The First 1,000 Days of Speech & Language
Four practical strategies that build conversation, play, shared reading, and early language fluency.
Joyful learning. Practical impact.
Training that helps every child belong.
Engaging professional development for early childhood educators, built around play, language, inclusion, and strategies teachers can use tomorrow.
25+years in education
Practicalready-to-use strategies
Family-focusedcoaching & early intervention
Training for early childhood professionals
Professional development classes
Choose a topic or ask Tonya to customize a class for your team.
Tame Challenging Behavior with PAINS
A five-step co-regulation process that helps educators nurture appropriate behavior and stronger learning communities.
The Power of Storytelling
Use books and storytelling to strengthen oral language, early literacy, and social-emotional skills.
Executive Function Skills
Discover the five executive-function skills that help children thrive: joint attention, turn taking, impulse control, task initiation, and task completion. Educators leave with practical, loving ways to build social-emotional success.
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Learn with Tonya
Upcoming appearances and classes.
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DecTBA
National Head Start Convention
National speaking engagement
Exact date, location, and attendance details will be announced soon.
FallTBA
Richland First Steps
Upcoming training appearance
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FallTBA
Laurens First Steps
Upcoming training appearance
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FallTBA
SHARE Head Start Greenville
Upcoming training appearance
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Free educator resource
Strategies for Leading Supportive Conversations
A practical resource to help educators and leaders approach important conversations with clarity, care, and confidence.
Tonya Hayes, M.Ed.
Parent Coaching SpecialistRoutines-Based Learning ExpertEarly Intervention Mentor
Meet your facilitator
Experience, heart, and a room full of fresh ideas.
Tonya Hayes brings a career spanning speech therapy, parent education, family literacy, higher education, and early childhood training. As a parent coaching specialist, routines-based learning expert, and early intervention mentor, she helps adults turn child development knowledge into practical everyday support. She holds a master’s degree in education with an emphasis in preschool education.
✓ Speech & language expertise✓ National conference presenter✓ Early childhood faculty experience✓ Inclusion-centered practice
More about Tonya
From state conferences to the National Head Start Convention, Tonya is known for making learning warm, memorable, and genuinely useful. Her favorite work is helping teachers understand child development and opening more doors for every child to learn alongside their peers.
Keynotes & special events
A speaker who keeps the room leaning in.
Warm, energetic talks with practical ideas your audience will remember and use.
What educators are saying
Ideas that travel from the training room to the classroom.
“Tonya Hayes’ knowledge and experience allows her trainings to connect the dots between the many services that children and families are a part of. I always leave her trainings with new ideas and a fresh perspective to incorporate into my work and the services I provide. Thank you, Tonya!
Organizations Tonya has worked with
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