Date:
November 12, 2019
Location:
Grand Traverse Resort
100 Grand Traverse Village Boulevard
Acme, MI 49610
100 Grand Traverse Village Boulevard
Acme, MI 49610
Time:
Registration begins at 7:30 AM
Training is from 8:45 AM to 3:30 PM
Continental Breakfast will be served.
Lunch will be served.
Cost:
$125.00
Details:
Listen to experts share powerful knowledge on the latest information, strategies and resources related to early intervention. Topics vary across all (6) sessions, proving to offer something of interest to all!
- Mindfulness for Self-Care Presented by Rita Benn
- Supporting Attachment Between Parents & Infants/Young Children: Presented by June Hall
- Becoming A Successful Coach: Rationale, Implementation & Refinement Presented by Sarah N. Douglas
- Coaching Parents during Early Communication Intervention: Introduction to the Hanen Approach Presented by Toby Stephan
- Parent Training for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: What it is & How to do it Effectively Presented by Diondra Straton & Karis Cassagrande
- Supporting Emergent Literacy Birth to Age 3; Key Messages for Practitioners & Families Presented by Dawn Koger
Learning outcomes are available to participants upon request, please email khungerford@ccresa.org.
Hotel Information
Grand Traverse Resort
100 Grand Traverse Resort Village Blvd, Acme, MI 49610
For conference participants, a block of rooms is reserved at the Grand Traverse Resort at the rate of $85.00, applicable Sunday, November 10, through Thursday, November 14. An assessment tax of 5% for local lodging applies. A daily resort fee of $14.95 will be added to the guest room charge, which includes high-speed internet access in hotel and tower guest rooms, daily newspaper upon request, and use of safe deposit box, free parking, unlimited use of resort fitness center including cardiovascular and strength training equipment, whirlpools, saunas and indoor pools, and on-property shuttle service to Cherry Capital Airport and Turtle Creek Casino. Rooms are equipped with coffee makers, hair dryers, and irons.
The Grand Traverse Resort is happy to honor the Early On discounted group rate for our block of rooms until October 18, 2019, subject to availability. Please remember to bring your tax-exempt ID information with you to supply to hotel staff upon check-in.
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Tuesday - November 12, 2019
Pre-conference Session: Tuesday - 9:00am to 3:30pm
A - Mindfulness for Self Care
Rita Benn, Ph.D., Co-Founder and Acting Executive Director, Ann Arbor Center for Mindfulness
The everyday stress of life takes a toll on our health and well-being. Cultivating mindfulness skills can help us cope more effectively by creating new habits of mind and ways of being. This session will offer an opportunity to experience what is known about mindfulness through various practices, information on scientific findings and applications to children, parenting and education.
Mackinac Room
B - Supporting Attachment Between Parents and Infants/Young Children
June Hall, MSW, Infant and Early Child Mental Health - Endorsed Mentor and Supervisor, Genesee County
Attachment is a complicated dance between parents and infants/young children. Parents bring their own history to the relationship with their child which influences their capacity to provide care giving that supports attachment. This workshop will provide participants information regarding attachment patterns. Participants will have the opportunity to look at factors that interfere with healthy attachment and strategies to support attachment during home visits. Skills for promoting secure attachment in families of children with special needs will be shared in this workshop, with specific steps that can be taken to support increased parental sensitivity.
Tower Ballroom A
C - Becoming a Successful Coach: Rationale, Implementation, and Refinement
Sarah N. Douglas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Michigan State University Department of Human Development & Family Studies
Caregiver coaching is a recommended practice in early intervention (DEC, 2014). This session will highlight the benefits of coaching, how to implement coaching practices in early intervention settings, and how to refine your existing coaching practices. Whether you are new to coaching or interested in refining your practice, this session is for you.
Tower Ballroom C
D - Coaching Parents During Early Communication Intervention: The Hanen Approach
Toby Stephan, M.A., CCC-SLP, Clinical Consultant and Workshop Instructor for The Hanen Centre®
To become effective language facilitators, parents must learn to apply responsive interaction strategies with their child across a variety of family routines. This presentation will review the literature on the core requirements for effective parent coaching and will outline the comprehensive framework for coaching, developed by The Hanen Centre, which facilitates parents’ learning and consistent application of interaction strategies.
Governors' Hall AB
E - Parent Training for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: What It Is and How to Do It Effectively
Diondra Straiton, M.A., Graduate Student, Michigan State University
Karis Casagrande, M.A., Graduate Student, Michigan State University
This session will provide participants with an evidence-based definition of parent training and review recent data regarding the use of parent training under the Michigan Medicaid Autism Benefit. We will also introduce and practice techniques to a) engage caregivers in their children’s treatment and b) train caregivers to implement intervention strategies with their children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Peninsula Room
F - Support Emergent Literacy Birth to Age 3: Key Messages for Practitioners and Families
Dawn Koger, Ph.D., Consultant, Early Childhood District and School Services, Oakland Schools
This session will present an overview of the Essential Practices in Language and Emergent Literacy: Birth to 3, providing background knowledge of what emergent literacy is and the key practices that support it. We will also review the work of Michigan’s Early Literacy Task Force so participants have an understanding of how the Birth-Three Essentials align with the PreK and K-12 documents.
Tower Ballroom B
