Parenting in the Real World: Kids Don’t Come with Instructions is an interactive parenting workshop designed to help parents of children from birth through 4 years cope with stress so that they can be better, more effective caregivers. The sessions of Parenting in the Real World cover normal child development, discipline, bonding and attachment, balancing work and school with family, and caring for oneself.
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The Center for Child Well-being (CCW) developed the state-approved Promoting Social and Emotional Development in Child Care training to promote the optimal social, emotional, and behavioral development of young children.  This training provides child care professionals throughout the state of Georgia with accurate and up-to-date information about socio-emotional development and equips them with the skills they need to enhance young children’s social and emotional development.
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