Division for Early Childhood 2024 Conference

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Division for Early Childhood 2024 Conference

9:00am CDT

BONUS SESSION: Getting to Know the EI/ECSE Standards and Their Relationship to Recommended and High Leverage Practices *INCLUDED in the cost of the conference* TBA 6Vicki Stayton • Mary Beth Bruder • Sheresa Blanchard • Megan Purcell

6:00pm CDT

Oregon’s Adoption of the DEC Standards to Support Personnel Development - Poster 30 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flLois Pribble • Jantina Clifford • Holly Reed-Schindler Using AAC to Support Belonging in Children with Complex Communication Needs - Poster 20 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flSusan Johnston EI Collective: Attuned and Intentional, a Reflective Practice Group Series - Poster 28 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flMeg Liebreich • Shameka Brown • Susan Connor • Nisha S. Sanghvi • Maria Matticks • Melissa Schnurr Grow Your Own EI Professional Development Capstone Highlights - Poster 27 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flLori Ann Malina-Lovell • Maya L Raimondi Reaching in-service Educators via Online Learning and Micro-credentials - Poster 19 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flByul Yim Scarcity, Disparity and Exclusion in ECE in Allegheny County - Poster 32 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flAmanda Cross The Landscape of Social Emotional Learning Standards Across 50 States - Poster 29 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flHsiu-Wen Yang • Ching-I Chen • Kelsey Clayback • Jennifer Arthur • Alexandar Gariba • Sascha Longstreth

7:00pm CDT

The Role of the School Psychologist in Inclusive Preschool Environments - Poster 1 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flEmily Holden • Tessa Kranski Supporting Paraprofessionals on their Path to Become Certified Teachers - Poster 28 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flAlina Mihai • Sarrah Grubb • Tara Kingsley Sustainable & Data Driven Professional Development Programming - Poster 30 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flJennifer Kampmann Using a Video Observation Platform to Expand Professional Development - Poster 22 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flKatrina Cripe • Colleen Kutchkus • Juliann Woods Examining Inclusive Childcare for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities - Poster 14 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flTuria M. Penkalski, M.Ed. Exploring EI Research to Policy: Organizations and Their Influence - Poster 13 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flCatherine Citta • Cynthia Vail Factors that Impact Intention to Quit in Early Intervention Providers - Poster 32 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flAnne Schneider • Cathron Donaldson • Jason Cherry Teachers’ Perspectives on Toddlers’ Development and Supportive Practices - Poster 18 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flJennifer Baumingham • Kathleen Artman-Meeker • Shawna Harbin • Shannon Core • Mary Louise Hemmeter • Ann Kaiser • Rachel Crumpler

11:00am CDT

It Takes a Village: Community Partnerships Supporting Inclusive Childcare A3 - 1st flElizabeth McLaren Inclusive Play for Infants & Toddlers B10 - 1st flValencia Ashley How Enhancing the Virtual Delivery of PBC is Changing the Early Childhood Landscape Kabacoff - Riverside Bldg.Amanda Rottman • Mary Jimerson • Sylvia Chavez • Denise Calcanis • Gina Turowski Reimagining Technical Assistance to Facilitate Success and Equity A4 - 1st flDesiree Yoro Yoo • Diana De la Lanza • Monica Mathur-Kalluri Systemic Change & Creating Inclusive Early Childhood Public School Programs Chequers - 2nd flMichele Gardner • Annie Corley-Hand

1:30pm CDT

Family Leadership: Experiences of Parents in Multicultural Communities B12 - 1st flMaren Christenson • Rufo Jiru • Fatima Molas • Delia Samuel Exploring Preschool Data for Insights on Significant Disproportionality Prince of Wales - 2nd flChristina MacDonald • Julia Hartwig Eat Sleep Console Method: EI's Role in Addressing Service Gaps Chequers - 2nd flStacy Inman • Megan Glaze Resources to Support Meaningful Participation and Quality Inclusion B10 - 1st flAllison Jones • Lisa M. Gehring Strategy Development With Caregivers as the Key to Collaborative Inclusion C16 - 1st flRobin McWilliam • Cami Stevenson Address Exclusionary Discipline Using the Behavior Incident Report System Compass - Riverside BldgMyrna Veguilla Figueroa • Lise Fox • Meghan von der Embse • Denise Perez Binder Workload Factors Affecting the Service Coordination Workforce C15 - 1st flDana Childress • Melissa Schnurr • Margarita Canadas

2:45pm CDT

Charting Progress: What Does the Child Outcomes Data Tell Us? Marlboro B - 2nd flKellen Reid • Nicholas Ortiz Family Voices Matter: Innovation in Collection of Family Outcomes Data B9 - 1st flKeena L. Sims • Susan Connor • Chelsea Guillen Tiny Words, Big Impact: Pronouns and Belonging in Early Childhood C18 - 1st flShameka Brown • Benton Johnson II Unlocking Potential: Designing Short Courses Through a Structured Approach Compass - Riverside BldgLorelei Pisha • Lisa Terry • Cori Hill

4:00pm CDT

Moving From “Compassion Fatigue” to “Compassion Satisfaction” Eglinton Winton - 2nd flTeri Dawn Pentz • Kimberly Blair, PhD Creating a Paradigm Shift in Alberta’s Inclusive Child Care B9 - 1st flJanice Comrie • Julia Moore Equity in A Community of Practice: From Theory to Practice C15 - 1st flMelanie Reese • Nancy Goins • Kate Grannemann • Kathi Gillaspy Got Equity? Wisconsin's Journey to Advancing Racial Health Equity in EI. Chequers - 2nd flMelissa Velez • Regena Floyd-Sambou How to Develop Positive Relationships With Caregivers A4 - 1st flCami Stevenson • Robin McWilliam Exploring Assessment: PD That Supports Shared Understanding and Practice Prince of Wales - 2nd flBecky Hoffman Honoring the Whole Child Through Culturally Responsive Family Engagement B12 - 1st flLynne Hall • Janet Ballard Iterative Development of Online Professional Development for the COS C16 - 1st flJacqueline Towson • Tahnee Wilder • Katy Green

8:00am CDT

EI/ECSE Personnel Recruitment & Retention Synthesis of Innovative Practices - Poster 11 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flTed Burke • Paula Grubbs Preschool Teachers’ Needs for Successful Inclusion: A Study From Utah - Poster 24 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flMeridith Karppinen • Sondra M Stegenga Developing and Validating a Measure to Appraise Progress Monitoring Quality - Poster 21 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flCollin Shepley • Amanda Duncan • Emily Webb Comparing Caregiver Coaching Fidelity during Inperson and Telehealth Visits - Poster 20 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flScott Tomchek • Serena Wheeler • Lauren Little Disproportional Child Behavior and Teacher Outcomes in Head Start - Poster 19 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flJun Ai • Gospel Kim Early Numeracy, Online PD, and EI Professionals’ Practices and Perspectives - Poster 30 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flKoryne Nnoli • Salenah Cartier • Lisa Shanty • Beth Boyle • Rachel Hur Exploring Factors Impacting Retention of WA EI Workforce - Poster 14 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flMolly Stryker • Kathleen Artman-Meeker Impact of a PD Session on Head Start Providers' Autism Perceptions - Poster 5 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flSarah Wiegand • Dr. Angela Owens Supporting Children who are Deafblind to Access General Education - Poster 26 Grand Ballroom A (Exhibits) - 1st flIra Padhye

9:15am CDT

Equity Audit: Identifying Disparities and Implementing Systemic Change A4 - 1st flCatasha Williams • Evandra Catherine Grow Your Own EI Professional Development Retention Initiative Marlboro B - 2nd flLori Ann Malina-Lovell • Maya L Raimondi Perspectives on Leadership in EI and ECSE: Insights from Educators B7 - 1st flAmanda Passmore • Veronica Kang • Marie Tejero Hughes

10:30am CDT

Ableism in Early Childhood: Policy Implications for Our Field B9 - 1st flJani Kozlowski • Jennifer Fung • Allyson Dean Psychological Safety Considerations for Early Intervention Teaming A6 - 1st flKristen Votava • Carol Johnson A Before & After Story: Professional Development to Engage Adult Learners Marlboro B - 2nd flSally Hansen • Dameri Watson • Nancy Burdic • Ronald Roybal No One Here Looks Like Me: Creating Professional Development for All Staff A4 - 1st flLaycee Thigpen • Anni Reinking Scaling-up Community Partnerships to Prepare Inclusive EC Educators A3 - 1st flRashida Banerjee • Ritu Chopra • Julianne Daniel

1:00pm CDT

Becoming Anti-Racist: Using Cultural Humility to Address Implicit Bias B7 - 1st flJasmine Crane Connecting the Dots! Collaborating as a Cross-Sector State Leadership Team D24 - 1st flBeth Vorhaus • Ashley MacNish • Kerri Wikel Unity in Diversity: Co-Creating Equitable Systems with Diverse Perspectives Eglinton Winton - 2nd flSherri Britt Williams • Sonia Sabater • Sanaa Sharrieff

2:15pm CDT

Building Sustainable Solutions to EI Workforce Challenges in Illinois B12 - 1st flAbby McCartney • Zareen Kamal • Ted Burke • Benny Delgado Rural vs Urban Barriers to Accessing Inclusive Preschool Opportunities Eglinton Winton - 2nd flCori More • Jennifer Buchter • Paula Kerchenski Fostering Dignity and Equality for Every Child D24 - 1st flErin Barton • Claire Winchester Reimagining Professional Development for Equity and Inclusion Kabacoff - Riverside Bldg.Sally Hansen

3:30pm CDT

Tiered Coaching to Support Itinerant Practices in Early Childhood Compass - Riverside BldgTanya Hutchinson • Kate Ascetta • Melissa Griffin International Perspectives on Supporting Young Children with Disabilities D24 - 1st flJennifer Grisham • Virginia Ayuso Blazquez • Mireya Vicente Vilas • Cecilia Simón Connecting Awareness to Action: Nationwide Findings and Policy Solutions A3 - 1st flCarrie Gillispie • Nicole Hsu Effective Cost Modeling and Rate Setting in Early Intervention (Part C) Burgundy - 1st flAndy Gomm • Zane Wyrick • Leah Davidson Using a Mental Health Framework to Support Retention in a State EI System D21 - 1st flLaurie Thomas • Molly Stryker • Iris Dunaway A Promising Model to Reduce Suspensions and Expulsions A4 - 1st flJen Neitzel • Ebonyse Mead Adapting Screening Practices to Improve Experiences of Diverse Families. Prince of Wales - 2nd flJuliette Escobar Lessons Learned: Promoting Systems Change in Early Intervention C16 - 1st flKatherine Hargreaves • Constance Young Supervisory Coaching: Promoting Deliberate Decision-Making C18 - 1st flSarah Sexton Who Knew Kindergarten Inclusion Would Work? (Spoiler: We did!) D19 - 1st flLorin Terrell Why Do They Leave? Results of a State-Wide Survey of EI Professionals A6 - 1st flKristopher Yeager • Beverley Calvo • Dana Childress • Elizabeth Beavers • Yok Fong Paat • Berenice Peralta

9:00am CDT

Digging into Child Outcomes: Data Use at the Local Level C15 - 1st flElizabeth Schroeder • Kellen Reid • Nicholas Ortiz Playing Nice in the Sandbox: ND Part C to Part B Workgroup A4 - 1st flJordan Anderson • Angela McSweyn Systems Level Change in Early Intervention: Access to Quality Coaching C13 - 1st flLauren Little • Scott Tomchek • Serena Wheeler • Anne Hoffmann • Kristen Vincent Where Do We Begin? Talking with Families about Developmental Screening A6 - 1st flJenine Schmidt • Beth Cole • Leslie Fox • Jamie Michaud Creating CHANGE for the Next Generation of Early Educators Burgundy - 1st flSloan Storie • Jennifer Ottley • Ching-I Chen • Lindsay Diamond • Anne Larson • Ann Mickelson • Naomi Rahn • Sondra M Stegenga Four Partnering Strategies for Inclusion in the Blended Preschool Prince of Wales - 2nd flDr. Joy Bauman • Courtney Adkins • Judi Flodin Advancing Specialized Competence: A Statewide Early Intervention Credential C18 - 1st flBonnie Keilty • Sabrina Crowe • Koleen Kerski What New EI Providers Need to Know about Home Visiting A3 - 1st flKimberly Hile • Nikki Thompson • Elizabeth Rodriguez Equitable Part C Services: Perspectives of Early Intervention Coordinators Marlboro B - 2nd flCynthia Vail • Jennifer Brown • Heather Benton • Karrah Bowman • Ashley Harrison

10:15am CDT

Everyone Has a Voice: Embedded Functional Communication Systems Eglinton Winton - 2nd flRonald Roybal • Nancy Burdic "I just ask a parent" - Partnering with Families the Smart Way Prince of Wales - 2nd flKim Bennett Empowering Families: The Who, What, Why & How of the Parent Center Network Cambridge - 2nd flSusan Barlow • Michelle Lewis A Leadership Framework to Begin/Restart and Sustain Inclusive Education B9 - 1st flMary Sheppard • Kaitlin Moran • Andrea Golloher An Equity Analysis of a State’s Early Intervention Program B12 - 1st flEvandra Catherine • Shantel Meek • Eric Bucher • Brittany Alexander • Adai Tefera • Diana Abarca Decoding the Expulsion Equation: Decision-Making of Preschool Directors Chequers - 2nd flNatalie Hess Equitable, Inclusive EC Identification and Special Education Services A4 - 1st flSara Wenten • Scott Zimmerman • Megan Pierce • Amy Hefty • Nancy Molfenter Inclusion as a Personnel Retention Strategy: Making Collaboration Work C18 - 1st flPaula Grubbs • Jani Kozlowski NDBIs and Autism: Empowering Families in IDEA Part C Programs B7 - 1st flRenee Hoffman • Michelle Campbell Three Essential Tools for Homes, Child Cares, and Preschools D22 - 1st flCami Stevenson • Robin McWilliam Actionable Insights: Building Collaborations for Positive SE Growth in EI D21 - 1st flJackie Robinson Brock • Lorelei Pisha • Cori Hill • Lisa Terry • Tracy Walters Building Inclusion for Young Children in Mississippi - One State’s Journey A3 - 1st flAlissa Rausch • Alicia Westbrook • Nicole Briceno Using Research and Policies to create Trauma Informed Preparation Programs D19 - 1st flCatherine Corr • Mia Chudzik • Abby Hardy • Lynn Burdick • Casey Kim

12:00pm CDT

MECP’s High Quality Inclusion Model: From Exploration to Program-wide LEAP Chequers - 2nd flTim Andrews • Edward Bovey Grow Your Own: Training Educators from the Community, for the Community Cambridge - 2nd flJeanne Alter • Carolyn Cleveland Beyond Best Practice: Creating a Sense of Belonging in Inclusive Settings A4 - 1st flMeridith Karppinen • Sondra M Stegenga Connecting to our Work: Transformational Reflective Practice as Liberation C15 - 1st flDesiree Yoro Yoo • Rosanne Carter • Alicia Martinez iTCM: Supporting Program Leaders to Build Coaching Capacity Kabacoff - Riverside Bldg.Angel Fettig • Kathleen Artman-Meeker • Carol Davis • Scott Spaulding • Marie Fisher Nurturing Empathy & Equity in Early Childhood: Little Learners Big Hearts A6 - 1st flOrinthia Harris • Jill Flanders • Randy Ross Reaching Every Child: Innovate & Implement Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Marlboro B - 2nd flBetsy Schrubbe • Kristine Black • Erin Moran • Tracy Orrico Relationship-Based Partnerships: Pathways to Enhance Educator Well-Being B10 - 1st flLori Caudle • Cathy Grist • Hannah Thompson

1:15pm CDT

Building Strong Connections: An ISD Early Learning Family Engagement Marlboro B - 2nd flLuisa Sanchez-Nilsen • Carinna Piscitelli Infant Mental Health in Early Intervention: The Role of Reflection D21 - 1st flNicole Cossette A Statewide, Multi-Faceted Approach to Inclusion in All Communities D24 - 1st flLaura Maddox • Wendy Grove Partnering with Families to Create Inclusive Classroom Communities Eglinton Winton - 2nd flAmanda Tamagni • Anna Winneker • Denise Perez Binder Supporting Coaches within the PBC Framework: Research to Real Life Burgundy - 1st flAdrienne Golden • Darbianne Shannon • Sarah Basler