DECA Program Training – We focus on the whole classroom to determine its strengths and opportunities for improvement, using nationally recognized assessment tools such as the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment system, a strength-based system designed to promote resiliency in children. Click here to learn more about the DECA program. For more information, contact Janet Burke at (804) 644-9590, ext. 3017 or jburke@childsavers.org.
Early Childhood Development Training – We offer a wide variety of training workshops designed to meet the needs of child care providers, teachers, directors, and parents serving infants through school-age children in Central Virginia. These trainings are offered at ChildSavers or, for your convenience, we can bring our workshops to you and your staff and/or clients. For more information on costs or workshop topics, click on the Upcoming Trainings link below or contact Janet Burke at (804) 644-9590, ext. 3017 or jburke@childsavers.org.
HUGS – Emotional and behavioral special needs children are disproportionately likely to fall behind early in life and stay behind after entering school. Our HUGS (Help Us Grow Strong) program offers a valuable combination of assessment, mentoring, and training services to help early childhood educators/child care providers work effectively with such children, and to help the children themselves learn valuable social skills and modify their own behavior. For more information, contact Jackie Burgeson at jburgeson@childsavers.org.
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KIDCare™ STAR Van – The van is our mobile facility, bringing training and mentoring services and resources to home-based child care facilities.. For more information, contact Janet Burke at (804) 644-9590, ext. 3017 or jburke@childsavers.org.
My Teaching Partner – Through this mentoring program, our early childhood development specialists provide professional, individualized, and convenient mentoring services that allow participants to benefit from valuable professional development opportunities in their own places of employment and at times suitable to their work schedules. For more information, contact Leslie Moore at (804) 644-9590, ext. 3023 or lmoore@childsavers.org.
Mentoring Services – ChildSavers provides Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) mentoring services, in partnership with Smart Beginnings and local Departments of Social Services. Our staff specialists (mentors) rate participating child care providers' classroom environments, based on the Environment Rating Scales and Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS). Our mentors and program participants then meet regularly and work together to determine and implement specific strategies for improving the quality of care given to children. Each plan is specific to the individual participant's needs. We also offer our mentoring services to child care providers who do not participate in the QRIS, but who still wish to maximize the quality of their services. For more information, contact Janet Burke at (804) 644-9590, ext. 3017 or jburke@childsavers.org.
Quality Circles: A Distance Learning Opportunity – Through this service, our early childhood development specialists provide training without you even having to leave your home or center. Quality Circles training materials can be e-mailed or sent by mail to your home or business. Once you have completed the required activities, send the documents back to us and a receive Certificate of Completion for 1 of hour training for each topic chosen. It is that easy! For more information on cost, Quality Circles topics, or how to receive materials, click here or contact Myia Johnson at (804) 644-9590 ext. 3019 or mjohnson@childsavers.org.
Unregulated Child Care Providers – We provide guidance and mentoring for unregulated child care providers through partnerships with the Cameron Foundation, the United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg, Success by 6®, and the Virginia Department of Social Services. Click here to learn more about the Unregulated Child Care Provider program, or contact Janet Burke at (804) 644-9590, ext. 3017 or jburke@childsavers.org.
USDA Food Program – If you are a state-licensed or voluntary registered family day home provider, you can join ChildSavers' USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program. As a participant in the Food Program, you can receive monetary reimbursement for serving nutritional meals to children enrolled in your family day home. You will be required to keep records of the healthy meals you serve to the children and to mark the attendance of the children present when meals were served. Click here to learn about training for new or current USDA Food Program participants. Contact Tiffany Branch at (804) 644-9590, ext. 3024 or tbranch@childsavers.org for more information.
Voluntary Registration – Through our partnership with the Virginia Department of Social Services, we offer a program designed to help those who provide child care in their own homes (and are not required by law to be state-licensed) gain access to the many benefits of becoming voluntarily registered. Click here to learn more about the Voluntary Registration program, or contact Brenda Cubero at (804) 644-9590, ext. 3039 or bcubero@childsavers.org.
