Parenting Courses and Certifications

Positive Parenting

10 reviews

The term "parent" applies to an array of individuals whose presence impacts the health and well-being of children. Positive parenting seeks to promote the parenting behaviors that are most essential for fostering positive youth development.

• YouTube
• 1 day 17 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing

5 reviews

Everyday Parenting gives you access to a toolkit of behavior-change techniques that will make your typical day in the home easier as you develop the behaviors you would like to see in your child.

• Coursera
• 20 hours 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Science of Parenting

5 ratings at edX

Move beyond the chatterand opinion surrounding parenting and learn about thescientific findings and data that can help you make sensible, informed parenting decisions.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Kids with Cancer Still Need School: The Providers Role

This course will help you understand and address the challenges parents and families face regarding schooling after a cancer diagnosis.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Family Spirit Nurture

Gain skills to promote healthy nutrition for Indigenous families with infants 0-6 months. Learn strengths-based approaches, Native Foodways, infant feeding, and understanding baby personalities.

• Coursera
• 6 hours 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Understanding children: babies being heard

22 ratings at OpenLearn

In this free course, Understanding children: babies being heard, you will find out some of the things that very young babies can do. You will also discover how babies can contribute to family life ...

• OpenLearn
• 5 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Attachment in the early years

151 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Attachment in the early years, covers theory and research in the area of attachment in early childhood. In the 1950s, John Bowlby was the first person to develop a theory about ...

• OpenLearn
• 6 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Children and young people: food and food marketing

1 rating at OpenLearn

The following video explores the concepts covered in this course.

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Children’s perspectives on play

100 ratings at OpenLearn

In this free course, Children's perspectives on play, you are asked to put yourself in the place of young children and to think about their view of play and their reasons for playing. When children...

• OpenLearn
• 5 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Childhood in the digital age

44 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Childhood in the digital age, delves into the lives of children and discuss the potential benefits and limitations of technology in their lives.

• OpenLearn
• 12 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Children and young people’s participation

36 ratings at OpenLearn

Listening to children is a first step in the participation agenda, which is reasonably well established. By contrast, enabling children to share in decision making lags some way behind. This free ...

• OpenLearn
• 12 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Children’s experiences with digital technologies

3 ratings at OpenLearn

This free course, Children’s experiences with digital technologies, is an introduction to how children use digital technologies, such as mobile applications, digital games and computers, and what ...

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Microcredential

Home-Based Child Care

Comprehensive training on operating a home-based childcare center, covering child development, learning stimulation, safety measures, and business fundamentals over 22 weeks.

• Coursera
• 22 weeks, 2 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Supporting Parents of a Newborn Baby

186 ratings at Coursera

In this course, you will learn some core components in supporting parents of newborn babies.

• Coursera
• 11 hours 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Aspen Institute

Supporting Parents, Nurturing Kids - Challenges and Solutions in Modern Parenting

1 review

Explore strategies for supporting parents and nurturing children in today's challenging environment, addressing societal issues and highlighting the importance of early childhood development.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video