Welcome
The Child Care Resource Development Center is a program of Southern Kennebec Child Development Corporation and is funded by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. We are a unique program that provides a comprehensive set of core services for families, child care providers, and communities in Kennebec and Somerset counties.
NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dorothy, We’re Not Just on Paper Anymore!
The Child Care Options Resource Development Center recently released the first issue of their new email newsletter, theLINK. If you are interested in subscribing to this exciting new resource, you can either subscribe here by entering your email in the text box in the upper left-hand corner of the navigation bar, or by contacting Pam Soucy, Training Coordinator, by phone at 582-3110 x 25, or by email. Don’t miss another information packed issue. Subscribe today!
Senator Libby Mitchell to deliver the keynote address at this years Kids, Kids, Kids Conference.
Event Date: April 17, 2010
Time: 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC), Fairfield, ME
SAVE THE DATE!
17th Annual Kids, Kids, Kids Conference
Saturday, April 17th, 2010: Child Care Options – Resource Development Center is once again holding a conference for child care providers. The conference will include a keynote address by Maine Senate President, Senator Libby Mitchell, and a variety of interactive workshops designed to meet provider training needs as well as providing great ideas for improving program skills. Participants can gather valuable resources from the vendor tables, network with other child care professionals, and enjoy good food.
Training certificates are awarded at each workshop and are accepted towards yearly training hours and towards a new CDA. Continuing Education Units (CEU) will be available to participants for an additional fee and are issued through the University of Southern Maine Continuing Education Office.
If you would like more information about the Kids, Kids, Kids Conference and its workshops, call Pam Soucy, Training Coordinator, at 582-3110, ext. 25.
- Registration Form -pdf
- Conference Brochure -pdf
Trainers: Karen Hatch-Gagne & Tiffany Gillespie, Operation Military Kids, Univ. of Maine Coop. Ext.
Date: March 9, 2010
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Location:
Cony High School, Augusta
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Ready, Set, Go! (RSG) Training
This is a training designed to educate youth workers, educators, counselors, and other community services agencies on military culture, the deployment cycle, fostering resilience in military families with kids, influence of the media, and building community capacity.
The intent of Ready,Set, Go! is to increase ordinary citizens' understanding of unique issue facing military families' kids and assist them in creating state and local Operation Military Kids Support Networks. School personnel, youth-serving agency staff, and civic groups may find RSG training especially beneficial.
Families Stand Together: Feeling Secure in Tough Times
Target Audience: Parent(s) of children ages 2-8 years
Trainer: Pam Soucy,
Training Coordinator
Date: March 9, 2010
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Location:
Gardiner High School, Gardiner
Attend a special screening of Sesame Street Workshop. This is a multiple media initiaive designed to help families with young children experiencing difficult economic circumstances through simple strategies and tips that can be incorporated into everyday routines. Reeive a free companion kit which contains a DVD, Caregiver's Guide, and Children's story.
Overall Goal: Support children's overall well-being and emotional develoment as they face life-changing transitions due to economic insecurity.
More CCO Training Information
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Course Descriptions are listed in our CCO Newsletter (PDF)