Date: Wednesday, August 24

Time: Session 1: Early Intervention Practices – 10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Session 2: Enhancing Parent/Caregiver Involvement in Early Intervention – 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Location: Char-Em ISD Summer Leadership Institute
Boyne City High School, Boyne City

Presenter: Dr. Louis Rossetti
Professor Emeritus of Communicative Disorders – University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Cost: $12 Per Session

Audience: Service providers working with children 0-5 and their families, including medical
personnel, community service staff, and early childhood educators

Description: Enhancing Services for Infants and Toddlers with Special Needs: Early Intervention Practices (AM)

Presented by Dr. Louis Rossetti, internationally recognized author and authority on services to infants and toddlers with special needs and their families, this session will alert early intervention professionals to a variety of issues related to intervention, including models of service delivery, models of team functioning, intervention with parents and caregivers, intervention in the home, center and neonatal intensive care nursery, and measuring program efficacy. This session is highly clinical in nature. Participant discussion will be encouraged.

Enhancing Services for Infants and Toddlers with Special Needs: Enhancing Parent/Caregiver Involvement
in Early Intervention (PM)

One of the major initiatives of current legislation designed to meet the needs of children with special needs is the degree to which the family is recognized as critical to the success of intervention activities. This session will review the concepts of attachment, and how to enhance caregiver involvement in early intervention. A variety of specific clinical examples will be provided as family issues are discussed, with participant involvement encouraged.

Registration
To register visit www.charemisd.org, click on Professional Development, scroll down, and select Char-Em ISD Coursewhere. Alj new registrants will be required to create a registrant profile. Just follow the easy instructions to create your profile and register for your workshop. You will receive an email confirmation for the classes for which you have registered.

Need more information?
For more information contact Julie Hersha at 231.547.9947.

Download a pdf flyer of the event.

When: Wednesday, June 22nd from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Where: Char-Em ISD Boyne City office, 1313 Boyne Avenue
Cost: FREE to all parents and child care providers

What to bring: Please bring a small towel and a baby doll on which to practice strokes. Parents are encouraged to bring their infants.

Benefits of Infant Massage:
♦ Enriches baby’s development
♦ Encourages baby to sleep better
♦ Improves communication between parent and child
♦ Relaxes and soothes both caregiver and child
♦ Deepens bonding and attachment
♦ Enhances your ability to understand your baby’s special
needs

Please register by calling Susan Chowen at 231-582-8070 or 231-547-9812 (ext.241)

1. Emergency procedures and a current license should be posted.
2. A baby needs to be changed, fed, and sleep according to his/her body’s time clock, not an imposed scheduled.
3. Notice if the children and provider are washing their hands after changing diapers, before eating, etc.
4. Notice if the children’s area has child size furniture and a variety of toys for creative play.
5. Babies should never be allowed to sleep in car seats, bouncy seats, swings, or an adult size beds. They should only be placed on their backs in an approved crib or playpen.
6. Children should be engaged in imaginative play, which allows them to interact and learn. TV time should be limited to 1-2 hours/day.
7. Is there positive interaction?
8. Do the children get a lot of attention?
9. Are the children happy and comfortable?
10. Is the home/site clean, safe, and healthy?
11. Remember to drop in unannounced from time to time.

Questions to Ask When Interviewing a Child Care Provider

1. Are the children taken off the premises? How are they transported?
2. What are your emergency procedures? Are they posted? Do you have practice drills? How will I be notified in case of an emergency?
3. What is your medication policy?
4. What precautions are taken to reduce the spread of illness?
5. How often are the children taken outdoors?
6. How are the children supervised?
7. Where do the children sleep, play, and eat?
8. Describe a typical day. What activities are the children involved in?
9. Can children bring a special toy from home?
10. How often do you read with the children?
11. Tell me how you plan activities to promote development.
12. What is your guidance and discipline policy?
13. What are the rules? How do they learn them?
14. How do you settle disputes?
15. Ask, “what if” questions. (What if my child hits you? What if my child bites another child? What if my child won’t take a nap?)
16. How many hours of training are you required to have? How many hours did you obtain in the past year? Are you currently CPR certified?
17. What have you learned in recent workshops? How will you keep me updated on your training?
18. Can I drop in anytime unannounced?

Supporting Care Providers Through Personal Visits curriculum is designed for anyone who mentors, trains, or conducts personal visits with
care providers. With strategies to engage and support child care providers .

The Supporting Infant/Toddler care providers Curriculum offers strategies to increase any care providers understanding of parenting and
child development.

Any questions Please call the Michigan State Office of Parents As
Teachers: 616-396-7566 ext. 104

Training 4: May 5, 2011
Training 5: May 6, 2011
(Note: Sessions 1, 2, and 3 have occurred)

The Hagerty Center at NMC’s Great Lakes Campus
(see map in flyer)

Training 4: Strategies for Supporting the Child with Dysregulated Mood and
Behavior: An Introductory Workshop Integrating Lessons from Dialectical
Behavior Therapy, Sensory Integration Therapy, and Dynamic Relationship-
Based Therapy

Training 5: Assessment and Treatment of Regulatory, Emotional,
and Sensory Deficits in Infants and Young Children

Please download the pdf flyer for detailed workshop information, costs and for the registration form.

- A collaborative effort with the Great Start Collaborative, Char-Em, COOR, TBA & Wex/Miss Intermediate School Districts and the Onekama School

– FREE Training! NO Child Care -

Date/time: April 26, 2011
Registration & dinner 5:00-5:30 – Training: 5:30-7:30 p.m.

RSVP to by April 18th @ NMCAA 1-800-632-7334

Who may attend?
Parents and professionals working with children and families are welcome!

Do you have power struggles with children or adults? Preventing power struggles becomes easier when you have the tools you need. Come learn how a simple Q-tip, balloon and bunny become coping skills that can change your life and improve relationships.

NMCAA Teacher & Certified Conscious Discipline Instructor – Lesa Rice, presents to parents @ Wex/Miss ISD @ 9905 East 13th St. Cadillac, Mi 49601 – Conference Room: 516

Training will be an interactive distance learning experience and broadcasted for parents at the following remote locations:

Char-Em ISD @ 08568 Mercer Blvd. Charlevoix, Mi 49720 – Large Conference

COOR ISD @ 11051 North Cut Rd. Roscommon, Mi 48653 – Central Office Board Room

Onekama School: 5016 Main St. Onekama, Mi 49675 – Distance Learning Room.

TBA ISD: 1101 Red Dr. Traverse City, Mi 49684 – Conference Room: A & B

Download a flyer of the event in .doc format.

Following the training, Support Parents will be able to assist families in:
• Identfying Types of Public Health Care Coverage Available to Children and Families: MI Child, Healthy Kids, Children’s Special Health Care Services
• Applying for Benefts On-line
• Becoming Aware of Services Available to Children and Families with Hereditary Disorders: Counseling, testng and service informaton,
• Gaining Informaton and Accessing Coverage for Mental Health Services,
• Being Familiar with Social Security Programs for Young People Including Medicare and Medicaid

When: April 30, 2011
Time: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Location:
Petoskey Public Library
Carnegie Building
451 E. Mitchell Street
Petoskey, MI 49770
(231) 758-3100

To Register For This Session Visit www.bridges4kids.org/f2f

or Families May Register by Calling
(800) 359-3722
Workshop: $10 (Includes Lunch) CEUs: $15

A limited number of scholarships are available for families. Please inquire.

This program has been approved for 6 CE Hours by the Michigan Collaboratve for Social Workers (Course Approval 090809-05) and .6 SBCEU ’s by the State Board Ofce of Certfcaton Services.

Download a pdf of the event.

The Petoskey News Review recently covered our local parenting conference, highlighting parents, providers and the parent coalition for connecting parents to resources and services. Read the entire article here. The day was a true success with hundreds of dollars worth of in-kind items donated, 15 early childhood providers receiving training hours and 30 families attended!

A Special Thank You To:

Matt Jones – Key Note Speaker

Representative Frank Foster

Dr. Kyle Denhom of Breath of Life Chiropractic

Craig Boss of Charlevoix Hospital

Tiffany Lenau of Yoga Roots

Joe Lentz of New York Life

Petoskey High School Students  & Barbara Kennedy

Lesa Rice

Great Start Regional Resource, Child Care Connections

Community Reformed Church

MSU Extension

Great Start Parent Coalition Members

B.C. Pizza of Charlevoix

Meijer of Petoskey

Family Video

Green and Clean Mom, LLC

Johan’s Bakery of Petoskey

Lindsay Steffes of Child and Family Services

Northern Michigan Moms

Early On

Sleep Diagnostics

Child Abuse Council

Early Head Start

Northwest Michigan Health Department

Petoskey Public Library

Char-Em  ISD

Even Start

Join us for a 2 hour presentation on Post Partum Depression. This training will focus on signs and symptoms of both Post Partum Depression and more typical Baby Blues. Learn how to identify Post Partum Depression and how to discuss it with your families. Treatment strategies will be shared.
This is a repeat of the training offered in 2010.

Free training – March 22, 2011 9:30 – 11:30

Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency
3963 Three Mile Road
Traverse City, MI 49686

Parents and professionals working with families are welcome!

RSVP: 1-800-632-7334 by March 18th
Limited to 30 people