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Early Childhood Education Center Trainings

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SPAN offers free on-site and virtual training and technical assistance to any Arkansas early childhood education center. Trainings include breastfeeding, physical activity and nutrition. Session information will be coming soon. Stay tuned!

Technical Assistance and Customized Professional Development

We assess your program’s efforts in physical activity, nutrition, and/or breastfeeding support. We can help write program policies, assess your playground and offer resources. We can also help with a professional development plan based on your needs.

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PALS (Physical Activity Learning System) trains educators in best practices for indoor or outdoor physical activities in children birth to five.

Breastfeeding Friendly Center

Your childcare center will learn how to store and handle breastmilk and support breastfeeding mothers.

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Train your childcare center staff to promote healthy foods, and teach your classrooms how fun and tasty healthy foods are.

Childcare Centers Get Makeover After Breastfeeding Training

Fifteen Arkansas early childhood education centers revamped closets, classrooms, storage areas and offices to be breastfeeding friendly for staff and clients.

Before and after pic of Janna's Little Angels breastfeeding room
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