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The Opening Minds Early Education Conference is the only event in the nation where people of all professions educating or caring for young children gather to learn, side-by-side, together. Meet the top people in the field of early education from all industries: education, administration, health & wellness, medicine, nursing, justice, social service, policy, government, parks & recreation, tech, business, library science, and more.
These sessions have been approved for the following IL EI Credit:
*Wednesday-9:-10:30am-Language &Literacy Experiences for Infants& Toddlers-0.75 WWF, 0.75 INT
*Wednesday-9:00am-12pm-Let's talk about self-regulation for us and for the children-3 WWF
*Wednesday-9:00am-10:30am-Helping Behaviorally Challenged Children Do Well through Collaborative and Proactive Solutions-1.5 INT
*Wednesday-1:00pm-2:30pm-Transition Points and Practices in Early Care and Education -1.5 WWF
*Wednesday-1:00pm-2:30pm-Caring for Mixed Aged Infant/Toddler/Twos in Licensed Childcare Centers-1.5 INT
*Wednesday-1-3:00pm-6th Annual National Dialogue with Nurse and Child Care Health Consultants. Resources for Professional Development!-2 WWF
*Wednesday-3:00pm-5:00pm-Open Forum on: Infant/Toddler Rooms of Practice; Looping; Social-Emotional Competence Interventions; Information Literacy; Nurse & Health Consultation-2 INT
*Thursday-9:00am-10:30amTransition Points and Practices in Early Care and Education-1.5 WWF
*Thursday-9:00am-12pm-The Impact of an Emotional Intelligence Curriculum on Young Children Who Are At-Risk-1.5 ATY, 1.5 INT
*Thursday-9:00am-10:30am-Music and song build ELL language and literacy-1.5 WWF
*Thursday-9:00am-12noon-The Home Visit: An Essential Key to Understanding Hard-to-Know Infants and Young Children-3 WWF
*Thursday-11-12:30pm-Practitioners Judgmental Feelings About Parents (esp. teen parents)-1.5 WWF
*Thursday-1:00pm-3:00pm-Use reflective questions to move from challenges to self-discovery.2 WWF
*Thursday-1:00pm-2:30pm-Brown Bear and Other Invitations to Engage Families-1.5 WWF
*Thursday-1:00pm-2:30pm-Plant the Seed of Learning-0.75 WWF, 0.75 INT
*Thursday-3:00pm-5:00pm-Open Forum on: Weapon Play; Explore the baby behind the gun and how we feel about power, policies and practice in the age of gun violence-2 WWF
*Friday-9:00am-10:30am-Read Aloud: Who's talking?-1.5 INT
*Friday- 9:00am-10:30am "Making It Okay To Ask: Building Support on a Foundation of Trust"-1.5 WWF
*Friday-11:00am-12:30pm-Encouraging Resilience in At-Risk Children-0.75 WWF, 0.75 INT
* Friday-11:00am-12:30pm--Choice or Chance: Understanding Your Locus of Control and Why It Matters-1.5 WWF
*Friday-11-12:30pm-Tips on How to Talk to Parents about Developmental Delays-0.75 WWF, 0.75 ATY
*Friday-1:00pm-2:30pm-Play-1.5 INT
*Friday-1:00pm-3:00pm-Trauma Informed Practices-1 INT, 1 ATY
*Friday-3:00pm-5:00pm-Open Forum on: Child Development; Play; Trauma; Resilience; Asking for help, and taking a closer look at the beliefs that guide us-1 WWF, 1 INT
*Saturday-9-10:30am-Caring for Mixed Aged Infant/Toddler/Twos in Licensed Childcare Centers-1.5 WWF
*Saturday-9:00am-10:30am-Individualizing to Meet the Needs of Challenging Children-1.5 WWF
*Saturday-9:00am-10:30amBuilding Emotional Regulation in Young Children-1.5 INT
*Saturday-11:00am-12:30pm-Encouraging Resilience in At-Risk Children-0.75 WWF, 0.75 INT
*Saturday-11-12:30pm-Language and Literacy Experiences for Infants and Toddlers-0.75 WWF, 0.75 INT
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