Training

Mary Foltz & Associates offers a broad range of training aimed at enhancing the quality of services and systems in child and family service settings.  

Our training reflects the most current information in the field, an in-depth familiarity with the Head Start Performance Standards, as well as other guiding regulations and professional standards.   

We welcome the opportunity to discuss your current goals and arrange training services tailored to best meet your needs.  

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Program Outcomes, Design, and Evaluation

  • Strategic Planning

  • Program Planning and Implementation

  • Policy Council and Board Development

  • Organizational Change

  •  Leadership Development, Supervision, and Mentoring

  • Compassion-at-Work: The Heart of Leadership

  • Collaborative Community Partnerships

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Adult Learning and Development

  • Supervision and Coaching Skill Development

  • Promoting Reflective Practice

  • Professionalism – Boundaries, Confidentiality, Communication, Judgment

  • Inquiry and Dialogue Skills

  • Cultivating High Functioning Teams

  • Supporting and Sustaining Change

  • Staff Self-Care

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, ASSESSMENT AND CURRICULUM

  • School Readiness

  • Comprehensive Child Development Birth to Six

  • Screening, Assessment, and Curriculum

  • Best Practices in Full-Day, Center-Based, and Home-Based Models

  • Positive Guidance and Classroom Management

  • Strengthening Home-Center Partnerships

  • Early Childhood Mental Health

  • Promoting Parent-Child Interaction

  • Group Socializations

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT

  • Meaningful Family/Community Engagement

  • Motivational Interviewing

  • Case Staffing and Strength Based Planning

  • Family Partnerships: Interests, Needs, Plans

  • Communicating and Extending Empathy

  • Family Literacy and Education

  • Managing Crisis Situations

  • Making Effective Referrals

  • Home Visitor Safety

  • Addressing Sensitive Issues with Families

  • Dealing with Resistance

  • Parent Skill Development

  • Smoking Cessation

  • Working with Diverse Families: Cultural Competency, Incarcerated Parents, Teen Parents, Fatherhood Services Development, Grandparent Caregivers, Adolescents and Addiction

HEALTH

  • Healthy and Safe Environments for Children

  • Health and Readiness to Learn

  • Ongoing Well Child Care

  • Key Health Messages

  • Oral Health

  • Sensory Screening: Why and How

  • Nutrition 101 and Feeding Children

  • Brain growth and development

  • Asthma and Allergy Care

  • Home and Toy Safety

  • Communicable Diseases

  • Pests: Bed Bugs, Lice and Scabies

  • Environmental Hazards

  • Services to Expectant Families: Best Practices in Prenatal Care, Labor and Delivery, Maternal Mental Health, Welcoming Home the Newborn