TRAINERS

Trainers play a key role in empowering early care and education (ECE) providers to implement healthy best practices. ECE trainers may include staff from: Child Care Resource and Referral agencies, State Associations for the Education of Young Children, Cooperative Extensions, Local Health Departments, Child Care Health Consultation Networks, Head Start/Early Head Start programs, Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS)/QIS Coaches, licensure regulators, Family Child Care Networks, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) sponsor organizations, and independent trainers.  

Trainers may use resources found on this page to provide professional development and technical assistance to ECE providers on best practices for healthy eating, physical activity, screen time, breastfeeding, and Farm to ECE. Available resources include: 

• Learning Collaboratives- A powerful training and technical assistance model that brings together ECE programs to participate in a structured learning opportunity to make quality improvements in a focused area. Content areas include: nutrition, physical activity, breastfeeding, screen time, and Farm to ECE. 

• Nourishing Healthy Eaters (NHE)- A training package for ECE and health training and technical assistance staff on healthy eating practices for infants, toddlers, and preschool aged children. 

• Physical Activity Learning Sessions (PALS)- A training package for ECE and health training and technical assistance staff on the best practices for physical activity. 

• Family Cafés- Five guided discussions that bring families together to share information and engage in meaningful conversations.  Topics include: physical activity, healthy mealtimes, and managing screen time.   

If you are interested in learning more or working with HKHF TAP, contact us at hkhftap@nemours.org.