Connecticut Birth to Three
Hello All, Please join the Office of Early Childhood, Behavioral Health Initiatives’ upcoming webinar: Showing up or showing out? How professional learning promotes self-awareness and improves how one gives to others. Whether one supports the growth and development of children from a home, center, school, or in the community, educators are constantly giving to others in…
The Child Health and Development Institute (CHDI) has worked on developing the Trauma ScreenTIME Early Childhood Course. I am pleased to let you all know that this course has just launched! This is a free online training course on how to screen young children ages 0-6 for trauma. The course is intended for anybody who…
We are excited to announce the opening of applications for Cohort 4 of the Connecticut Leadership Academy for birth to three and preschool special education aspiring leaders. The academy will run from October 2024 to June 2025, featuring monthly in-person sessions led by national and state experts. All participants are required to attend all meetings.…
Hands & Voices‘ new website, Off to a Great Start, offers providers and families resources and activities to support the early intervention (EI) journey for families of children who are deaf/hard of hearing. Key resources include: Source: https://www.handsandvoices.org/great-start
Understanding the perspectives of parents is a needed skill when working with infants and toddlers. The ED-funded National Center on Deafblindeness added new content to the “Early Intervention for Children Who Are Deafblind” module of their “Teaching Children Who Are Deafblind: Professional Development for Educators” series. The added information expands on the experiences of parents…
Please join the Office of Early Childhood, Behavioral Health Initiatives’ upcoming webinar: A Place to Call Home: Addressing Housing Instability- Supporting Young Children and Families in Connecticut. The webinar will focus on addressing housing instability to support families in Connecticut and will offer perspectives from the State Department of Education, Department of Housing, and the OEC. …
Please encourage all families to join us for weekly folktale told by a storyteller from the culture where the story originated including learning activities! We hope parents/caregivers with young children can have some fun while learning over the summer (see the Camp 2023 Schedule down below). Please click the links below to access the first…
“The New England Regional Genetics Network (NERGN) advances the health and well-being of individuals with genetic conditions by connecting them with genetic services, educating professionals to improve systems of genetic care, and supporting families in New England. NERGN is offering FREE training for early intervention specialists to help them address questions of genetics in their profession. See…
If you are a provider in the early intervention system, please consider filling out this survey developed by one of our Leadership Academy Participants: https://forms.gle/jadw4mNyBTSKcAsD8 This survey is being used to collect information related to the prevalence of sleep concerns with the families we serve and how we, as Birth to Three Providers, are able to…