2020 Ohio Early Childhood Conference Brochure Updated 2-4 2020 Brochure (1) | Page 22

Sessions: Thursday, April 23 8:30am-10:00am con't New Opioid Crisis: How Did We Get Here? Session Code: T113 Participants in this session will examine the contributing factors to the current opiate epidemic. Participants will be challenged to think about their systems of care and how to approach this issue from a transdisciplinary approach. Presenter: Kelly Pack Age Focus: ALL Main Topic: Trauma Informed Care Supporting Children Who Color Outside of the Lines – How Do We Ignite Children’s Creativity? Session Code: T114 atured Fe sion Ses How do we ignite children’s creativity? This presentation will discuss what discourages children from being creative and identify practices that support environmental and curriculum ingredients to nurture creative development. Presenter: Dan Hodgins 1:00pm-2:30pm PBIS: Easy Ways for Better Days (Supporting Infants and Toddlers) Session Code: T116 This session will discuss evidence based practices needed to prevent challenging behaviors within infant and toddler settings by creating nurturing and responsive relationships between staff and children, supportive environments and embedding social supports within classroom routines. Appropriate strategies to manage infant and toddler behaviors such as biting, stealing toys and tantrums will be examined. Presenter: Alleiah Keeley Age Focus: I/T Main Topic: Guidance/Challenging Behavior 10:45am-11:45am Keynote: Deshauna Barber Keynote Age Focus: ALL Main Topic: Creative Development Young Learners who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing or Blind/Visually Impaired Session Code: T115 In this session you will learn what a child who is blind/visually impaired or deaf/hard of hearing needs to fully participate at home, in school, and in the community. Discover specific evidence-based strategies to increase access to learning, including educational and assistive technologies. Presenter: Jennifer Govender Age Focus: ALL Main Topic: Children with Disabilities Power and Excellence through Resilience Session Code: Keynote1 Deshauna has made it her life goal to encourage, inspire, and strengthen the people around her! She will inspire you never to lose sight of the impact you have on the children in your care. Discover the influence one teacher had on her ability to develop resiliency strategies, tenacity, and to never give up while reaching for her goals. You will leave empowered to focus on developing your resilience to achieve balance in your professional and personal life. FLIP IT! Overview and Four Steps Strategy - FULL DAY Session Code: T2FlipIT Continuation of morning session. See Thursday, 7:30am session for more info. Do We Only Want Happy Children? Helping Children Develop Anger Releases d Featu s re Ses ion Session Code: T21 Anger often is discouraged. This session will assist participants in the development of positive ways for children to express their anger. Take back effective strategies that encourages children to express all feelings in positive ways. Presenter: Dan Hodgins Age Focus: PRE Main Topic: Guidance/Challenging Behaviors Essential Elements for Designing an Inclusive Classroom Session Code: T22 Through engaging activities, discussion, and knowledge sharing, participants will explore the various components of a high- quality early learning environment, including: characteristics of a high-quality inclusive environment, DAP, the importance of play, Universal Design, Universal Design for learning, and least restrictive environments. Additionally, participants will explore specific strategies and supports to enhance the classroom environment. Presenter: Lynnette Klejka Age Focus: ALL Main Topic: Early Intervention/Inclusion