Past Events

Children let us know their wants and needs through their behaviors long before they have words or know how to verbally express their feelings. In this webinar, discuss the importance of understanding that all behavior has meaning and explore how children use behavior to communicate their wants, needs, intentions, and emotions. Learn about strategies and resources to support positive family responsiveness to children’s communicative behaviors.

Join us, along with Al’s Pals Founder, Sue Gellar, for an informative webinar on the value of Social Emotional Learning, particularly why to foster resiliency in children. Now more than ever, caring adults and nurturing environments can support children’s development of resiliency characteristics, which can mitigate the lasting negative effects of common childhood events, stress from the pandemic, or even adverse childhood events. We’ll discuss evidence-based strategies to support children’s protective factors which make them more resilient and equipped to handle life events.

Explore ways to create learning environments that support all preschooler’s learning and development. Learn strategies to modify or enhance the learning environment to ensure full and effective participation for preschoolers.

Head Start staff are eager to get a COVID-19 vaccine and resume in-person services with children and families. Join this webinar to learn how the vaccines work and whether they are safe. Experts will explain the science behind the vaccines and answer FAQs to help program staff make the best decisions for themselves and their families. This webinar will benefit Head Start leaders, managers, teachers, home visitors, family child providers, family service, transportation, and support staff.

Every transition presents opportunities and challenges. Through transitions, parents and families develop warm relationships. These relationships can help families feel secure and ready for change. Over the past year, program staff had to find different and unique ways to engage with families. During these exceptional times, programs continue to need strategies to support parent-child relationships through virtual learning and transitions. Join this webinar to learn how virtual engagement strategies can help programs support the parent-child relationship through transitions and promote positive outcomes. Participants will receive an email with a link to download the certificate of attendance, at the end of either the live event or on-demand viewing.

We will share State, federal, and local updates. Have a Virtual CATCH with some Virtual Cooking. There will be Raffles and Polls. We love to hear and see your stories and photos from the field. There are Covid Silver linings. Break out groups to gather and share. AND, there is always more!

Tier 2 Staff: Join Kerry Holmes to learn Hybrid Service delivery. Please view Hybrid Services 2.0 with Val Haynes and Leslie Cooper-Parsons before this training, as you will have opportunities for Q&A with Val and RMs.

Presented by Jodi DePaoli, Cascade Health.