Foundational Program Trainings

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Build a developmentally appropriate & safe environment through our engaging professional development trainings designed to help you succeed with the Child Care Deserts Application and sustain a high quality child care program well into the future.

Brightside Up's collection of training to assist child care programs with classroom planning and management

Brightside Up's collection of training related to child care curriculum including Developmentally Appropriate Practice, play, math, science, art, and many more workshops designed to enhance your curriculum.

Resources for FCC/GFCC providers.

The following are trainings given in Spanish. Los siguientes son entrenamientos dados en español.

The Environment Rating Scales are a tool used to analyze the quality of a whole program and categorize it into its different facets, identifying strengths of the program and potential areas of growth.

Learn to support families through goal setting, home visiting, and effective collaboration with Brightside Up's collection of Family Advocate training.

Gain a foundation for practices that promote the health and safety of children. Health and Safety is required by NYS to open a family/group family child care program at home. Register using our collection and sign up for your certificate from PDP.

Families in the Capital Region need high quality child care. You have the opportunity to earn an income, stay home with your own children, and help families in your community by becoming a family child care provider.

Infant/Toddler Specialists work to promote safe, nurturing, quality environments for infants, toddlers, families, and child care professionals by providing resources, coaching, and training on best practices and child development.

Becoming Medication Administration Training (MAT) certified helps you safely administer medications.

A comprehensive 6-part series to help child care program owners plan for supervision and staffing, finances and budgets, marketing, contracts, and policies.

The pyramid model is a framework of evidence-based practices for promoting young children’s social and emotional competence and for preventing and addressing challenging behavior. Developed by NYS and presented by Brightside Up.

Preparation is key to mitigating emergency situations. Be ready with Brightside Up's collection of training focused on prevention.

Partner with Brightside Up to build your leadership skills and develop professionalism with our collection of leadership and professionalism training

Become CPR and First Aid certified with Brightside Up's Red Cross training

Brightside Up's collection of training to help build & strengthen relationships with children while raising awareness of children's behaviors and the needs behind them.

Be of service to a child with special needs by building your understanding of their development with Brightside Up's collection of SPecial Education training.

Introducing Tools of the Trade, a new series with information-packed, one-hour workshops where we focus on building one skill at a time. Join us over Zoom to strengthen your knowledge on specific topics and expand your professional toolkit.

Brightside Up's collection of wellness and nutrition training is designed to help child care providers create healthy and active spaces for children to grow and thrive.