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May 6, 2009 - Preconference
May 7 & 8, 2009 - Conference and Exhibits
Greater Tacoma Convention Center, Tacoma, WA |
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Program at a Glance
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Choose One “A”, One “B”, and One “C” Session
Important Notes:
- Session sizes are limited, and classes are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
- Please register early for best price and selection.
- Following each session is a “Who Should Attend” recommendation. Anyone attending IECC may register for any session; you are not limited to specific sessions based on the “Who Should Attend” recommendation.
- Session A has different ending times.
CONFERENCE SESSION A (Note that the ending times of A sessions vary)
10:15 - 11:45
A1 Effective Services for Children with Autism Spectrum disorder
A2 Q & A with Ann Turnbull
10:15 - 12:00
A3 Using CARA’s Kit: Creating Adaptations for Routines and Activities
A4 Storybook Based Curriculum: Using Popular Children’s Books in Classrooms
A5 Picky eaters Are They Made or Born?
A6 Covering All Kids - Public Funding Options for Low-Income Children
A7 Using General Outcome Measures for Progress Monitoring and Accountability
A8 Funding: 2009 Mandate for All School districts to Participate in Part C
10:15 - 12:15
A9 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Identification, Understanding and Care
A10 Vocabulary: What to Teach and How to Teach it
A11 Rainy day Fun II
CONFERENCE SESSION B
1:00 - 2:30
B1 The Attachment Circle: From Mama to Baby and Back Again
B2 Reading, Writing and Regulation: When the Alphabet Isn’t Enough
B3 AePS Overview: Tour of Multiple uses
B4 A Teacher’s Perspective: Portfolios in the Preschool Classroom
B5 Help! Where’s the Owner’s Manual for My Child with ASD?
B6 Implementing an infant Mental Health Program in Community Mental Health
B7 Mealtimes and Relationships: A Teacher’s Perspective
B8 Assessing Children at Play
B9 The development of Fine Motor Skills in Children
B10 Finding and Growing A Great Primary Care Medical Home
B11 Kids Potential, Our Purpose: An Update from the Dept. of Early Learning
CONFERENCE SESSION C
3:00 - 5:00
C1 WAC Training: What’s New?
C2 Plan with Purpose
C3 Preschool for Children Who Are Blind or visually impaired
C4 Family resources Coordinator (FrC) networking
C5 Beginning Steps to including All Children: Challenges and Opportunities
C6 Dancing to develop Children with Special needs
C7 Infant Mental Health
C8 Working With Children With ASD
C9 Helping very Young Children learn: Strategies for increasing engagement
C10 Literacy Fun for Babies and Toddlers
C11 Community drumming and rhythm Workshop
A1 Effective Services for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Blending Approaches to Meet Individual Needs
presented by Ilene Schwartz, Ph.D., University of Washington
The purpose of this class is to provide participants with an overview of autism and pervasive developmental delay, and strategies that are effective with young children with these diagnoses. An emphasis of this class will be to blend the strengths of different evidence-based approaches to create programs that are effective and appropriate for young children. Issues that will be addressed in this class include: functional assessment and evaluation strategies; curricular issues, instructional strategies, The role of typical peers in programs for children with autism, and strategies to program for the generalization of behavior change.
Who Should Attend: Parents, Teachers and Paraeducators, OTs, PTs, or SLPs, Child Care Providers, Students
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A2 Q & A with Keynote
Presenter, Ann Turnbull
A follow up to the keynote presentation. Participants will have the opportunity to participate in a lively discussion with Ann Turnbull. Your questions answered.
Who Should Attend: All
A3 Using CARA’s Kit: Creating Adaptations for Routines and Activities
presented by Mary Fischer, Ph.D., Division for Early Childhood
CARA’s Kit provides guidance on how to make adaptations for daily activities and routines so that children ages 3-6 can successfully participate in preschool classrooms, child care, and after school programs. CARA’s Kit includes ideas for young children with a wide range of special needs to help you include them in your program. The ideas will also help you prepare children for kindergarten.
Who Should Attend: All
A4 Storybook Based Curriculum: Using Popular Children’s Books in Your Preschool Classroom
presented by Katy Preston, Teacher of the Deaf/EI, Northwest Regional ESD, and Kate Fetherston Bannister, Speech Language Pathologist, Rainbow Preschool
Through hands-on activities, these early childhood teachers will demonstrate and share ideas related to using popular children’s literature as the basis for teaching preschoolers. The activities touch on all areas of development and are easily adaptable to most special-needs populations.
Come and make activities to take back to your classroom, learn how to select additional books to use when teaching your students, and understand the benefits to using this curriculum all school year long. Both presenters have used the storybook-based curriculum in their classrooms for several years with great success. Their classroom materials and samples will be available for participants to look through. Video clips will show the curriculum in action. Kids, parents and teachers love this innovative approach to teaching.
Who Should Attend: Parents, Teachers, Paraeducators, OTs, PTs, or SLPs, Child Care Providers, Students
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A5 Picky Eaters: Are They Made or Born?
Presented by Darci Truax, M.S., CCC/SLP
This workshop was developed to help parents, caregivers, teachers and therapists to understand how and why children become picky eaters. An emphasis of the class will be to examine behavioral, physiological and sensory issues related to eating; based on normal developing steps and skills found in typically developing infants and toddlers.
Who Should Attend: Parents, Teachers, Paraeducators, OTs, PTs, or SLPs, Nurses/Public Health Workers, Child Care Providers, Family Resources Coordinators
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A6 Covering All Kids - Public Funding Options for Low-Income Children
presented by Kevin Cornell, Regional Medicaid Eligibility Representative, Health and Recovery Services Administration
Governor Chris Gregoire has made children’s health care coverage one of her top health-care priorities in Washington State and has set a goal to see that all children in the state are enrolled in coverage by 2010. The Department of Social and Health Services has a number of programs that can help families find health care for their children. This session will provide information on available programs, how to apply, eligibility requirements, and anticipated future expansions to state accessed health insurance programs.
Who Should Attend: All
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A7 Using General Outcome Measures for Progress Monitoring and Accountability
presented by Carnot James (C.J.) Thomas, Educational Psychologist, B.S., M.A., Ed.S, University of Washington and Megan K. Grskovic, M.A. Educational Psychologist, University of Washington
This presentation will inform practitioners of new assessment practices that may lead to greater knowledge of student abilities and progress, better planned instruction, and create data for mandated accountability reporting. Research generated General Outcome Measures (GOM) for preschool vocabulary and pre-literacy development will be outlined with explicit discussion on how to access (at no cost), administer, monitor, and report on GOMs. The 3 GOMs to be discussed are the Picture Naming, Rhyming, and Alliteration Individual Growth and Development Indicators (IGDIs). Come learn how to improve your educational practices with these practical and easy to use assessments for all age groups.
Who Should Attend: Teachers, Paraeducators, Child Care Providers, Parents, Administrators, Students, School Psychologist
A8 Funding: 2009 Mandate for All School Districts to Participate in Part C.
Presented by Sandy Morris, Program Director, Infant Toddler Early Intervention Program (ITEIP)
ITEIP will present on the implementation of RCW 28A.155.065, Early Intervention Services, requiring non-serving school districts to provide or contract for services to all eligible children, birth to three, in partnership with local birth to three lead agencies and providers. Efforts to increase County Developmental Disabilities (DD) Child Development Services funding will also be discussed. This is an advanced session.
Who Should Attend: All
A9 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Identification, Understanding and Care
presented by Vicky McKinney
The presenter has more than 19 years experience working and advocating for individuals and family members affected by prenatal alcohol exposure. This workshop will educate all participants in the identification, understanding and care of children disabled by prenatal alcohol exposure, and will cover significant research, diagnosis and interventions based on the collective family experience. The behavioral phenotype of FASD, through the eyes of parents, will be explored to help understand and identify at risk children in the family and community. The workshop will help participants identify, understand and care for children with FASD in their homes and service delivery systems.
Who Should Attend: All
A10 Vocabulary: What to Teach and How to Teach It
presented by Debbie Clymer, Ph.D., SLP, and Debbie Halliday, MA
This session will focus on practical suggestions about teaching vocabulary. Visual support, picture reading and demonstration are central to these methods. These skills are particularly important for the child learning English or with developmental delays or from homes in poverty. The emphasis will be on using materials that you already have. With a few adjustments, you can enhance students’ vocabulary growth. Participants will be able to immediately apply these practice suggestions.
Who Should Attend: Parents, Teachers, Paraeducators, OTs, PTs, or SLPs, Child Care Providers, Parent to Parent Coordinators
A11 Rainy Day Fun for Preschoolers
presented by Marvena Williams, BA, Infant & Toddler Specialist, North Carolina
This creative and fun workshop will get you out of your seat and moving to some crazy beats. Rainy days can be some of the most fun filled days you experience. Come and explore ways to keep preschool aged children entertained and physically active when they are unable to go outside. Participants will complete 3 different make-and-take projects. There is a $5.00 materials fee.
Who Should Attend: Parents, Teachers, Paraeducators, Child Care Providers, Students
B1 Infants and Toddlers: The Attachment Circle: From Mama to Baby and Back Again
presented by Leslie Butterfield, Ph.D., clinical & perinatal psychologist, Community Birth & Family Center
It is becoming more and more clear that mothers with attachment difficulties are at risk for both increased levels of marital discord and postpartum mood disorders. Additionally, attachment styles tend to be transferred to infants and children, creating new generations of individuals who are at higher risk for emotional distress and impaired quality of relationships. New research in the field allows us to intervene both prenatally and postpartum to alleviate attachment distress and enhance parent-infant bonding for better emotional and physical health for new families.
Who Should Attend: Parents, Teachers, Paraeducators. Nurses/Public Health Workers, Child Care Providers, Parent to Parent Coordinators
B2 Reading, Writing and Regulation: When the Alphabet Isn’t Enough
presented by Beverly Jacobson, MPH, with Cathy DeLeon, OTR/L and Trina Westerlund, M.Ed.
Studies have shown that poor self-regulation is related to disruptive and aggressive behaviors, poor attention, and lower scores on cognitive measures. Children with poor self-regulation disrupt their own and others’ ability to learn and interact. In this session participants will gain awareness of factors critical to self-regulation in children. New levels of understanding come by examining perplexing behaviors through the lens of sensory processes and self-regulation. Although often missed as a significant factor, self-regulation ultimately impacts the likelihood of academic and social success in the early childhood years.
Who Should Attend: All
B3 AEPSi Overview: Tour of Multiple Uses
presented by Kristine Slentz, Ph.D., Western Washington University with Kellie Horn, BS, MS, ESD 123, and Marisa Macy, Ph.D., Penn State University
Are you a new AEPS user, or an early adopter who wants the latest updates? Join us for a “tour” of the many components and uses of the AEPS, including eligibility, initial assessment, program planning, instruction, progress monitoring, and program accountability. Each component will be described in detail, including use of the AEPS for data management and reporting in each component. This session is for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
Who Should Attend: Teachers, Paraeducators, Administrators, OTs, PTs, or SLPs, Students
B4 A Teacher’s Perspective: Portfolios in the Preschool Classroom
presented by Kathy Keefe, M.Ed., with Camela Nilka Quinones, Denise Louie Education Center
This workshop will help guide Early Childhood Educators through the process of developing child, parent, and teacher friendly portfolios. The presenters will share bare essentials, and next steps for creating a system that supports portfolios in your classroom.
Who Should Attend: Teachers, Paraeducators, Parents, Child Care Providers
B5 Help! Where’s the Owner’s Manual for My Child with ASD?
Presented by Cheryl Beene, a parent of a child with ASD, coordinator of Fort Lewis and Tacoma Autism Support Groups, and director/teacher of Early Childhood Education
This presentation is geared for people who love, live, or work with young children with autism. It will provide a multitude of practical solutions for the broad range of challenges that parents and professionals face each and every day. The toolkit will be packed with ideas, resources, and suggestions to deal with strategies for communication, social skills, sensory issues, behavior, self-care and more.
Who Should Attend: All
B6 Implementing an Infant Mental Health Program in Community Mental Health
presented by Christy Kimpo, Ph.D., and Sylvia Kurin, MSW, Infant Mental Health Specialists
In less than 1 year’s time, Highline West Seattle has developed a program to provide mental health services to infants and toddlers and their families. This workshop will provide further details about creating a working environment that supports relationship-based work with families. An overview of the implementation of a thriving Infant Mental Health program in a community mental health setting will be described.
Who Should Attend: All
B7 Mealtimes and Relationships: A Teacher’s Journey
presented by Laura Linda Negri-Pool, MA, with Sharon Bolmeier, Head Start Program Manager
The workshop facilitators will share with you their journey to improve their Early Head Start (0-3) nutrition program. Ideas will be shared to assist others in evaluating and improving their mealtimes, mealtime relationships, and education for parents. Participants will learn new ways to educate, support and guide parents and presenters will share resources for evaluating classroom eating environments. Be prepared to eat, listen, share and learn!
Who Should Attend: All
B8 Assessing Children at Play; Creating Data for Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO)
presented by Carnot James (CJ) Thomas, Educational Psychologist, B.S., M.A., Ed.S, University of Washington and Tara Godinho, M.A. ECSE, Experimental Education Unit, University of Washington
Come learn how to assess children while at play and gather all of the information needed to report on the Washington State Early Childhood Outcomes (ECOs). Use of commercially available Curriculum Based Measures (CBMs) will be emphasized as tools to collect the data necessary to create Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs) or Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and monitor the progress toward explicit, meaningful, and research grounded developmental milestones. Furthermore, data will allow educators to take all of the guesswork out of creating ECO reports. And all of this information can be collected efficiently through use of a few semi-structured play activities.
This presentation will inform early childhood educators about easy to use and interpret assessments developed to monitor the skills of preschool children repeatedly over the course of the year. Participants will be taught a process to collect these assessments during typical activities occurring in the preschool classroom. CBMs are appropriate for all students from birth to six with and without disabilities and cover all areas of development (fine motor, gross motor, cognitive, adaptive, social communication, and social). This is an advanced session.
Who Should Attend: All
B9 The Development of Fine Motor Skills in Children
presented by Adrienne Dienst, Occupational Therapist
The focus of this presentation will be on what is typical development of fine motor skills in young children. Activities will be presented that encourage developmental progression from infancy through age five years of age. These are activities that enable the development of physical skills that will later be present as the base for developing visual motor skills needed for written work in school. Although printing and handwriting will not be addressed during this presentation, the underlying skills necessary to be successful in school will be addressed. We will discuss strategies for assisting those with physical and learning challenges.
Who Should Attend: Parent, Teacher, Paraeducators, Child Care Provider, Students, Nurses, Public Health Workers
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B10 Finding and Growing a Great Primary Care Medical Home!
Presented by Kate Orville, MPH, Co-Director, Medical Home Leadership Network, University of Washington with Cynthia Hubert, Lead FRC and Birth-to-Three Consultant for Skagit County Parent to Parent Program
Medical homes are respectful partnerships between families and primary health care providers to identify and meet the needs of the children they care for, with the support of office staff, community partners, medical specialists and others. While all children (and adults) benefit from receiving care through a medical home, people with or at high risk for chronic conditions and/or disabilities especially benefit from this type of comprehensive, patient and family-centered care. This interactive, practical session will be co-led by members of the State Medical Home Leadership Network who have been involved as professionals and parents in strengthening and promoting medical homes at the local and state levels for over 12 years. Washington State is considered a leader in medical homes and has many resources and activities related to medical homes across the state - learn about ones you can use in your life and work!
Who Should Attend: All
B11 Kids Potential, Our Purpose: An Update from the Department of Early Learning
presented by Department of Early Learning Staff
Would you like to learn more about the Department of Early Learning (DEL), one of Washington State’s newest cabinet level agencies? This workshop will offer participants the opportunity to learn about the important work going on across the state with parents and partners to support early learning. You will hear updates from several leadership members within the Department of Early Learning about the Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS), the statewide parents’ needs assessment, negotiated rule making for family home child care WACs, and other projects to help all children reach their full potential.
Who Should Attend: All
C1 WAC Training: What’s New?
Presented by OSPI Staff, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)
This year the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) was revised in order to align with IDEA-Reauthorization, incorporate federal language, and develop state procedures as required by federal regulations. Participants will be provided with an overview of some of the key changes in the content of the process, and have a chance to submit questions regarding the WACs. This is an advanced session.
Who Should Attend: All
C2 Plan with Purpose
presented by Kellie Horn, BS, MS, Pasco, Washington
Activity-based intervention provides a structure that allows you to plan and provide learning opportunities that target appropriate goals and objectives in routine, child-initiated and planned activities. Fun activities by themselves do not ensure that children will make progress...so come and learn how to plan and make progress!
Who Should Attend: Teachers, Paraeducators, Child Care Providers, Students
C3 Preschool for Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
presented by Shelly Brown, Masters Degree in Special Education with Jean Beary Stolle, SLP and Ashlee Young, COTA
This workshop will explore ways you can adapt your preschool classroom to accommodate the needs of children with visual impairment, and take advantage of this rare opportunity to ask questions of a skilled team of professionals.
Who Should Attend: All
C4 Family Resources Coordinator (FRC) Networking
presented by Kathy Blodgett ITEIP/DDD/DSHS with Carol Hall, ESD 112
A facilitated gathering for Family Resources Coordinators to meet, exchange ideas and concerns and give feedback to the state training coordinator.
Who Should Attend: Family Resources Coordinators
C5 Beginning Steps to Including ALL Children: Challenges and Opportunities
presented by Michelle Eaton, Ph.D., University of Idaho
Come learn about the benefits and common challenges of including ALL children in your classroom/program. Strategies for improving inclusion practices, coping with challenges and building on strengths, and partnering with parents will be explored. Many wonderful resources will be shared to help early childhood professionals become better able to include all children successfully.
Who Should Attend: Teachers, Paraeducators, Administrators, Child Care Providers, Students
C6 Dancing to Develop Children with Special Needs
presented by Christine Roberts, BFA, CEO and Founder Nurturing Pathways
This creative dance class will focus on the therapeutic benefits of a well crafted lesson plan that incorporates movement fundamentals for children wish special needs. We will look at the impact movement explorations, rhyming exercises, musical instruments and obstacle courses have on the body and brain of a challenged child. The power of dance to deliver fun therapeutic experiences and help parents and children bond with one another will also be discussed.
Who Should Attend: Parent, Teacher, Paraeducators, Child Care Provider, Students
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C7 Infant Mental Health
presented by Christy Kimpo, Ph.D., and Meghan Kroll, MSW, Infant Mental Health Specialists
This presentation will provide an introduction to the world of Infant Mental Health, including an overview of the important issues in the field; development of the brain, attachment theory, and relationship based therapy. How do infants display mental health problems and how do we treat them?
Who Should Attend: All
C8 Working With Children With ASD
presented by Diane Davis, MA. D. Davis Training, Consulting and Coaching.
This workshop will offer an overview of ASD, with an emphasis on specific hands-on strategies for the classroom, daycare center, and home, as well as how to best support parents.
Who Should Attend: All
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C9 Helping Very Young Children Learn: Strategies for Increasing Engagement
presented by Susan Sandall, Ph.D., University of Washington
We will report the results of three studies that aim to increase the engagement and learning of infants and toddlers with disabilities. The studies focus on valued child outcomes such as: increasing functional communication, early peer relationships, cognitive skills, and play. The intervention strategies will be both new and familiar strategies (e.g., PECS, prompting strategies, child preferences) that are feasible within inclusive play groups and home visits. Each study will be carefully described in terms of the purpose and background, the participants, the procedures or intervention used, the results, and the implications. The session leader will provide introductory remarks regarding the importance of using evidence-based intervention practices, and end the session by drawing implications for other direct service providers. Opportunity for questions and answers will be provided.
Who Should Attend: All
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C10 Literacy Fun for Babies and Toddlers
presented by Susan Anderson-Newham, Early Learning Supervising Librarian, Pierce County Library System
Chewing is reading! (When you are under one). This entertaining session will explore the joys and challenges of sharing books with very young children. Reading together from birth strengthens relationships, develops early literacy skills and can be very fun! Leave with wonderful reading ideas and lists of appropriate books for our youngest readers.
Who Should Attend: All
C11 Community Drumming and Rhythm Workshop
facilitated by Ray Soriano, Program Manager Skagit Islands Head Start
Drumming is a fun and powerful way for us to build community, relieve stress, rejuvenate, and express creativity. Using drums and percussion from around the world, we’ll create rhythms that feed the soul and reconnect us with the art of playing. No experience necessary, just an open spirit!
Who Should Attend: All
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