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The IDTA is proud to announce our 2nd annual conference exclusively for the developmental therapists in the field. This will be an excellent opportunity to connect with your peers, gain tips to further your practice, honor the achievements of a Developmental Therapist with the Wehman Award of Excellence and celebrate all that has been accomplished in our field. This year's topic of focus will be around building collaborative relationships. We will explore strategies to support your EI practices related to building family-professional partnerships, so that you and the families you serve can work together to maximize the progress of their children. So mark your calendars, book your hotel room and prepare for a fun and knowledge filled day among your fellow Developmental Therapists.
This Years Keynote Presentation: How We Practice: Intentional and Reflective Approaches to Essential Family-Professional Partnerships -Bonnie Keilty.
Positive, effective family-professional partnerships are the cornerstone to Early Intervention. Recognizing the individual and complex nature of each family, Early Intervention professionals need to create unique partnerships with each family so they value and want to be a part of that partnership. In this keynote, Dr. Bonnie Keilty will share ways to intentionally practice to build and sustain family-professional partnerships that emphasize (1) reciprocal family-professional interactions as the essential relationship, (2) individualization as the essential ingredient, and (3) sustained reflection as the essential component of professional growth and development.
The following sessions only have been awarded IL EI credits:
*Keynote Presentation: How We Practice: Intentional and Reflective Approaches to Essential Family-Professional Partnerships-1 INT, 0.5 WWF
~ Breakout Session 1 options
11:00 am-12:00 pm
*Engage and Attune with families using the FAN method- 0.5 INT, 0.5 WWF
*Overview of the Developmental Assessment of Young Children, Second Edition (DAYC-2) -1 AS
*Starting with Family Strengths in Child Learning: Creating Meaningful Interventions that Fit the Family-0.5 AS, 0.5 INT
~Breakout Session 2 options
1:15 pm-2:15 pm
*Using the DEC Recommended Practices in our Work with Young Children and Their Families-0.5 INT, 0.5 WWF
*How to Analyze Problem Behaviors-0.5 INT, 0.5 ATY
*Understanding the Credentialing and Renewal Processes -1 WWF
*The Art of Sharing Resources-1 WWF
~Breakout Session 3 options
2:30 pm-3:30 pm
*The Sessions in Breakout 1 will be repeated once again in Breakout Session 3 time slot so that participants can attend another session if attendees are interested in the first offering.
Closing Session
3:30 pm-4:00 pm
*Achieving Higher Heights, Leading from the Middle-0.25 INT, 0.25 WWF
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