2024 Upcoming Scheduled Trainings
November 2024
November 22, 2024
Webinar
In this 180-minute virtual training, participants will: Describe the development and psychometrics of the assessment tools, Learn how to administer and interpret the assessments, including analysis and advanced interpretation, and Gain experience in using the assessments as tools to guide professionals and families in developing strength-based and intentional plans to reduce challenging behavior and increase social and emotional skills in young children effectively and r... More
November 22, 2024
Webinar
Join us for this opportunity to learn about becoming part of this Help Me Grow pilot initiative, funded by the Michigan Department of Education Office of Special Education, as a partner to Build Up. More information may be found on the Help Me Grow website here: https://www.helpmegrow-mi.org/pilot.
December 2024
December 02, 2024
Webinar
In this 180-minute virtual training, participants will: Describe the development and psychometrics of the assessment tools, Learn how to administer and interpret the assessments, including analysis and advanced interpretation, and Gain experience in using the assessments as tools to guide professionals and families in developing strength-based and intentional plans to reduce challenging behavior and increase social and emotional skills in young children effectively and r... More
December 05, 2024
Webinar
This virtual training is designed to assist personnel in understanding the federal and state requirements regarding Child Outcomes and the associated SPP/APR Indicators for C-3 (ages 0-3) and B-7 (ages 3-5). Participants will be presented with information about the origins of the outcomes and the overarching goal as well as the three global outcomes. Information and practice will also be provided regarding the skills and information needed to accurately collect a... More
December 09, 2024
Highland Pines School , Caro
This in person training is geared for users of the IDA evaluation tool. This is a refresher course that looks at the process of the IDA, application, scoring, interpretation and other questions and issues that arise during the use of the IDA. Participants are to bring their questions and concerns, along with their administration manual. Review of individual items and presentation will be addressed. This training is recommended for professionals who have worked with the IDA for ... More
December 11, 2024
Van Buren ISD, Lawrence
This training will focus on Caregiver coaching in a routines based home visiting model. We will discuss a clear definition of caregiver coaching and delve into the 5 characteristics of coaching. Participants will discover ways to promote parent parent participation in ways that are based on the child's interest and the child's/family's routines. We will discuss the 3 parts of the coaching visit: 1) Between Visits, 2) During the Visit, and 3) After Visit Plan. And la... More
January 2025
January 10, 2025
Webinar
The Developmental Assessment of Young Children – Second Edition (DAYC-2) is used to identify children from birth through 5 years 11 months with possible delays in the following domains: Cognition, Communication, Social-Emotional Development, Physical Development, and Adaptive Behavior. The DAYC-2 format allows examiners to obtain information about a child’s abilities through observation, interview of caregivers, and directassessment. The training will provide an o... More
January 27, 2025
Webinar
This virtual training is designed to assist personnel in understanding the federal and state requirements regarding Child Outcomes and the associated SPP/APR Indicators for C-3 (ages 0-3) and B-7 (ages 3-5). Participants will be presented with information about the origins of the outcomes and the overarching goal as well as the three global outcomes. Information and practice will also be provided regarding the skills and information needed to accurately collect a... More
January 28, 2025
Webinar
This more in-depth virtual training is geared to clinicians and practitioners who are new to assessment processes or who want a deeper dive into the theory and application of this tool. In this training participants will: Learn about resilience theory and protective factors central to supporting resilience for infants, toddlers, and children aged 0-6. Learn how to administer, score, and summarize results of the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment. Discuss how these results can be used to s... More
January 30, 2025
Webinar
Family and professional partnerships are at the center of effective early intervention. Michigan’s Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) members and Michigan Alliance for Families have partnered to share information on recruiting, retaining, and valuing family representatives on committees. We will explore the importance of having the parent voice represented and how to support and develop leadership skills in parent members. Tools will be introduced for recruiting parents to parti... More
January 31, 2025
Webinar
Connect and Collaborate for Birth-3 Early Interventionists: This meeting is designed specifically to support early interventionists in Michigan whose work is with infants and toddlers, birth to age three, with delays and/or disabilities, and their families. We will share experiences, ideas, tools, and resources helpful in the field of Early Intervention. The topic of this session will be Navigating Feeding Needs in Early Intervention.
February 2025
February 03, 2025
Webinar
This Early On Coordinator Community of Practice (CoP) is one of 3 of the same offering that is held virtually. This meeting is designed specifically to support ISD-level Early On Coordinators in their unique administrative responsibilities for the implementation of Early On throughout an ISD/RESA service area. Communities of Practice provide discussion and understanding of current topics and their impact on service areas while providing Coordin... More
February 04, 2025
Webinar
The DECA Infant Toddler Program is a strength-based assessment and planning system for children ages 4 weeks up to 36 months. Based on resilience theory, this comprehensive system is made up of a 5 step approach designed to support early childhood teachers, mental health professionals, home visitors and families in their goal of helping children develop healthy social/emotional skills and reduce challenging behaviors. Central to the DECA I/T Program is the DECA, a standardized, strength-bas... More
February 06, 2025
Webinar
This Early On Coordinator Community of Practice (CoP) is one of 3 of the same offering that is held virtually. This meeting is designed specifically to support ISD-level Early On Coordinators in their unique administrative responsibilities for the implementation of Early On throughout an ISD/RESA service area. Communities of Practice provide discussion and understanding of current topics and their impact on service areas while providing Coordin... More
February 07, 2025
Webinar
This call is an opportunity to share emerging guidance and system updates from the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP). Early On and Preschool Special Education will be presenting together during this session.
February 10, 2025
Webinar
IDA Practicum Module 2: Module two is offered in a five and half hour interactive Zoom training and will focus on the application of knowledge gained in section one of the Module 1 online training. It is required to have completed the online prerequisite material before registering for Module 2 IDA Practicum. Once registered for the Practicum participants will receive an email with materials to support this training/module.
February 11, 2025
Webinar
This Early On Coordinator Community of Practice (CoP) is one of 3 of the same offering that is held virtually. This meeting is designed specifically to support ISD-level Early On Coordinators in their unique administrative responsibilities for the implementation of Early On throughout an ISD/RESA service area. Communities of Practice provide discussion and understanding of current topics and their impact on service areas while providing Coordin... More
February 12, 2025
Webinar
We are offering PICCOLO Interventions on Feb 14 We have found it helpful for staff to attend both trainings but it is not mandatory to attend both to use the PICCOLO Assessment. The PICCOLO is a checklist of 29 observable behaviors in 4 domains. It is reliable, valid, easy to learn and practical to use. The PICCOLO is a tool that can be used to assess strengths, reveal needs, and monitor change. In this training participants will learn about the 4 domains of the PICC... More
February 14, 2025
Webinar
This training takes the use of the PICCOLO to that next level as we will discuss how to enhance your use of the PICCOLO with families. Training will include: how to introduce use of the PICCOLO with families ways to process PICCOLO feedback with families developing intervention strategies using PICCOLO results through the Bridging technique using the PICCOLO to evaluate and document treatment progress over time using the PICCOLO to evaluate and document program outcomes Training requi... More
March 2025
March 03, 2025
Webinar
Your personal safety is as important as the work you do. This training is designed to provide home visitors and early interventionists with knowledge to increase safety and effectiveness when working in home settings. Presented by Shane Noble, Trooper with the Michigan State Police since 2008.
March 07, 2025
Webinar
Connect and Collaborate for Birth-3 Early Interventionists: This meeting is designed specifically to support early interventionists in Michigan whose work is with infants and toddlers, birth to age three, with delays and/or disabilities, and their families. We will share experiences, ideas, tools, and resources helpful in the field of Early Intervention. The topic of this session will be Supporting Social Emotional Development and Health.
March 25, 2025
Webinar
This more in-depth virtual training is geared to clinicians and practitioners who are new to assessment processes or who want a deeper dive into the theory and application of this tool. In this training participants will: Learn about resilience theory and protective factors central to supporting resilience for infants, toddlers, and children aged 0-6. Learn how to administer, score, and summarize results of the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment. Discuss how these results can be used to s... More
April 2025
April 09, 2025
Webinar
This meeting is designed specifically to support all personnel responsible for Child Find activities whose work includes identifying and evaluating children, birth through age five, with delays and or/disabilities and their families. This discussion will provide the opportunity to learn from each other about what's happening in Child Find in your area (consider referral numbers, capacity to evaluate and provide services, etc.), what strategies you are using to address personnel shortages, ... More
April 15, 2025
Webinar
In this live, 120-minute virtual training participants will: Describe the development and psychometrics of the DECA-C Learn how to effectively administer and interpret the DECA-C, including analysis and advanced interpretation Gain experience in using the DECA-C as a tool to guide professionals and families in developing strength-based and intentional plans to reduce challenging behavior and increase social and emotional skills in young children * For MDHHS DECA PIHPs/CMHSPs raters this ... More
April 24, 2025
Webinar
The Massie Campbell ADS is an observational tool that is scored by the clinician after a “brief” observation during a home visit. The Massie Campbell ADS is a scale using 6 basic attachment modalities that provides indicators of mother/father/caregiver attachment. The scale helps to screens for conditions as diverse as lack of infant responsiveness in autism or parental avoidance in child neglect. The scale is designed for infants and toddlers (birth to 18 mon... More
May 2025
May 02, 2025
Webinar
This call is an opportunity to share emerging guidance and system updates from the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP). Early On and Preschool Special Education will be presenting together during this session.
May 09, 2025
Webinar
Connect and Collaborate for Birth-3 Early Interventionists: This meeting is designed specifically to support early interventionists in Michigan whose work is with infants and toddlers, birth to age three, with delays and/or disabilities, and their families. We will share experiences, ideas, tools, and resources helpful in the field of Early Intervention. The topic of this session will be It Takes a Village: PSP and Teaming in Early Intervention.
May 14, 2025
Webinar
We are offering PICCOLO Interventions on May 15. We have found it helpful for staff to attend both trainings but it is not mandatory to attend both to use the PICCOLO Assessment. The PICCOLO is a checklist of 29 observable behaviors in 4 domains. It is reliable, valid, easy to learn and practical to use. The PICCOLO is a tool that can be used to assess strengths, reveal needs, and monitor change. In this training participants will learn about the 4 domains of the PICC... More
May 15, 2025
Webinar
This training takes the use of the PICCOLO to that next level as we will discuss how to enhance your use of the PICCOLO with families. Training will include: how to introduce use of the PICCOLO with families ways to process PICCOLO feedback with families developing intervention strategies using PICCOLO results through the Bridging technique using the PICCOLO to evaluate and document treatment progress over time using the PICCOLO to evaluate and document program outcomes Training requi... More
June 2025
June 11, 2025
Webinar
The Massie Campbell ADS is an observational tool that is scored by the clinician after a “brief” observation during a home visit. The Massie Campbell ADS is a scale using 6 basic attachment modalities that provides indicators of mother/father/caregiver attachment. The scale helps to screens for conditions as diverse as lack of infant responsiveness in autism or parental avoidance in child neglect. The scale is designed for infants and toddlers (birth to 18 mon... More
June 16, 2025
Webinar
In this 180-minute virtual training, participants will: Describe the development and psychometrics of the assessment tools, Learn how to administer and interpret the assessments, including analysis and advanced interpretation, and Gain experience in using the assessments as tools to guide professionals and families in developing strength-based and intentional plans to reduce challenging behavior and increase social and emotional skills in young children effectively and r... More
July 2025
July 29, 2025
Webinar
This more in-depth virtual training is geared to clinicians and practitioners who are new to assessment processes or who want a deeper dive into the theory and application of this tool. In this training participants will: Learn about resilience theory and protective factors central to supporting resilience for infants, toddlers, and children aged 0-6. Learn how to administer, score, and summarize results of the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment. Discuss how these results can be used to s... More
August 2025
August 07, 2025
Webinar
IDA Practicum Module 2: Module two is offered in a five and half hour interactive Zoom training and will focus on the application of knowledge gained in section one of the Module 1 online training. It is required to have completed the online prerequisite material before registering for Module 2 IDA Practicum. Once registered for the Practicum participants will receive an email with materials to support this training/module.
September 2025
September 03, 2025
Webinar
This meeting is designed specifically to support all personnel responsible for Child Find activities whose work includes identifying and evaluating children, birth through age five, with delays and or/disabilities and their families. This discussion will provide the opportunity to learn from each other about what's happening in Child Find in your area (consider referral numbers, capacity to evaluate and provide services, etc.), what strategies you are using to address personnel shortages, ... More