2021 Annual Conference Materials
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2021 MNAFEE Family & Early Childhood Education Virtual Conference
Wednesday, April 14 Preconference
3:00–4:30pm – Preconference Speaker Lisa Murphy (of Ooey Gooey, Inc.) – What if today was their only day The importance of early experiences (play = readiness!) [bio, Book order form, keynote handout]
6:30–8:00pm – Preconference Speaker Jennifer Clifden, PhD – The Burnout Antidote
Thursday, April 15
8:30–9:45am – Keynote Speaker – Anne Gearity, PhD – Young children DO remember: How adults help children who experience trauma and intensely stressful events
9:45–10:00am – Stretch Break
10:00–11:15am – Workshop Session A
12:15–1:30pm – Workshop Session B
1:45–3:00pm – Workshop Session C
Friday, April 16
8:30–9:45am – Keynote Speaker – Eric Skanson, PhD – Change Savvy Leadership, Frames, Notes
9:45–10:00am – Stretch Break
10:00–11:15am – Workshop Session D
11:30am–12:45pm – Workshop Session E
Wednesday, April 14 Preconference
3:00–4:30pm – Preconference Speaker Lisa Murphy (of Ooey Gooey, Inc.) – What if today was their only day The importance of early experiences (play = readiness!) [bio, Book order form, keynote handout]
6:30–8:00pm – Preconference Speaker Jennifer Clifden, PhD – The Burnout Antidote
Thursday, April 15
8:30–9:45am – Keynote Speaker – Anne Gearity, PhD – Young children DO remember: How adults help children who experience trauma and intensely stressful events
9:45–10:00am – Stretch Break
10:00–11:15am – Workshop Session A
- A-1) Let children know what they experience: communication that helps children manage distress
- A-2) Preschool Inclusion 20/20
- A-3) Strategies for working with Dual Language Learners (repeat C)
- A-4) CANCELLED
- A-5) Creating a Multicultural and Multilingual Milieu (repeat D)
12:15–1:30pm – Workshop Session B
- B-1) Parents ARE Sex Educators! [Grading, Parent MS, PASE, Interviews]
- B-2) Connected and Kind: Parenting with Empathy in a World of Excess Screen Time
- B-3) What We Have Learned - Pandemic Early Childhood & Parent Education
- B-4) A Change in Perspective: Engagement Begins with "Welcome" [Build, Intro 1, Intro 2, Engagement 1, Engagement 2, Confronting Racism, rb5 diverse]
- B-5) Meet the new Components of the Knowledge and Competency Framework for Early Childhood Professionals: Cultural Responsibility and Practice, Trauma Informed Care and Practices, and Working with Multicultural Children and their Families
1:45–3:00pm – Workshop Session C
- C-2) Outdoor Learning and Nature Play – You Can Do It Too!
- C-3) Strategies for working with Dual Language Learners (repeat A)
- C-4) Developmental Affirmations: A versatile coaching tool [Handout, Fact Sheet, 2 year old, adult, Pre to End]
- C-5) Every Child Ready to Read: Supporting Early Literacy Development
Friday, April 16
8:30–9:45am – Keynote Speaker – Eric Skanson, PhD – Change Savvy Leadership, Frames, Notes
9:45–10:00am – Stretch Break
10:00–11:15am – Workshop Session D
- D-1) Music Therapy to Support Executive Functioning Outcomes
- D-2) Creating a Multicultural and Multilingual Milieu (repeat A)
- D-3) It’s not what you say, it’s the way that you say it. Using the Developmental Highway [Child, Nurture, Parent, Jobs]
- D-4) Implicit Bias: Do we really see all children the same? Race, Equity, and the Achievement Gap [Resources]
- D-5) Developing a Virtual Home Visiting Program
11:30am–12:45pm – Workshop Session E
- E-1) Use RDPED videos & methods to add transformative learning to your parent education sessions, Heather Cline
- E-2) Screening During COVID - A Facilitated Discussion, Sarah Holmboe [Vision, Hearing]
- E-3) PERFECT Connections, Susan Walker
- E-4) The Art of Being Ugly, Eric Skanson
- E-5) Introduction to MoveMindfully® Early Education Workshop, Chrissy Mignogna