Division for Early Childhood 2024 Conference: Full Schedule

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11:00am CDT

Exploring Playmate Preferences in Early Childhood Classrooms

Wednesday September 18, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT

We discuss recent research exploring how children’s playmate preferences change after participating in an adapted version of a peer mediated intervention. We review methods for collecting and analyzing social network data of children’s playmate preferences and how practitioners and researchers can use these data in their efforts to promote children's social connectedness.

Speakers

Abby Taylor

Data manager, Wisconsin alliance for infant mental health

Kristen Granger

Yiran Ling

Wednesday September 18, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

Practice

Age 3-5
Audience 1 Practitioners
Audience 2 Researchers
Content Level Advanced

1:30pm CDT

Assessing the Validity of a Fidelity Checklist for the AEPS-3

Wednesday September 18, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT

GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

Implementation fidelity is an important factor in field testing a new version of any curriculum. The presenters designed a fidelity checklist for the AEPS-3 curriculum and conducted a content validity study with AEPS-3 developers and users. The session will share results from that survey, along with suggestions for further ways that online surveys can validate curricula.

Speakers

Cameron Tyrrell

Doctoral Candidate, University of Kentucky

Doctoral candidate, M.Ed., M.A. Emphasis in Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education. Detroit native, sociologist from another life.

Jennifer Grisham

Professor, University of Kentucky

Jennifer Grisham, Ed.D., is Professor in the Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education program at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. She received her doctorate in Education from the University of Kentucky. She is also Faculty Director of the Early Childhood Laboratory at the... Read More →

AEPS 3 Content Validity Checklist Presentation DEC 2024 pdf

Wednesday September 18, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

Research

Age 0-5
Audience 1 Researchers
Audience 2 Faculty
Content Level Advanced

2:45pm CDT

Tiny Words, Big Impact: Pronouns and Belonging in Early Childhood

Wednesday September 18, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT

GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

During this pronoun training, participants will engage in rich discussions, practical exercises, and learning focused on understanding how small linguistic elements significantly influence the advancement of inclusion in early childhood education and learning outcomes in children. They will take away actual practice handouts to help them achieve pronoun inclusion.

Speakers

Shameka Brown

Professional Development Specialist, Developmental Therapist, Infant Early Childhood Mental Health, SCB EDUCATIONAL CONSULTIN

Benton Johnson II

Trainer/Psychotherapist, Illinois Early Intervention Training Program/Ephphatha Consulting Services, Inc.

DEC Tiny Words, Big Impact (1) pdf

Tiny Words, Big Impact PPt pdf

Wednesday September 18, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

Professional Development

Age 0-3
Audience 1 Administrators
Audience 2 Practitioners
Content Level Intermediate

4:00pm CDT

Lessons Learned: Advocating for Education and Basic Needs in State Policy

Wednesday September 18, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT

GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

In this session, we discuss the process of conducting a comprehensive needs assessment for the early childhood ecosystem in Kansas. Participants will recognize arguments for and against equitable policy, craft rationale to promote equitable policy, and identify how to leverage lessons learned in their own advocacy to support positive child and family outcomes.

Speakers

Chelsea Morgan

Associate Researcher, The University of Kansas Center for Public Partnerships and Research

Chavis Lickvar-Armstrong

Associate Researcher, University of Kansas

I am an Associate Researcher at the University of Kansas (KU). My research and dissemination supports state agencies implement their early childhood programs across the state of Kansas, as well as the implementation of Kansas’s PDG B-5 program priorities.

Wednesday September 18, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

Professional Development

Age 0-5
Audience 1 Researchers
Audience 2 Administrators
Content Level Intermediate