Fostering Quality Early Education and Care Programs
With well-trained staff, early education and care programs are better equipped to give children a safe, stable environment, address children’s needs, and foster growth while partnering with families to support children’s optimal development.
Our Approach
Our trainings include strategies for engaging and communicating with parents, creating optimal learning environments, dealing with challenging behavior, and building reflective practice into work with children.
Tailored professional development and coaching can also be offered at your site.
Our Professional Development will:
- Expand your knowledge of current research on key issues
- Engage you in meaningful reflection and collaboration
- Strengthen your skills
- Further career goals
- Help you to connect with and learn from other providers
- Promote positive outcomes for children
- Address Massachusetts Core Competencies
Upcoming Offerings
CES Early Childhood Professional Development is offered each season. Scheduled sessions will be displayed here. Please contact Emily Ortiz Bouvier, eortizbouvier@collaborative.org for information about contracting on-site work.
Building a Foundation for Culturally Responsive/Anti-bias Practices in Early Childhood – Spring 2025
Building a Foundation for Culturally Responsive/Anti-bias Practices in Early Childhood: Early childhood educators will explore the intersection and impact of culture and implicit bias, and the role
View More Details about Building a Foundation for Culturally Responsive/Anti-bias Practices in Early Childhood»Sensory Motor Development in Young Children: Activities and Strategies that Help with Learning, Attention and Behavior – Spring 2025
This course offers an overview of what healthy brain development means, and how parents, teachers, and child care providers can use specific activities and environments to challenge and build crucial
View More Details about Sensory Motor Development in Young Children: Activities and Strategies that Help with Learning, Attention and Behavior»Playful Strategies for Supporting Early Communication Development in Children with ASD – Spring 2025
Ever wonder how to support a child whose language seems "stuck", or who only repeats what you say? What about a child who isn't speaking yet at all? Come learn a variety of play-based
View More Details about Playful Strategies for Supporting Early Communication Development in Children with ASD»Loose Parts Play with Young Children – Spring 2025
A provocation is an invitation to play, to tinker, to wonder and ask questions while engaging with the materials at hand. The presentation of materials are designed and presented in a way
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