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Courses and Webinars
Be a life-long learner! Explore these resources created just for the caring adults who work with children.
Develop strategies for working with families. Put in some professional development hours by watching a webinar or taking a course designed for all types of providers.
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From Attention to Connection: Responding to Challenging Behavior in Caring Ways
In this webinar, you’ll learn strategies to help you support young children facing emotional challenges.
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Building a Connected Community
Take a course on ways to help children and families get ready for school and life—together!
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Stories, Smiles, and Shared Reading with Sesame
Follow along for a guided introduction to resources on shared reading.
![An adult holds the hand of a child as the walk through a door held open by another adult wearing a mask.](https://sesameworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/800x600-SSIC-GrowingTogether_1303960405-768x576-1-667x500.jpg)
Growing Together
Discover ways to partner with families for school readiness across every aspect of child development.
![An animation of Julia holding her dog Rose.](https://sesameworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Autism-Webinar-Julia-Rose-Fort-667x500.jpg)
Forging Furry Friendships: How Human-Animal Interventions Can Support Autistic Children’s Well-Being
In this webinar, you’ll learn about the science of human-animal bonds and specifically how animal interventions can support autistic children’s well-being.
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Supporting Resettling Children and Families in the U.S.
![Elmo and his parents with a savings jar.](https://sesameworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/OverallCourse-667x500.jpg)
For Me, For You, For Later
An interactive guide for educators to teach financial education concepts and skills to young children.
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A Conversation About Art Therapy
In this webinar, Sesame Workshop’s Tara Wright, and Art Therapist Natasha Westrich Wood talk together about how young children (and grown-ups) can communicate and express themselves through art.
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Welcome to SesameWorkshop.org!
In this webinar, you’ll follow along for a walkthrough of the website, including the new Family Resources section!
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Sesame Workshop and Exceptional Minds Q&A
Join us for a conversation with representatives from Sesame Workshop and the artists from Exceptional Minds.
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Rhythms of Resilience
An interactive course that helps providers and caring community members introduce resilience-building practices to young children and families affected by crisis.
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Building a Connected Community
Take a course on ways to help children and families get ready for school and life—together!
![Family sitting together.](https://sesameworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/800x600-WelcomingOthers-1a-667x500.jpeg)
Welcoming Others
Explore ways you can support newcomer families in your community.
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Many Right Ways: Exploring Quality in Family Child Care
Explore the many ways you can offer high-quality child care to young children.
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Circles of Care
An interactive course that equips providers to better identify and support family, friend, and neighbor caregivers (FFNC’s).
![An adult holds the hand of a child as the walk through a door held open by another adult wearing a mask.](https://sesameworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/800x600-SSIC-GrowingTogether_1303960405-768x576-1-667x500.jpg)
Growing Together
Discover ways to partner with families for school readiness across every aspect of child development.
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Building a Reader
An interactive course that explores key literacy goals, strategies, and activities to support learning around language and literacy in children ages 2-5.
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Make Believe With Math
You can create math moments in young children’s lives, especially during pretend play.
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Caring Communities
In our course Caring Communities, you can explore the ways to embed storybooks, printables, videos, and digital games in your work with everyone in your neighborhood.
Develop strategies for working with families. Certificates of completion available.
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Little Neighbors: Fostering Community Connection, Engagement, and Exploration
![An animation of a child playing with stuffed animals](https://sesameworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SSIC-Webinar-v2-667x500.jpg)
From Attention to Connection: Responding to Challenging Behavior in Caring Ways
In this webinar, you’ll learn strategies to help you support young children facing emotional challenges.
![An animation of Julia holding her dog Rose.](https://sesameworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Autism-Webinar-Julia-Rose-Fort-667x500.jpg)
Forging Furry Friendships: How Human-Animal Interventions Can Support Autistic Children’s Well-Being
In this webinar, you’ll learn about the science of human-animal bonds and specifically how animal interventions can support autistic children’s well-being.
![An animation of a parent reading to their child](https://sesameworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GeneralLiteracy-Webinar-ScienceOfStoryTelling-667x500.jpg)
Stories, Smiles, and Shared Reading with Sesame
Follow along for a guided introduction to resources on shared reading.
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Supporting Grieving Native American Children and Families
Learn ways to support Native American children and families who are grieving with compassion and cultural humility.
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Supporting Resettling Children and Families in the U.S.
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Understanding Bullying
Senior Vice President of Curriculum and Content, Rosemarie Truglio, PhD, examines bullying as it affects young children, and shares ways to handle—and prevent—it.
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Taking Care of Myself
Watch this webinar to recharge and stock your self-care tool kit with tips and tricks to try when stress sneaks in.
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An Introduction to ‘Welcome Sesame’
Follow along for an introduction to resources designed to support families experiencing displacement or resettlement as a result of crisis.
Take a guided tour of some of our topics with a curated list of meaningful resources to share with children and families in your care.
![Elmo and his parents with a savings jar.](https://sesameworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/OverallCourse-667x500.jpg)
For Me, For You, For Later
An interactive guide for educators to teach financial education concepts and skills to young children.
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Sesame Strong
Resources designed to empower caregivers and support family engagement.
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Supporting Caregiving Families
A guide to help providers support military and veteran caregiving families.
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Room to Grow: Resources for Racial Justice
Your actions, big and small, are powerful in the life of EVERY child in your community.
Your comments and questions are welcome! Please write to us at Communities@sesame.org