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    • 04/07/2025
    • 10/31/2025
    • Virtual
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    CCAL Spring Education Conference Recording for Teachers and ECE Support Staff

    Counts for Six Clock Hours for LDOE or LA Pathways

    These sessions are geared towards

    Early Childhood Educators


    First Session

    Toys, Trikes and Tantrums

    Dianna Constant, Agenda for Children

    This breakout session provides educators with a blueprint for success with young children in the early learning classroom.  Participants will learn an underlying cause of preschool behaviors and learn effective techniques to prevent problem behaviors that sometimes occur in the preschool classroom.  

    Second Session 

    Bubbles and Boundaries:  Teacher Self-Care for 2025   

      Patrick Sciambra   

    Tulane Infant Mental Health - Tikes Program

    This presentation is intended for any and all early childhood educators.  Teaching young children can be incredibly stressful!  Research clearly shows that caregivers who are stressed are more likely to use harsh discipline.  This session address stress management and self-care in a fun and educational way. Teachers will learn about stress and how it impacts both the brain and the body.  Participants will then gain insight into how trauma impacts functioning, explore the importance of setting healthy boundaries, and finally will develop their own individualized self-care plan.  We aim to support teachers in taking care of themselves, so they are better able to take care of the children in their classrooms!  


    Third Session

    Playing with a Purpose: Relearning How to Play to Address Developmental Skills - Sydney Bordelon, MOT, LOTR

    This two-hour workshop is designed to empower early learning educators on the importance of play to target age-appropriate skills. The session includes instructional information as well as hands-on opportunities to incorporate the skills in the classroom. Sensory Integration: What the heck does that even mean?  We will be reviewing following sensory systems: tactile, gustatory, olfactory, vestibular, visual, and proprioceptive.

    • 04/07/2025
    • 06/18/2025
    • Virtual
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    CCAL Conference Recording

    4/4/2025 CCAL Spring Education Conference for Owners and Directors, Assistant Directors

    Counts for Six Clock Hours for LDOE or LA Pathways


    Featuring Brandy Woods-Smith, Childcare Millionaire 


    Includes Motivational Keynote Presentation

    Brandy Woods-Smith

    LDOE UPDATE  featuring Karen Powell - Moderator

    • Shelia Campbell
    • EdLink Update – Robert Klein 
    • Child Care Assistance Program – Melinda George
    • Licensing Updates (Bulletin 137) –Andrea Burl 
    • Child Care Criminal Background Checks – Kayla Batiste
    • Child and Adult Food Program - Debbie Gary

    Two Hour Childcare Owners and Directors Boot Camp

    by Brandy Woods-Smith

    Childcare Millionaire 

    Two Hour Childcare Owners and Directors Boot Camp

    by Brandy Woods-Smith

    Geared towards Child Care Owners and Directors 

    For registration assistance, please call or text us at 225 933 5435.

    • 09/26/2025
    • 9:00 AM
    • 09/27/2025
    • 3:00 PM
    • Alexandria, Louisiana
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    2025 Fall Education Conference 

    Alexandria, Louisiana

    Our  CCAL Fall Education Conference will be held in Alexandria, Louisiana on Friday, September 26th and Saturday, September 27th. 

    Our Fall Education Conference will be held at the Hotel Bentley in historic downtown Alexandria. We have reserved a discount room book for the Hotel Bentley and the Holiday Inn, both within walking distance of one another.   

    We expect a great turnout of child care business owners,  early childhood educators and support staff. 

    If you are interested in other  sponsorship opportunities please email or text Cindy Bishop at 225 933 5435 or email at  cindy.bishop@checkmate-strategies.com

    Sincerely,

    Cindy Bishop, Executive Director

Childcare Association of Louisiana is statewide,  non-profit, professional membership organization that advocates on behalf of the early childhood education profession. 


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(225) 933-5435

Executive Director


Childcare Association of Louisiana
P.O. Box  80053
Baton Rouge, LA 70898-0053

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