Division for Early Childhood 2024 Conference

Included in the cost of conference....

Calling all leaders who prepare and support service coordinators! Join us for a pre-conference session focused on ways to elevate equitable training, preparation, and retention of service coordinators in early intervention. Bring your favorite tools/resources to share and be ready to discuss strengths, challenges, and ideas to prepare, recruit, train, and retain service coordinators who provide high quality support to children and families.  Participants will gain new tools, ideas and resources to apply in their state/program AND be part of DEC’s efforts to recognize service coordinators as important professionals through ongoing professional development and a future service coordination certificate program.

**Early Learning Session are an additional cost.**

Selectively Mute (SM) children fail to speak in some settings while having no problem speaking in other settings. It is often incorrectly assumed to be extreme shyness, defiance, trauma-response, poor parenting, or autism spectrum. This presentation will give participants clear understanding of the disorder and offer techniques to help effectively support students with SM.