2009 Early On Annual Conference - FULL

Dates:

November 05-06, 2009

Location:

Eagle Crest Conference Center
1275 S. Huron Street
Ypsilanti, MI 48197

1275 S. Huron Street
Ypsilanti, MI 48197

Cost:

$160.00

Details:

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Our Featured Chef: Larry Edelman Larry Edelman is a Senior Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado Denver. He is a consultant to Part C Lead Agencies in numerous states and works on initiatives related to early intervention supports and services, child outcomes measurement systems and the use of technology.
Keynote: Key Practices for Early Intervention Supports and Services
Breakout Session: Strategies for Using Video in Early Intervention
Sample of Menu Offerings:
1. Gari Stein � Rock-A-Bye Babies: Music, Movement & More for Infants and Toddlers
2. Denise Doorlag and Sue Bickel � Supporting Development of the Premature Baby after Discharge from the NICU
3. Janice Fialka � Nourishment for the Weary: Understanding Compassionate Fatigue and Learning what to do with it
4. Kittie Butcher and Katie Strong � Talk Tools: A Collaborative Approach to Parent Training for Promoting Language Development in Infants and Toddlers
5. Joanne Mitchell and Kathy Grappin � Healthy Attachment in the First Years
6. JoAnne Vincent and Sally Torres � Home Visiting Safety
7. Janet Fowler � Make and Take Learning Games for Parents and Children Birth to 3
8. Laura Homrich � Tackling Nutrition: The T's of Feeding Children

Due to great interest in the Early On Annual Conference, the block of rooms at the conference hotel, Marriott at Eagle Crest Resort in Ypsilanti, for Thursday night has reached capacity. To accommodate overflow, EOT&TA has negotiated overnight availability at the Fairfield Inn, another Marriott hotel, in Ann Arbor.

The Fairfield Inn, near Briarwood Mall, offers rooms for $70 per night. The telephone numbers are: (800) 228-2800 or (734) 995-5200. The deadline for reservations is October 22. The conference rate is availble to guests who mention the Early On block.

To book your room online please click on one of the following links:
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If you plan to attend just the Early On Conference or the Early On Conference and the Faculty Colloquium, click the register button below.

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Agenda:

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Thursday - November 05, 2009

Session 1: Thursday - 10:15am to 12:15pm

A - Working with Children from Birth to Three: Application of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory

Holly S. McFaul, Early Childhood Educational Consultant

This presentation will provide information on the eight intelligences in Howard Gardner�s theory, how to identify children�s unique intelligence areas, and how to apply this information when planning activities for the infant or toddler.

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SWCH,ASHA - Auditorium 2

B - Make and Take Learning Games for Parents & Children Birth to 3 (This session has reached capacity)

Janet Fowler, Quality Training and Resource Planning Specialists, LCC

Participants will make games they can use with children and parents, expand their repertoire of age-appropriate parent-child activities to use during play, and learn of additional resources to access more games and activities. Note: There will be a $5.00 materials fee collected from each participant at the beginning of this session.

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SWCH - Conference Room E

C - Tackling Nutrition - the Six T's of Feeding (This session has reached capacity)

Laura Homrich, Kent County Health Department

Feeding children, regardless of their health or other needs, is challenging. One approach is to look at the �Ts� involved: time, touch, taste, trust, tolerance, and the table. Participants will gain insight into barriers, behaviors, and ideas to support families with this challenge.

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NCH,SWCH - Conference Room C

D - Starting Early in Oral Health Care for All Children

Susan Deming, Michigan Department of Community Health
Jyl Bosone, Michigan Head Start State-Based Training and Technical Assistance

Encouraging good oral health in the very young child is important but frequently overlooked. This session will address: tooth development and the importance of primary teeth, signs of possible tooth and gum problems, preventive interventions, increased risk of decay in children with special needs, and strategies for parents and caregivers to promote oral health in their infants and toddlers with systemic or developmental conditions.

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NCH,SWCH - Elizabeth Ann A

E - Me Do! Resolving Conflict with Toddlers (This session has reached capacity)

Julie Hoeschler, High/Scope Educational Research Foundation

As children begin to explore their environments and encounter other children, conflicts are inevitable. This session will present strategies to help children find ways of resolving these problems that are satisfying to everyone.

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SWCH,ASHA - Conference Room D

F - Understanding Compassion Fatigue and Learning What To Do with It (This session has reached capacity)

Janice Fialka, Early On Training and Technical Assistance

�I have no energy for this work anymore. I�m running on empty.� These are troubling words, but not uncommon for professionals in the helping fields. This interactive workshop will provide an overview of the expanding field of compassion fatigue and the costs of emotional labor. We will examine our own experiences and identify promising ways to restore our energy as we work with families.

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NCH,SWCH - Conference Room B

G - Helping Families through Community Supports and Resources (This session has reached capacity)

Marilyn Schmitt, Development Center
Laura Unger-Hauver, City of Detroit Health and Wellness

This offering will be a presentation of potential state and community resources, supports, and programs that families and their children with special needs may be eligible for. Updates to the programs will be highlighted. As a service coordinator or provider, this information will help you navigate the systems of supports that may be available to children and families you are working with.

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NCH,SWCH - Elizabeth Ann B

Session 2: Thursday - 1:30pm to 2:45pm

A - Rock-A-Bye Babies: Music, Movement & More for Infants and Toddlers (This session has reached capacity)

Gari Stein, Music for Little Folks

Infants come into this world with an innate receptivity to music and movement. Research suggests that it positively affects all areas of development, nourishes the brain, and creates opportunities for social competence and emotional well-being. Strategies and suggestions will be presented to equip the home visitor with methods and materials to support families to incorporate music into their everyday routines.

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SWCH - Conference Room E

B - Transition Planning: Part C to Part B - Transition by Three

Noel Cole, Michigan Department of Education
Jessica Brady, Michigan Department of Education

This session is for all practitioners involved in moving children from Early On (Part C) to Early Childhood Special Education Services (Part B). There will be an opportunity to gain understanding of the federal requirements for transition planning and the transition conference, to know the roles of each team member, and to discuss special circumstances.

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SWCH - Elizabeth Ann B

C - Welcoming ALL Families

Holly McFaul, Early Childhood Educational Consultant

Participants will explore working with non-traditional families and their children. Highlights include: information on different family styles, exploring our own biases, strategies for working with diverse families, and how to locate resources on working with non-traditional families.

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NCH,SWCH,ASHA - Elizabeth Ann A

D - Establishing and Expanding Social Communication Behaviors in Young Children with Communicative Impairments or Delays (This session has reached capacity)

Joshua Plavnick, Michigan State University
Sean Strasberger, Michigan State University

Evidence-based practices for inducing and expanding functional and social communication repertoires in young children with communication impairments and delays will be shared. The session will focus on strategies to evoke and maintain speech behavior as well as alternative/augmentative communication for children without speech capacities.

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SWCH,ASHA - Auditorium 2

E - What Do Infants and Toddlers Learn: Interpreting What We See and Planning for Their Development? (This session has reached capacity)

Julie Hoeschler, High/Scope Educational Research Foundation

Infants and toddlers are born learners. What are they learning and how can caregivers interpret their actions and behaviors? This presentation will cover the High/Scope Infant and Toddler Key Experiences (KEs). These KEs describe the areas of development in this age range that are essential to construction of knowledge. Participants will learn and use KEs as a framework for interpreting child development based on observations, developmental theory, and research.

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SWCH - Conference Room C

F - ABCD Project Update

Teresa Holtrop, MD, Children�s Hospital of Michigan

Dr. Holtrop will provide updates on the ABCD project�s current expansion efforts within Michigan�s medical community. The Assuring Better Child Health and Development project�s purpose is to encourage pediatricians to identify children, using a developmental screening tool, and refer children with possible developmental delays to Early On. There will be discussion of county-specific collaborations related to the ABCD project as well as how to improve communication and collaboration between the medical community and Early On.

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NCH,SWCH - Conference Room B

G - Healthy Attachment in the First Years (This session has reached capacity)

Joanne M. Mitchell, Michigan Head Start State-Based Office of Training and Technical Assistance
Kathy Grappin, Michigan Head Start State-Based Office of Training and Technical Assistance

This workshop will provide current research on the effects of attachment on brain development and how these relationships enhance learning. It will include fun ways to promote parent-child attachment, including empowering adults to address their attachment concerns and thus provide healthier bonds with their infant or toddler.
Repeated in Session 3-D

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NCH,SWCH - Conference Room D

Session 3: Thursday - 3:15pm to 4:30pm

A - Essential Collaborative Skills for an Effective IFSP/IEP

David Gruber, Michigan Special Education Mediation Program
Cheryl Levine, Michigan Special Education Mediation Training

When parents, providers, schools, and agencies come together to plan services for a child with disabilities, there is an opportunity for creativity and for conflict. This session will provide training in collaborative communication skills to enhance the planning process, as well as information about facilitation and mediation services to minimize or resolve disputes.

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SWCH - Conference Room C

B - Understanding the Function of Biting and Other Disruptive Behaviors (This session has reached capacity)

Jennifer O�Connor, Oakland Schools

During this workshop, we will explore factors that influence toddler biting, other disruptive behaviors and how our understanding of these factors can be used to develop appropriate strategies to prevent the behavior and respond when the behavior occurs.

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NCH,SWCH,ASHA - Auditorium 2

C - Language and Literacy Birth to 3

Janet Fowler, Quality Training and Resource Planning Specialists, LCC

What does research tell us about how young children learn language? What are the stages of early language development? This basic workshop on emergent literacy will help participants learn the answers to these questions, as well as some strategies to enhance language development.

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SWCH - Elizabeth Ann B

D - Healthy Attachment in the First Years (This session has reached capacity)

Joanne M. Mitchell, Michigan Head Start State-Based Office of Training and Technical Assistance
Kathy Grappin, Michigan Head Start State-Based Office of Training and Technical Assistance

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NCH,SWCH - Conference Room E

E - Supporting Babies with Hearing Loss and Their Families (This session has reached capacity)

Lorie Lang, Michigan Department of Community Health
Laura Scott, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EDHI)

This session will discuss unique challenges of babies and toddlers with hearing loss. It will share current information regarding how Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, Hands and Voices, and �Guide By Your Side� can provide parent-to-parent support to deaf and hard of hearing children and their families. A parent�s perspective of what this support meant to them will be included.

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NCH,SWCH,ASHA - Elizabeth Ann A

F - Innovative Collaboration Models

Jessica Gillard, Early Childhood Investment Corporation
Karen Roback, Early Childhood Investment Corporation

Representatives from the Early Childhood Investment Corporation and several local Great Start Collaboratives will discuss innovative and best practice early childhood collaborative models with potential benefits to Early On providers and service populations.

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SWCH - Conference Room B

G - Measuring Child Outcomes: Am I Following the Correct Recipe?

Carol Spaman, Early On Training and Technical Assistance

The quality of the child outcomes data is dependent upon staff using the Child Outcomes Summary Form (COSF) as it is intended and with consistency across programs. This workshop will provide opportunities to practice and discuss the use of the COSF to help increase the consistency of implementation within Michigan.

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SWCH - Conference Room D

Friday - November 06, 2009

Session 4: Friday - 10:00am to 12:00pm

A - In Search of Excellence (This session has reached capacity)

Kerenda Applebey, Early On Training and Technical Assistance

If you are �in search of excellence,� whether your role is parent, administrator, service provider or faculty, you will benefit from this workshop! Leadership is a point-of-view, not a title. Learning to embrace and celebrate the leader in you (and in all those around you) will make you more effective, enhance your job and life satisfaction, and help to prevent burnout. You will leave this workshop with a deeper appreciation of the leadership opportunities in your life/role/job, a broader understanding of the qualities of effective leaders, and specific strategies to help overcome leadership challenges.

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SWCH - Conference Room C

B - Increasing Learning Opportunities for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders during Play and Daily Routines

Jamie Owen-DeSchryver, Grand Valley State University
Amy Matthews, Grand Valley State University

This presentation will describe effective practices for working with young children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, specifically focusing on increasing learning opportunities. Participants will learn about a variety of strategies that can be implemented during daily activities to assure children with ASD have opportunities to learn critical skills, including communication, imitation, and play skills.

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SWCH - Auditorium 2

C - Talk Tools: A Collaborative Approach to Parent Training for Promoting Language Development in Infants and Toddlers

Katie Strong, Communicative Sciences and Disorders, Michigan State University
Kittie Butcher, Michigan State University Extension

Participants will learn about a pilot program targeted at instructing parents to increase their knowledge of, and skills in, promoting language development in their children. Materials from Talaris� Parenting Counts and American Speech-Language Hearing Association were used to develop this training program. Discussion includes: roles of team members, available tools for establishing a program on promoting language development, techniques and strategies for promoting language using every day activities, the positives of collaboration with university students, and empowering parent leaders in the training process.

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SWCH,ASHA - Elizabeth Ann B

D - Home Visiting Safety (This session has reached capacity)

Sally Torres, Children�s Hospital of Michigan
JoAnne Vincent, Children�s Hospital of Michigan

This presentation will address safety considerations for all home visitors. It will include identifying risk factors, practical tools to assist in risk reduction, and strategies which may provide protection during a home visit.

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NCH,SWCH,ASHA - Elizabeth Ann A

E - Ready, Set, Resilience: Simple Strategies to Build Infant and Toddler Social and Emotional Health

Julie Helmer, Michigan Department of Community Health

This training is geared toward home visitors and staff working with families on a regular basis. The definition of social-emotional health will be discussed. Key social and emotional milestones will be examined. The importance of protective factors (i.e. attachment/relationships, initiative, and self-regulation) for all infants and toddlers will be explored. Practical strategies for supporting and building social and emotional health and resiliency in infants and toddlers in the home environment will be reviewed and shared.

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SWCH - Conference Room D

F - Strategies for Using Video in Early Intervention

Larry Edelman, University of Colorado Denver

This session will demonstrate how video can be used as an effective tool by early intervention practitioners and teams working with infants and toddlers and their families. We will explore the use of video in a variety of early intervention activities, including assessment, coaching, consultation, collaborative planning, parent education, staff training, supervision, and research.

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SWCH - Conference Room B

G - Supporting Development of the Premature Infant after Discharge from the NICU (This session has reached capacity)

Denise Doorlag, Bronson Methodist Hospital
Sue Bickel, Bronson Methodist Hospital

This session will give a basic understanding of the preterm infant�s typical development and the �red flags� to be aware of regarding development and feeding in the months following discharge from the NICU. Participants will be provided with strategies that help to support the development and feeding of the preterm infant.

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NCH,SWCH - Conference Room E

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