2025 EQST Training InformationÂ
We are in the process of switching over to an online registration system for trainings this year. Please be patient with us as we kick off this new process. If you need assistance completing the online form, please call the Robeson County Partnership for Children at (910) 738-6767 and a member of our staff can help you.
Our Training Policies are linked below for your convenience. Please review them before registering for trainings.
2025 Training Policies
If you are interested in participating in child care provider trainings sponsored by the Robeson County Partnership for Children, Inc., please click on this button to complete the online registration form.
The upcoming schedule of trainings are listed below. All trainings unless otherwise noted will be at the Robeson County Partnership for Children located at 210 E. Second Street, Lumberton, NC 28358.
Fall/Winter 2025 Training Calendar
8-23-25 9 am to 12 pm: CPR/First Aid (no credit hours) – $10 to RCPC and bring $5 to training to receive card; Registration Deadline 8/14/25; Participants will complete the American Heart Association requirements and receive certification in CPR and First Aid. Participants will bring $5 to receive a CPR/First Aid Certification Card
8-28-25 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm: ITS-SIDS (2 CHCs) – $10; Registration Deadline 8/21/25; This training will cover the NC Safe Sleep guidelines including safe practices, sleep charts, and room environment. Learners will be given a Pre/Post test to assess knowledge gained as a result of this training.
9-13-25 9 am to 1 pm: Playground Safety (4 CHCs) – $15; Registration deadline 9/5/2025; The purpose of this training is to make participants more aware of safety concerns in the home, center, or school-based childhood setting. This training will help childcare providers become more aware of the potential hazards and safety issues the playground and equipment and ways they can prevent childhood injuries. Emphasis will be placed on meeting state guidelines.
9/25/2025 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm: Finding Joy (2 CHCs) – $10; Registration deadline 9/18/2025; Participants will learn what it means to have joy and find joy in their classrooms and in their careers. We will focus on why they went into this profession in the first place and remember that they are making a positive difference in children’s lives.
10/16/2025 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm: ITS-SIDS (2CHCs) – $10; Registration deadline 10/9/2025; This training will cover the NC Safe Sleep guidelines including safe practices, sleep charts, and room environment. Learners will be given a Pre/Post test to assess knowledge gained as a result of this training.
11/8/2025 9 am to 12 pm: CPR/First Aid (no credit hours) – $10 to RCPC and bring $5 to training to receive card; Registration Deadline 10/28/2025; Participants will complete the American Heart Association requirements and receive certification in CPR and First Aid. Participants will bring $5 to receive a CPR/First Aid Certification Card
11/13/2025 6:30 to 8:30 pm: High Quality & Supportive Classroom (2 CEUs) – $10; Registration Deadline 11/6/2025; This purpose of this training is to help child care teachers develop a high quality supportive classroom that helps with behavior management issues. They will also learn how to help their children with transitions and behavior management.
11/15/2025 9 am to 1 pm: Playground Safety (4 CHCs) – $15; Registration deadline 11/6/2025; The purpose of this training is to make participants more aware of safety concerns in the home, center, or school-based childhood setting. This training will help childcare providers become more aware of the potential hazards and safety issues the playground and equipment and ways they can prevent childhood injuries. Emphasis will be placed on meeting state guidelines.
11/18/2025 6:30 to 8:30 pm: Connections Matter in Early Childhood (2CHCs) – $10; Registration Deadline 11/13/2025; Participants will learn the importance of safe, secure attachments with caregivers. Safe, secure relationships with adults make a significant impact on the life of a child and on their health outcomes as an adult. Participants will understand childhood trauma and its impact; explore how to support their emotional, social and intellectual development; reduce problem behaviors; and cultivate resilience in yourself and the children that you care for.
12/9/2025 6:30 to 8:30 pm: Protective Factors Framework (2CHCs) – $10; Registration Deadline 12/4/2025; The Strengthening Families approach and protective factors framework is a research -informed, strength-based approach that prevents child abuse and neglect by focusing on the well-being of all families and helping families identify and build on their strengths. These make up the Protective Factors Framework: parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, concrete support in times of need, and social and emotional competence of children.
12/11/2025 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm: ITS-SIDS (2CHCs) – $10; Registration deadline 12/4/2025; This training will cover the NC Safe Sleep guidelines including safe practices, sleep charts, and room environment. Learners will be given a Pre/Post test to assess knowledge gained as a result of this training.