEED offers a variety of online courses for continuing education credit. The course sessions are guided by instructors.  Follow the links below for more details about each course, including registration information.

2009 Online Course Schedule (pdf file)

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Addressing the Needs of Children Who Engage in Challenging Behavior

An introduction to information needed to evaluate behavior change programs that are helpful with young children who produce challenging behavior. Primary focus is functional behavioral assessment procedures and a range of positive behavioral support strategies.

Bridging Education and Mental Health (BEAM)

Finds common ground between behavioral and therapeutic approaches in supporting children who engage in challenging behavior. Course material expands on functional behavioral assessment and relationship-based teaching to explore what causes and sustains maladaptive behavioral patterns in children's actions and interactions and how early childhood professionals can support the healthy social and emotional development of children.

Introduction to Infant Mental Health

For professionals interested in an introduction to the field of infant mental health and intervention with infants, toddlers, and their parents. The course introduces the role and function of the infant mental health specialist and the use of relationship and reflection in work with families

Parent Infant Pathways (PIP)

An educator's guide to providing information and support to new parents. Designed to enhance the work of professionals in the fields of early education, early intervention, parent education, nursing, pediatrics, social service, and health care by providing specific training around early infant development, parent education, and parent-infant relationships.

Relationship-Based Teaching with Young Children

Students learn how relationships with caring adults are the context of all growth and learning for young children. Explores how to use the tools of "reflective teaching" and "reflective collaboration" to better understand young children and what intervention approaches might work for children who are having difficulties.

Seeing is Believing®

Videotaping families and using guided self-observation to build on parenting strengths. Originally developed as part of the STEEP™  program, Seeing is Believing® is a unique practice that helps parents increase their sensitivity and responsiveness to their babies' cues by using a videotaping strategy. Through videotaping and guided viewing, Seeing is Believing® promotes perspective-taking by giving parents a chance to see, from the camera’s point of view, what happens between them and their baby.

Additional Online Resources Offered by Other Organizations:

Eager to Learn
http://www.eagertolearn.org
Eager to Learn is an internet-based learning program for people who care for young children. Through online interactive classes, explore opportunities for parents to learn new information and resources as well as share their knowledge and experiences with other parents, all from the warmth of their own home.

Center for Inclusive Child Care (CICC)
http://inclusivechildcare.org
The mission of the Center for Inclusive Child Care is to create, promote, and support pathways to successful inclusive care for all children. CICC has online self-study courses available on a variety of topics of interest to parents and professionals.

Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota

Of interest to professionals and graduate students interested in working with parents and families:

The University of Minnesota is offering graduate level parent education courses online. The parent education courses are graduate level and offered in sequence beginning June of each year. The instructors and students are immediately actively engaged together and build relationships as they complete the sequence of courses. This program prepares parent educators to work in Minnesota's Early Childhood Family  Education (ECFE) programs and other Minnesota settings in other states and countries.

For more information about the online parent education courses and licensure program, visit the Curriculum and Instruction Parent and family education licensure web page or contact Chris Buzzetta at 612-624-1294.