Thank you for being part of our annual Childhood Conversations Together We Will Conference. Below is a list of resources available from past workshops. These include Zoom chats, external links and more!
2021 FRIDAY PANEL
- Here’s a quick overview of Yuri Bronfenbrenner’s child centered model: https://educ3040fall13.weebly.com/
- Center for the Study of Social Policy: www.strengtheningfamilies.net
- Early Intervention Program for Parents and Children: https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com
- The National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations: https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/
- https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/docs/Leadership_ReOpening_Guide.pdf
- Connecticut Office of Early Childhood Professional Development and Technical Assistance: https://www.ctoec.org/professional-development-and-technical-assistance/
- Great resource on the science of learning and development here: https://www.soldalliance.org/
- Promoting early relational health – in the first 3 years – can prevent those later challenges: https://cssp.org/resource/early-relational-health-community-level-strategies/
- At the federal level, the changes to the child tax credit should be made permanent, and expanded upon to further reduce child poverty. https://cssp.org/resource/the-american-rescue-plans-child-tax-credit-advancing-equity-and-laying-the-foundation-for-a-child-allowance/
- Join The Center for the Study of Social Policy for a webinar about the child tax credit on May 13: https://cssp.org/about-us/connect/events/
- Until it’s safe to go on field trips again, Google Earth has incredible resources for visiting places all over the world, with all kinds of amazing built-in features for multidisciplinary learning. When you go to Google Earth, click on the Voyager button. It looks like a ship’s helm.
- Here is the link to the Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance zoom meetings and recordings https://www.middlesexchildren.org/post/covid-19-advocacy-documents-including-webinar-recordings-questions-and-files
- If anyone would like training on how to record your screen or show parents how to use Google Translate and/or Google Input (which lets you type in another language), please contact me at SERC! Clair Conroy, [email protected]
2021 FRIDAY SESSIONS
A. Transforming Education During the Pandemic and Beyond (Gil Noam) – https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Big-Bets-Transforming-Education/dp/057879439X
B. Strengthening Families’ Support System, Helping Families Through the Transition After the Pandemic and Beyond (Jane Hampton-Smith and Adriana Fontaine)
- CPAC: http://www.lifecoursetools.com/lifecourse-library/integrated-supports-star/
- Backpack Connection Series: All of the Backpack Connection Series are available in English and Spanish and Portuguese. The Backpack Connection Series was created by TACSEI to provide a way for teachers and parents/caregivers to work together to help young children develop social emotional skills and reduce challenging behavior. Teachers may choose to send a handout home in each child’s backpack when a new strategy or skill is introduced to the class. Each Backpack Connection handout provides information that helps parents stay informed about what their child is learning at school and specific ideas on how to use the strategy or skill at home. This series was developed in collaboration with Pyramid Plus: The Colorado Center for Social Emotional Competence and Inclusion and Bal Swan Children’s Center in Broomfield, Colorado.
- https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/
- https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/Implementation/family.html
- https://www.ctoec.org/pyramid-model/pyramid-model-resources/
C. Achieving Equity in Bloomfield with Cross-Sector Partnerships: A Case Study (Randi McCray)
D. The Power of Personal Stories to Make a Change (Merrill Gay) – Here is the link to the Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance zoom meetings and recordings https://www.middlesexchildren.org/post/covid-19-advocacy-documents-including-webinar-recordings-questions-and-files
F. What Does Tech Equity Look Like? (Claire Conroy and Smita Worah) – If anyone would like training on how to record your screen or show parents how to use Google Translate and/or Google Input (which lets you type in another language), please contact me at SERC! Clair Conroy, [email protected]
2021 SATURDAY PANEL
- Circle of Security: https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com/
- The Basics: A strategy for whole communities to support vibrant learning and brain development among infants and toddlers. https://thebasics.org/
- COS is offered for free through the state. My program provides 1:1 virtual services to families in the Hartford area and to and providers through the state. https://www.trinityhealthofne.org/
- SERC is a quasi-public agency established under statute to serve the CT State Board of Education in supporting educational equity and excellence. We do this by providing professional development and information dissemination in the latest research and best practices to educators, service providers, and families throughout the state, as well as job-embedded technical assistance and training within schools, programs, and districts. https://ctserc.org/
- Go to ctserc.org/library for info on how to access the SERC Library during the pandemic, and click on LibGuides for a list of all of our LibGuide resource pages. https://ctserc.libguides.com/c.php?g=1135169&p=8302738 LIBGUIDE LINK
- SERC Resources specifically for this conference can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QsqxzQpc7XLzQKf_SzDUJIZk0Ybfy2bD/view?usp=sharing
- Middletown Parents of Preschoolers: A place for parents, grandparents and other family caring for young children to connect and support each other. https://www.facebook.com/MtownPOP/
2021 SATURDAY SESSIONS
A. Lessons from the Field: Parent Engagement Strategies in a Pandemic and Beyond (Randi McCray)
B. Regional Approach to Supporting Basic Needs for Children & Families (Kristine Cicchetti & Emily Ross)
- The Village Father Engagement Services : https://youtu.be/YK-UNHL9Mco
- https://thevillage.org/programs/fatherhood-engagement-services/
- Northeast Early Childhood Council Reading with Your Child Reading Tips: http://www.neccouncil.org/resources/reading-with-your-children/
- The Children’s Collective Week of the Young Child https://youtu.be/E6vUIXz-P80
- Hartford Area Family Resouce Centers: https://www.bloomfieldschools.org/parents_and_students/family_resource_centers
- https://instituteofliving.org/locations/family-resource-center
- https://www.hartfordschools.org/family-resource-centers-family-resource-aides/
- https://www.hartfordschools.org/family-and-community/
C. Mindfulness For You and Your Classroom (Dawn Dubay)
D. Let’s Talk! A Time To Heal… A Time To Hope (Paquita Jarman-Smith)
- Circle of Security International https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com
- The Village Fatherhood Engagement Services Our Fatherhood Engagement Services works to help strengthen father-child bonds and enhance the level of involvement of fathers in their DCF case planning, provision of services and positive parenting. Through intensive outreach, case management services and group programming, Village staff help fathers learn skills and characteristics to strengthen their parenting relationship.
- https://thevillage.org/programs/fatherhood-engagement-services/
- [email protected] Don Crocker – Father Engagement Supervisor
- My program, Trinity Health of New England, hosts story time for families and looking for anyone who would like to be a guest speaker contact me at [email protected]
- Connecticut State Education Resource Center https://ctserc.libguides.com/c.php?g=1135169&p=8285044
- Go to http://ctserc.org/library to learn how to access the library during the pandemic.
- Here is a direct link to the prevention summit, which includes both youth and adults learning from each other: https://ctserc.org/events?trumbaEmbed=eventid%3D152248461%26seotitle%3DPrevention-Wellness-and-Healing-A-Symposium-with-a-Youth-Perspective%26view%3Devent%26-childview%3D
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