To support family-facing providers in their online work with children and families, Brazelton Touchpoints Center is offering a series of free one-hour webinars and an online learning community that will explore how to manage the challenges posed by virtual service delivery and share strategies providers have found for building and sustaining strong relationships with families virtually.
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In partnership with Parents as Teachers and the Rapid Response Virtual Home Visiting (RR-VHV) Collaborative, Brazelton Touchpoints Center will build on lessons learned from virtual home visiting, adapted for all family-facing providers.
All professionals who work with families of young children—including those who work in health care, early care and education, early intervention, child welfare, and family support—are encouraged to attend these webinars. Brazelton Touchpoints Center is pairing the webinars with an online learning community where webinar participants can engage with one another and BTC facilitators on topics and strategies discussed in the webinars.
Featured Webinars
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- Engaging Families Using a Strengths-Based Approach in the Virtual World
Wednesday, July 22 | 2 – 3 p.m. | Register
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- Partnering with Families Virtually
Wednesday, August 5 | 2 – 3 p.m. | Register
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- Providing Staff Support and Supervision Virtually
Wednesday, August 19 | 2 – 3 p.m. | Register
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- Developmental Screenings on Your Screen
Wednesday, September 2 | 2 – 3 p.m. | Register
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- Challenging Conversations with Families Virtually
Wednesday, September 16 | 2 – 3 p.m. | Register
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- Taking Care of Yourself as a Virtual Service Provider
Wednesday, September 30 | 2 – 3 p.m. | Register
Registration
To register and learn more, visit the Brazelton Touchpoints Center website. Participants can register for the entire series or for individual webinars.
More Information
For questions, email touchpoints@childrens.harvard.edu.
Are you interested in learning about a routines-based approach for providing early intervention to young children with disabilities? Join ZERO TO THREE on July 15 for their free webinar, “Where Intervention Happens: A Routines-Based Approach for Young Children with Disabilities.”
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Throughout the day, children learn during their everyday routines, including during child care. Ensuring that infants and toddlers with disabilities get the most intervention possible and the most relevant intervention possible means building their caregivers’ capacity.
This webinar will address the assessment of child and family needs, the use of a primary service provider, collaborative consultation, data collection, and how to train staff to use a routines-based approach. This webinar is best suited for early intervention professionals, as well as caregivers who have or would like to have an early intervention professional working with them.
Registration
To register and learn more, visit the event webpage. For those who are unable to attend the session, please note that all registrants will receive a link to the webinar recording 24 to 48 hours after the session.
Attention child care providers! Does your program need to complete fire safety training? The Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) is temporarily accepting an online fire safety training that meets required fire safety regulations!
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In their recent announcement, OCDEL stated that child care center providers and staff will be able to temporarily complete their annual fire safety training online during the COVID-19 pandemic. As programs reopen, providers should start arranging for all staff to complete annual fire safety training if their current training certification is about to expire or has expired.
While OCDEL maintains that face-to-face training for fire safety is most appropriate, they state that if in-person training is unavailable, they will temporarily accept the following approved fire safety online training offered on the PD Registry:
This training course will be deemed acceptable up until 30 days after the Disaster Proclamation is lifted or such other time as the Department directs.
Registration
Reach out to your local fire chief for other fire safety specialist first to see if they are offering any face-to-face fire safety trainings that are conducive to social distancing practices. If face-to-face training is unavailable, have staff register for and complete the online Department of Human Services Fire Safety Training. To register, search for “DHS Fire Safety Training” or the Event ID included above on the Pennsylvania PD Registry.
More Information
For more information, see the Announcement C-20-07, Fire Safety Training for Child Care Centers may be obtained online during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Are you interested in learning about the latest early childhood research and connecting with thousands of fellow educators from around the world? Join ZERO TO THREE from October 5-9 for their Virtual Annual Conference!
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This year’s virtual conference will give participants the added flexibility to be connected safely to thousands of colleagues from around the world; be inspired through an immersive experience into the latest research and education; and be prepared to move their practice forward in our changing and challenging world.
The conference package includes five days of exceptional programming and 30 days of exclusive, on-demand access to recorded sessions. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are included. Pre-Conference Forums will be available as well from September 22 to October 1 for an additional fee. Each Forum package includes a single two-day Forum event and 30-day access to the recorded session. CEUs are included.
Featured Sessions
The conference features many presentations and breakout sessions, including, but not limited to the following:
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- Bringing Self-Compassion and Care Home: Learning by Nurturing
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- Supporting Healthy Development Through Meaningful Relationships With Mother Nature, a Growing Global Movement
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- Operation HealthySteps: Promoting Safe Childcare Practices Across a Large Medical System
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- Where Trauma and Grief Collide: CPP With Child Traumatic Grief
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- How to Incorporate Mindfulness Techniques Into Family-Based Practices With Infants and Toddlers
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- Interrogating Whiteness in Early Intervention
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- Equity and Inclusion in Family Engagement Programs
See the full schedule.
Registration
To register and learn more, visit the event webpage. Member and group discounts are available. If you require any assistance with your registration, contact the Customer Support team at 855.868.1192
Are you interested in learning how to embed racial equity into your early learning program? Join the Pennsylvania Child Care Association (PACCA) on Fridays from July 10 – 24 for their Zoom Series, “Racial Equity in Early Learning.”
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This three-part professional development series is designed to help early learning and school-age programs embed racial equity from recruiting, hiring, and on-going training offerings for staff to interactions with children of color. After defining key racial justice terminology such as implicit bias, cultural competency, race, racism, antiracist ally, etc., participants are encouraged to identify concrete ways to embrace racial equity personally and professionally.
These Zoom meetings will be informative and interactive, and will provide participants with real resources and supports for classroom situations. Individuals who participate in all three meetings will receive 4.5 hours of PQAS credits and/or 4.5 Act 48 hours.
Cost
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- PACCA Members: $20 for all three meetings
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- Non-Members: $45 for all three meetings
Registration
To register and learn more, visit the event webpage.
Zoom links will be sent in a confirmation email when your registration is received. If you do not receive confirmation, please check your Junk inbox or contact maureen.murphy@pacca.org.
Are you interested in celebrating and exploring the field of family child care? Join the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) on July 17 and 18 for the 30th National Family Child Care Conference!
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NAFCC will host its annual National Family Child Care Conference virtually on the evening of Friday, July 17 and all day on Saturday, July 18. The conference will feature:
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- live and on-demand workshops,
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- an opportunity to earn up to 24 hours (or 2.4 continuing education units) of training credit,
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- a Spanish track with four live sessions presented in Spanish,
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- a Black and Latina caucus where participants can discuss the things that are important to them, and
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- a virtual exhibit hall where participants can view vendors without leaving their homes.
Featured Topics
Live and on-demand workshops will cover a variety of topics, including, but not limited to, the following:
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- record-keeping and tax implications of COVID-19,
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- organizing a sustainable daily routine that supports health and wellbeing,
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- how to make your home a place of inquiry, play, and experimentation,
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- strategies for creating an environment that promotes a variety of social-emotional skills,
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- finding out and improving your business’ profit margin, and
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- recognizing early signs of mental illness in young children.
View the schedule and full workshop descriptions.
Registration
To register and learn more, visit the event webpage. For questions, submit NAFCC’s online contact form.
To better understand the success and challenges child care providers are experiencing as they operate during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) released a brief survey that providers can complete to share their experiences. Child care providers are encouraged to complete this survey by Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
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Since March 2020, COVID-19 has had significant impacts on the child care provider community. The Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) is interested in understanding the success and challenges child care providers are experiencing as they operate during the pandemic. One strategy they are using to collect information is a brief monthly survey on staffing and enrollment.
While the survey is voluntary, OCDEL encourages every child care operator to participate. OCDEL will issue the same survey at the end of June, July, August, and September to compare and analyze changes.
Take the Survey
To share your successes and challenges, complete the survey today!
Are you interested in learning about the important role authentic relationships play in the early learning and development of young children? Join Trying Together on August 5 at 6 p.m. for our online session, “Connections and Conversations: The Power of Self-Compassion.”
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Connections and Conversations Virtual Check-Ins are interactive sessions that highlight topics of interest to the field of early childhood education. Participants will engage in virtual discussions via Zoom with child development experts while interacting with early learning practitioners to share questions, experiences, and expertise about the highlighted topic.
This session will highlight how children benefit greatly from authentic relationships with the adults in their lives. It will explore how the critical messages we learned from our childhood affect our interactions and relationships with children in our care. We will utilize self-reflection as a tool to develop self-compassion to build our intentional use of compassion in early learning environments.
Participants will receive the course Zoom link via email within 24 hours before the start date for the course. For questions, contact Rosie Hogan at rosie@tryingtogether.org or Sarah Grubb at sarah.elrc5@alleghenycounty.us.
Session Details
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- Session Date: Wednesday, August 5 | 6 – 7 p.m
- Instructors: Mimi Loughead
- CKC: K6.4 C2
- CDA Subject Area: Supporting children’s social and emotional development.
- Registrations must be submitted by Monday, August 3. Space is limited.
- Sessions will be offered biweekly and will offer one hour of PQAS credit. Act 48 credit will not be offered.
Registration
To register and learn more, visit the course webpage.
Session Rules and Guidelines
These virtual discussions are designed to provide educators the opportunity to grow professionally and share knowledge on early childhood topics. During the meeting, participants should follow the guidelines below to ensure a successful virtual meeting for all participants.
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- Please allow all participants a chance to speak. Listen respectfully and actively.
- Commit to learning about each other, not to debating the topic.
- Embrace differences of opinion as healthy and support each person’s authentic self-expression.
- Participants will be muted for the beginning portion of the session.
- Participants may use the “Raise Hand” feature in Zoom to request an opportunity to comment or ask a question. Individuals will be temporarily unmuted by the moderator.
- Participants may type a comment or question in the Chat or may send comments or questions directly to the moderator for them to share.
- To receive PQAS credit, you must complete an evaluation at the end of the session and include your PD Registry number.
- Have fun, make connections, and engage in the conversations!
More Information
For questions or more information, please contact Rosie Hogan at rosie@tryingtogether.org.
Are you interested in learning how to incorporate mindful practices into your early learning classroom? Join Trying Together for our three-week, self-paced course, “The Mindful Mindset.”
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Through this three-week online course, participants will learn about incorporating mindful practices into their early learning classrooms. Mindfulness has been shown to improve children’s attention spans, social skills, and emotional coping skills. It is also an imperative tool for educators to improve their practice by being more present and understanding with their learners. Even as we face the everyday onslaught of stimuli and emotion, we all possess the capacity for mindfulness.
All registrations must be submitted by Wednesday, July 15. Space is limited.
Course Details
- Timeline: July 20 – August 10, 2020 (Three Weeks, Self-Guided)
- Instructor: Sarah Byrne-Houser and Mimi Loughead
- CKC: K6.4 C2
- CDA Subject Area: Maintaining a commitment to professionalism.
- Three PQAS and ACT 48 hours available.
Registration
To register and learn more, visit the course webpage.
Please note that participants will not have to attend the virtual course every day during the three-week period. Rather, participants can log on to the virtual course platform at any time during the three-week period to complete the session.
More Information
For more information, contact Community Engagement Assistant Rosie Hogan at rosie@tryingtogether.org.
