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Registration Options: 

• Online Registration: click here to view a quick video tutorial on how to register online or visit the online calendar of events for a monthly view of workshops.  

• Phone: All professional education registrations are to be completed ONLINE ONLY. Professional Education administrative support is available over the phone, for technical issues and complex registration processes. We thank you for your co-operation.

• Email: Registrations can be emailed to: register@cdrcp.com - please send a copy of the registration form completed, along with payment information and your registration will be completed. 

• Fax: click here to use the appropriate downloadable registration form, fill it out and fax to our office, 905-890-8325.

• In Person: In the Neighbourhood? Stop by our office for a friendly hello and register in-person with our team.                                                                                                                                                                                                        *Please note if the workshop indicates that it is Sold Out, there are no spaces remaining in that session. Unfortunately exceptions cannot be made. Times and locations for sessions may vary.  Be sure to check the location of the session. 

• Cancellation and Refund Policy:All registrations must be accompanied by payment. If you are paying by cheque, please fax in a copy of the cheque along with the registration form and deposit the cheque in the mail by the next business day. Cheques should be made payable to CDRCP. Post-dated cheques are not accepted as payment confirms your registration. A Service Charge will apply to all NSF cheques. Cash and Debit payments will only be accepted if paying at the time of registration. CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY: Should you be unable to attend a workshop, it will result in a loss of payment. No refunds are provided once you register.

Lateness Policy:

All sessions will begin promptly at the noted time indicted in the workshop description. Please arrive on time to ensure you do not miss valuable information. If you are late, it will be under CDRCP’s discretion to allow registrants into the workshop.

What's New

• Recipe Requests from Peel Child Care Centres

• Sheridan College Field Placement Changes 

• Deepening Our Understanding of Classroom Research 

 

E-Learning Opportunities

 

Frequently Asked Questions about Webinars

 

 Please note: Feedback forms for webinars are to be completed 1-per webinar viewed, per person. Please allow up to 1- week to receive confirmation emails of viewing. 

Pre-recorded webinars currently available through CDRCP

Find our new webinars posted below! 

The Four Main Functions of Behavior, Find in the Fostering Engagement Section 

Retaining and Motivating your Educators, Find in the Business and Human Resources Section 

Supporting Positive Behaviours and Self-Regulation, Find in the Fostering Engagement Section 

The Rights of the Child in Early Childhood Education, Find in the Legislation Section 

Duty to Report, Find in the Legislation Section 

Looksee, Find in the Health and Wellness Section 

Temperment - It Takes Two, Find in the Fostering Engagement Section  

Retaining and Motivating Your Educators *New

Topics will include: Fostering strong communication to build a team that is like a “family”, tips for retaining team members by using motivation & creativity to keep them happy and committed to work at your centre. Outcomes include,  learning how to retain and motivate your team members through communication and motivational leadership that develops commitment and loyalty.

Duration 30 Minutes: Click here 

 

So You Want to Build

This webinar provides an introductory overview of the development planning process from start to finish. This webinar sets out what applications may be required to get through the planning approvals phase fro a development proposal, and information is provided on how to move on to your building permit application. This webinar is ideal for those seeking to expand their current land use, or establish a new one.
Duration 8 minutes: Click here 

 

Performance Management and Employee Discipline
This webinar from a live recording, is joined by Asha Rampersad, certified Lawyer and Human Resources Advisor with Bernardi Human Resource Law LLP, in answering your tough questions and concerns about performance management and employee discipline. Gain knowledge on employee challenges you may face and tips and tricks for managing employee performance.Findout techniques you can use to successfully manage challenging employees, whether the challenges lie in an employee’s ability to perform the duties of the job (“poor work behavior”) or the employee’s failure to abide by your rules and policies (“improper workplace behaviour”). Participants will learn techniques to identify the cause of an employee’s poor performance and how to successfully manage their performance. 

Duration 1 hour:  Click here

Legal and Ethical Issues in Children’s Services  
We will discuss issues regarding providing services to children and their families. Topics will include, ’How do we make decisions in Children’s Services?’ touching base on guidelines for decision making in regards to children’s services and involving others. We will discuss the law and ethics which provide legal rights to us as professionals and provide guidelines within this process, while working with clients. Learn your professional boundaries, and how Canadian laws are involved within decision making processes for helping others.
Duration 1 hour and 15 minutes:  Click here

 

Successful Change Management - Good Luck or Good Planning
This webinar focuses on the fundamentals of change through the lenses of both those initiating change and those reacting to it. This includes understanding the principles of driving and resisting forces of change, the early adopters, and the importance of change, through group participation and activities.
Duration 35 minutes:  Click Here

Facilitation Skills for Meaningful Conversations
This webinar will help you understand the role of a facilitator as different from a trainer, review the competencies of a successful facilitator and help to develop new facilitation tools (tips of the trade) for use in a variety of situations.
Duration 1 hour:  Click Here

Branding your Organization for Success
This webinar will assist you in understanding what branding is as part of your marketing plan, how effective branding can help to differentiate your organization from competitors and how to align your branding strategy with your organizational goals.
Duration 46 minutes:  Click Here

Board Basics – Giving You the Tools to be a Well Informed Board Member
Board of Directors represents the organization through a governance structure which is critical to organizational effectiveness and success. In this webinar, you will learn the roles and responsibilities of board members as well as their legal obligations. Take advantage of learning how the right people in the community are doing the right work, in the right manner. The webinar will help move your organization to success by understanding the role your board has.
Duration 1 hour:  Click Here

Board Effectiveness and Good Governance Essentials
This webinar will introduce and explain key factors impacting the effective performance of boards and how good governance is achieved. Taking a highly practical approach, participants will be equipped with insights that can be used immediately to improve the performance of their board and how their organization can be better governed.
Duration 1 hour:  Click Here

Setting Your Culture
How we define a culture and the importance of the role of values in organizational culture, how to create a respectful culture to engage your staff and volunteers in a positive culture has an impact on our daily life. We will with a discuss the impact of culture in today’s society.
Duration 1 hour:  Click Here

Moving from Manager to Mentor
As a manager, you have mastered supervision and the traditional management task regarding performance review, delegation, and team leadership. Now, you see the potential to develop your ‘Centre of Excellence’ in your sector and help develop others as a mentor. What does mentoring mean and how does it differ from management? This one hour webinar challenges viewers to undertake the mentor role to both expand your own skills and development while developing others.
Duration 30 minutes:  Click Here

Risk Management for Not-for-Profit Organizations
This webinar covers the basics of risk, risk management and how organizations can develop risk management strategies. Topics include identifying risks, analyzing risks, strategies to manage risks, developing and ongoing evaluation of risk managements plans.
Duration 40 minutes:  Click Here

The Alphabet of the New Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Legislation
The new Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act is not yet enforced, however when it is expected to be administered it will affect the way not-for-profit organizations operate. Complying with this legislation may have significant impact on your organization. Join us to review the key features of the new legislation and steps your organization can take to prepare.
Duration 56 minutes: Click Here

The 5 pillars of ME Inc.
Have you ever wondered what empowers today’s successful managers? Through this motivational, practical two-part leadership webinar you will first be introduced to the qualities that successful leaders rely upon to establish a rock-solid foundation in ther professional and personal lives. Upon discovering the foundations or guidelines, one is able to define the ‘must have’ principles for sustained success. Part 2 of this webinar offers you a comprehensive toolbox and ‘how to’ tips to build high performance teams and the key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure their and your success by.

Part 1: Duration 20 minutes: Click Here

Part 2: Duration 43 minutes: Click Here

Temperament - It Takes Two *New

Each of us have our own temperament which has been the basis of our personality formation.  Understanding the traits of temperament helps us to better understand ourselves and the children and families we work with.  This understanding provides us with a unique opportunity to strengthen self-regulation and create environments where everybody belongs.  In this webinar we will discuss and look at the origins of temperament, examine traits and styles of temperament, and discuss ways to create a “goodness of fit”.

Duration 23 Minutes: Click here 

 

The Four Main Functions of Behavior *New

Children’s behavior is very rarely about being good or bad. Young children communicate through their behavior because they may not have been taught to identify and convey their need(s).  As caregivers and educators, it becomes our responsibility to translate this behavior without placing judgement on the child.

Duration 20 Minutes: Click here

 

Supporting Positive Behaviours and Self-Regulation *New

This webinar is designed to help Early Childhood Educators working with children with challenging behaviors by bridging the gaps between the reasons why children misbehave to how the environments can support self-regulation. The webinar presents the basic facts about challenging behaviors and describe strategies for preventing it addressing it effectively and providing alternate appropriate behaviors.

Duration 8 Minutes: Click here

 

Anti-Oppression Training

This webinar will provide tools on the nature of oppression and important strategies and practices to be used to begin constructing your own Anti—Oppression Framework within your workplace. Have time for personal reflection throughout this webinar as an important component to your learning, with a pen and paper in-hand. This webinar will provide you with a deeper understanding of what Oppression and Anti-Oppression mean, provide you with Anti-Oppression resources and tools and how to deal with Oppression involving your own thoughts, feelings and actions.
Duration 30 minutes:  Click here

 

Setting the Stage for Successful Behaviour: An Introduction and Overview
Setting the Stage for Successful Behaviour is a positive and structured process which adults can use to support children with challenging behaviour. This approach is based upon the concept that all behaviour occurs for a reason(s). Once we identify these reasons, we can then use this information to develop strategies which will help the child learn ways of behaving successfully. This webinar will identify the purpose and components of Setting the Stage training, as well as provide an overview of the theory and process of Setting the Stage.

Please note: this webinar does not substitute the 2-day training course offered by CDRCP however it does act as a resource to provide basic knowledge, an overview, key strategies as well as components essential to the fundamentals of the course.

For more information on Setting the Stage training: Please email: nicole@cdrcp.com, call the office at: 905-507-9360 or visit the Setting the Stage website: http://cdrcp.com/stsresources/ for more information. 
Duration 30 minutes: Click here  

 

Setting the Stage for Successful Behaviour Part 2
Take a look at our new Setting the Stage 2 webinar! This webinar is a teaser to the extension of training coming soon! This webinar will provide you with essential and basic information about the new Setting the Stage. We have built this extension to complement the popular Setting the Stage training to provide participants concrete strategies and techniques while using the training. This webinar will provide you with insider knowledge on what to expect for in-person training, such as the toolbox that will provide you knowledge on how to handle a variety of situations using the STS approach.

If you are interested in Setting the Stage 2 Training please email: andrea@cdrcp.com to be contacted when training dates are available. 
Duration: 35 Minutes:  Click here 

Retiring “Good Job” By Engaging in Intentional Higher Level Conversations
Do you find yourself constantly praising children’s work by saying Good Job? Since the Ministry of Education is supporting an inquiry based curriculum, educators are encouraged to use higher level conversations when engaging with the children. In this webinar we will examine intentional, higher level conversations that brings out children’s cognitive abilities; enhances language development, as well as scaffolding on their learning. You will be presented with many examples of appropriate ways to talk with children offering an opportunity to practice your new skills.
Duration 1 hour:  Click Here

Understanding the Story of Early Childhood Education 
The story of Early Childhood Education is created with multiple perspectives, displaying that there never really is  only one side to a story. This story has multiple perspectives called frameworks, that cohabit in peaceful but very separate landscapes. This webinar outlines the story of Early Childhood Education as shared by Dr. Peter Moss, from his lecture at the University of British Columbia. His views , as well as a personal research study on the Pathways to Advocacy are merged into one presentation exploring both the stories in Early Childhood Education and what we as ECE’s can learn from a variety of perspectives.
Duration: 14 minutes: Click Here 

 

Parler aux parents des comportements difficiles
Cette présentation vous offre un aperçu de la communication avec les parents et comment aborder le sujet d’un comportement difficile chez leur enfant. Nous soulignons l’importance d’une première impression, comment éviter les malentendus, comment composer avec les différents types de personnalité, et comment travailler en équipe avec les parents pour le bien-être de leur enfant.
Duration 17 minutes:  Click Here

Mise en scene d'un comportement reussi
Mise en scène - Information générale au sujet de Mise en scène d’un comportement réussi, Travailler en équipe, Choisir et définir le comportement sur lequel vous désirez travailler, Cercle 1: Comprendre l’enfant comme étant unique, Cercle 2: Mise en scène afin que tous les enfants aient un comportement réussi, Environnements physiques et sociaux, Cercle 3: Comprendre les fonctions du comportement, travailler avec les déclencheurs et les conséquences.
Duration 28 minutes:  Click Here

 

Stress and Crisis Management  
This webinar looks at stress; what it means, what causes it and what it looks like, as well as how we might reduce stress where possible. We also look at crisis; what it is, what causes it, what impact it has, and how we can deal with crisis. Included in this section is assertiveness vs. passivity and aggression. We also consider families who are challenged and therefore in crisis often.
Duration 50 Minutes:  Click Here

 

Introducing Solid Foods to Infants
Introducing solid foods and responding to a child’s hunger and fullness cues can be a challenge for parents and caregivers. To   support the development of healthy eating skills, this evidence-based webinar provides information on, developing readiness for solids, responsive feeding, creating a positive eating environment and the importance of caregivers engagement during mealtimes.   
Duration 30 minutes: Click Here

 

Mindfulness and Self-Care Strategies *New Webinar
Mindfulness & Self-Care are so important for individuals with giving personalities who devote their life to helping others. In this webinar, you’ll take 30 minutes of self-care time to engage in 5 different mindfulness-based practices that you can use to:

• De-stress and release tension 
• Calm your nerves
• Pay better attention and care to your body and mind
  Duration 38 minutes: Click Here

 

Why Nutrition Matters for Mental Health *New Webinar
An estimated 1.2 million children & youth in Canada are affected by mental health issues. 17% of children ages 2-5 years meet diagnostic criteria for mental health problems. Does nutrition matter for mental health? Many children are overfed and undernourished. They are missing adequate key nutrients for healthy development and function. Jon Amy as she shares recent research and strategies to promote mental health through healthy eating and lifestyle. 
Duration 1 hour: Click Here

Looksee *New Webinar
In celebration of its 25^th anniversary, ndds, (Nipissing District Developmental Screen) a North Bay-based non-profit organization, is announcing what it calls a new parent-friendly name and look for its signature developmental checklist. Since 1993, ndds has been helping children worldwide reach their developmental potential by providing an easy-to-use checklist that encourages interaction between parents and health/child care professionals.

“The new playful, friendly name – the Looksee Checklist—reflects the simple, approachable quality of the product to appeal to even more parents. The Series of checklists follow a child from 1 month to 6 years of age and provides a short list of yes or no questions about the child’s abilities along with tips to help them grow.”

The checklists are available in a variety of languages and formats.    
Duration 8 minutes: Click Here

Infection Prevention and Control in Child Care Settings 
Region of Peel Public Health Inspectors in collaboration with CDRCP developed an online resource for child care educators. The resource is a two-parts webinar that will help child care educators enhance their knowledge about infection prevention and control practices in child care settings. The first part of the webinar provides information on hand washing, diapering and cleaning and disinfection. The second part focuses on sensory play, self-serving, gardening and animals. 

Part One  Duration 16 Minutes:  Click Here

Part Two  Duration 6 Minutes:  Click Here 

 

The Rights of the Child in Early Childhood Education *New Webinar

A rights perspective is fundamental to our image of children as individuals who are competent, curious and rich in potential. This webinar explores the evolution of child rights as they reached their most comprehensive expression in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), adopted November 20, 1989, a day that is now celebrated in Canada and around the world as National Child Day. It provides a road map to the CRC for educators by identifying the 3Ps of the CRC – Protection, Provision and Participation – and explores how its overarching principles, such as the best interests of the child, provide guidance in relationships with children. It closes with a focus on the CRC in the community today and invites reflection on ways of increasing awareness of child rights in the classroom and beyond. 

Duration 28 minutes: Click here

 

Duty to Report

This webinar will provide information on reporting child abuse and neglect. We all play a vital role in the Peel community to prevent child abuse. In this webinar we will review your on—going duty to report, what needs to be reported and how, the investigation process and the steps of referral.

Duration 24 minutes: Click here 

 

Transitions to a Non-Profit Corporation  

This webinar will provide an overview of the 7—steps to consider in regards to transitioning from a profit organization, to a non-profit organization or child care centre. We will review key terms referring to corporate structure and your organization, legislative overview for both for-profit and not-for-profit corporations, the definition of both for-profit and not-for-profit, explore paths that could be used for transition, how to organize your new non-profit; including good governance and practices to keep in mind, and additionally resources will be provided for more information.

Duration 42 minutes:  Click here 

Ethics and the Role of the ECE
This webinar will review the major ethical concepts in human services and discuss how these relate to the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice from the College of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario. Many practical examples will be used to illustrate these concepts. Viewers will also have the opportunity to reflect on the scope of practice as an ECE.
Duration 1 hour, 15 minutes:  Click Here

Feel Comfortable When Using an Environmental Assessment Tool

Completing an environmental assessment tool can be overwhelming. This webinar will review a variety of environmental tools that are currently used in Peel. Learn how to score your program, and how to make small changes that will have a big impact on quality. A variety of environmental assessment tools will be available for review.
Duration 31 minutes:  Click Here

Fine Motor Development and Emergent Writing
This webinar will provide an overview of the stages of drawing and writing, and the importance of materials and manipulatives in programs.

Duration 30 minutes:  Click Here

Early Literacy Checklist
The Early Literacy Checklist is a reflective self- assessment tool enabling staff working with young children to better evaluate to what extent they support literacy in young children, families and communities. This free webinar provides insight into how to look at your program through a literacy lens, providing visuals of literacy rich program environments to help successfully create a language rich play space. This webinar also includes a sample action plan to help staff identify areas that require modifications to ensure literacy focused play centres.
Duration 1 hour:  Click Here

Supporting a Child’s Oral Language: Focusing on Talking and Listening Skills
A child’s oral language development is an important life skill developed at an early age. In this webinar you will learn about listening and speaking skills, early learning program criteria, multisensory skills and early learning, daily routines to support child communication, developmental milestones of language, screen time in a child’s life and best toys review.

Duration 50 minutes: Click Here

How Learning Happens in Infant and Toddler Settings
The Ontario Ministry of Education has created an important document titled How Does Learning Happen? Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years. The purpose of this document is to describe quality early years programs based on research and professional practice. Learning happens when educators build positive and responsive relationships, focus on children’s development and provide environments in which children learn through exploration and play. In this webinar, we will demonstrate the four foundations of learning - and how to enhance belonging, well-being, expression and engagement in infant and toddler settings utilizing these guidelines. Join this free webinar to gain new strategies, skills, and knowledge to improve interactions with infants and toddlers within your care.
Duration 1 hour:  Click Here

 

How Does Learning Happen: Starting the Conversation in Peel
This webinar is an introduction to How Does Learning Happen, Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years. It provides an overview of the document and briefly describes the four foundations, well-being, engagement, expression, and belonging. This will encourage reflection about learning through relationships for those who work with young children and their families.
Duration 12 minutes:  Click Here

Développement de la motricité fine et l'ériture provisoire
Ce webinaire présente un aperçu des étapes du dessin et de l’écriture et souligne l’importance d’incorporer dans les programmes toute une panoplie d'un matériel et d'articles de manipulation.
Durée 20 minutes:  Click Here

 

Connecting Children to the Outdoors: The Importance of Natural Play (Part 1)
In this webinar we will take a look at outdoor learning environments. The focus will be on a return to nature when program planning, the use of natural materials and play spaces, curriculum brainstorming around bringing the learning outside. We will also be focusing on children’s storybooks that incorporate nature themes and natural play. This session will have ideas for all age groups (infants to school age settings).
Duration 1 hour, 11 minutes:  Click Here

Fusion Gardens in Playground Spaces (Part 2)
In this webinar we will take a look at ways in which design impacts outdoor spaces for children and how to create a fusion garden within the playground space. Resources will be provided for staff to gain knowledge around planting and planning for creative fusion spaces within playgrounds.
Duration 1 hour 18 minutes:  Click Here

Physical Literacy
This webinar will provide participants with an introduction to physical literacy and how it can be implemented into early years’ programming.  Viewers will learn the difference between physical literacy and physical activity and how fundamental movement skills provide a foundation in order to develop more complex skills used in play, games and specific sports. It will also show how physical literacy impacts brain development in young children.

If you are interested in increasing your knowledge and skill in promoting physical literacy and being a part of the Physical Literacy Champions' Network (Peel) please see the PDF here for more information or email physicalliteracy@peelregion.ca.
Duration 30 minutes:  Click Here

 

Reading Strategies and Print-Rich Environments
This webinar will provide an overview of Reading Stages, print-rich environments and the importance of Read aloud in Early Learning Environments.
Duration 35 minutes:  Click Here

Stratégies de lecture et milieux riches en imprimés
Ce webinaire présente un aperçu des étapes de la lecture et des milieux riches en documents imprimés et souligne l’importance de lire à haute voix dans les environnements d’apprentissage de la petite enfance.  
Durée 20 minutes:  Click here 

Oral Language Development and Emergent Bilinguals
This webinar will provide an overview of Oral Language Development in a play based context, and supporting the emergent bilinguals in the programs.
Duration 34 minutes:  Click Here

Développement du langage verbal et bilingues émergents 
Ce webinaire présente un aperçu du développement du langage verbal dans le contexte du jeu et aidera les bilingues émergents du programme.
Durée 30 minutes:  Click Here     

Downloadable Forms

 

Downloadable Forms

Please note, when you click the below links they will automatically download into your browser. 

Professional Education Registration form: January - April, English 

Professional Education Registration form: January - April, French 

Webinar Feedback Form 

Conferences

 

 Conferences

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Need help coordinating your conference? CDRCP is here!

CDRCP works with our community partners to coordinate conferences. We will take care of conference needs, such as booking the venue caterers, taking registration for the event, and collecting the registration fees (if applicable).

We will even be there the day of the event to support the success of the conference!

For more information, please contact Judy at judy@cdrcp.com

 

Resource Centre

 Resource Centre

Welcome to The Resource Centre!

About Us

The Resource Library provides access to resources that support various domains of learning. Resources support learning through play and offers activities that are developmentally responsive for children to foster problem solving and creativity. Resources for loan reflect How Does Learning Happen and additionally, members have access to specialized software and equipment. 

The Resource Centre is available for individuals over 16 years of age.

Click here for membership information 

Please note: 

The Resource Centre will be closed on Friday November 23rd - we apologize for the  inconvenience

Holiday Hours for the Resource Centre: 

 

 Regular Resource Centre Hours: 

  

Contact Us

The Resource Centre at Child Development Resource Connection Peel
Phone: 905-507-9360 Ext. 311
Fax: 905-890-8325
Address: #103 - 75 Watline Avenue Mississauga, ON, L4Z 3E5
Email: Resource@cdrcp.com

To Donate to the Resource Centre contact:

Judy at 905-507-9360 ext 302 or email judy@cdrcp.com