• FLIP IT

    The ELRC Region 5 is offering the following professional development opportunity for your team of early learning educators. FLIP IT FLIP IT® is a strategy that offers a simple, kind, strength-based, commonsense, and effective four-step process to help caregivers understand what children are trying to communicate with their day-to-day behaviors. The four steps embodied in the […]

  • Drop-In Playtime at The Hub & Family Center

    Drop-In Playtime at The Hub & Family Center
    The Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center 7219 Kelly Street, Pittsburgh, PA

    Does your family need a new space to play? Are your children tired of playing at home, but it’s getting too cold to go outside or to the park? Join The Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center for drop-in playtime hours! The Hub & Family Center's play space will be open for families to […]

  • Cross-Cultural Mental Health Roundtable

    Cross-Cultural Mental Health Roundtable

    Join The Global Switchboard for a monthly meeting for networking, resource-sharing, and collaboration to increase culturally relevant mental health support in the Pittsburgh area. All are welcome. Roundtables are recommended for therapists interested in working with clients for whom English is not their preferred language service providers seeking MH resources for a multicultural patient/client population […]

  • Touchpoints in Libraries: Understanding Child Development and Engaging Families

    Starting in April, Touchpoints in Libraries focuses on understanding a child's developmental process from birth to 6 years of age. It also focuses on connecting with families through strengths-based interactions. Learn More The Brazelton Touchpoints Center course consists of eight modules and is carried out with a cohort of library staff from around the country. […]

  • 2024 VOICE for Children Award Celebration

    The Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children recognizes the critical role advocacy plays in high-quality early learning settings and celebrates those who speak on behalf of Pennsylvania's children. As the voice for early care and learning, community advocates are an invaluable component to assuring all Pennsylvania's children get the start they deserve in […]