Monday, July 28, 2014

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9:00 AM-5:30 PM

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
PI-1
Healthy Active Living with Little Voices for Healthy Choices
Kimberly Stice, Laura Annunziata and Florence Rivera

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
PI-2
Linking Planning, Ongoing Monitoring, Self-Assessment, and Data
Stacy Dimino, Jeanie Mills and Sarah Semlak

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
PI-3
Father Engagement Is Everybody’s Business
David Jones and Brandi Black Thacker

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
PI-4
Building and Sustaining Partnerships to Address Perinatal Depression and Intimate Partner Violence
Christina Benjamin, Keisher Highsmith, Amy Hunter, Susan Blumenfeld and Lisa James

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
PI-5
Enhancing staff's cultural responsiveness to families with young children
Faith Lamb-Parker, Robert Stechuk and Tarima Levine

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
PI-6
Tying the Knot -- Early Head Start and Child Care Partnerships: A Systems Approach
Patricia Fahey, Sherrie Rudick and Christopher Barnes

Track E: Home Visiting

 
PI-7
Group Socializations that Work:The Building Blocks of Success
Mary Foltz and Louis Torelli

2:30 PM-5:30 PM

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
PI-8
School Readiness is all Around! How Nature Based Learning Supports School Readiness
Emily J. Adams

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
PI-9
Why are Young African American Boys "Struggling" to be Ready for School?
Michelle Brown, Lisa Gordon and Kimberly Diamond Berry

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
PI-10
Making the Most of Work with Expectant Families
Amanda H. Perez

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
PI-11
Engaging Families Using Motivational Interviewing Strategies and Principles
Rachel Anna Galanter and Ennis Caldwell Baker

Track E: Home Visiting

 
PI-12
Engaging Special Populations in Early Head Start Home Visiting
Catherine C. Ayoub, David Jones and Brandi Black Thacker

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

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8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Plenary Sessions

 
Plenary
Building Baby Brains: The Importance of Early Experiences
Sarah Roseberry Lytle

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
A1
Engaging Outdoor Opportunities for Infants and Toddlers
Vicki L. Ehlers

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
A2
Landscapes for Learning: Creating High Quality Indoor and Outdoor Group Care Environments in EHS
Louis Torelli

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
A3
Effectively Serving Military and Veteran Families in Early Head Start
Christina Benjamin, Jennifer E. Boss and Dorinda S. Williams

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B1
Making the Most of Your Mental Health Consultation Services
Amy Hunter

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B2
Health Component of Early Head Start: Head Start Health Manager Descriptive Study Findings and Implications
Laurie Martin and Kimberly Stice

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C1
MIECHV Collaboration At It's Best
Lisa Goldman, Marcia Wessels, and Mark Davis

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D1
Meaningful Analysis of Early Head Start School Readiness Data
Karen E. Hennelly

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D2
Head Start A to Z: the Leader’s Role in School Readiness
Sherrie Rudick and Tweety Yates

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D3
An Advanced Shared Services Approach as a Model for Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships
Judy Williams and Jeffrey Capizzano

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D4
Evidence Based Solutions; Ten Hot Topics Impacting Early Head Start Grantees
Deborah Smith and Rebecca Freedman

Track E: Home Visiting

 
E1
Promoting Positive Parenting among Latina mothers in Early Head Start
Elena Wright Aguilar and Cindy Cruz

Track E: Home Visiting

 
E2
Early Head Start and Healthy Start Engaging Fathers in Meaningful Ways
David Jones and Makeva Rhoden

2:00 PM-5:30 PM

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
CL-1
Curiosity, Persistence, Problem Solving, and More! Exploring Approaches Toward Learning that Build the Foundation for Lifelong Learning
Donna R. Britt and Allison L. Setterlind

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
A4
The flowering STEM: Supporting STEM in children 0-3 and beyond
Eugene Geist

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B3
Viewing Breastfeeding Beyond a Single Generation- The Potential Epigenetic Impact of Breastfeeding on Long Term Health
Laurel A. Wilson

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B4
Connecting the Dots for Quality Services Across Children's Medical, Dental, and Educational Homes
Amy Requa and Harold Goodman

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B5
Infant Mental Health: Relationships as Resilience Against Toxic Stress
Robert Gallen

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C2
Books for Babies: A culturally responsive approach to family engagment
Jennifer Olson

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C3
Understanding the World of your Child Care Partner: Providers, Policies, and Potential for Partnerships
Kathie Boling, Susan Wilson and Stacy McCallan

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C4
Family Engagement: Building Family Well-Being through Financial Security Strategies
Brandi Black Thacker and Jennifer Medina

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D5
Practice-Based Coaching: Supporting Best Practices in Infant and Toddler Classrooms
Kristin Tenney-Blackwell and Ragan H McLeod

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D6
Baby FACES: Using Research to Inform Quality Practice in Early Head Start
Cheri Vogel, Nikki Aikens, Yange Xue and Sarah Merrill

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D7
Head Start A to Z: Ongoing Monitoring…and more
Jacqueline Davis, Jeanie Mills and Rosario Dominquez

Track E: Home Visiting

 
E3
Opening Doors for Supervisors
Sandra Petersen and Mary Block

Track E: Home Visiting

 
E4
Home Sweet Home: Engaging Parents in Interest-Based Child Learning Using Everyday Activities and Routines
Sarah Sexton

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
A5
Infants Make Meaning: Reflective Teaching and Learning with Infants and Toddlers
Mary Jane Maguire-Fong and Margie Perez-Sesser

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
A6
Learn With Action - Physical Activity as the Basis for Learning
Deborah Kayton Michals

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B6
Making the Most of Federal and Community Resources on Breastfeeding
Christina Benjamin, Anne Bartholomew, Ursuline Singleton and Candice Dawes

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B7
Healthy Active Living and Little OVices for Healthy Choices, Working together for positive outcomes
Kimberly Stice and Laura Annunziata

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B8
Implementing Early Head Start among High Risk Families in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Lisa C. White and Michelly Garcia

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C5
LESSONS LEARNED IN IMPLEMENTING EHS-CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIPS
Ennis Caldwell Baker, Ekky Foss, Angie Moon de Avila and Lisa Goldman

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C6
Understanding Generational Poverty and the Impact on our Work with Infants, Toddlers and their Families
Melissa Mendez

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C7
Organizing for Partnership: Expanding Access and Raising Quality in Your Community
Emmalie Dropkin and Yasmina Vinci

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D8
Head Start A to Z: Communication
Rosario Dominguez and John Williams

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D9
How AIAN Early Head Start Programs can use data to tell their story
Steven L. Russell

Track E: Home Visiting

 
E5
Knock, Knock: Strategies and Ideas for Making the Most of Our Home Visits
Tweety Yates

Track E: Home Visiting

 
E6
Poverty and the Family: How economic and cultural changes affect the context of Head Start and Home Visiting
Kathryn Edin

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

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8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Plenary Sessions

 
Plenary
Infants’ Grasp of Others’ Intentions
Amanda Woodward

10:00 AM-11:30 AM

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
A7
Music and Readiness: Supporting young children's development and learning through enjoyable music and movement activities
Lili M. Levinowtiz

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
A8
Dual Language Development in Children Prenatal/Birth-Three
Robert Stechuk and Joanne Knapp-Philo

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
A9
The Learning from Assessment Toolkit: Materials, Supports, and Tools for Assessing Children and Improving Outcomes
Sally Atkins-Burnett and Ashley Kopack Klein

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B9
Objective Hearing Screening: A critical step on the path toward school readiness in Early Head Start
William D. Eiserman and Jeffrey K. Hoffman

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B10
Parents As Play Partners: Developing Young Brains, Healthy Bodies, and Family Bonds
Linda Carson

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B11
After the Screening: Partnering with Early Intervention Providers on Assessment and Services
Rebecca Parlakian and Emily J. Adams

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C8
Mental Health Consultation: Creating a Collaboration Capable of Transforming Relationships Among Providers, Parents and Children
Kadija Johnston

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C9
Putting it Together: Financing Comprehensive Services in Child Care and Early Education
Hannah Matthews and Stephanie Schmit

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D10
Head Start A to Z: Program Governance
John Williams and Jacqueline Davis

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D11
Ensuring Quality Infant/Toddler Teachers when Finding Qualified Ones is Difficult
Ann E. Johnson and Sarah Merrill

Track E: Home Visiting

 
E7
Community-Based Doula Programs Achieve Strong Outcomes: New Data from the Field
Rachel Abramson

Track E: Home Visiting

 
E8
Supporting the MIECHV Program: A National Model's Perspective
David Jones and Christina Benjamin

2:00 PM-5:30 PM

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
CL-2
A Closer Look: Early Head Start Family Child Care Partnerships
Amy Dapsauski, Calvin Moore, Jessica Sager, Barbara Sawyer and Gina Ruther

Track E: Home Visiting

 
CL-3
A Closer Look: How Do Home Visitors Make a Difference?
Brenda Jones Harden and Kadija Johnston

2:00 PM-3:30 PM

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
A10
Honoring Mother Earth and Children: Exploring the benefits of Nature-Based Outdoor Learning in AIAN Programs
Steven L. Russell and Renetta Goeson

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
A11
Understanding Children’s Puzzling Behavior using the Brazelton Touchpoints Developmental Framework
Mindy May

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B12
Health Care and Early Head Start: Collaborating to Address Toxic Stress
Amy Hunter, Donna O'Malley and Heather Fitzpatrick

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B13
Serving Parents with Disabilities and their Children in Early Head Start
Megan R. Kirshbaum, Beth Smith and Juanita S. Morales

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B14
Inclusive from the Start: Maximizing Belonging for Children and Family Members
Linda MJ Brault and Senta Greene

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C10
Early Head Start and Child Care Partnerships…The Child Care Landscape
Lynette Fraga

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C11
Developing and Sustaining Partnerships with Child Care Providers is a Process not a Product
Bethanie L. Grass, Sheila Brookes and Peggy Manley

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C12
Meeting the Unique Needs of Early Head Start/Head Start Families through Rich Community Partnerships
Calithea S. Steward and Deborah, J. Denton

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D12
What can the Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) Data Tell Us about Early Head Start?
Elizabeth Hoffmann and Theresa Rowley

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D13
CDA 2.0: National Model for Preparing Early Care Professionals in Early Head Start and Child Care Programs
Myra G Crouch

Track E: Home Visiting

 
E9
Mindful Parenting Groups: EHS socialization groups that build reflective communities
Diane Reynolds

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
A12
Moving Beyond Empty And Fill To Deep Investigations
Keith L. Pentz

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
A13
Supporting Family Engagement, Teacher Development, and Positive Adult-Child Interactions through Music
Lili M. Levinowtiz and Carol Ann Blank

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
A14
Quality Caregiver Interactions with Infants and Toddlers: Identifying and Supporting Responsiveness
Lizabeth M. Malone and Elizabeth W. Cavadel

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B15
Tackling Disproportionality in Early Intervention and Special Education
Kimberly P. Diamond-Berry, Carla Peterson and Christine Begay Vining

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C13
Getting (Families) Engaged: Three Considerations Before Saying
Dathan Rush

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C14
Access for New Immigrant Children: Early Intervention with Refugee Families Using a Community-based Intervention Model
Aimee Hilado, Samantha Allweiss and Claudia Quigg

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C15
Update on the Early Head Start and Healthy Start Collaboration
Christina Benjamin, Hani Atrash and Amanda Bryans

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D14
Enhancing Staff Skills: ECLKC Resources, Tools and Promising Practices for Professional Development
Dayana Garcia, Beverly R. Jackson and Madhavi Parikh

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D15
Serving the Infant Toddler Community as a Professional Development Specialist
Mary M. LaMantia and Martina W. Archer

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D16
Head Start A to Z: human Resources
Jeanie Mills and Kathy Wilson

Track E: Home Visiting

 
E10
Opening Doors for Home Visitors
Mary Block and Sandra Petersen

Track E: Home Visiting

 
E11
Creating Purposeful Socializations: Supporting Prenatal, Infant and Toddlers’ School Readiness through Family Engagement
Evelyn Brooks Ridgeway, Arleen Williams and Tamique Ridgard

Thursday, July 31, 2014

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8:00 AM-9:30 AM

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
A15
Adapting and Embracing the Environment: Fostering Participation for Children with Disabilities
Linda MJ Brault and Senta Greene

Track A: Inclusive Child Development

 
A16
Implementing an Anti-Bias Curriculum: Creating strong relationships through understanding diverse child rearing practices.
Elizabeth Tertell, Mary E. Sullivan and Sue Choi Bawale

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B16
A Federal Partnership Initiative: Developmental and Behavioral Screening and Support Public Outreach Campaign
Katherine Beckmann, Shantel Meek, Tracie Dickson and Camille Smith

Track B: Child Health & Pre-Natal Services

 
B17
Communicating with Families About Breastfeeding
Christina Benjamin and Cathy Carothers

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C16
Building partnerships between early head start and family child care
Amy Dapsauski

Track C: Family and Community Partnerships

 
C17
The Influence of Culture in Building Partnerships with Parents
Nikki Darling-Kuria

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D17
Adaptive Leadership: Leading From Where You Are
Lynette S. Aytch

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D18
What's the Difference? Reflective Supervision and Coaching in Early Childhood Programs
Nancy L. Seibel and Heath Ouellette

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D19
Supporting the Cross-Sector Workforce through Aligned Professional Development Systems
Allyson Dean, Ruther Gina and Linda Gillespie

Track D: Management & Professional Development

 
D20
Head Start A to Z: Management Systems and Services
Stacy Dimino and Jacqueline Davis

Track E: Home Visiting

 
E12
Effective Strategies to Engage Parents in Supporting Children's Development
Lori A. Roggman

Track E: Home Visiting

 
E13
Coaching in a Home Based Setting
Melissa Bandy and Katy Keehn

10:00 AM-11:45 AM

Plenary Sessions

 
Plenary
Parenting and Partnering: LGBT Families
Amanda H. Perez