Kent County Early On
2005-2006
Workshop Schedule
For a List of All Kent ISD Workshops
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Any questions, call Carla at 616-365-2310. |
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Workshops are brought by
Early On and take place at the Kent Intermediate School District unless
otherwise noted. All
registrations are handled online. If you have registered online previously, your
account will still be available, you only need to log in with your user name and
password. Your registration confirmation will be e-mailed to
you automatically. No phone
registrations please. We are unable to provide childcare. Call 365-2310 for
assistance. Snow
Day/Cancellation Policy.
Maltreated
Young Children: What do we See?
What do they Need?
Friday, September 16, 2005
9:00 am - 4:00pm
Place:
DeVos Children's Hospital East Auditorium - 100 Michigan Ave, Grand
Rapids, MI
Presenter:
Julie Ribaudo, MSW, ACSW
Audience:
Service providers, home visitors, early
interventionists and care-givers
Cost: $20.00
Recent brain
development research confirms the impact of abuse, neglect, and poor
parent-child relationships on the development of young children.
Increasing numbers of children are entering community settings without a
“secure” attachment with a primary caregiver.
Communities are being confronted with the challenge of meeting the needs
of these children across systems, including families, childcare programs, and
schools. Most treatment in the past
has focused on behavioral interventions with the child, often with poor
outcomes.
This workshop will
address, explore, and define the underlying needs that are being expressed
through behavior. Specific forms of
parenting therapy, educational and programmatic responses to children with
insecure attachments will be discussed.
Spart
Signs for Babies and Toddlers
Wednesday,
October 19, 2005 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Place:
Kent Transition Center - Multipurpose Room
Presenter:
Melissa Burtt-Smith
Audience:
Service providers, home visitors, early
interventionists and care-givers
Cost:
FREE
Learn
how to teach hearing children to “talk” before they can speak—using sign
language and simple hand gestures known as baby signs.
According to research, babies who sign are less frustrated, develop
larger vocabularies, and develop spoken language sooner. The trainer will give
tips and techniques needed to teach signs for mealtime, playtime and bed time,
as well as games to play with babies to promote learning.
Lecture, video examples and practice with signing will be used.
3
Day IDA Training
Wednesday,
January 11 & 12, 2006 9:00 am - 4:00 pm March 16th 9:00am -
4:00pm
Place: Kent Transition
Center - Tree House C108
Presenter:
Criss Hickey, Jean Wassenaar
Audience:
Service providers, home visitors and early
interventionists.
Cost:
$100.00
The
Infant-Toddler Developmental Assessment (IDA) is a comprehensive,
multidisciplinary, family-centered, infant and toddler evaluation process, which
may be used to determine eligibility for Early On. The IDA is for professionals
from various disciplines who are responsible for assessing the development of
infants and toddlers. Each three-day training series accommodate 12 two-person
teams (24 participants total). Each team will be responsible for submitting a
videotape of their administration of the IDA and the parent interview. Each team
must bring to the training their own IDA kit which includes manuals and
assessment materials.
Kits may be purchased through Riverside
Publishing at 1-800-323-9540.
Day 3 is included in the cost of this training and has not been scheduled yet.
Attachment
Disorganization and Disorders of Attachment
Friday, February 17, 2006 9:00 am - 4:00pm
Place:
DeVos Children's Hospital East Auditorium - 100 Michigan Ave, Grand
Rapids, MI
Presenters:
Katherine Rosenblum, PhD and Maria Muzik, MD
Audience:
Service providers, home visitors, early
interventionists and care-givers
Cost:
$20.00
Clinical
practice in infant mental health often requires practitioners to access and
intervene with high-risk, problematic, parent-infant relationships.
This seminar is designed to provide practitioners with an introduction to
attachment theory and research, with an emphasis on the implications of this
theoretical model for clinical practice with infants and families.
The seminar will provide a bio-psycho-social view of attachment from both
normative and high-risk perspectives, with an emphasis on understanding the
origins of clinical disturbances in parent-child relationships.
Specific topics covered will include current research on the biological
underpinnings of attachment disorder, current trends and controversies in the
assessment of attachment disorders, and an overview of attachment
relationship-based interventions. Clinical
vignettes and videotapes will be used to illustrate relevant topics.
Help
Strands
Wednesday,
March 22, 2006 9:00am - 4:00pm
Place: Kent Transition
Center - Multi-Purpose Room
Presenters:
Criss Hickey, Jean Wassenaar
Audience:
Service providers, home visitors and early
interventionists.
Cost:
$15.00
The
HELP Strands is a curriculum-based developmental assessment for use with infants
and toddlers. It covers the core developmental domains and has been structured
to provide a more precise framework for assessment and planning. Developmental
levels, strengths, and needs within each domain can be easily identified for
curriculum assessment and individualized planning. This 3 to 6 hour training
will detail scoring and determining developmental levels, strengthening skills
in utilizing the HELP as an on-going assessment, involving parents in enhancing
the development of their child. Support will be given in understanding how to
connect HELP with the results of a multidisciplinary evaluation. The HELP at
Home can be best utilized in the child’s natural environment. Registration
for this workshop is through CCRESA.
Understanding
and Assessing Cry Problems in Early Infancy
Friday, May 5, 2006 9:00 am - 4:00pm
Place:
DeVos Children's Hospital East Auditorium - 100 Michigan Ave, Grand
Rapids, MI
Presenter:
Zach Boukydis, PhD
Audience:
Service providers, home visitors, early
interventionists and care-givers
Cost:
$20.00
The purpose of this
workshop is to have a broader understanding of cry problems in early infancy and
provide more effective means for evaluating the situation when parents first
indicate that they are having trouble with their infant’s crying.
Participants will learn a
comprehensive intake interview and will learn to use infant cry and sleep
diaries and other methods with parents to establish possible patterns of
cry/sleep/feed/wake. Using the comprehensive intake process, participants will
learn to clarify how much of the crying concern resides “in” the infant
“in” the parent, or “in” the parent-infant interactional system.
Take
a Look at Me Portfolio Workshop
SELECT ONE
Thursday, March 23, 2006 Session A: 8:30am -
11:30pm
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Session
B: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Friday, March 24, 2006 Session C: 8:30am -
11:30pm
Place:
Kent Transition Center - Multipurpose Room
Presenter:
Mary Rugg, M.Ed., Early Intervention Project Director
Audience:
Service providers, home visitors, early
interventionists and care-givers
Cost:
Free
Highlights
of the portfolio process:
·
Actively involves individuals, family members, and care
providers
·
Promotes a positive view of the child
·
Builds on what a child “can do” and “enjoys doing”
·
Identifies natural learning opportunities
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Builds supports based on strengths, hopes, and dreams
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Allows for families from a wide range of cultures to share their
child’s strengths, hopes, and dreams with others in the community
·
Provides valuable input to the Individualized Family Service
Plan
·
Assists in helping family members and providers develop outcomes
that are based on child participation and engagement.
All
participants will receive a portfolio as part of the workshop. Additional
copies will be available.
Snow
Day Policy:
If Kent ISD, Educational Service Center is closed, all courses are cancelled.
You may call to verify our building closing by calling 616.365.2234.
Kent ISD Educational
Service Center Cancellation/ Refund Information
A full refund will be
granted under the following circumstances:
1. A course cancellation by Kent ISD.
2. A participant cancellation seven or more days in advance of the workshop.
How to cancel a participant from a course:
• You may log into your account and cancel yourself out of a course and a
refund will be applied to your Visa or MasterCard. If you or your school has
paid your enrollment fee with a check, you must submit your cancellation in
writing so we can issue a refund.
• Requests for
refunds must be emailed, mailed or faxed to Early On - Kent ISD. Be sure to
include the registrant’s name, school/agency name, course number, course
name, start date and fee. Fax to: Carla Miller at 616.364.4042; Mail to:
Workshop Refunds, Early On, 1800 Leffingwell NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525-4534;
email to CarlaMiller@kentisd.org.