Choose Your Courses

Select the courses you will attend below. You may choose one breakout course per session in addition to the Opening Keynote, American Red Cross First Aid/CPR, and Closing Keynote.

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Friday Mar 6 2026

9:30 am - 11:30 am Opening Keynote

Tattling, Teasing, and Taking: Teaching Social Skills in Real Time

Consious Discipline/Kyree ChambersOpening Keynote - DEC

Fri 9:30 am - 11:30 am

12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Breakout Sessions

Financial Basics and Taxes for your Family Child Care Business

First Children's Finance (Desi Oberg and Kelly Nokleby)Tatanka - front room

Fri 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
100 max
CDA - VI: Maintaining a committment to professionalism, KCF - VI: Professionalism, Level 1: Explores

Supporting Resilience in Children: The Little Engine That Could

Carrie ZelinCrossed Arrows

Fri 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
200 max
CDA - III: Positive ways to support children's social and emotional development, KCF - II.C: Promoting Social and Emotional Development, Level 1: Explores

The Power and Purpose of Family Child Care

Sherry TiegsGrand Eagle

Fri 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
200 max
CDA - VI: Maintaining a committment to professionalism, KCF - VI: Professionalism, Level 2: Implements

12:30 pm - 4:30 pm Special Session

**Only one course is available per session. If you choose the CPR course, you will not be able to attend a breakout session during that timeframe.

American Red Cross Adult/Pediatric/Infant First Aid-CPR-AED

Ray HarrellTatanka - back room

Fri 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
24 max
**Only one course is available per session. If you choose the CPR course, CDA - Planning a safe healthy learning environment, CPR, KCF - VII.B: Ensuring Safety

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Breakout Sessions

ACE Interface Understanding NEAR Science: Building Self Healing Communities

Carrie ZelinCrossed Arrows

Fri 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
200 max
CDA - III: Positive ways to support children's social and emotional development, KCF - IX: Trauma Informed Care, Level 1: Explores

Great Start Compensation Support Payment Program for your Child Care Center

First Children's Finance (Desi Oberg and Kale Weber)Tatanka - front room

Fri 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
100 max
CDA - VI: Maintaining a committment to professionalism, KCF - VI: Professionalism, Level 1: Explores

Nature Based Learning: Blending Early Childhood Education Indoors, Outdoors, and Beyond

Sherry TiegsGrand Eagle

Fri 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
200 max
CDA - II: Stephs to advance children's physical and intellectual development, KCF - II.A: Creating Positive Learning Experiences, Level 1: Explores

Saturday Mar 7 2026

8:00 am - 10:00 am Breakout Sessions

(SUID/AHT) Sudden Unexpected Infant Death/Reducing the Risk of Abusive Head Trauma (DCYF)

Nancy BerndtTatanka - front room

Sat 8:00 am - 10:00 am
100 max
CDA - Planning a safe healthy learning environment, KCF - VII.B: Ensuring Safety, Level 1: Explores

Fostering Connection and Respect: Mastering Communication and Boundaries with Families in Early Childhood Education

Helene I. Sherley-PearsonGrand Eagle

Sat 8:00 am - 10:00 am
200 max
CDA - IV: Strategies to establish productive relationships with families, KCF - III: Relationships with Families, Level 2: Implements

Learn, Play, Breathe! Self-Care Strategies for Early Childhood Educators

Laura WalserCrossed Arrows

Sat 8:00 am - 10:00 am
200 max
CDA - VII: Observing and recording children's behavior, KCF - IV.A: Observing recording and Assessing Development, Level 1: Explores

8:00 am - 12:00 pm Special Session

**Only one course is available per session. If you choose the CPR course, you will not be able to attend a breakout session during that timeframe.

American Red Cross Adult/Pediatric/Infant First Aid-CPR-AED

Ray HarrellTatanka - back room

Sat 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
24 max
CDA - Planning a safe healthy learning environment, CPR, KCF - VII.B: Ensuring Safety

10:30 am - 12:30 pm Breakout Sessions

Active Supervision: Risk Management for Family Child Care

Nancy BerndtTatanka - front room

Sat 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
100 max
CDA - Planning a safe healthy learning environment, KCF - VII.B: Ensuring Safety, Level 2: Implements

Prevention and Behavior: It's All About the Environment

Laura WalserCrossed Arrows

Sat 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
200 max
CDA - II: Steps to advance children's physical and intellectual development, KCF - II.A: Creating Positive Learning Experiences, Level 1: Explores

Tiny Humans, Big Emotions: Trauma Informed Basics

Helene I. Sherley-PearsonGrand Eagle

Sat 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
200 max
CDA - III: Positive ways to support children's social and emotional development, KCF - II.C: Promoting Social and Emotional Development, Level 1: Explores

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Closing Keynote

Social Emotional Development: An Individual Approach to Behavior Guidance

Sherry TiegsClosing Keynote - DEC

Sat 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Disclaimer: Courses and trainers listed are subject to change. If a trainer is unavailable, another Develop-approved training may be provided in their place.