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Upcoming Family Development Webinars
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Considering the Adolescent Brain When Addressing Problematic Sexual Behavior of Youth
Thu May 20th: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Participants of this session will develop an understanding of adolescent social, emotional, cognitive, and moral development. Normative sexual development of teens ages 13 to 18 will be addressed. Factors that may contribute to adolescents engaging in problematic sexual behaviors will be highlighted...
Ideas for Implementing Triadic Strategies: Putting it Into Action!
Thu June 10th: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Triadic strategies focus on the interactions between three individuals: the child, caregiver, and EI/EC professional. In this webinar we explore ideas and resources for implementing the triadic strategies, introduced in Part 1 of this two-part series. Our primary focus is on the use of triadic strat...
Coming Together with Sesame Street: Resources for Racial Justice
Tue July 27th: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: All kids need a strong individual and group identity, but racism hurts the healthy development of both. Racism hurts our entire society. Whether you and the children in your care are directly affected by racism or you’re allies of those who are, engaging honestly and directly with little ones is t...
Talking with Youth about Sex, Sexuality, and Media
Thu August 5th: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Participants will learn how to help and prepare children and youth to practice better decision-making in regards to their bodies and the bodies of others. We also discuss best practices for having substantial conversations on understanding pornography, sex, and sexuality. This presentation is for pr...
Archived Webinars
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Strategies for Supporting Caregiver-Child Interactions That Enhance Development
Wed April 14th: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Triadic strategies focus on the interactions between three individuals: the child, caregiver, and EI/EC professional. These strategies help us think about what we do, what caregivers do, and what we do together. Triadic strategies recognize and strengthen caregiver and child competence, confidence, ...
Surviving the 2020 Pandemic: Lessons Learned on How to Best Support our EI/ECSE Communities
Wed March 24th: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Session: The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated a need for early childhood professionals to have a plan for continued service delivery in the context of a disaster or hazard. In this panel discussion three Early Intervention (EI) and Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) experts, with significant experienc...
Supporting Parents and Children Through Hazards and Disasters
Wed March 10th: 11:00 am-12:30 pm ESTAbout This Session: Providing care for families and children is uniquely important during times of crisis and disaster. Preparing for and dealing with disasters can lead to difficult feelings, conversations, and concerns. During COVID-19, each family has faced unique challenges and each member of the family has experie...
Overview of Treatment for Children Impacted by Problematic Sexual Behavior of Other Youth
Thu February 25th: 11:00 am-12:30 pm ESTAbout This Webinar: When a child is sexually abused by a youngster exhibiting Problematic Sexual Behaviors (PSB), the child and the child’s nonoffending caregiver could benefit from Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). To best support the family, it is important to facilitate the engagement of bo...
Engaging Families in Clinical Services: A Discussion on Engagement in Family Advocacy Settings
Thu December 3, 2020: 11:00 am-12:30 pm ESTAbout This Webinar: Successful completion of clinical services is closely associated with caregiver participation in treatment (McPherson et al, 2012). However, less than 50% of families who are scheduled to participate in therapy services attend their first appointment (Harrison et al, 2004). This webinar focuses on c...
Make New Friends: Promoting Friendship and Belonging
Tue December 1, 2020: 11:00 am-12:30 pm ESTAbout This Webinar: All children desire to have friends and experience a sense of belonging. However, making friends may not come easy for young children. This webinar explores how early childhood practitioners can create a culture of friendship and belonging for all children. Friendship skills and strategies to su...
Problematic Sexual Behavior: The Importance of a Multidisciplinary Evidence-Based Approach
Tue November 3, 2020: 11:00 am-12:30 pm ESTAbout this Webinar: This webinar is focused on increasing the knowledge base of all multidisciplinary team members on problematic sexual behavior. The National Center on Sexual Behavior of Youth (NCSBY) defines children with problematic sexual behavior (PSB) as youth ages 12 and younger who engage in behaviors involvin...
Healthy Moms, Happy Babies II: Virtually Supporting Parents Experiencing Domestic Abuse
Wed October 7, 2020: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout this Webinar: Given the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to virtual home visitation, we recognize that it is very difficult for New Parent Support Program staff to determine client safety, maintain confidentiality, and promote healthy parenting and relationships. The lack of privacy for conversations and heightene...
Healthy Moms, Happy Babies I: Supporting Staff to Help Families Remotely
Thu October 1, 2020: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: We care deeply about you. We know many of you are exhausted and overwhelmed in both your work and personal life. COVID-19 affects all of us – from the military families we serve, to our own relationships and families. Military family readiness staff deserve care just as much as the families we...
Sesame Street and You: Caring for Each Other During COVID-19 and Other Emergencies
Wed September 30, 2020: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: A health emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, brings many changes and challenges for young children and families. But there are things we can do to face this new normal by staying healthy, keeping routines, and providing emotional support for one another while we continue to maintain a sense of...
Let’s Work Together: Building Relationships with Families to Support Positive Behavior
Tue September 29, 2020: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Building a positive relationship with a child’s family that affirms their culture and identity is an important part of an early childhood practitioner’s job. This webinar addresses ways practitioners can connect with and include families of young children with disabilities in identifying and i...
Modeling Healthy Technology Behaviors for Young Children
Thu September 24, 2020: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Technology has become integrated into virtually every facet of our lives, with benefits like convenience, the ability to communicate over long distances and help to organize busy family schedules. Unfortunately, technology can also be a major disruption to nurturing parent-child relationships, when ...
Using Evidence-Based Programs to Best Support Military Families: An Intro to the Continuum of Evidence
Thu August 20, 2020: 11:00 am-12:00 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: The Continuum of Evidence (Continuum) was created by the Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness to assist professionals who support individuals and families, military and civilian, by helping to reduce barriers with the implementation of evidence-based programs, such as lack of time to find evi...
Engaging Military Fathers to Model Healthy Relationships for their Children: Lessons from Promundo’s Global Work with Dads
Tue July 7, 2020: 11:00 am-12:00 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Promundo works with men and boys from diverse backgrounds and communities to support men’s wellness and encourage their active participation as positive figures in their relationships with other men, with their spouses and partners and their children. This interactive presentation shares key lesso...
Creating Space: Arranging Environments to Promote Positive Behavior
Tue June 16, 2020: 11:00 am-12:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: The environmental arrangement of a classroom, child care center, or family home can impact behavior. This webinar provides practical strategies and resources early childhood practitioners can easily implement in their work. Useful tools for navigating transitions, routines, and communicating exp...
Supporting Youth to Set Healthy Boundaries with Technology
Wed June 10, 2020: 12:00 pm-1:30 pm EDTAbout This Webinar: Presenters in this webinar engage military family readiness system professionals on the use of technology amongst adolescents, how technology is used to harm, and what caring adults can do to educate and empower youth in their lives to take action to end technology-facilitated abuse. This webinar al...
