Division for Early Childhood 2024 Conference: Full Schedule

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

9:15am CDT

Cross Disciplinary: Working Together Across Disciplines

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

GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

This presentation will provide an overview of the Cross Disciplinary Competencies, sharing materials that illustrate collaboration, and how we are working together to attract, prepare, and retain a diverse workforce in early childhood intervention to meet the changing needs of the ECI system.

Speakers

Mary Beth Bruder

UCEDD/ECPC Director, UNIV OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CTR

Infants & Young Children is an interdisciplinary journal focusing on children with disabilities or at risk for disability age birth to five years and their families. Of special interest are articles involving innovative interventions, summaries of important research developments and... 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 9:15am - 10:15am CDT
GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

Professional Development

10:30am CDT

Creating CHANGE for the Next Generation of Early Educators

Thursday September 19, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am CDT

GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

High-quality early childhood education is equity! This presentation shares one approach to collaborating with community college faculty to design and deliver content that will prepare associate degree students to serve young children with disabilities and their families, including those who are multilingual and from racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse populations.

Speakers

Sloan Storie

Research Associate, University of Cincinnati

Jennifer Ottley

Research Director, University of Cincinnati

Ching-I Chen

Associate Professor, Kent State University

Lindsay Diamond

Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Reno

Anne Larson

Research Associate, University of Minnesota

Ann Mickelson

Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Naomi Rahn

Assistant Professor, UW-Whitewater

Sondra M Stegenga

Assistant Professor of Special Education, University of Utah

I have over 20 years experience in the fields of health and education working with individuals across the lifespan. I have provided services and supports to children and families as a home visitor, occupational therapist, early intervention program administrator, and state council... Read More →

Creating CHANGE for the Next Generation of Early Educators DEC 2024 CHANGE Presentation (1) pdf

Thursday September 19, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

Practice

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

1:00pm CDT

Leading for Change: Leadership Competencies for Part C and Part B/619 Coordinators and Staff

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

GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

Promoting high-quality leadership at all levels of EI/ECSE is critical to successful outcomes for infants, toddlers, and families. Learn more about a tiered system of leadership development for Part C and Part B/619 coordinators and staff. The tiered system puts focus on knowledge and skills needed for foundational, operational, and strategic leadership. Hear from a panel of past participants about their experience and how they are using what they have learned in their state. They will also share the progress of their capstones projects.

Speakers

Jenn Kaufman

Darla Gundler

Associate Director, Early Childhood Intervention Personnel Center -Equity (ECiPC-Equity)

Engaging families of young children with disabilities in early childhood

Panel of Part C and Part B/619

Thursday September 19, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

Professional Development

2:15pm CDT

How Are Children with Disabilities Included in the Reggio Emilia Approach?

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

GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

This session will explore inclusive practices for children with disabilities in Reggio Emilia, Italy. We will share the story of how a group of early childhood education professionals took a trip to Reggio Emilia, Italy to learn about the preschool approach and how it strengthened our learning, and created stronger supports within our own community of practice at home.

Speakers

Jacqueline Towson

Associate Professor, University of Central Florida, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Jacqueline Towson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders with a joint appointment in the School of Teacher Education at University of Central Florida. She completed her doctorate in 2015 at Georgia... Read More →

Marisa Macy

Professor, University of Wyoming

Dr. Marisa Macy is full professor and holds the John P. Ellbogen Foundation Professorship of Early Childhood Education at the University of Wyoming. Macy has more than 25 years of experience as an educator. Macy, a Seattle native, earned a bachelor’s degree in English at the University... Read More →

Judy Levin

Dena Harshbarger

Associate Professor, UNK

Thursday September 19, 2024 2:15pm - 3:15pm CDT
GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

International

Age 0-5
Audience 1 Practitioners
Content Level Introductory

3:30pm CDT

Supervisory Coaching: Promoting Deliberate Decision-Making

Thursday September 19, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

Coaching is an adult learning strategy that can build the capacity of individuals to create sustainable change. The predictable nature of coaching helps the coachee internalize a process for making deliberate decisions about their work. Learn to apply a capacity-building coaching framework to supervisory discussions to improve work force performance.

Speakers

Sarah Sexton

Director, Family, Infant and Preschool Program (FIPP)

01 Planning Coaching laminated pdf

01 Facilitating Coaching laminated pdf

Thursday September 19, 2024 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

Professional Development

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

9:00am CDT

Advancing Specialized Competence: A Statewide Early Intervention Credential

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

GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

This session will share how one state revised the existing early intervention (EI) credential, partnered with higher education, and garnered inservice professional development initiatives to prepare, evaluate, and recognize highly specialized, effective EI professionals who are responsive to all families and the systemic marginalization of those from diverse identities.

Speakers

Bonnie Keilty

Sabrina Crowe

Birth to Three Professional Development, Connecticut Office of Early Childhood

Sabrina Crowe joined the CT Office of Early Childhood Birth to Three division in early 2021 in the Education Outreach position and more recently supporting Professional Development. Her background is as a Speech Language Pathologist. She has spent over the past 20 years working within... Read More →

Koleen Kerski

Personnel and Development, Office of Early Childhood: Birth to Three

Advancing Specialized EI Competence pptx

Friday September 20, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

Professional Development

Age 0-3
Audience 1 Administrators
Audience 2 Faculty
Content Level Advanced

10:15am CDT

Inclusion as a Personnel Retention Strategy: Making Collaboration Work

Friday September 20, 2024 10:15am - 11:15am CDT

GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

Collaboration, essential to effective inclusion, can be challenging for adults. Join us to reframe collaboration challenges as relationship building opportunities that result in effective inclusive practices. In this interactive session, we will discuss strategies for building collaborative relationships that promote staff retention while facilitating inclusion.

Speakers

Paula Grubbs

Technical Assistance Specialist, ECTA Center at UNC

Jani Kozlowski

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Every Child Can Fly: An Early Childhood Educator's Guide to Inclusion: https://www.gryphonhouse.com/books/details/every-child-can-fly-an-early-childhood-educators-guide-to-inclusion

DEC 2024 Inclusion as a Personnel Strategy Resources docx

DEC 2024 Reflection Guide for Collaboration Continuum docx

DEC 2024 Inclusion as a Personnel Strategy Upload version pptx

Friday September 20, 2024 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

Practice

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

12:00pm CDT

Teachers’ Use of Effective Feedback: Inclusive Early Childhood Settings 

Friday September 20, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm CDT

GrandSalon 18- 1st fl

Early childhood (EC) educators seek professional development (PD) to gain new strategies for teaching young children. Offering coaching is more effective for impacting change than one-time PD sessions. We explore how PD with coaching impacts the creation of high-quality inclusive preschools using the Inclusive Classroom Profile (ICP) to measure feedback.

Speakers

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