PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
Forty Carrots provides professional and parent development trainings in full day,  half day, or 1-2 hour formats. This page provides a menu of training opportunities addressing issues from potties to partnerships. 
 

                 
GROWING RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS
Learn skills for working effectively with parents while helping them become more successful and competent as they raise their children.

• Building Partnerships With Parents
• Techniques for Communicating Effectively With Parents
• Delivering Difficult Messages
• Getting Parents to Cooperate
• Basic Training for Parenting Educators
• Effective Communication Skills for Front Line Staff
• Keeping It Under Your Hat! - How to Maintain Confidentiality in the Workplace
• The Art & Science of Working With Teen Parents
• Talking To Parents About Spanking

BUILDING YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT KIDS
Understand typical child behavior during the early years while focusing on specific challenges at home or in a variety of professional settings.

• Ain't Misbehavin: Child Development, Temperament, Beyond&
  
• Discipline That Works
  
• Getting Kids to Cooperate
  
• Poop Happens: All About Toilet Learning
  
• Unplugging Power Struggles
  
• Teaching Children To Become Emotionally Smart
  
• Raising Confident Kids
  
• Talking About Death, Sex, and Other Taboo Subjects
  
• Helping children & families cope with divorce (a parenting education perspective)
  

ENRICHING EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS FOR EXCELLENCE
Apply new information and specific strategies to enhance the quality of early childhood programs.

• Classroom Management
  
• Delivering Difficult Messages
  
• Celebrating Diversity in Early Childhood Programs
  
• Fostering Early Communication through Sign Language
  
• Energizing Storytime
  
• Character Development in Infant/Toddler Programs
  
• Helping Young Children Learn To Read & Write
  
• What's A Director To Do: Setting Limits With Staff Without Losing Your Cool.
  
• Planning, Implementing, & Documenting the Project Approach
  
• Scaffolding Children's Learning
  
• Drive Thru Parenting Education: Educating Parents When Time is Short
  
• Team Building for Early Childhood Centers

If a different title would better fit your needs we will work with you to design a program that is just right for your organization.

Forty Carrots Family Center is a not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to strengthening families through educational programs for parents, their children, and professionals in the field.

Our trainings are designed for parents and for professionals from a variety of fields including: Head Start, education, health care, Resource & Referral, mental health, Juvenile Justice, parenting, and administration.

WHAT PARTICIPANTS SAY ABOUT FORTY CARROTS PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

The presenter made me feel comfortable; almost like I knew her.  She explained to me what was needed in a way I could understand and I was free to ask questions as well.  It was perfect.
-Early Head Start Teacher

What I liked best about the training was the trainer, she was very energetic and knowledgeable of the topics.
-Head Start Teacher

Real situations and role playing- the presenter knows our age group and our parents.  Very nicely done!
-Early Head Start Teacher

Very understandable.  You had a lot of good info and kept us interested.
-Early childhood teacher

The instructor was very energetic and kept us involved!
-Early childhood teacher

I liked everything about the training it was well done, well explained, the brain connection information was awesome.  The training was never a dull moment&(the facilitator) made all of the subject so interesting.
-Early childhood teacher

Comfortable, fun atmosphere!
-Early childhood teacher

For more information about these workshops, and to learn more about how Forty Carrots can create a training experience just right for you, call us at 941./365-7716, or email diane@fortycarrots.com.