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    • 11/05/2024
    • 06/26/2025
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    VIRTUAL REGISTRATION

    Ready Set Eat Food Safety 

    Earn 3.0 Clock Hours

    Qualifies for Health & Safety Training

     

    • 11/05/2024
    • 06/18/2025
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    VIRTUAL REGISTRATION

    Medication Administration & Epinephrine Training

    Earn 3.0 Clock Hours

    Qualifies for Health & Safety Training

     

    • 04/05/2025
    • 10/27/2025
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    4/5/2025 Conference Recording

    CCAL Spring Education Conference

    Counts for Two Clock Hours for LDOE 


    Safe Sleep (1 hour) and Ready Set Eat Food Safety (1 hour) 

    Denise Gillespie, RN, CCHC, ECHST 

    The Safe Sleep Training Course provides essential knowledge on creating a safe sleep environment for infants in childcare settings. Participants will gain an understanding of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), including risk factors and prevention strategies. The course will cover best practices for safe sleep, including standards for cribs, tummy time, and sleep environment. Additionally, we will review the importance of having a clear safe sleep policy and a medical emergency plan. Through discussions and practical guidance, caregivers will learn how to implement these standards to ensure the well-being of infants in their care.

    Ready Set Eat Food Safety is a session on how children grow and develop. This is session includes information on handling children with special needs. After completion of this  training class, participants will be able to define the grasping status, describe a positive and supportive learning environment for feeding children, be able to discuss how language and feeding are related.

    • 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.

    • 05/17/2025
    • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • VIRTUAL
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     VIRTUAL Health and Safety Class

     on CCAL's ZOOM Platform

    Safe Sleep & Food Safety 

    Counts for Three Clock Hours  

     Presented by Denise Gillespie, RN, CCHC, ECHST 

    Saturday May 17, 2025

    9:00 AM - 12 Noon

    Due to popular demand, CCAL is hosting a three hour health and safety class.  It will be conducted by Denise Gillespie, RN.

    It will count as a 3 hour health and safety class.

    After successful completion participants will receive their certificate of completion via email

    Register at childcarelouisiana.org/events

    The cost is $35/ per person for CCAL members.   

    We are offering a discount of $20 per person for groups of 7 or more. 

    The group rate for seven or more is $20 per person.

    T o register groups of seven or more, please email the names of the participants to

    cindy.bishop@checkmate-strategies and

    david.roberson@checkmate-strategies 

    We will send you an invoice to pay for your registration fees, electronically.

    If you or the staff cannot participate on Saturday May 17th,  you can register for the Recording.  It is $50 per person. However, the group rate of $20 for seven or more registrants still applies.

    Email david.roberson@checkmate-strategies.com to register groups of seven or more. 

    The Safe Sleep Training Segment provides essential knowledge on creating a safe sleep environment for infants in childcare settings. Participants will gain an understanding of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), including risk factors and prevention strategies. The course will cover best practices for safe sleep, including standards for cribs, tummy time, and sleep environment. Additionally, we will review the importance of having a clear safe sleep policy and a medical emergency plan. Through discussions and practical guidance, caregivers will learn how to implement these standards to ensure the well-being of infants in their care.

    In the Food Safety Discussion we will cover ways to incorporate a positive and supportive learning environment for feeding children. We will also cover how language and feeding are related.

    About the Presenter:

    Denise Gillespie has been a health and safety advocate for children and young adults for over twenty years. This includes over ten years as a pediatric nurse and over twenty years as a Child Care Health Consultant (CCHC). These roles involve providing training on various health and safety topics to childcare providers. Denise is the retired Director of Campus Health and Safety for the Franciscan Missionaries of our Lady University (FranU). Denise earned the Franciscan Service Aard, the highest recognition awarded by the FMOL Health System.




    • 06/02/2025
    • 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
    • Louisiana State Capitol, 900 N Third Street, Baton Rouge, LA
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    CCAL Day at the Capitol 

    Celebrating Child Care Business Owners and

    Early Childhood Educators and Support Staff

    Monday, June 2, 2025

    Louisiana State Capitol

      First Floor - Rotunda

    900 N. Third Street

    Baton Rouge, Louisiana

    9:00 AM - 2:30 PM 

    Please join us to meet with your legislators to advocate for CCAP Funding and learn more about issues that impact early childhood education during the 2025 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature!

    We need volunteers to man (or woman) the CCAL Exhibit Table in the Rotunda, 1st floor of the Louisiana State Capitol.

    The shifts are from 9:00 AM - 12 Noon or 1:00 till 2:30 PM

    We have lunch scheduled at the Lieutenant Governor's Apartment at the Pentagon Barracks from 11:15 AM till 1:00 PM.  It is within walking distance of the Louisiana State Capitol.

    Let us know what hour(s) you are available to sit at the CCAL Exhibit Table and give promotional materials to the public, including state lawmakers.  Thanks! 

    Parking Suggestions:  River Road across from the Pentagon Barracks.

    Tentative Schedule:

    9:00 AM Arrive at Capitol and meet in the Rotunda,  1st Floor 

    9:30 AM   Attend Committee Hearings and meet with individual legislators

    11:15 AM   Lunch at the Pentagon Barracks - Lt Gov Apartment

    1:00 PM     House and Senate 




    • 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. 

    We wanted to give you a heads up on the new venue  - Alexandria - and let you know that you can now register for an exhibit table

    We are working on our Sponsorship Package and will be able to offer your company the opportunity to host a continental breakfast on Friday and/or Saturday,  Conference Lunches on Friday and/or Saturday,  Conference T-shirts or our Friday Night Social Event.

    We expect a great turnout, with between 150 - 200 child care business owners,  early childhood educator and support staff. 

    If you are interested in other  sponsorship opportunities please email me or text Cindy Bishop at 225 933 5435 or via 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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Childcare Association of Louisiana
P.O. Box  80053
Baton Rouge, LA 70898-0053

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