Early On & CMH Devereux Early Childhood Assessment 0-5 - DECA-I/T and DECA

Date:

August 16, 2010

Location:

Time:

Registration begins at 8:00 AM
Training is from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Cost:

No Fee

Details:

Lunch will NOT be served.

Who Can Attend?

Attendees can include Early On staff who 1) complete assessments as a regular part of their job and/or 2) persons that are currently writing IFSPs and/or providing service coordination to families on a regular basis and 3) Early On Coordinators or those who support Early On staff regularly. Attendees can also include CMH staff or contract staff who work with infants, young children, aged birth to 47 months in a variety of services/programs (Home-based Services, Infant Mental Health, Assessment, etc.).

About:

The Devereux Early Childhood Assessment Programs for Infants and Toddlers (DECA I/T) and for Preschoolers (DECA) are strength-based and designed to promote the protective factors central to social and emotional health and resilience in our youngest children. This training will offer a systematic approach to understanding, assessing, summarizing and planning to support children's social and emotional growth.

In this one day training participants will:

• Learn about resilience theory and protective factors central to supporting infant, toddler and preschool resilience.
• Learn how to administer, score and summarize results of the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment.
• Gain experience with planning for and measuring change in individual children's social and emotional health using DECA program resources.
• Learn strategies are age appropriate, fun and easy to do within home and group settings using DECA program resources.

SW CUE's and SB CUE's will be offered.

Follow up webinars offered:

Follow up webinars will also be offered on two other DECA-I/T Program elements to include, 1) The Caregiving Environment (home and group) and 2) Adult Resilience. Stay tuned for these upcoming opportunities by checking the EOT&TA website at http://eotta.ccresa.org/ or you may contact EOT &TA directly at 866-334-5437

Any questions, please call Julie Helmer at 269-629-9629 or email her at helmerj@michigan.gov

Trainers:

Julie Helmer