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- Self-Learning Modules: To Order Materials and Obtain Professional Development Credit
 ECELS offers self-learning modules for use and review for credit by ECELS-Healthy Child Care PA staff to Pennsylvania early learning and child care practitioners. Beginning July 1, 2010, ECELS requires a $10 per person co-pay for review of completed self-learning modules. Payment is by check, payable to the PA Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. ECELS encourages use of online materials on this website by anyone who wants to improve care for children. The self-learning modules are listed below in the following order for each type of format: 1) Online learning materials 2) Online learning materials combined with hard-copy print and/or audiovisual materials and 3) hard-copy print materials only. Each self-learning module offers state-authorized Professional Development credit. Read the descriptions on this web page to learn about each self-learning module.Note many of the modules are approved to meet the STAR Level 2 Performance Standard for Health and Safety. Some require materials you must obtain from ECELS and some include A-V materials from ECELS that you can keep to use over and over again. Click on the title “Self-Learning Modules: To Order Materials and ...“ above this text to view the following details: registering for credit and how to obtain the hard-copy and A-V materials that some of the self-learning modules require. If you already have the module materials and only need a Registration Form for ECELS Self-Learning Modules, click on the link provided here. If sending a check for the completion of a module by more than one person in a program, include the Module Review Payment Form, and for each individual seeking credit, a Registration Form and the individually completed self-learning module. (Updated 2/14/11) - SLM Online - Active Play (Safe Active Play) [Available for Order]
Learn how to keep your indoor and outdoor active play areas safe. Uses Safe Active Play video/DVD and Dirty Dozen online activities to recognize hazards and a checklist based on current CPSC and ASTM guidelines to asses the areas where children play. Submit completed module with the Registration Form and $10 per person fee for ECELS to review the work for professional development credit. Revised 10/08. Instructions updated 2/19/10 (ECERS-ITERS: Space and Furnishings, Activities, Interaction. K7C2-84-2 hours credit.Meets STAR Level 2 Performance Standard for Health and Safety) - SLM Online - Asthma [Available for Order]
Asthma is one of the most common chronic illnesses of childhood. Learn about asthma and how teachers/caregivers can take care of young children with asthma. Includes easy-to-understand print material on asthma and a link to an on-line video to view. PA child care practitioners may submit a self-assessment for professional development credit. Click on the title of the self-learning module for the instructions and active links to access all parts of this self-learning module. Alternately, click on "Available For Order" next to the title of the self-learning module or on "Request Self-Learning Modules" on the left pane of this page to order the video for this module, and use the other active links for the Asthma Handbook and the Asthma Self-Learning Module content. Be sure to submit the completed module with a Registration Form and a check for the $10 per person fee required for ECELS to review each module for state-authorized professional development credit. Updated 2/19/10 (ECERS-ITERS: Program Structure. Personal Care Routines. K7C2-84; 2 hours credit. Meets STARS Level 2 Performance Standard for Health and Safety) - SLM Online - Behavior: Managing Challenging Behavior in School-Age Children
Review examples of school-age children with challenging behavior. Learn about tools recommended to sort out the motives behind such behavior. By understanding these motives, practitioners can give children socially acceptable alternatives to their challenging behavior. Be sure to submit the completed module with a Registration Form and a check for the $10 per person fee required for ECELS to review each module for state-authorized professional development credit. Content updated 2/09. Instructions updated 2/19/10. (ECERS: Interaction. K7C2-Mental Health; 1 hour credit.Meets STAR Level 2 Performance Standard for Health and Safety ) - SLM Online-Blood-borne Pathogens: Keeping Safe While Touching Blood (Print Materials Only) [Available for Order]
Special practices are needed to protect early education and and school-age providers from contact with blood or other potentially infectious body fluids. Learn how to comply with the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements to develop an exposure control plan, care for a human bite, prevent injuries from sharps, and the procedure for post-exposure treatment. This module includes OSHA's Bloodborne Exposure Control Plan you can use by filling in the blanks, and then submitting to receive credit for completing this module. Submit the Registration Form with a check for the $10 per person fee for ECELS to review your work for state authorized Professional Development credit. Updated 4/1/09. Instructions updated 2/19/10. (ECERS-ITERS: Personal Care Routines. K7C3-84 - 2 hours credit. Meets STARS Level 2 Performance Standard for Health and Safety) - SLM Online - Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Center
By using the information in the module to perform the required activities, you can help give children and their mothers a life-long health benefit! This Self Learning Module is based on an online resource kit developed by the Wisconsin Partnership for Activity and Nutrition. This kit contains two important tools that centers can use to become breastfeeding friendly. To earn Professional Development credit for this module from ECELS, follow these instructions:
1. Read the Wisconsin publication: “Ten Steps to Breastfeeding Friendly Child Care Centers” Click here to be directed to the publication.
2. With permission of the authors, ECELS modified the self-appraisal questionnaire and the sample policy in the resource kit. After reading the information in the kit, directors and early learning practitioners from infant-toddler centers should collaborate to make their center breastfeeding friendly. Use the ECELS- modified versions of the self-appraisal questionnaire and policy documents. Click here or on the title of the self-learning module for the MSWord format of these documents. When the center has implemented the 10 steps in the resource (tool) kit, those who participated in the work may apply for Professional Development credit.
3. Each person seeking Professional Development credit must: a) Sign the completed self-appraisal questionnaire for the center indicating participation in the self-appraisal. b) Sign the center’s site-specific breastfeeding policy indicating participation in and agreement to follow the policy. c) Individually complete a Registration Form. ECELS will evaluate the completed self-appraisal questionnaire and policy to see how well these documents demonstrate understanding and implementation of the 10 steps described in the resource kit. Submit the completed documents, including Registration Forms and a check for the $10 per person fee for ECELS staff to review the work done on this module to ECELS by surface mail to the address of the ECELS office found on this website. Those who need help to complete this module may contact ECELS at 800/243-2357, 484-446-3003 or [email protected] Content updated 6/11/09. Instructions updated 2/19/10.(ITERS: Space & Furnishings, Personal Care Routines, Activities, Program Structure, Parents and Staff. K7C2-84-2 hours credit. Meets STARS Level 2 and 3 Performance Standard for Health and Safety) - SLM Online - Child Abuse and Neglect [Available for Order]
 In this online media-rich module, watch interviews with child abuse and pediatric experts and early care and education staff. The module addresses prevention efforts, recognizing and responding to signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect, and reporting requirements for mandated reporters. To view the module online, you will need a broadband Internet connection (cable, DSL or FIOS). Click on the module title above to open it. It may take several minutes to load before playing. If the module does not load quickly, you can try again later when online traffic may be reduced. Pennsylvania early learning practitioners who do not have a broadband connection or have difficulty with their Internet connection may request the CD version by clicking on “Available to Order” next to the title of the module or “Request Self-Learning Module” in the left pane of the ECELS website. To use the CD version of the module, you will need to have recent updates of the Adobe Reader (version 9.1 or better) and Adobe Flash Player (version 10.1 or better). You can download updates of this software from Adobe for free at http://www.adobe.com. You will need to use the Document Packet whether you use the module online or view it as a PDF from the disc on your hard drive. Click here to download the Document Packet. It is also on the CD version. (ECERS-ITERS: Interaction, Parents and Staff. K7C2-86 - 2 hours credit.Meets the STARS Level 2 Performance Standard for Mandated Reporter training.)
- SLM Online - Children with Special Needs and CSN Module Document Packet [Available for Order]
This completely updated self-learning module uses an interactive format with embedded video, case studies, and questions for the user to answer. Learn key strategies for inclusion of children with special needs. The module requires a broad-band Internet connection (cable, DSL or FIOS) to run smoothly. Click on the module title to open it. Pennsylvania early learning practitioners who have difficulty with their Internet connection may click on "Available to Order" next to the title of the module or "Request Self-Learning Module" in the left pane of this page to request a copy of the module on disk. Click here for the CSN Module Document Packet that users need to complete the module. Be sure to submit an individually completed set of documents and a check for $10 per person for ECELS to review the module for professional development credit. To open the module online, click on the title of the module. (ECERS-R, ITERS-R Program Structure, Personal Care Routines. K7C2-84; 2 hours credit.) Updated 2/14/11 - CSN Module Document Packet
This document packet contains the forms, documents and links to resources for use of the Self-Learning Module Online - Children with Special Needs. Users of the module should download this document packet before opening the link that allows them to play the interactive module. The packet contains the instructions for Pennsylvania early learning practitioners to submit required materials to ECELS for state-authorized training credit. - SLM Online-Common Ilnesses in Child Care [Available for Order]
Two publications from the American Academy of Pediatrics are the references for this module: Caring for Our Children: National Health & Safety Performance Standards and Managing Infectious Diseases in Child Care and Schools. The module uses online videos and downloadable documents from a website of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Click here for the instructions and the links to the online material. Program staff who have difficulty using the online format may order the module on a CD by clicking on "Available for Order" next to the title of the self-learning module above or on "Request Self-Learning Modules" in the left pane of this webpage. Each person seeking credit for this training must independently complete the learning activities described in the instructions for the module and submit the required documents. Be sure to include a completed Registration Form and a $10 fee payable by check to the PA AAP to have ECELS review the module for professional development credit. ECELS updated the content of this module in June 2011. (ECERS-ITERS: Personal Care Routines, Parents and Staff. K7C2-84; 2 hours credit. Meets STARS Level 2 Performance Standard for Health and Safety.) - SLM Online - Emergency Plan Self-Learning Module
For Directors/Administrators: The ECELS website includes many forms and suggestions from experts that help child care providers write "best practice" emergency plans. For a list of these resources on the ECELS website, put "emergency preparedness" in the search box at the top of the page. In addition, you may want to use the 114 page guide and fill-in-the-blank forms that are available on the website of the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies in their publication, Nationwide Child Care Planning Initiative - Is Child Care Ready? To receive 2 hours of Professional Development credit for successful completion of the ECELS Emergency Plan Self-Learning Module, submit a copy of the facility's Emergency Plan that includes all the items in the Emergency Plan Checklist , a completed Registration Form and the $10 per person for for each module that ECELS staff will review for professional development credit. Instructions updated 2/19/10 (K7C3, 84) - SLM Online - Fitness and Nutrition: Moving and Munching-Supporting Physical Activity and Nutrition in Early Learning Programs [Available for Order]
Assess your program’s physical activity and nutrition policies and practices for children ages 3-5 using the Nutrition and Physical Activity Self- Assessment for Child Care (NAP SACC). Based on the assessment, develop an action plan to make improvements. Learn how to create a nutritious menu and evaluate the menu according to Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) guidelines. Includes resources for staff and parents. NOTE: This is very large file – be patient for the material to download. PA early learning practitioners may click on "Available for Order" next to the title of the self-learning module or on "Request Self-Learning Modules" in the left pane of this page to order hard copy. Be sure to submit the Registration Form and the $10 per person fee payable by check for ECELS to review the module for professional development credit. (ECERS-ITERS: Personal Care Routines, Space and Furnishings, Activities, Interaction. K7 C2 84 or K8 C3 96: 3 hours credit. Meets STAR Level 2 Performance Standard for Health and Safety)
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