Embracing Differences: Child Care Providers

4C for Children stands for equity and inclusion across the early childhood arena and against any form of discrimination based on: race, nationality, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability or economic status or any other aspect that makes individuals unique.

Providing early childhood education and resources for child care providers is key to our mission. Included in those resources are training opportunities focused on equity and inclusion. We have the following training sessions available on a rotating basis:

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Children Experiencing Homelessness Enrolled in ECE Programs; The Role of the Program and ECE Professional
• Beyond Ethnic Tourism: Cultural Proficiency and Children’s Picture Books
• Creating an Anti-Bias Curriculum
• Engaging Families of Young English Language Learners ELL Module 2
• Explore This! Cultural Diversity
• Family Engagement Module
• From a Tree to a Forest-Integrate Cultural Diversity Into an ECE Learning Environment
• From Cocoon to Butterfly – Working with Families and Children
• From My Village To the World – Honoring Cultural Diversity
• Including All Children
• Inclusion: Preparing the ECE Program to Serve Children with Special Needs
• Inclusive Practices
• Infant and Toddler Best Practice Series: Cultural Diversity for Sensitive Infant and Toddler Care
• Introduction to Young English Language Learners
• Supporting Our Youngest English Language Learner: Strategies for Working with Children Birth to 36 months
• Supporting the Development of English by Young English Language Learners ELL Module 3
• Supporting Young English Language Learners (ages 3-5 pre-kindergarten) ELL Module 5
• Understanding Homelessness

Upcoming Training Sessions

• March 22, 2022: Working With Dual Language Learners in ECE Programs

Available Resources

• Book Recommendations: Books featuring African-American lead characters and/or focused on diversity and social-emotional health from Groundwork Ohio and Dayton Metro Library
• Anti-Bias Resources for Early Childhood Programs, from NAEYC
• Addressing Social Bias in the Classroom, from Edutopia.org
• Diversity and Equity Resources from ZERO TO THREE

Read Embracing Differences, our full statement on diversity, equity and inclusion.