During our time together, we will learn the definitions of Seven Essential Life Skills, come to understand why they are important in adults’ lives and how to promote them in ourselves. We’ll learn why they are important to children, how they develop and how we can promote the use of these Life Skills in children. We will then make plans to use this information in our parenting and/or professional work. This series is based on the work of Ellen Gallinsky.

Funded in partnership by Kansas Department for Children and Families, Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities and Child Care Aware of Eastern Kansas. This is a 16-hour series.

Participants must attend all dates in order to receive in-service credit. The additional dates for this series are: April 4, April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2, May 9 and May 16. This is a hybrid class. Two of the classes will be held in-person at the Topeka Child Care Aware office and the other six classes will be live virtual on Zoom.

Instructor: Michelle Gilbert and Marie Treichel

Core Competency: 2 Levels 2 & 3

CDA: 2

Inservice Hours: 16

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