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Online Courses

CEED offers a variety of online courses for continuing education (clock hours). The course sessions are guided by instructors. Follow the links below for more details about each course, including registration information.

Continuing education certificates awarded for successful completion of a course are approved and issued by the College of Education and Human Development. Our online courses are also approved by the Minnesota Center for Professional Development to count toward career lattice steps and approved by the International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA) for their members (ICEA accepts a maximum of 24 clock hours per course).

CEED Professional Development

BEAMBridging Education and Mental Health

Finds common ground between behavioral and therapeutic approaches in supporting children who engage in challenging behavior


Critical Learning Through MovementCritical Learning Through Movement

Infants and Toddlers Exploring Their World

New course. Studies the influence of physical activity on learning/cognitive and social-emotional development in infancy and toddlerhood

 

 


IMHIntroduction to Infant Mental Health

For professionals interested in an introduction to infant mental health and intervention with infants, toddlers, and their parents


PIPParent Infant Pathways (PIP)

An educator's guide to providing information and support to new parents

Designed to enhance the work of professionals by providing specific training around early infant development, parent education, and parent-infant relationships


Premature BabiesPremature Babies and Their Parents

Information and insights for early intervention personnel

Provides professionals with information about the experiences of parents who have given birth prematurely, the effect of premature birth on the infant’s behavior and development, information about developmental care, and other research-based strategies proven to enhance the child’s development and offer both parent education curricula as well as implementation strategies


PDIPrenatal Development and Its Influence on Children's Development

A foundational course on the parent-infant relationship

Developed for family educators, social workers, health care providers and others to facilitate positive parent-baby interactions beginning in the prenatal period


RBTSupporting Stressed Young Children Through Relationship-based Teaching

Focuses on how relationships with caring adults are the context of all growth and learning for young children; explores how to use the tools of "reflective teaching" and "reflective collaboration" to better understand young children and what intervention approaches might work for children who are having difficulties


SIBSeeing is Believing®

Filming families and using guided self-observation to build on parenting strengths

A unique practice that helps parents increase their sensitivity and responsiveness to their babies' cues by using a videotaping strategy


Working with ParentsWorking with Parents

Considerations for Special Populations

New course. Examines the transactional role of parents and parent-child relationships on child development as well as interdisciplinary childhood mental health principles and strategies for working with parents of young children


Addressing NeedsAddressing the Needs of Young Children Who Engage in Challenging Behaviors

This course is no longer offered through CEED.  Please visit the Early Childhood Behavior Project web site.


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