Wednesday Sessions
8:30 – 10:30 AM | ORANGE COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER
4 The Empowered Educator Tool Kit: Strategies, Approaches, and Resources to Impact Policy
Laura McCarty, McCarty Consulting Group LLC
W202 Adults Advocacy / Public Policy
5 Music Learning Supports All Learning! Music and Movement Activities That Naturally Support Children’ s Development in Key Early Learning Domains
Lauren Guilmartin, Music Together Worldwide
Lili Levinowitz, Music Together Worldwide
W314A Preschoolers Arts and Music
6 Harnessing Developmental Cascades: A Dynamic Approach to Understanding Child Growth
Mary Harper, Texas A & M University – Corpus Christi
Zlata Stanković-Ramirez, Texas Woman’ s University
Danielle McLellan-Bujnak, North Orange County Community College District
W102A All Children Assessment of Young Children
7 ADHD: Just the Facts, Fiction, and Interventions
Tina Gill, Castles of Imagination Inclusion Preschool
W103 Preschoolers
Children with Disabilities / Early Intervention
8 Unlocking Sensory Potential: Strategies for Supporting Learning and Development in Every Child
Jennifer Edge, Tennessee Child Care Resource & Referral Network, a program of Signal Centers, Inc.
Sarah Moore, Tennessee Child Care Resource & Referral Network, a program of Signal Centers, Inc.
Maggie Houchin, Tennessee Child Care Resource & Referral Network, a program of Signal Centers, Inc.
Tracey Standridge, Tennessee Child Care Resource & Referral Network, a program of Signal Centers, Inc.
W206BC All Children
Children with Disabilities / Early Intervention
9 Learning to Be the Boss of Me: Supporting Young Children’ s Executive Function Skills Laura Delgado, Learning Beyond Paper Suzanne Adinolfi, Learning Beyond Paper
W106 Preschoolers Cognitive Development
10 The Impacts of Parental Separation and Socioeconomic Status on Short- and Long- Term Memory in 15-Month-Old Infants
Ashley Allen, Ashley Kate Consulting Company
Elizabeth Conradt, University of Utah( Child Adaptation and Neurodevelopment Lab)
Trafton Drew, University of Utah
W203C Toddlers Cognitive Development
11 What Do You See, Think, and Wonder? Unlocking Complex Thinking in Young Children: The Power of Visible Thinking Routines Jennifer Matthews, How We Reggio Jeff Turner, How We Reggio Lori Eliott, How We Reggio Ashleigh Mingace, How We Reggio Sara Malvasia, How We Reggio Jennifer Bravo, How We Reggio
W204C All Children Cognitive Development
CEUs
NAEYC is offering IACET CEUs for a limited number of 2025 Annual Conference sessions. Look for the CEUs icon which indicates if a session is offering CEUs. See page 37 for more information.
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