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Registration (Convention Center)
 ECERS & NAEYC Accreditation - Partners in Quality Improvement
The Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale (ECERS) is frequently used as a tool in Quality Rating Systems across the country. Discuss how the ECERS overlaps with NAEYC Accreditation Standards and Criteria and how ECERS can support your efforts to reach Accreditation. Clearly understand the areas in which ECERS and NAEYC Accreditation overlap and those in which they are different. Become familiar with the terminology in order to be better prepared for possible policy discussions about ECERS and Accreditation as components of a proposed future statewide Quality Rating System.
Learning Level: Beginning
Learning Track: Accreditation
This workshop will be repeated Saturday, 12:45pm
Laura Long, Director - Children & Youth Initiatives
Orange County United Way, Mission Viejo, CA
Grantwriting for Teachers and Administrators in ECE
Grantwriting made easy! Learn where to look for grants and develop strategies to see if those grants are right for you. Explore federal, state, and local grants as well as opportunities from foundations and other private sources. Gain practical application experience by developing ideas for possible grants and then utilizing resources to see if those grant ideas can be supported.
Learning Level: Beginning
Learning Track: Administration
This workshop will be repeated Saturday, 12:45pm
Christie Howell, Program Coordinator
California State University, Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA
Kim Brown, Project Coordinator
California State University Bakersfield - Teacher Education, Bakersfield, CA
Amanda Tumblin, Project Advisor
California State University Bakersfield - Teacher Education, Bakersfield, CA
Early Education Collaboratives: Making Lasting Change For Children in Your City
Effect lasting change by working collaboratively with other child care providers and with local government in your community. Executive members of the Long Beach Early Care and Education Committee will present strategies for implementation of a truly broad based, self funded community focused plan of action. Participants will walk away with a template of a Five Year Child Care Strategic Plan for their city and clearly articulated step-by-step instructions on how to leverage resources to effect community change. This workshop is directed to attendees in leadership positions.
Learning Level: Advanced
Learning Track: Advocacy/Public Policy
Tracy Colunga Hollingsworth, Child Care Coordinator
City of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Luanne Mauro-Atkinson, Assistant Director
Long Beach Unified School District Head Start, Long Beach, CA
Pat Wong, Executive Director
Long Beach Day Nursery, Long Beach, CA
Sarah Soriano, Executive Director
Young Horizons Child Development Centers, Long Beach, CA
Creating a Diverse Board
The Center for Social Change hosts an open forum to strategize and gather information on how affiliates can encourage diversity on their governing board.
Learning Track: Center for Social Change
Cindy Santa Cruz-Reed
Grass Valley, CA
21 Tools for Avoiding Power Struggles While Empowering and Encouraging Children
Discipline or punishment? Research has shown that punishment may work in the short term but even short term is not worth the price a child can pay for it. Learn practical strategies that are all designed to foster a sense of belonging and significance and change behavior through connectivity and cooperation. These 21 non-punitive discipline strategies encourage children to improve their behavior and help them develop a sense of capability, social consciousness and character building. Discipline, done right, can not only be respectful and encouraging but can teach valuable social and life skills.
Learning Level: Beginning
Learning Track: Challenging Behaviors
This workshop will be repeated on Saturday, 12:45pm.
Dr. Jane Nelsen
Positive Discipline Associates, South Jordan, UT
Brain Appropriate Practices: Foundations of School Readiness and Literacy
An emerging body of knowledge and empirical research supports addressing learning from the brain's point-of-view. After all, the brain is the organ of school and life success, and to understand how this organ functions helps caregivers understand the appropriateness of their learning and teaching strategies. Become familiar with basic brain development and how the care/teaching environment supports school readiness and literacy. Attendees will participate in hands-on activities, including a demonstration of the power of touch and will create a fact sheet for parents highlighting one Brain Appropriate Practice and the classroom strategies that support it.
Learning Level: Beginning
Learning Track: Child Development - Brain
Regina Lamourelle, Department Chair
Santiago Canyon College - Human Development, Orange, CA
Chantal Lamourelle-Sims, Experience Manager
Pretend City of Orange County, Irvine, CA
Choice New Children's Books - Choosing Books Intentionally
With today's focus on literacy initiatives, it's important to remember that the best way to improve literacy is to read well-chosen books to young children. Books they can savor, books they can love, books they want to read again and again. Learn what makes a good children's book stand-out and how to ensure your selections are appropriate and engaging. Review the fundamentals of story time and how to incorporate different titles into your curriculum. Participants will preview the best of the new releases, plus the process of reading aloud will be modeled.
Learning Level: All
Learning Track: Child Development - Language/Literacy
Isabel Baker, President
The Book Vine for Children, McHenry, IL
Action-Packed Preschools
Action and movement stimulate the body, which in turn stimulates the brain and the ability to learn and retain information. Learn strategies and techniques founded on scientific research about the link between movement and cognition. Through an interactive presentation, participants will learn a variety of easy to implement activities that incorporate music and movement. These action packed activities and lesson ideas provide multiple learning opportunities for students in gross and fine motor development in addition to academics. Bringing music and movement to your classroom creates the optimal learning environment for all your students.
Learning Level: Intermediate
Learning Track: Child Development - Physical
Carrie Flint, Elementary & Adapted Physical Education Specialist
Fit 4 Learning, Apple Valley, CA
Getting Heart Smart
Are you emotionally intelligent? Are your students? Join Dr. Sheryl for this powerful workshop on Emotional Intelligence (EQ) in the classroom. Engage in fun and meaningful activities for directors, teachers, parents, and young learners. Learn easy EQ games and activities that can be used tomorrow in your classroom, home, or school. Take home great ideas for improving communication with parents. It's great to be book smart, but are you heart-smart too? Come find out!
Learning Level: All
Learning Track: Child Development - Social/Emotional Competence
Dr. Sheryl Cohen, Director
Stephen S. Wise Early Childhood Center, Los Angeles, CA
Teaching-Stories: Learning That Lasts - Using Multicultural Literature for Social/Emotional Competence
Gain hands-on, practical experience with five new research-based read-aloud techniques, as well as questioning and other strategies to help children develop oral language, higher-level thinking and social/emotional skills. Improve your read aloud skills and increase your understanding of the benefit and importance of reading aloud and rereading books to deepen understanding. Become familiar with the story genre Teaching-Stories from Afghanistan and learn how to use those techniques to help children integrate what they hear in the story into their own lives.
Learning Level: Beginning
Learning Track: Child Development - Social/Emotional Competence
Susan Josephs, Education Consultant
Inner Work, Bethel, CT
Those A-M-A-Z-I-N-G Young Children With Diverse Learning Needs
Are you puzzled and exasperated by the children you care for who have diverse learning needs? Learn how to identify with and understand those very different children in your classroom. Explore a variety of strategies and techniques to use with children who have diverse learning needs. A ‘difficult child' is often the simple result of the child's learning needs/styles clashing with the teacher's. Change begins with you and once you learn how to alter your own professional practice you may discover an entirely new world of solutions to meet the diverse learning needs of your many children with humor and grace.
Learning Level: Beginning
Learning Track: Children/Disabilities and Special Needs
Mary N. Wonderlick
EC/ECSE Consultant, Chicago, IL
Toys as Learning Tools: Supporting Children as They Work at Play
Overscheduled, overwhelmed children can greatly benefit from having adults promote children's constructive play through toys that enhance their healthy development and learning. Learn about the current research that indicates the benefits of play and discover how properly trained adults can help facilitate play with the proper toys that can engage and delight. Expand your awareness of toys that can promote learning across all developmental areas.
Learning Level: Beginning
Learning Track: Curriculum - General
Linda Armstrong, Consultant
Environments, Co., Winter Springs, FL
Mathematics in the Preschool: A Model Teacher Training Program
Examine the components of a preschool teacher training program in mathematics. Review the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards for Pre-K mathematics including: Number & Operations, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, and Data Analysis & Probability. Learn how to incorporate mathematics into your formal and informal activities, how to involve families, and how the standards relate to DRDP-r, ECERS, and Accreditation.
Learning Level: Intermediate
Learning Track: Curriculum - Mathematics
Amy Bigelow, Program Director
Long Beach Day Nursery, Long Beach, CA
Linda Blackshire, Center Director
Long Beach Day Nursery, Long Beach, CA
Dianna Pyland, Lead Teacher
Long Beach Day Nursery, Long Beach, CA
Music & Movement: A Fun Way to Reach the Children
Get involved in songs, musical activities and games that are designed to encourage you to listen and respond, dance and move the way your students will in the classroom, on the playground and in their homes. The songs presented in the workshop are designed to teach basic skills, encourage language acquisition, as well as address social-emotional development through music.
Learning Level: All
Learning Track: Curriculum - Music/Movement
Greg & Steve
Greg & Steve Productions, Acton, CA
Science Creates Time for Learning!
Highlight the connection between science and the other curricular areas! Encourage the development of reading, writing, math, art, and music skills through science activities. Use everyday materials and readily available resources to make science fun! Children are natural scientists and are readily engaged in science-based activities that encourage exploration and experimentation. Learn how to introduce science to students in child-centered ways.
Learning Level: Beginning
Learning Track: Curriculum - Science/Technology
Stephanie Lester, Child & Family Education College Instructor and Author
Antelope Valley College/Lancaster School District - Child and Family Education, Lancaster, CA
Going Green in the Classroom
Create an eco-friendly environment! Participants will discover the importance of a green classroom environment for children, teachers, and the community. Learn how to select and use a variety of products, including paints, flooring, toys, cleaners and food, as well as the inclusion of green in curriculum. Examples of green products will be available for exploration.
Learning Level: Intermediate
Learning Track: Environments
Kathy Tama, Manager of Child Care Programs
Google - People Operations, Mountain View, CA
Kellee Nelson, Preschool Manager
Google's Children's Center at the Woods - People Operations, Mountain View, CA
Leslie Geathers, Architect
Dorman Associates, Mill Valley, CA
The Great Outdoors: Creating Inexpensive Environments for Healthy, Happy Learners
Rather than being places of joyful, harmonious expression and learning, the outdoor playgrounds of child care centers can often be unsafe and uninspired. It doesn't have to be that way. With an understanding of basic design concepts, it can be easy to create an environment that fosters more positive outcomes for children and teachers alike. This workshop provides an easy way to assess how well your outdoor environment and program are functioning and offers simple steps for making a big difference with both. Participants will utilize a tool to evaluate their environments and learn ten components of good playground design, as well as five common design flaws and how to fix them.
Learning Level: Intermediate
Learning Track: Environments - Outdoors
Eric Nelson, Director, Outdoor Classroom Project
Child Educational Center, Caltech/JPL Community, Pasadena, CA
Listen to Yourself: Reflective Teaching in a Diverse Society
How can you best promote greater cultural understanding and awareness? The answer begins with you. Come explore the reflective teaching process and become more effective by understanding how your feelings, reactions, and behavior influence your teaching style. Discuss the challenges of diversity in the classroom and analyze your own reactions to several case studies that will help you experience the reflective process. Find support and acceptance as you find common ground with others.
Learning Level: All
Learning Track: Equity and Diversity
Ann Gordon
Author and Consultant, Sonoma, CA
Kate Williams Browne, Faculty
Skyline College Early Childhood Education, San Bruno, CA
Preschool English Learners: Principles and Practices
The number of English Language Learners is growing exponentially. How can their needs best be met in the preschool classroom? This workshop will provide an overview of the ten research-based principles developed in “Preschool English Learners: Principles and Practices to Promote Language, Literacy and Learning” (California Department of Education, 2007). Explore the many ways to encourage appropriate practice and help ELL students achieve their educational goals.
Learning Track: Equity and Diversity
Faith Polk, Early Childhood Education Lead
Los Angeles County Office of Education, Downey, CA
Hot Topics In Health & Safety for Children in ECE Programs
Staying informed of emerging health and safety issues affecting children is vital for ECE professionals. Newly emerging illnesses, toxic products, respiratory infections, infant formula and fluoride, and safe transportation of young children with disabilities will be among the topics discussed. Participants will increase their knowledge of preventive health practices and resources available to help.
Learning Level: Beginning
Learning Track: Health
Rahman Zamani, Director of Programs
California Childcare Health Program, Berkeley, CA
Joy of Expressive Arts with Infants and Toddlers
Explore the joys of experiencing expressive arts with infants and toddlers. Through the use of clay and water colors, the presenters will share experiences and observations. The social, emotional, and cognitive benefits of expressive artwork with infants and toddler will be reviewed, as well as materials that best support infants'/toddlers' work. Participants will also learn how to provide expressive art experiences for infants and toddlers within the parameters of licensing, NAEYC, and ITERS guidelines.
Learning Level: Intermediate
Learning Track: Infants and Toddlers
Sarah Maloney, Infant and Toddler Teacher
Carmelo Child Development Center, Carmel, CA
Colleen Green, Infant Master Teacher
Carmelo Child Development Center, Carmel, CA
Phonological Awareness: Sequence of Instructional Learning Experiences
Is there an instructional sequence for Phonological Awareness? Take an engaging walk with us along the beach where you will encounter learning experiences through each of the waves of Phonological Awareness. Tide pools of listening, rhyming, words and sentences, awareness of syllables, sound matching, initial and final sounds, blending, segmentation, and phonemic manipulation await you. Bask in the glow of engaging students through modeling and participating in hands-on learning experiences.
Learning Level: Intermediate
Learning Track: Kindergarten/Primary
Terrie Olstowski, School Support Coordinator - Early Reading First Literacy Coach
Imperial County Office of Education, El Centro, CA
Lori Campos, School Support Coordinator; Early Reading First Literacy Coach
Imperial County Office of Education, El Centro, CA
Jamie Sinclair, School Support Coordinator; Early Reading First, Director
Imperial County Office of Education, El Centro, CA
Families: Our Partners, Our Resources
Get families engaged! Learn about the training activities of the Family Partnership Initiative Project (FPI) funded by the California Department of Education and the tool kits that are available to assist in developing meaningful relationships with families. Explore different ideas to successfully engage families and credit them for the many ways they are already involved in their child's education.
Learning Level: Intermediate
Learning Track: Parent/Family Relationships and Support
Rebeca Valdivia, Senior Research Associate
WestEd, San Diego, CA
That Is Not My Name
Addressing children by calling them names other than their birth names can have a severe lasting effect. Repeated insults such as calling a child stupid, dumb, no good, or hopeless diminish a child's desire to succeed and/or have the self-esteem, confidence, endurance to feel worthy of success and can affect a child's ability to learn. Learn about meaningful knowledge and the depth of feeling created by what we do or say and a different way of communicating.
Learning Track: Parent/Family Relationships and Support
Michon E. Cherry, Administrative Assistant/Teacher
Inglewood Unified School District, Inglewood, CA
Andrea Bobbitt, Community Liaison
Inglewood Unified School District - Special Education, Inglewood, CA
Personal Professional Development: Labyrinth Walking
Self reflection is an integral, essential part of our development as early childhood educators. When we take time to reconnect with our inner selves, we nurture and rejuvenate ourselves. This enriches our ability to work with and support, in a healthy and constructive manner, our colleagues, and the children and families whom we serve. We offer a choice of hands-on sensory and reflective activities including a labyrinth to walk, sand trays to explore, clay monoliths to transform, seasonal collages to create collaboratively, plus experiences in the practice of everyday mindfulness. This is an on-going self-guided workshop with facilitators and is designed to nourish the self-reflective spirit, cultivate inner peace, strength, clarity and compassion.
Learning Level: All
Learning Track: Professional Development
Janet Gonzalez-Mena, ECE Consultant
Fairfield, CA
Effects of Childhood Trauma
Gain an understanding of how children react to traumatic events. Participants will learn about signs and symptoms that children who have experienced a traumatic event display. Learn how to talk to children about those events and how to help children heal from such experiences.
Learning Level: Advanced
Learning Track: Professional Development
Kayla Olvera, Child Care & Development Block Grant Coordinator
Inter-Tribal Council of California, Inc., Sacramento, CA
Angie Ramirez, Senior Victims Advocate
Inter-Tribal Council of California, Inc., Sacramento, CA
Ethics for Early Childhood Educators
The moral development theory of James Rest guides facilitated ethical dilemma discussion in this interactive workshop. The dilemmas themselves are the 'stuff' of daily practice in ECE settings. Four presenters and co-authors on Teacher Dispositions and Ethical Practice in ECE will facilitate activities. This professional development model has resulted in significant 'growth' in ethical maturity with student teachers and teachers in practice. Guided discussion will lead participants into consideration of ethical dilemmas caused by cultural, linguistic, gender and other contexts. Participants will become familiar with constructs: ethical sensitivity, ethical judgment, ethical motivation and ethical implementation.
Learning Level: Advanced
Learning Track: Professional Development
Pamela Lane-Garon, Associate Professor
California State University Fresno, Fresno, CA
Marilyn Shelton, Professor
California State University Fresno, Fresno, CA
Susan Macy
California State University Fresno, Fresno, CA
Shareen Abramson
California State University Fresno, Fresno, CA
Fact or Fiction: Multiple Intelligences and Temperaments Impact Staff Relationships
Participants in this workshop will have a greater understanding of how teachers (and parents) with varying learning styles and temperaments may approach things differently; while increasing their own understanding of their temperament. We will gain insight into why we have successes with some staff and challenges with others when we think that we are communicating effectively with everyone. Discussions will involve how to have an open dialogue and create a more collaborative, respectful environment.
Learning Level: Advanced
Learning Track: Professional Development - Leadership/Supervision
Adrienne Schoen Gunn, Program Manager
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Teacher Portfolios: Reflections on Learning
Appropriate for college faculty and child care administrators, this workshop will review the knowledge and skills needed to assign or implement comprehensive portfolios for students in academic programs or staff as part of their professional development. Learn how to define a teacher portfolio, describe the purpose, and review the structure of portfolio organization. Discuss the role of self reflection in the portfolio process and introduce effective strategies to elicit reflective self evaluation.
Learning Level: Intermediate
Learning Track: Professional Development - Leadership/Supervision
Judy Bordin, Professor
California State University Chico - Child Development, Chico, CA
The Pursuit of Quality: A Philosophy More Than a Destination
High-quality preschool experiences can make the most of a child's formative years by providing the foundation to build social skills and self-confidence, and giving children the foundation of knowledge needed to succeed in Kindergarten and beyond. Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP) is a leader in enhanced preschool quality and their focus on quality is not about creating additional measurements; it's about instilling the belief that quality is part of everyday practice. Learn how to measure quality beyond the standard proxies and explore ways to incorporate the pursuit of quality as a philosophy in both personal and professional lives. Quality and excellence must be mindsets under which we operate, not a destination.
Learning Level: Advanced
Learning Track: Quality/Evaluation - Program
Gary Mangiofico, Chief Executive Officer
Los Angeles Universal Preschool, Los Angeles, CA
Implementing an Effective Observation and Assessment System
Turn observations into results by implementing a systematic observation system that is easily understood by parents and teachers. Gain experience with a tool that has been successfully incorporated into child care centers and made a difference in the understanding of development for all involved in the teaching and nurturing of a child. Participants will receive a template for putting the system to use in their own center.
Learning Level: Beginning
Learning Track: Quality/Evaluation - Program
Raquel Espana, Center Manager
Wu Yee Children's Services - Child Development, San Francisco, CA
Maureen Sheveland, Center Manager
Wu Yee Children's Services - Child Development, San Francisco, CA
Kindergarten Readiness: The Role of Socio-emotional Development
(Workshop title and description in spanish to be proivded i.) Kindergarten readiness isn't just about pre-academic skills it is also about the development of the healthy socio-emotional foundation children need in order to learn, communicate, pay attention and regulate their behavior. Learn about how the brain develops and how cognitive development is connected to emotional centers in the brain. Learn how to truly prepare children for kindergarten by intentionally integrating socio-emotional development into every day interactions.
Learning Level: Advanced
Learning Track: Spanish Child Development - Social/Emotional Competence
This workshop offered in English on Saturday, 10:30am.
Patricia Lakatos
Psychologist and Early Childhood Consultant, Arcadia, CA
Exhibit Hall
Keynote Presentation: Last Child in the Woods [more information]
In his ground-breaking work about the staggering divide between children and the outdoors, journalist and child advocate Richard Louv directly links the absence of nature in the lives of today's wired generation to some of the most disturbing childhood trends: the rise in obesity, attention disorders, and depression. In his book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder, Louv brings together research indicating that direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development and for the physical and emotional health of children and adults. More than just raising an alarm, Louv offers practical solutions to heal the bond. Spanish translation will be available.
Richard Louv, Futurist, Journalist, Author and Chairman of The Children & Nature Network, San Diego, CA
Special performance by Banana Slug String Band
Child Care Providers and the Americans with Disabilities Act
This workshop will review the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and how it applies to child care providers. Providers have many concerns: Can I be sued if I decline to accept a disabled child? What are my legal responsibilities when a prospective employee is disabled? Must I make structural changes to my home or center? These and other related issues will be examined in light of both California and federal law.
Learning Track: Administration
Lucy Fitzpatrick, Staff Attorney
Public Counsel Law Center, Los Angeles, CA
Why Johnny Doesn't Listen & What You Can Do about It
Do you struggle with children who don't listen and hear yourself repeating the same things over and over? Would you like students to be more cooperative? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you are not alone. In this workshop, discover the five most common mistakes educators make in talking with children. Communicate in new ways to have more joyful, harmonious relationships with your students. Experience being heard and appreciated by children.
Learning Level: Intermediate
Learning Track: Challenging Behaviors
Connie Allen, Family and Education Consultant
Joy with Children Consulting, Mountain View, CA
Beyond Happy/Sad: Using Emotional Literacy to Manage Challenging Behavior
How can we decrease challenging behavior? One way is to provide children with the skills they need in order to self-manage by using a combination of friendship skills, emotional literacy, problem solving and anger management. Using materials from the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL), tools will be provided for teachers and caregivers of children birth to five that will help them to first prevent challenging behaviors and then to provide individualized intervention for the children who need additional support. Specific classroom activities will be presented to demonstrate how emotional literacy can be used in curriculum and participants will leave with the tools needed to assemble their own emotional literacy toolkit in order to allow for immediate implementation in the classroom.
Learning Level: Intermediate
Learning Track: Challenging Behaviors
Sandi Walters, Technical Assistance Specialist in Inclusive Practice
WestEd Center for Child and Family Studies, Ventura, CA
Linda Brault, Project Director
WestEd Center for Child and Family Studies, Ventura, CA
Strategic Literacy Support: Focus on Small Group Instruction in Reading
Can preschoolers benefit from small group reading instruction? Would you like to learn how to use little books for Reading Aloud and Shared Reading? This model uses a cycle of instruction that maximizes differentiation instruction for children grouped by similar need. Participants will learn how to consider individual learning needs when grouping preschool students for instruction. Learn how to address the Preschool Foundations for Language and Literacy by using this model for instruction and implement effective lessons using Read Aloud, Shared Reading and Guided Reading.
Learning Level: Advanced
Learning Track: Child Development - Language/Literacy
Dr. Stanley Swartz
California State University San Bernardino, Foundation for Comprehensive Early Literacy Learning, Redlands, CA
Kathy Pitchford, Literacy Coach and Staff Developer - Early Childhood and Family Education Department
Riverside Unified School District
Foundation for Comprehensive Early Literacy Learning, Redlands, CA
Home Language or English? How to Develop Both Using Concrete Teaching Strategies
Learn specific oral language interaction strategies that you can use with both English language learners and children whose home language is English. Learn how to use "differentiated instructional strategies"--different interaction techniques for different children based on their developmental levels. This participatory workshop will provide opportunities for participants to learn and practice using the oral language strategies of Information Talk, Expansion, and open-ended questions. Participants will learn techniques that they can immediately apply in their classrooms with infants, toddlers, preschoolers, or school-age children.
Learning Level: Intermediate
Learning Track: Child Development - Language/Literacy
John Gunnarson, Instructor
Napa Valley College, Child and Family Studies, Woodacre, CA
Quality Care and Emotional Regulation Development in Infants and Toddlers
Come for an in-depth examination of the key components of emotional regulatory development in infants and toddlers and the importance of this social-emotional skill set in later academic and social functioning. Discuss theoretical and research-based curricular elements considered significant in supporting emotional regulatory development and how the powerful impact of the teacher-child relationship goes beyond curriculum to be a vital force in the development of these important skills.
Learning Level: Advanced
Learning Track: Child Development - Social/Emotional Competence
Theresa Lozac'h, Teacher
Mills College Children's School, Oakland, CA
Natasha Von Deringer, MA
UC-Berkeley
Teaching in the Aftermath of Trauma: Increase Self-Regulation, Increase Achievement
A growing number of young children are experiencing stress and anxiety that interfere with academic achievement. Since 9/11, the advent of war in Iraq and the recent devastation of Hurricane Katrina, young children are viewing terrorist images and hearing gruesome stories that contribute to a sense that these are dangerous times. When such a global environmental context combines with students' own personal histories and living conditions, their abilities to learn and behave can be impacted in devastating ways. Realize that trauma is not just a large catastrophic event, but is much more common for young children than we ever imagined. A growing body of research demonstrates the impact of stress and trauma on the brain, learning, and behavior, as well as the positive effects of specific resources. Effective and easy-to-use tools that help our students decrease anxiety and increase achievement will be presented
Learning Level: Intermediate
Learning Track: Child Development - Social/Emotional Competence
*Note: this workshop is 90 minutes
Regalena Melrose, Psychologist
Las Vegas, NV
Identification, Referral, Services: Educating Infants & Toddlers with Disabilities
Serving babies and toddlers with special needs is both an ethical obligation as well as federal and state law. Participants will benefit from the most current information on the regulations, responsibilities and requirements of educating our youngest charges and their families. A portion of the workshop will be an in-service on two of the most relevant topics which are impacting the world of early childhood special needs today: premature babies and infant mental health. Participants will learn the requirements of the state and federal laws governing searching for and serving infants and toddlers with special needs and their families.
Learning Level: Intermediate
Learning Track: Children/Disabilities and Special Needs
Cyndi Ryan, Coordinator in Charge - Early Intervention Services
Los Angeles County Office of Education, Bellflower, CA
Connecting the Curriculum with Cooking
Get the recipe for integrating all areas of the curriculum through cooking activities! Practice math, science, literacy and social skills with hands-on experience using single serving recipes. Learn tips for creating a cooking center, managing cooking activities, and obtaining equipment, materials, and supplies. Handouts include recipes to put to immediate use.
Learning Level: Beginning
Learning Track: Curriculum
Dianne Young, Instructor
Fresno Pacific University, Visalia, CA
Jumpin' Numbers and Shakin' Shapes
Why do you need to use music and movement to teach mathematics? Basic brain research regarding long term and short term memory and how music and movement can improve retention of mathematical concepts will be presented. Use kinesthetic, visual, and musical techniques to teach numeral recognition and shapes through music and hand motions instea | 
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