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The Opening Minds Early Education Conference:
*The following sessions ONLY have been approved for IL EI credits:
Wed- 2/7/2018
9-10:30am
*Safe Sleep and Sleep Issues-1.5 WWF
*Empowering Kids to be Healthy and Smart from The Inside Out! Results and Best Practice from a Childhood Obesity Prevention Program with Head Start Children-1.5 WWF
*Building Social Resilience in Young Children: Purposeful Guidance Techniques to Help Children Manage Conflict with Peers-0.75 INT, 0.75 WWF
9-12:00noon
*4th Annual National Dialogue with Nurse and Child Care Health Consultants-3 WWF
11-12:30pm
*The Why and How of Communities of Practice: A work-session to create and sustain job-embedded learning for your entire team-1.5 INT
*Self Regulation and Brain Growth-0.5 INT, 0.5 ATY, 0.5 TYP
1-2:30pm
*Play With Your Food: Using hands-on culinary arts activities to transform young children's eating habits-0.75 INT, 0.75 WWF
*Are you sure they hear you? Evidence-based Hearing Screening for Infants and Young Children-1.5 AS
3-5pm
Thurs.- 2/8/2018
9-10:30am
* The Importance of Early Developmental Screening-1.5 AS
9am-12noon
* Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation-1.5 INT, 1.5 WWF
11-12:30pm
* Creating Safe Environments for Children-1.5 WWF
* The Executive Orders, Trauma, and Instilling Hope: Supporting refugees and undocumented immigrants through home visiting-1.5 WWF
1-2:30pm
* Using Yoga in the Preschool Classroom-1.5 WWF
* What to do when your classroom is a melting pot: The role of multicultural contexts in ESL students' literacy development-0.75 WWF, 0.75 INT
* Stress and the Brain- A Developmental Approach-0.5 INT, 0.5 WWF, 0.5 ATY
Fri.- 2/9/2018
9-10:30am
* Get Active, Get Outside, Be Sun Safe!-1.5 WWF
* Triple P Positive Parenting Program-0.75 INT, 0.75 WWF
* Taking Steps to Create a Healthier and Safer Learning Environment-1.5 WWF
*Spit Happens: Managing Infectious Diseases in Child Care and Schools- 1.5 WWF
*Dalcroze Part 1: Intro to Dalcroze through Movement Techniques and Quick Reaction Games-1.5 INT
11-12:30pm
* Calm Classroom: Helping Students Develop Self-Awareness, Mental Focus and Emotional Resilience with 3-Minute Mindfulness-Based Techniques-1.5 INT
* The Partnership of Sensory Processing and Social Emotional Development-0.75 ATY, 0.75 INT
* Understanding Selective Mutism-0.5 ATY, 0.5 INT, 0.5 WWF
* Update on Caring for Our Children Standards. What's new?-1.5 WWF
*How Do Brains of Young Children Process Math?-1.5 TYP
*Dalcroze Part 2: Dalcroze and Improvisation: learn how to combine movements to improvise-1.5 INT
1-2:30pm
* Safe Sleep for Baby: What's New?-1.5 WWF
* Child Sexual Abuse Prevention 101-1.5 WWF
* An Update on Food Allergies and Asthma in Children-1.5 ATY
* 10 practical strategies you can use in the classroom, at home, or in the community to develop preschooler's higher-level conversational skills-1.5 INT
Sat.- 2/10/2018
9-10:30am
*Building a Mindful Classroom: Strategies to Calm and Promote Attention including Infant Massage-0.75 INT, 0.75 WWF
* Powerhouse Positive Guidance: Nurturing and Empowering Young Children through the Ups and Downs-0.75 INT, 0.75 WWF
*Let's Be Partners: Mothers' Feeding Experiences During Infant's Transition to Child Care-1.5 WWF
*Why Early Literacy Development is a part of Healthy Development-0.75 INT, 0.75 WWF
*Emergency Preparedness Planning: Why Wait?-1.5 WWF
*Dalcroze Part 3: Dalcroze and Singing: you don’t have to carry a tune to sing with us-1.5 INT
11-12:30pm
*Trauma Informed Care-0.5 ATY, 0.5 INT, 0.5 WWF
*Healthy Homes: Health and Wellness Resources for Family Child Care Providers-1.5 WWF
*Dalcroze Part 4: Putting it all together for the 2 and 3 year olds you teach.-1.5 INT
*Supporting Early Relationships to Foster Optimal Child Development-0.5 INT, 0.5 WWF, 0.5 TYP
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