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| Touchpoints: Stresses and Supports for Parents – A Way of Optimizing Their Child’s Development |
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| T. Berry Brazelton, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School |
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Dr. Brazelton’s “Touchpoints Approach” offers opportunities to help parents and children through predictable phases of development that can bring disorganization before developmental growth spurts. With children in need of special medical or developmental support, these become opportunities for understanding the child, and confirmation for parents. As children approach a spurt, they often experience periods of frustration and regression. This is likely to be an anxiety-laden time for parents, and made more so when a child has special health concerns. If parents understand the underlying reason for their child’s regressive behavior, they can better support and comfort their child. This can be especially powerful for parents and children as they experience the stress of significant medical care.
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| A Developmental, Relational Approach to Optimizing Family Development |
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| Joshua Sparrow, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Terry Ann Lunt, MPA, Executive Director, Brazelton Touchpoints Center |
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Since there is a predictable map in each developmental line, providers can join with parents in their struggle to understand by sharing with parents the concept of the next spurt, how powerful it is, how critical it is and why it leads to a child’s behavior. Each biobehavioral shift or “Touchpoint,” which occurs just before a new spurt development, becomes a powerful opportunity for entering into the system of the parent and infant. There are six of these in the first year, four in each subsequent year. Using the child’s behavior as the language between parents and providers is a powerful way Touchpoints can be integrated into a multi-disciplinary setting that is designed to provide health care to children and families in a developmental manner.
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| Teaching Nonvocal Learners with Autism to Talk |
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| Vincent Carbone, EdD, BCBA, Director, Carbone Clinic |
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| A substantial number of children with autism do not develop functional vocal verbal behavior. For these individuals alternative methods of communication are often taught in the form of manual sign language or picture/ icon selection or exchange systems. This workshop will provide a behavioral analysis of alternative methods of communication. The issue of selection and topography based verbal behavior will be discussed. Science based methods for increasing vocal responding will be presented along with video demonstrations of clinical applications of these procedures. .4 ASHA CEU’s will be offered for this workshop through the Beth Israel Medical Center. |
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 Beth Israel Medical Center is approved by the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide
continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. This program is offered for .4 CEUs (intermediate level; professional area). ASHA
CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures. |
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Treating Autism Spectrum Disorders Using an Integrated Model
Cecilia McCarton, MD, President and Founder, McCarton School, Ivy Feldman, PhD, Educational Director, McCarton School |
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| An integrated educational model, using best practices from Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy in a school setting will be explored. ABA Therapists set the structure for reinforcement, attention, and behavior control, Speech Therapists guide language goals, play, and group skills, while Occupational Therapists work to keep the children at an optimal level of arousal, address activities of daily living, gross and fine motor skills and prevocational abilities. |
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| Developmental Discipline -
Eileen Flicker, EdD, Educational and Mental Health Consultant, Developmental Associates |
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| Developmental discipline is a unique approach for guiding children’s behavior, emphasizing observation, self-reflection, individualized intervention, and relationship/community building. Participants in this workshop will learn how to customize their responses to children’s “misbehavior” in accordance with each child’s developmental needs and the particular situation. Strategies for working with young children one-on-one and in group settings will be discussed. Communication and collaboration between educators, therapists, and parents is emphasized. |
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How to Think, Not What to Think: A Problem Solving Approach to Early High-Risk Behaviors
Myrna Shure, PhD, Developmental Psychologist, Drexel University |
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| This presentation will offer practical skills to help 4- to 6-year-olds learn how to solve interpersonal problems in ways that have positive, not negative consequences. How parents can apply a problem solving approach to discipline will be demonstrated. Why that approach helps to prevent and reduce early high-risk behaviors as physical and relational aggression, inability to wait and cope with frustration, and social withdrawal – as well as promote empathy and positive peer relations will be discussed. |
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Educational and Community Resources for Young Children with Special Needs
Nina Lublin, MSEd, Program Director, Early Childhood Services, Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. Laurie Dubos, PhD, Assistant Professor, The College of New Rochelle, Jana Fromer, Parent and Author |
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| Panel presentation and discussion of the wide range of services and programs available for young children with a variety of disabilities and special needs and for their families and how to navigate systems and access them. |
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| (www.gosprout.org) |
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Watch documentary videos on children with developmental disabilities and learn what life is like in their worlds. |
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30 min. / Documentary / 2005 / Mexico / in Spanish with English subtitles |
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Carmela is a life affirming film about a mother with polio and her son with Down syndrome. Despite their disabilities, they manage to survive and overcome the daily challenges that Mexico City offers their extraordinary lives.
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4 min. / Documentary / 2004 / USA |
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This fun, inspirational short video presents children and adults with Down syndrome, talking about their dreams and triumphs.
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2 min. / Music video / 1998 / Brazil |
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Two kids on a merry-go-round, one is "normal," the other has Down syndrome. As you get to know their daily activities, you conclude the obvious, but the ending is a significant surprise.
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28 min. / Documentary / 2003 / USA |
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This documentary takes viewers into the lives of children with autism at home and at school, and profiles the efforts of their parents and teachers to help them achieve their potential. The families we meet are of different racial and socio-economic backgrounds struggling to obtain appropriate services for their children.
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Foundations of Cultural Diversity Foundations of Cultural Diversity
Dina Castro, PhD, Scientist, University of North Carolina |
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| In this session participants will discuss how culture, race and language have shaped their lives. They will learn about the origin and nature of attitudes towards differences, including disability, and how positive and negative attitudes impact on children, families, and professionals. |
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Public Television’s Not Just for Kids: Resources for Adults, too!
Kim Mullaney, Associate Director for State and Local Education Services, Emily Zyko, Family Literacy Project Manager, Naveen Sultan,
Family Literacy Assistant, all of Thirteen/WNET |
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| Thirteen/WNET and the nationally broadcast A Place of Our Own/Los Niños en Su Casa, prepares childcare providers to get their children
ready to learn. They will introduce a fantastic resource for childcare providers and help providers get children and their families ready for
school. Participants will be introduced to the series and learn about resources and services for childcare providers and low-cost educational
activities. Each participant will receive an activity kit for attending the session. |
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Special Education Law and Advocacy: What Parents Need to Know
Betty Crea Davidson, JD, Executive Director, Navigating the Spectrum |
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| Parents strive to be the best advocates they can be for their child, but understanding complex and ever-changing special education laws and regulations can be challenging. This lecture is designed to provide participants with an overview of the rights afforded by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and complementary state laws, and ways to secure appropriate and meaningful special education plans for children with developmental disabilities. |
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Life After Nursery School: Educational Options in NYC
Robin Aronow, PhD, Founder of School Search NYC |
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| This session will review the process, procedures and timeline for applying to both public and private elementary schools in New York City, and factors to consider in making school choices. General education, gifted and talented, dual language, co-ed vs. single sex, progressive vs. traditional options, diversity and financial aid will be discussed. In addition, testing for both public and private school admission will be covered. |
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Facilitating Language: Understanding Typical and Atypical Development
Suzanne Abrams, CCC-SLP, Adjunct Faculty, Bank Street College of Education |
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| Participants will develop a solid framework for understanding the complex components of language development. We will define language, describe language delays and disorders, and discuss specific strategies for expanding language skills in young children. We will discuss developmental expectations for typically developing children and compare and contrast characteristics of normal language development with language delays/disorders. Participants will learn to identify those children in need of greater support. Techniques for stimulating and fostering language within the context of daily routines will be provided. |
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Minds in Motion: Integrating Creative Movement into the Early Childhood Curriculum
Susan Griss, Adjunct Faculty, Bank Street College of Education |
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| Children love to move! This participatory workshop demonstrates engaging strategies to integrate movement — children’s natural language — into the early childhood curriculum. Using songs, music, and children’s literature, we will explore techniques that provide a springboard for the development of body and group awareness, spatial concepts, language and pre-reading skills. Creative movement activities can ease transitions and classroom management issues, nurture creativity, and build community in the classroom. Come in comfortable clothing. |
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Children and Nature: Outdoor and Nature Learning Resources in
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Big Apple
Presented by the professional educators of the Wildlife Conservation Society |
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| Recent research proves that children’s natural curiosity about wildlife stimulates learning. WCS educators infuse their teaching with ecology, conservation life science, literacy, and more. In this session representatives from: Bronx Zoo, NY Aquarium, Central Park, Prospect Park and Queens Zoos will present examples from their curriculum, school and family programs utilizing animals, exhibits and inquiry-based learning. Participants will emerge with a better understanding of how to use city institutions and wildlife to motivate learning. |
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From Autism to Recovery: A New Approach to Beat the Odds
Raun Kaufman, CEO, Autism Treatment Center of America™ |
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Raun K. Kaufman will provide concrete, bold strategies you can implement now for your child’s immediate gain. As a child, Mr. Kaufman was diagnosed with severe autism and recommended for lifelong institutionalization. Instead, his parents developed The Son-Rise Program, which enabled their son to completely recover from his autism. Now an international speaker and Ivy League graduate, Mr. Kaufman bears no traces of his former condition. His lecture focuses on innovative, outside-the-box techniques you can use today to help your child move beyond stimming (without stopping or discouraging your child’s behavior), learn new skills (without having to push or pressure), and form meaningful, caring relationships with others. |
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Working with Linguistically Diverse Children
Dina Castro, PhD, Scientist, University of North Carolina |
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The goal of this training institute is to increase participant’s knowledge about second language acquisition in young children, the role of home language, and the difference between second language learning and genuine language delay or impairment. Effective ways for service providers to support second language development without jeopardizing the home language as well as recommended strategies for assessing bilingual children are discussed. |
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The Son-Rise Program: Implementing Breakthrough Strategies for Children with Autism and Other Related Challenges
Raun Kaufman, CEO, Autism Treatment Center of America™, Carolina Kaiser, Son-Rise Program Teacher, The Option Institute and The Autism Treatment Center of America™ |
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Breakthrough Strategies is a dynamic, hands-on learning experience to teach the essential building blocks of The Son-Rise Program® at the Autism Treatment Center of America. The workshop will include detailed lecture and hands-on practice for The Son-Rise Program fundamentals:
- Creating connection by joining a child’s repetitious activities
- Facilitating skill acquisition by capitalizing on your child’s motivation
- Teaching socialization through interactive play
- Helping children “un-learn” challenging behaviors
- Creating an environment to maximize interaction and learning
- The critical element: a non-judgmental and optimistic attitude
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Good Night, Sleep Tight: Helping Your Child Go to Sleep, Stay Asleep and Wake Up Happy
Kim West, LCSW-C, Private Practice |
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Kim West, known as the Sleep Lady® by her clients, has helped thousands of parents learn to listen to their intuition, recognize their child’s important sleep cues and behavior, and gently create gradual changes that promote and preserve healthy sleep habits. Ms. West will review sleep science basics, how quantity and quality sleep work together, the need for consistency in parenting and sleep coaching, and the basic principles of the Sleep Lady Shuffle. She will help you create positive sleep habits for your clients’ children. |
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Response To Intervention Review Of Literature
Joyce Whitby, MSEd, NYC Metro Director of Strategic Initiatives, Headsprout Early Reading |
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This presentation will review the latest information on regulations from the US Department of Education on IDEIA: Early Intervening
Services and Response to Intervention models for identification of specific learning disabilities. Participants will learn how to use and
repurpose instructional materials to address three tiers of intervention. |
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Supporting Emergent Literacy for Preschool Classrooms
Meredith Lewis, MSEd, Associate Director, Center for Early Childhood Professionals of Bank Street College of Education |
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This presentation will enhance the teacher’s ability to incorporate appropriate language and literacy supports in the preschool classroom environment. Additionally, teachers will begin to understand their role in supporting young children’s early literacy development. |
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Sensory Solutions in the Classroom
Cecilia Cruse, MS, OTR/L, Education Director of Abilitations |
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This workshop will benefit special education and general education teachers by identifying the components of good sensory integration and how it impacts learning. The basic sensory systems will be reviewed including the visual and auditory systems, the tactile (touch) and vestibular (movement) systems and the proprioceptive (muscles and joints) system. This workshop will identify practical solutions for common classroom problems will be addressed such as staying on task, sitting solutions, transition strategies, handwriting and more. |
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ADHD in Preschoolers: Assessment and Intervention
Desiree Murray, PhD, Assistant Professor at Duke University Medical Center, and the Associate Director of the Duke ADHD Program |
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Symptom presentation and prevalence of ADHD in preschoolers will be addressed using recent epidemiological data. Diagnostic approaches and assessment measures based upon the multi-site Preschool ADHD Treatment Study (PATS) will then be reviewed. Clinical correlates, causes, and impairments will be presented. Next, the safety and efficacy of medications will be examined, including PATS outcome data. Finally, psychosocial treatments that have been evaluated with ADHD preschoolers such as parent-child interaction therapy will be reviewed. |
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Reggio Emilia: What Are The Implications for the American Early Childhood Educator?
Rick Ellis, Adjunct Faculty, Bank Street College of Education |
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The presenter, having spent a week at the Reggio Emilia professional development program in Italy, will share his experiences of visiting the early childhood centers as well as the information gained from the lecture series, then interpret how we as the American early childhood educator can take from Reggio and adopt some of their philosophy to our classrooms here in America. Participants will learn about the roles of the teacher and the atelierista, room set-up, focus on child-centered activity, and how adults facilitate the ideas of the children. |
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The Late Talker-Delay vs. Disorder: Perspective of a Neurodevelopmental Pediatrician
Marilyn Agin, MD, Neurodevelopmental Pediatrician |
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The purpose of this presentation is to review various speech and language disorders of early childhood that do not necessarily resolve over time. An overview of the differential diagnosis of a late talker will be presented with an emphasis on identification of a child with a motor speech disorder and its neurologic underpinnings. The importance of early diagnosis and various treatment approaches will be discussed. |
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Implementing DEC Recommended Practices: Challenges and Support
Chun Zhang, PhD, Professor, Graduate School of Education, Fordham University |
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This session will provide an overview of the most updated DEC (Division of Early Childhood of the Council on Exceptional Children)
recommended practices developed in collaboration with a panel of highly regarded family members and professionals. The session will
present ideas and resources for programs and professionals interested in implementing DEC recommended practices. Success stories and
the impact of implementing DEC recommended practices on child, family, and program outcomes will be discussed as well. |
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Overcoming Challenges of Parenting a Child with Special Needs
Betty Crea Davidson, JD, Executive Director, Navigating the Spectrum, Diane Renna Author |
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When you learn your child has a disability, it is easy to feel alone in a world of confusion and hopelessness. But you are not alone. Share in the inspiring and empowering stories of Diane and her daughter Meghan, diagnosed with SPD, and Betty and her son AJ, diagnosed with an ASD, and their journeys from grief, to education and action, and ultimately, recovery. Learn about traditional interventions, alternative treatments, and other resources available to families of children with special needs. |
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Healthy Habits the Sesame Street Way!
Leslie Feldt, MA, Curriculum Specialist, Outreach, Sesame Workshop |
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Join your Sesame Street friends in helping preschoolers establish healthy eating and physical activity habits that will last a lifetime. An interactive session that provides free multiple-media, bilingual (English and Spanish) resources specifically designed for caregivers, teachers and parents that family child care providers can immediately use in their programs. Discover dynamic research information that offers views on how children respond to healthy eating and ways to encourage better nutritional preferences and attitudes. |
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