2012 CHSA Conference - Sessions
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Special Two Day Tracks |
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Supporting Infant and Toddler Development and Care Donna Britt Senior Training Specialist Dr. Donna Britt, Ed.D. is a Program Manager for the Work Force Development IBM Nationwide Infant and Toddler Program at ZERO TO THREE. She also serves as a Senior Training Specialist for the Early Head Start National Resource Center (EHSNRC) and adjunct faculty teaching infant and toddler associate degree online courses for the University of Cincinnati. She has 30+ years of experience in early childhood and adult education. Dr. Britt received a Doctorate in Education from Nova Southeastern University, Child and Youth Studies Program and a Masters in Child Development/Family Life from Indiana State University. During this two-day session, attendees explore the world of the infant and toddler through video vignettes, interactive experiences, and large and small group discussions. The session explores the holistic development of infants and toddlers, defines Infant Mental Health and its connection to social emotional development, curriculum planning and family partnerships. Using the tool, GERMSS, attendees explore the components of the curriculum planning cycle. |
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Special Double Session (Friday, March 2) |
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Building a Solid Foundation for Early Learning: Effective and Engaging Instructional Interactions Marcia Kraft-Sayre Research Scientist Marcia Kraft-Sayre is a Research Scientist at the University of Virginia's Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) and part of the National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning team. The National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning, funded by the Office of Head Start, is identifying, developing and promoting evidenced-based education practices to support Head Start programs promote the best possible outcomes for young children. This session will focus on effective and engaging classroom interactions, and specific strategies for providing social and emotional support, developing well organized classrooms, and engaging in high quality instructional interactions with children.
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All Other Friday and Saturday Sessions
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Home Visitation THe HIPPY Model Melissa Kelly Certified HIPPY Instructor Certified, HIPPY USA Home visitation is an effective strategy that supports families where they are: in their homes and on their terms. Helping parents to be their child's best first teacher. This presentation will provide participants with an overview of home visitation, its history, cross-domain strategies, and outcomes, as well as introduce participants to the HIPPY model. |
Funsical - Movement, Music and Speech Activities That Keep Children Moving and Improving Scott Liebler Preschool teacher and creator of Funsical Curriculum Current Employment Owner and operator of Funsical program Make your children’s circle and group learning times come alive with playful activities that appeal to their natural desires to move, speak and have fun! Through a unique blending of music, movement and language activities like Groove and Greet™ and Physical Phonics,™ you will learn proven sequences of techniques to help your children build a solid foundation of stronger than average social-emotional skills and academic readiness while having Fun! |
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Blocks and Beyond: Learning to Think Spatially Kyle Stielow Owner Balanced Beginings, International Associate Director for Signing Time Academy Master Signing Time Instructor, Intermediate Qualistar Instructor Come explore new ways to use Finger-plays Books and Rhymes to enhance communication, increase vocabulary and boost early reading skills. Also see how ASL can assist with classroom management, discuss practical way to teach the whole child and incorporate ASL into all areas of your day. You will leave with free resources to assist you in integrating ASL into your existing routine and research based information to pass onto parents. |
Conscious Discipline Susan E. Dunn Early Childhood Education Specialist MA, 30+ years experience including Head Start, University level teaching, Private and Government, Center Director, Training and Curriculum Specialist Attend this session and learn how consciously or unconsciously labeling children and/or their behavior as BAD dictates our response during times of conflict. Learn to identify the role of feelings in all behavior, discover your personal “triggers”, and practice a seven-step process to turn resistance into cooperation. Information and materials based Conscious Discipline, by Dr. Becky Bailey. |
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Fun and Purposeful Home Activities with Children Janet Humphryes ECE/IT Specialist Head Start TA Network M.A. Early Childhood Education This session will focus on how to creatively use activities and materials found in the home to support individual children’s learning in all developmental levels, ages Birth through Five, as well as how these types of activities can be incorporated into the daily routine of the family. How children’s learn best, and enhancing parent/child success through relationships, routines/rituals and repetition will also be explored. |
Building Speech, Oral Language, Vocabulary & Phonological Awareness in Early Learners Kathy Villere, M.A., CCC-SLP Speech Language Pathologist M.A., CCC-SLP (Certified Speech Language Pathologist) Learn & Play with Words All Day! This workshop is a 75-minute interactive session that will provide an overview to preschool teachers/classroom leaders about how to develop activities for providing direct and indirect instruction in oral language, vocabulary, and six critical components of phonological awareness skills within the context of their existing themes and curriculums. Strategies using multiple modalities will be emphasized. Participants will learn how to make every moment of the preschool day a language-learning moment by blending all of those skills together as their students play and participate in typical daily activities and routines. All strategies and activities can be modified to be appropriate for all levels |
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Family Engagement is the Key to School Readiness Deborah Croteau Family Services Coordinator BSW, Child protection Metro State College This interactive workshop will engage families in the importance of school readiness for all children. We will share some basic terminology and data regarding school readiness. Once we have established this foundation we will invite family members to share ways that they currently engage in their child’s education and offer some ideas based on the Framework for Parent, Family, and Community Engagement. |
Infants and Toddlers: Building the Foundations for Life Long Learners Sandra Peterson Director of Outreach, Research and Innovation, EHS National Resource Center M.A. Trainer for the Early Head Start National Resource Center With the new requirements for creating and implementing school readiness goals many are wondering what, exactly, is school readiness for Early Head Start (EHS) programs? This presentation will offer opportunities to interact with materials, practice observation and curriculum planning skills, and share with families information about infant and toddler learning all with a focus on appropriate school readiness goals and expectations for infants and toddlers. |
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The Science and Practice of Putting Science in Practice Brian Scott Conly Executive Director B.A ECE, MBA, MA in Management/Orgs, PhD canidate in Ed Leadership How can we implement programs that change our family’s lives? Adding a new program, innovation, or evidence-based practice to an organization has an 18% chance to achieve its intended results. The other 82% can be called a Titanic waste of time and money! Would you like to increase your chances to 80%? Join us and explore the Science of Implementation through the story of Bal Swan and Pyramid Plus Colorado. |
Individualizing for Children Janet Humphryes ECE/IT Specialist Head Start TA Network M.A. Early Childhood Education Most often teaching staff find challenge in verbalizing what individualization is, providing the proof that they actually do it, and understanding why it is so important to children and the program. This session will address these challenges as well as present information around less demanding implementation methods for individualization. Participants will look at how they can learn about each child, evaluate where each child is at through observation, engage in conscious intentional planning, accomplish ongoing assessment, and respond to children’s progress. A method of analyzing the details and isolating the difficulties of individualization will be reviewed and practiced. Individualizing for children involves knowing children so well that we can truly be responsive to their developmental needs. This session will offer participants simple strategies for learning about each child, evaluating where each child is at through observation, engaging in conscious intentional planning, implementing applicable lessons, and responding to children’s progress – all Head Start requirements that can be accomplished during the course of the day. |
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Building Relationships with Families – a Family Partnership Process Andi Allen Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant Licensed Clinical Social Worker Across Head Start centers and classrooms there are Family Support Service professionals charged with the job and opportunity to assist families within their communities to better their quality of life. We will discuss ways in which the participant may deepen their connections with families utilizing a strengths-based approach, culture discovery, and motivational interviewing while understanding the change cycle/process and employ these techniques to enrich their day-to-day work with families. |
Tuning Into Temperament: A New Way to Understand & Manage Challenging Behavior Terri Emberling ECE Mental Health Consultant MS LPC In this highly practical and entertaining workshop providers will learn to work with about the 9 temperamental traits to decrease troubling behaviors and build more harmony in their classrooms.
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Family Outcomes-Family, Parent, and Community Engagement Framework Lisa Guthery Assistant Program Director, Lowry Montessori Early Learning Center The Family Professional Partnership Association (FPPA) will share its own findings based on discussions with colleagues as well as examine how they relate to the recent Family, Parent, and Community Engagement Framework. The FPPA was established by representatives from various Colorado Head Start programs to address concerns raised by family partnership professionals. |
Blocks and Beyond: Learning to Think Spatially Mary Jo Pollman Author, Consultant, Retired ECE College Professor PhD, Early Childhood Education, Florida State University This will provide policy makers, teachers, and parents current research on spatial and geometric literacy. This area is often overlooked but current reports from the National Research Council (2009) point out that attention is needed in this area. This interactive and hands on presentation will provide geometric ideas to take home that are aligned with standards. |
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Renew your Spirit Explore the Seeds of Your Service Work Susan Kaplan, M.S.W., M.P.A. Facilitator: Courage & Renewal® Masters of Social Work & Public Administration Those who’ve dedicated their lives to serve others know the pressures to choose between care of self & others. With slower paced conversation, you have time to listen for what seeds you may plant in your professional and personal life to grow and sustain your authentic leadership ~ by listening to the self that serves others. You will leave more refreshed than you imaged in this Courage & Renewal® program. |
Supporting Men in Early Childhood Education Soren Gall Supervising Teacher M.A., Teaching -Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education With male teachers making up a small percentage of the early childhood educators, how can we work together to correct this issue? Learn practical suggestions and strategies on how we can all help this important cause for the early childhood field. |
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Coaching For Success: Using A Framework for Thinking Model™ to Promote Intentional Coaching Practices Constant Hine President, Consultant, Coach M.A. Early Childhood Ed; Colorado Office of Professional Development & Qualistar-approved Trainer – Advanced Level Participants will learn the Coaching For Success -Framework For Thinking Model™ which provides 5 stations in a structured framework to help coaches think, inquire and coach systematically and intentionally. Participants will examine the continuum of scaffolding strategies and learn how to differentiate which strategies to use given a coachee’s individual needs. Participants will learn to broaden and deepen successful universal scaffolding strategies to support the effectiveness of early childhood professionals |
Attachment and Challenging Behaviors Janet Humphryes ECE/IT Specialist Head Start TA Network M.A. Early Childhood Education Children are not born with challenging behaviors; they learn these behaviors from the environment of which they are a part. In this session we will explore the basics about how children securely attach to their parents and understand how the various forms of attachment lead to children’s varied behaviors. Strategies for developing secure attachment in children , and in ourselves will be presented and practiced. |
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Understanding Early Childhood Trauma Kelly Miller Mental Health Consultant, LCSW In every preschool there are children who experience trauma and any professional working with traumatized children is at risk for secondary trauma. Understanding Early Childhood Trauma and Secondary Trauma creates awareness and answers. Participants will learn current facts and statistics about early childhood trauma and how it relates directly to head start. Participants will learn what secondary trauma is, warning signs, symptoms, and tips to stay professionally competent.
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