Extension Foundation Online Campus
This course is under construction and a certificate is not available
Early Childhood Workforce Training 2022
Transportation Safety
This course presents recommended practices and policies for the safe transport of young children to and from childcare programs.
Click on the title of the course above, then scroll down to "enroll me". Click on "enroll me' to enter the course.
NOTICE **It is the responsibility of the user to print or download and save the certificate of completion. The instructor is not able to access individual certificates to duplicate.
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For more information: Cathryn Peshlakai, M.Ed., Program Officer II Early Childhood Education
University of Nevada Reno Extension
Office: 702-257-5561
Email: cpeshlakai@unr.edu

Zero-To-Three Critical Compentencies for Infant-Toddler Educators
Area 2: Supporting Cognitive Development
There four modules in this course which focus on helping educators understand and support cognitive development and learning with Infants and Toddlers;
Sub-Areas:
C-1 Facailitating Exploration and concept Development
C-2 Building Meaningful Curriculum
C-3 Promoting Imitation, Symbolic Represnetation and Play
C-4 Supporting Reasoning and Problem Solving
Access to this course is restricted and registration is required. An enrollment key will be provided upon registration confirmation.
- Teacher: Teresa Byington
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This four-part, asynchronous learning module was created by the Military Families Learning Network’s Early Intervention team. The interactive course focuses on the rights of young children with disabilities in military families, eligibility for special education programs and services for children with disabilities available within military systems, and strategies to support military families as they navigate these systems in military contexts.
- Teacher: Robyn DiPietro-Wells
- Teacher: OneOp Early Intervention
This is a restricted course and only available to participants accepted into the University of Nevada Reno, Extension CDA Coaching Program.
It is our goal to ensure students understand the skills to be a successful professional in the field of early childhood. In this course we will examine professional characteristics, and best practices. We will discuss the teacher's role and the importance of continuous professional development and goal setting.
If you are entering the workforce or have been employed over time, you will find these skills are necessary to be hired or retain your job.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Rebecca Vizina
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This is a restricted course and available only for enrolled Child Development Associate Students.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Rebecca Vizina
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This is a restricted course and available only for enrolled Child Development Associate Students.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Rebecca Vizina
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This is a restricted course and available only for enrolled Child Development Associate Students.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Rebecca Vizina
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This is a restricted course and available only for enrolled Child Development Associate Students.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Rebecca Vizina
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This is a restricted course and available only for enrolled Child Development Associate Students.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Rebecca Vizina
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This is a restricted course and available only for enrolled Child Development Associate Students.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Rebecca Vizina
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This is a restricted course and available only for enrolled Child Development Associate Students.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Rebecca Vizina
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This is a restricted course and available only for enrolled Child Development Associate Students.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Rebecca Vizina
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This course is restricted and only available to participants registered in University of Nevada Reno, Extension CDA Program.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This is a restricted course which requires an access code.
The CDA Practice Exam has 67 questions including true/false, multiple-choice and scenario questions (with a short narrative and photo).
The Candidate will have up to one hour and forty-five minutes to complete the exam. The only computer-based skill needed to take the Exam is the ability to point and click a mouse.
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
This is a restricted course which requires an access code.
The CDA Practice Exam has 74 question including true/false, multiple-choice and scenario questions (with a short narrative and photo).
The Candidate will have up to one hour and forty-five minutes to complete the exam. The only computer-based skill needed to take the Exam is the ability to point and click a mouse.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Rebecca Vizina
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This course is restricted and only available to participants registered in University of Nevada Reno, Extension CDA Program.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This course is restricted and only available to participants registered in University of Nevada Reno, Extension CDA Program.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This course is restricted and only available to participants registered in University of Nevada Reno, Extension CDA Program.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This course is restricted and only available to participants registered in University of Nevada Reno, Extension CDA Program.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This course is restricted and only available to participants registered in University of Nevada Reno, Extension CDA Program.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Sarah Wright
This course is restricted and only available to participants registered in University of Nevada Reno, Extension CDA Program.
- Teacher: Janelle Jamero
- Teacher: Robin Marx-Mackerley
- Teacher: Cathryn Peshlakai
- Teacher: Erin Skaggs
- Teacher: Sarah Wright