Baby Talks: Expanding Service Paradigms
Baby Talk presentations summarize one powerful idea and tee-up one related question/consideration for discussion. Each Group begins with 30 minutes of 3 back-to-back presentations, followed by 30 minutes of interactive discussion amongst the presenters and the session participants.
Seeing Life Differently: Experiences with Families and Pediatric Ophthalmologists in the Clinic
Audience
Early Intervention
Level
Introductory
In 2020, our early childhood non-profit organization collaborated with local pediatric ophthalmologists to explore the benefits of an educational and clinical assessment center within our building. Learn how the benefits have been extraordinary for all involved, as we learn from each other and build a culture of collaboration.
Presenter: Catherine Smyth, Anchor Center for Blind Children
Interoceptive Awareness in Early Childhood: Connecting Bodily Sensations to Emotions
Audience
Early Childhood Education
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
Level
Introductory
Learn about interoception, the eighth sense, and how interoceptive awareness impacts our decision-making process, intuition, and many skills including the ability to take the perspective of another. Reflect on your interoceptive awareness and learn strategies to build your interventions.
Presenters: Jeanette Luedders Jones, PhD and Ira Glovinsky, PhD, Fielding Graduate University
The Impact of Reducing Barriers and Expanding Child Care Health Consultation to Increase Care Quality
Audience
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
Level
Introductory
Child care health consultation (CCHC) can improve care quality for children in licensed child care settings. This session shares evaluation findings from novel CCHC programs that expand the definition of care to include and better reach underserved and informal care providers by reducing barriers to consultation including language, culture, and geography.
Presenters: Avanthi Jayasuriya, MPH and Elizabeth Menstell, MPH, Cardea Services
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