Loving Arms Center Executive Director

LaFarris Risby, CFLE - Executive Director

I have over 20 years of experience in Early Childhood Education and Family Support. As a member of the National Council on Family Relations I am committed to providing and promoting quality early childhood education, and family well-being.

As a Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) and nationally certified Trainer, Representative and Advisor for the Advanced Professional Child Development Associate (CDA) certification, I personally oversee and deliver the training and staff development activities for my staff, including their CDA certification, and have facilitated a wide variety of early childhood, health, parenting and family related programs in collaboration with various organizations in the community, including local school district USD 475 and Head Start.

Credentials:

Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Education Bachelor of Science in Human Services Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) Child Development Associate (CDA) – Infants & Toddlers CDA Representative, Advisor and Trainer Kansas Child Care Training Opportunities (KCCTO) Trainer First Aid and CPR, Instructor Healthy Childcare Kansas, Instructor

Basic Parenting, Instructor Responsive Discipline, Instructor Love and Logic, Instructor Certified Home Visitor and Instructor (Kansas & Nebraska) Preventive Disease Transmission, Instructor Healthy Family of America, Instructor AIDS/HIV, Instructor