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Early Childhood Education Summit
October 13-15, 2010
Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel
State College, PA
ARCHIVED RECORDINGS
The following live, online sessions were recorded and are archived. In addition to the recordings, you can also download the session slides and handouts.
- Supporting the Healthy Social and Emotional Development of Young Children
Part 1: Exploring the Resources - Supporting the Healthy Social and Emotional Development of Young Children
Part 2: Supporting Parents in the Process - An Introduction to the Visit Tracker/Visit Planner Web-Based Contact Management System for Parents as Teachers (PAT) Organizations
- Solid Foundation® Team Online Session
- Family-School-Community Partnerships: Powerful Support for Student Success
Click here to access the archived recordings.
Parents as Teachers - Born to Learn Institute® - Training Schedule 2010-2011
Prenatal to 3 Years
August 23-27, 2010
Double Tree/Lancaster Willow Valley Resort, Lancaster, PA
- Training Invitation (Word format)
- Parents as Teachers Born to Learn Program Plan (Word format)
- Purchasing Spanish Curriculum (Word format)
- Registration Checklist (Word format)
- Registration Form for Parent Educators (Excel format)
- Registration Form for Supervisors (Excel format)
October 25-29, 2010
CANCELLED
January 24-28, 2011
Location TBA
May 8-14, 2011
Location TBA
3 Years to Kindergarten Entrance
August 10-11, 2010
Center for Schools and Communities, Camp Hill, PA
- Training Invitation (Word format)
- Registration Form (Excel format)
September 27-28, 2010
Location TBA
For information about these trainings contact Becky Blue at 717-763-1661, ext. 162, or bblue@csc.csiu.org
Born to Learn® Institute, Prenatal to 3 Years
This is a comprehensive five-day Institute with an online follow-up sixth day. It is designed to prepare early childhood and human service professionals to implement the four components of a Born to Learn program (personal visits, screening, group meetings, and resource network) using the Born to Learn Curriculum Prenatal to 3 Years.
The Institute covers:
- neuroscience research on early development and learning (prenatal through age 3)
- sequences of early childhood development
- effective instructional personal visits
- facilitation of parent-child interaction
- ideas for parent group meetings
- ways to provide connection to community resources
- service to diverse families
- red flags in areas of development, hearing, vision and health
- recruitment and program organization
- the Born to Learn Curriculum: Prenatal to 3 Years, award-winning video series, parent handouts, prepared visit plans (for monthly, bi-weekly and weekly visits), and resources for parent educators
Parents as Teachers National Center requires all programs to complete a Born to Learn Program Implementation Plan, Prenatal to 3 Years prior to registering for a training. This plan will need to be completed and approved before registration forms can be sent to you. This process takes at least two months. For information about the program implementation plan contact Becky Blue at 717-763-1661, ext. 162, or bblue@csc.csiu.org
Born to Learn® Training, 3 Years to Kindergarten Entry
The goal of this training is to prepare PAT-certified parent educators to successfully extend the Parents as Teachers program to families with children ages 3 years to the age of kindergarten entry. This two-day training is available only to current parent educators already certified in the Born to Learn Curriculum: Prenatal to 3 Years. The training covers intellectual, language, social-emotional, and motor development of children 3 to 5 years old, and covers techniques for facilitating parent-child interaction during personal visits. The curriculum contains 11 units of personal visit plans and parenting information.
Training topics include:
- latest neuroscience information relating to 3- to 5-year-olds
- all elements of literacy, including reading, writing, listening and speaking
- the value of play and the adult's role
- aspects of motor development, including gross and fine motor skills, nutrition, health and safety development
- aspects of social-emotional development such as social relationships and attachment
- aspects of intellectual development such as how children gather and process information
- parent group meetings that include topics related to development and parenting issues of children 3-5 years old
Parents as Teachers National Center requires all programs to complete a Born to Learn Program Implementation Plan, Prenatal to 3 Years prior to registering for a training. This plan will need to be completed and approved before registration forms can be sent to you. This process takes at least two months. For information about the program implementation plan contact Becky Blue at 717-763-1661, ext. 162, or bblue@csc.csiu.org