Workshops

How to Register for Training with WLS Database & Referral System!

Licensed childcare centers or licensed Family Home Care Providers use the following link to access the home page for their program:ย 

https://stage.worklifesystems.com/program/52

To register your staff for training, please select the training tab, then โ€œView Available Trainingโ€ .

Please be aware that the training shown on the WLS is for whole state of Louisiana. Ensure that you only register for trainings that you are able to attend.

They are tagged with NSU before the training code in the list view. Our trainings are held in Shreveport, Natchitoches, & Alexandria.

If you are not a licensed childcare center or family home care provider, you can take part in the training by emailing gunnk@nsula.edu and requesting access as an interested consumer. The fee is $10 per class.

If you are a licensed childcare center or family home care provider, that hasnโ€™t registered for the WLS system please email gunnk@nsula.edu to have a homepage created in the WLS system.

Workshops are $10 for Type I or II centers unless otherwise noted. Payments cannot be accepted at the door. Payments can be made with a credit or debit card online using this link ย https://bit.ly/3liH3Xs

Workshop Calendar

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19 February 2025

๐๐’๐”-๐‚๐…๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐”๐ฌ๐ž ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

NEW ย ย ย  ๐๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐˜ ๐–๐‡๐ˆ๐‹๐„ ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‘๐€๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐„๐’๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  ย  ย ย ย ย ย ย  ๐๐’๐” ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž & ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ (๐‚๐‚๐‘&๐‘) ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐”๐ฌ๐ž ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ ๐š ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž & ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ (๐‚๐‚๐‘&๐‘) ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ, ๐๐’๐” ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค (๐๐’๐”-๐‚๐…๐) ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ, ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐‘&๐‘-๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž (๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฎ๐š๐ง๐š, ๐š๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌ) ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ (๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ฌ ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฏ๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐๐ฌ) ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐’๐”-๐‚๐…๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž […]

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NSU-CFN, 1800 Warrington Place
Shreveport, LA 71101 United States
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13 December 2025

B-1d *HEALTH: Medication Administration (CDA 1) (ADM 1) Saturday, December 13ย  ย  9:00 am โ€“ 12:00 pm

B-1d *HEALTH: Medication Administration (CDA 1) (ADM 1) This session meets the medication and health training requirements, including the use of EpiPens!    

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NSU-CFN, 1800 Warrington Place
Shreveport, LA 71101 United States
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13 December 2025

I-8c The Wonder of It All: Child Development (CDA 8) Saturday, December 13ย  ย  9:00 am โ€“ 12:00 pm

I-8c The Wonder of It All: Child Development (CDA 8) Learn about the mystery of physical, social, and cognitive development of young children. Guidance and discipline require an understanding of child development and appropriate expectations.  

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NSU-CFN, 1800 Warrington Place
Shreveport, LA 71101 United States
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13 December 2025

ย I-2b The Magic of Music (CDA 2) Saturday, December 13ย  ย  1:00 pm โ€“ 4:00 pmย ย 

NOTE: THIS IS AN AFTERNOON SESSION ย ย I-2b The Magic of Music (CDA 2) Learn music activities to enhance your curriculum, support language and literacy, and encourage development by making and using simple musical instruments to accompany singing.      

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NSU-CFN, 1800 Warrington Place
Shreveport, LA 71101 United States
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10 January 2026

B-1d *HEALTH: Medication Administration (CDA 1) (ADM 1) Saturday, January 10ย  ย  9:00 am โ€“ 12:00 pm

B-1d *HEALTH: Medication Administration (CDA 1) (ADM 1) This session meets the medication and health training requirements, including the use of EpiPens.      

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NSU-CFN, 1800 Warrington Place
Shreveport, LA 71101 United States
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10 January 2026

I-3c Guidance for Children of All Ages (CDA 3) Saturday, January 10ย  ย  9:00 am โ€“ 12:00 pm

I-3c Guidance for Children of All Ages (CDA 3) Learn positive guidance techniques, preventive measures, and tools for behavior management that help children grow socially and emotionally. Guidance, not punishment, is the answer for behavior.

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NSU-CFN, 1800 Warrington Place
Shreveport, LA 71101 United States
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10 January 2026

I-2f Making Stories Come to Life (CDA 2) Saturday, January 10ย  ย  ย 1:00 pm โ€“ 4:00 pm

NOTE: This is an afternoon session I-2f Making Stories Come to Life (CDA 2) Learn how to keep children attentive during story time by using storytelling, puppets, flannel boards and activities. Have fun at this interactive make and take session.

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NSU-CFN, 1800 Warrington Place
Shreveport, LA 71101 United States
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12 January 2026

E-1c ย ย *HEALTH: Enriching Food Activities and ServSafe (CDA 1) Monday, January 12ย  ย 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

E-1c ย ย *HEALTH: Enriching Food Activities and ServSafe (CDA 1) Learn how to incorporate nutrition into your curriculum with hands-on activities Learn to provide a sanitary and safe food service avoiding food-borne illnesses. This session meets the requirements for ServSafe and additional health training

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NSU Webinar, 1800 Warrington Place
Shreveport, LA 71101 United States
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13 January 2026

E-7c Orientation to CLASS (CDA 7) (ADM 3) Tuesday, January 13ย  ย  6:00 pm โ€“ 9:00 pm

E-7c Orientation to CLASS (CDA 7) (ADM 3) Learn about the Classroom Assessment Scoring System that can help you be more effective in your work. Find out what to expect when you are observed.     Trainer: Haley Poe

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NSU-CFN, 1800 Warrington Place
Shreveport, LA 71101 United States
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27 January 2026

E-3h Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) (CDA 3)

E-3h Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) (CDA 3) Early childhood is a critical period of brain development, creating a foundation for development throughout life. Learn how t\raumatic and unfortunate experience can impact childrenโ€™s behavior.

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NSU-CFN, 1800 Warrington Place
Shreveport, LA 71101 United States
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Onsite Training!

Not finding the training you need at a time and place convenient for you? Consider scheduling an onsite. Choose your topic, your date, your time, for customized training convenient for you. Contact us for a session to be held at your location at a time convenient for you.

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Email us at cfnnsu@nsula.edu
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Shreveport

1800 Warrington Place
Shreveport, LA 71101
(318) 677-3150
1-800-796-9080
Fax 318-677-3169

Alexandria

1410 Neel Kearby Dr.
Alexandria, LA 71303
(318) 206-1361 or (318) 206-1392
1-800-796-9080
Fax 318-677-3169