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1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Session B: Concurrent Workshops
[Some presenters have made additional resources available; they are listed at the bottom of the page.]
A Day in the Black Experience
This interactive session will explore some of the issues, emotions, stereotypes, and realities that exist today around issues of race and class and provide strategies to create understanding and change in our communities.
Presenter: Ellen Boynton, President, ESB~Consulting and Training Associates
Collaborative Building is Like Story Telling: What is Your Story?
Participants will discuss how to create and sustain a successful collaborative, including how to run a meeting, complete a strategic planning process, and market your work. The session will highlight barriers that the Health and Learning Coalition, which includes New London, Groton, and Norwich, have experienced and ways they have worked to overcome them.
Presenters: Margaret Holmberg, Director, Young Children and Families, LEARN; Laurel Tiesinga, Director, Community Partnerships; Catherine Russell, Director, Eastern Area Health Education Council
[Hand-outs & presentation materials are in the folder below.]
Social and Emotional Development in Infants, Waddlers, and Toddlers
How can you better support young children’s social and emotional development in the child care setting? Discuss strategies and techniques to prevent challenging behaviors and address barriers to learning so children are best prepared to grow, learn and enter school.
Presenters: Heather Starkey, Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant, Catholic Family Services; Linda Flach, Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant, Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center; Beryl Yudkin, Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant, Waterbury Child Guidance Clinic; Devon Rayment, Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant; Mid-Fairfield Child Guidance Center; Anne Marie Davidson, Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant, Wheeler Clinic
[Hand-outs & presentation materials are in the folder below.]
Marketing Strategies to Involve Busy Parents
The Parents and Communities for Kids (PACK) Initiative has conducted market research and developed a social marketing campaign to inform parents about fun learning opportunities in the local community that are designed for participation by parents and kids together. Learn what has made this marketing effort successful and how to apply these strategies to your Discovery work.
Presenter: Ceely Ackerman, PACK Director, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
[Hand-outs & presentation materials are in the folder below.]
Mobilizing Your Community for Change
Learn specific strategies from the Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition about how to spur action in your community, including how to: create a cadre of people willing to advocate, organize large community meetings with public officials, and write reports that don’t end up on a shelf.
Presenter: Marilyn Ondrasik, Executive Director, Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition
Learning in a Bag
Learn about a home visiting program in Stamford that provides activities for parents to do at home with their young children. Each bag includes materials that promote literacy and skill development through fun activities and books. Participants will get to see and use materials from several of the learning bags.
Presenters: Jennienne Peoples Burke, Health Educator, Care to Care; HealthCare Connection; Linda Levy, Director, Stamford School Readiness Program; Antonia Better Wirz and Silvia Arnoso, Learning In a Bag Facilitators
Using the CT Preschool Assessment for Program Improvement: A Region’s Effort to Improve Learning Outcomes for Children
The CT Preschool Assessment Framework is used to monitor children’s growth and progress and to assist in targeting instruction related to specific learning outcomes. The assessment can also be used to identify certain gaps in skill development that may need a strategic approach to classroom or program improvement. This session will describe the strategies used to target specific interventions that will lead to increased outcomes for children in preschool programs.
Presenters: Elizabeth A. Aschenbrenner, Early Childhood EASTCONN; Lynda Fosco, Director, Goodyear Early Childhood Center, Killingly; Tammy Herrick, Head Teacher, Goodyear Early Childhood Center; Cindy Torrance, EASTCONN Head Start
[Hand-outs & presentation materials are in the folder below.]
Parent-School-Community Grant Writing Institute: A Grassroots Effort to Bring Energy and Resources to a Small Town
Chaplin has developed a training program to increase grant writing skills among parents, educators, town officials, and other community members. The community has been energized by this training and hopes to secure additional resources as a result. Learn how the Institute was designed, how participants were recruited, and the tasks involved in implementation.
Presenters: Ruth Freeman, Chaplin Discovery Project Coordinator; Sharyn Rusch, Parent Leader; Rusty Lanzit, Chaplin First Selectman; Judi Jordan, Consultant and Trainer
Evaluation: What's Discovery Got to Do With It?
This session will provide an overview of the planned Discovery Evaluation and will involve participants in a self-evaluation exercise for Discovery sites.
Presenters: Sally Leiderman, President, Center for Assessment and Policy Development and Manuel Gutiérrez, Co-Director, OMG Center for Collaborative Learning
[Hand-outs & presentation materials are in the folder below.]
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Collaborative Building is Like Story Telling: What is Your Story?
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Evaluation: What's Discovery Got to Do With It?
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Infants, Waddlers and Toddlers: Understanding Social and Emotional Development to Promote Secure Relationships
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Marketing Strategies to Involve Busy Parents
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Using the CT Preschool Assessment for Program Improvement: A Region’s Effort to Improve Learning Outcomes for Children
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Danbury Children First
Danbury Children First is a parent driven organization that works to improve life outcomes for children ages birth to 8.
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