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Event Details

The Development of Executive Functioning in Early Childhood

:435774
Level 1 – Explores
Self-Paced Training
(Available Monday, December 16, 2024 - Monday, March 31, 2025)
  
(2.00 Hours (Self-Paced))
Self-Paced (No Chats)

Description

Course ID 201071
Explore the meaning of executive functioning and its three thinking processes: working memory; cognitive or mental flexibility; and impulse control or self-regulation. Consider how executive functioning develops and how its development can be supported by caregivers in early childhood programs. This course is an online self-paced module offered through Anytime Learning.
 

Learning Objectives

• Identify one reason why executive functioning is important to overall development
• Identify the three interrelated functions within executive functioning: Working memory; cognitive flexibility; and inhibitory control
• Identify one factor or practice that supports and one factor or practice the hinders the development of executive functioning


Registration

Event Fee
$10.00
Register By
3/15/2025
Required?
Yes

Contact

ETL Support (Email)
Child Care Aware of Minnesota: ETL District
10 River Park Plaza, Suite 820
Saint Paul, MN 55107
Phone (651) 335-6658

Trainers

ATL Faculty

Child Care Aware of Minnesota: ETL District

Delivery Methods


Assessment of Learning

Description

Explore the meaning of executive functioning and its three thinking processes: working memory; cognitive or mental flexibility; and impulse control or self-regulation. Consider how executive functioning develops and how its development can be supported by caregivers in early childhood programs. This course is an online self-paced module offered through Anytime Learning.


2.00 Hours

Course Level

Level 1 – Explores

Approved clock hour course

Course Category

Early Childhood

Eager To Learn
Anytime Learning

(2 Hours)

CDA Content Areas

Content Area VIII: Principles of Child Development and Learning (2 Hours)

Early Childhood Classroom Staff
Family Child Care
Family-Friend-Neighbor
Parents
Parent Educators

Infants
Toddlers
Preschoolers