Wednesday Sessions
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM | ORANGE COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER
51 Uncomplicating the Neuroscience of Emotions: Tuning the Brain’ s Radar for Learning Chris Danilo, Danilo Training & Consulting
W108B Adults Cognitive Development
52 Challenges and Opportunities: Why Poverty Matters and How Educational Neuroscience Can Help Teachers Matter More Tammy Pawloski, Francis Marion University
W109B All Children Cognitive Development
53 Small Hands, Big Ideas: Setting the Stage for Playful Tinkering, Making, and Engineering Cate Heroman, Cate Heroman, LLC Paige Zittrauer, Louisiana State University
W206BC All Children Curriculum – Theories and Approaches
Earn 0.2 CEUs for this session.
54 Building Communities of Love and Resistance: Young Children, Families, and Early Childhood Educators as Activists
Rukia Rogers, Think Small Institute and Redleaf Press
W102A Preschoolers Diversity and Equity
55 Coaching for and Through the Lens of Equity and Justice: Strategies to Engage in Difficult Conversations
Laycee Thigpen, Reinking Education Consulting
Anni Reinking, Reinking Education Consulting
W204C Adults Diversity and Equity
56 A Time for Ourselves: A Brave Space for LGBTQ + Educators and Their Allies
Robin Fox, University of Wisconsin- Whitewater
James Clay, City University of New York
Shannon Green, Early Childhood Systems Consulting
W208C Adults Diversity and Equity
57 The Book Bridge: Fostering a Love for Reading from School to Home Niya Marilla, Child Development Schools
W207C All Children Family Engagement and Support
58 Building and Sustaining Powerful Family and Community Partnerships Using a School-as-Hub Approach
Amy Schmidtke, Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska
Kailey Snyder, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Tonya Jolley, Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska
W308C All Children Family Engagement and Support
59 El Poder de Exploración para Construir Comunidad, Desarrollar Lenguaje y Apoyar a los Niños y Familias Multilingües
Diana Bacon, The Rollins Center for Language and Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School
Maggie Deaton, The Rollins Center for Language and Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School
Rocío Castillejos Kariuki, Learning Spaces, United Way of Greater Atlanta
Diana Valdivieso, ABC Angels Academy
Teresa Fisher-Ari, The Rollins Center for Language and Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School
W105 All Children
Grandes Comienzos( Spanish)
60 Cambiando el Futuro: Estrategias de Liderazgo Transformador
Elizabeth Ibarra, Palm Beach State College, IEECE
Hereima Iriarte, Palm Beach State College, IEECE
Katherine Johnson, Palm Beach State College, IEECE
W203C Adults
Grandes Comienzos( Spanish)
Earn 0.2 CEUs for this session.
61 Fomentando Resiliencia a Través de las Artes Margeric Gonzalez-Sanchez, Starting Point
W204AB Preschoolers
Grandes Comienzos( Spanish)
2025 NAEYC Annual Conference: In this Place, We Learn. For Every Child, We Lead.
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