Division for Early Childhood 2024 Conference: Full Schedule

5:45pm CDT

DEC Welcome and Cocktails 6-8pm Including Posters from 6-7pm and 7-8pm

Tuesday September 17, 2024 5:45pm - 8:00pm CDT

Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st fl

Tuesday September 17, 2024 5:45pm - 8:00pm CDT
Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st fl

DEC Sponsored

11:00am CDT

DEC Position Statement: Inclusion, Equity, and Social Justice

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

Cambridge - 2nd fl

Wednesday September 18, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Cambridge - 2nd fl

DEC Sponsored

1:30pm CDT

DEC - "COFFEE CHAT" LIVE

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

GrandSalon 12 - 1st fl

Please bring your coffee/beverage and join the DEC Executive Board & the DEC Executive Director for an informal chat about what is happening at DEC! Bring your ideas, your dreams, your questions, your challenges . We want to hear what it "looks like" in your family//program/school/university/agency and how DEC might support with national/international practice and policy solutions. We especially want to hear from families and practitioners as we elevate your voice alongside higher education faculty, researchers, administrators, policy makers, students at undergraduate and graduate level and advocates!

Speakers

DEC Board Members

Peggy Kemp

Executive Director, Division for Early Childhood (DEC)

Welcome! Thank you for attending DEC 2024! Please introduce yourself if we are in sessions together and tell me a bit about your work/dreams for DEC/questions/concerns! - Peggy

Wednesday September 18, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm CDT
GrandSalon 12 - 1st fl

DEC Sponsored

4:00pm CDT

Journal of Early Intervention (JEI) & Young Exceptional Children (YEC) Information Meeting

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

Burgundy - 1st fl

Speakers

Peggy Kemp

Executive Director, Division for Early Childhood (DEC)

Welcome! Thank you for attending DEC 2024! Please introduce yourself if we are in sessions together and tell me a bit about your work/dreams for DEC/questions/concerns! - Peggy

Angel Fettig

Associate Professor, University of Washington

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

DEC Sponsored

9:15am CDT

What's Happening in Washington: Congressional Panel

Thursday September 19, 2024 9:15am - 10:15am CDT

Marlboro B - 2nd fl

Join Victor James Young, DEC Vice President, and Sharon Walsh, DEC, for the DEC annual update on What Happening in Washington DC. We will discuss the status of funding federal programs, activities of the current 117th Congress, plans for 2025 and important updates and bills under consideration related to young children and their families. Your important role as an advocate and what you can do to support these important policies also will be provided.

Speakers

James Young

Project Administrator, Johns Hopkins University

Sharon Walsh

Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children

Thursday September 19, 2024 9:15am - 10:15am CDT
Marlboro B - 2nd fl

DEC Sponsored

1:00pm CDT

Recommended Practices - DEC Committee

Thursday September 19, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT

GrandSalon 22 - 1st fl

Thursday September 19, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
GrandSalon 22 - 1st fl

DEC Sponsored

2:15pm CDT

"Be Part of" Campaign: Recruiting Early Interventionist

Thursday September 19, 2024 2:15pm - 3:15pm CDT

Burgundy - 1st fl

Join us to learn more about how to use the Be Part Of video and other materials for early intervention provider and service coordinator recruitment. Materials have been used at the university level for student recruitment and the state and local level for those already in the field. Share ideas on how we might grow this campaign together.

Speakers

Chris Guillen

Photographer/Producer, Chris Guillen

Chris Guillen is a photographer, producer and creative partner, and brings a unique skill set for the Early Intervention field. He is a husband of 31 years to Early Interventionist Chelsea Guillen, who ran an EI program for 12+ years and who is currently the EI Ombudsman for the state... Read More →

Peggy Kemp

Executive Director, Division for Early Childhood (DEC)

Welcome! Thank you for attending DEC 2024! Please introduce yourself if we are in sessions together and tell me a bit about your work/dreams for DEC/questions/concerns! - Peggy

Thursday September 19, 2024 2:15pm - 3:15pm CDT
Burgundy - 1st fl

DEC Sponsored

Audience 1 Faculty
Audience 2 Administrators
Content Level Advanced

9:00am CDT

DEC - "COFFEE CHAT" LIVE

Friday September 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am CDT

Marlboro A - 2nd fl

Speakers

DEC Board Members

Peggy Kemp

Executive Director, Division for Early Childhood (DEC)

Welcome! Thank you for attending DEC 2024! Please introduce yourself if we are in sessions together and tell me a bit about your work/dreams for DEC/questions/concerns! - Peggy

Friday September 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Marlboro A - 2nd fl

DEC Sponsored