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60th Anniversary Annual Conference and Leadership Summit

September 14-17, 2017 Tracks, Presentation Titles and Presenter(s)

TRACKS AND PRESENTATION TITLES SPECIAL TRACK PRESENTER (S)

Art

Oodles & Nuudles of Art! Discover the Creative

Process

Sharron Krull, B.S. Ed.

Vendor Demo- Arts in your Afterschool Program STEAM Renee Majors

Effective Strategies for Integrating Art in Preschool

to 3rd Grade Classrooms

STEAM Neri Romero, Ph.D., BCBA

How Art and Music Go Hand in Hand! STEAM Gillian Aeppli

Child Growth & Development

Multiple Intelligences: Practical Application in the

Classroom

Mary R. Massey, Ed.D., Kelly Baloun,

A.A.

Multiple Intelligences: Practical Application in the

Classroom

Mary R. Massey, Ed.D., Kelly Baloun,

A.A.

Squishing, Squashing, Ripping, Tearing…… Back-

to-Basics of Fine Motor Development

Ana Roa, B.S.

Classroom Management

Setting the Stage for Success in the PreK

Classroom

Christine Bond, Ed.D.

Vendor Demo- Getting to Know GOLD and My

Teaching Strategies

Doris Brown, M.S.

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Apps, Taps, and DAP: Innovating to Optimize

Teachers’ Time with Children

Doris Brown, M.S.

Apps, Taps, and DAP: Innovating to Optimize

Teachers’ Time with Children

Doris Brown, M.S.

Creating a STEM Centered Classroom to Promote

Success

STEAM Aline Lloyd, M.Ed.

Creating a STEM Centered Classroom to Promote

Success

STEAM Aline Lloyd, M.Ed.

'You let them climb?!? What happens if they get

hurt?'

Michelle McCaleb, B.S., Ana Roa,

B.S.

Cultural Diversity

Developing Conversation Loops with Dual

Language Learners!

Lynn Bowen, M.S.

Equity Based Pedagogy: Teaching Social Justice

In Early Childhood Education

Jessica Espinosa, Ph.D., Suzanne

Cruz, Ed.S.

Improve Your CQ (Cultural Intelligence); Become a

Culturally Intelligent Employee

Marika Irizarry, M.Ed.

Diversly Special Robbi Kumalo

Diversly Special Robbi Kumalo

Playing with Gender: When youth challenge our

expectations

Jennifer Lopez, B.S., Umut Dursun,

M.A.

Interactive Session: How Words Create Equity for

Black, White & Hispanic

Conscious Discipline Nancy Lucas, M.Ed. CDCI

Vendor Demo: What Works? Meeting Florida

Early Learning and Development Standards

Diane Patterson, M.S.

We are all equal! Exploring Equity and Cultural

Diversity in the Preschool Classroom

Wilma Robles-Melendez, Ph.D.

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Curriculum

Integrating Science, Math, Social Studies and

Literacy for Earth’s Sake

STEAM Simona Bartos-Hulubescu, M.Ed.

KidVision PreK: Virtual Field Trips for Teaching

Early Education Standards

Penny Bernath, M. Ed.

KidVision PreK: Virtual Field Trips for Teaching

Early Education Standards

Penny Bernath, M. Ed.

Engaging Preschoolers: Language Development

and Problem Solving through STEM (Science,

Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

STEAM Laura Delgado, M.S.L., Tara Huls,

Ph.D.

Intentionally Extreme and Extremely Intentional

Classroom Environment Makeover - Preschool

Edition - Part II

Wendee Hooker-Taylor M.A, Tara

Huls, PH.D.

Technology and Young Children in Early

Childhood Education

Lily Hutchinson, M.Ed.

Get Your Motor Running! Fun Physical Activities

for Toddlers & Preschoolers

Sharron Krull, BS. Ed.

Teaching Organically—Adding Natural Elements to

a Preschool Curriculum

Amie Kusak, B.S., Amy Hesse, M.Ed.

Can we do that again? Disguising Academics

Through Movement!

Patty Lanier, M.A.

El Desafió de Usar una Evaluación Basada en

Observación y También la Evaluación de VPK

Spanish Carol C. Montealegre, M.S.

Fostering Self-Regulation: Plan-Do- Review Carol C. Montealegre, M.S.

Alentar la Auto-Regulacion con Planear-Trabajar-

Repasar

Spanish Carol C. Montealegre, M.S.

Observation-Based Assessment vs VPK

Assessment

Carol C. Montealegre, M.S.

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Critical Thinking for Early Learners-It Can Happen! Tammy Quick, M.Ed.

Vendor Demo- Funnydaffer in Your Classroom Stacy Shine, Kate Sherrard

Engineering

Never Too Early for Engineering in STEM STEAM Robin G. Little, M. Ed.

Never Too Early for Engineering in STEM STEAM Robin G. Little, M. Ed.

Family Engagement/Support Charlene Gross. M. Ed.

We are family! All Children Come with grown-ups

attached.

Devereux Center for

Resilient Children

Nefertiti B. Poyner, Ed. E.

CCR&R, Vrooming through the “Front Door” to

Family Services

Courtnie Wheeless, MPA

Guidance/ Behavior Management

Biting Prevention: Safety + Skill Building =

Empowerment for All

Erin Smeltzer M.S. Ed.

Fostering Secure Attachment: Safety in Times of

Distress

Erin Smeltzer M.S. Ed..

Taking Off the Training Wheels: Facilitating

Successful Transitions from Preschool to

Kindergarten

Suzanne D. Adinolfi, Ph.D., Melinda

Webster, M.S.

Teaching Executive Function and Self-Regulation

to Improve Academic Achievement

Karyn A. Allee-Herndon, Ed.S.

Let’s Move from Problems to Solutions: Seeing

Misbehavior as a Missing Developmental Skill

Conscious Discipline Polly Beebe, M. Ed., Amy Zolessi, M.

Ed.

Growing an Independent Child Bill Corbett

You too can philosophize!!! Fostering Critical

Thinking and Social Emotional Growth

Diane Terorde Doyle, M.A.

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Easy Activities that Build Harmonious

Relationships

Karen Dunne, M.Ed.

Promoting Resilience in Preschool Children Elizabeth Glaid, M. Ed., Adrienne

Devaney, M. Ed.

Introduction to Positive Discipline Saleha Hafiz, M.Ed.

Pressing Pause with Conscious Discipline Conscious Discipline Georgette Hugger, M.Ed.

From Defiance to Compliance: Strategies That

Build Cooperation in Conflict.

Conscious Discipline Ginny Luther M.S, SPL

CDMI

Guiding Children to Empowerment Keynote Ron Mohl

The Mary Poppins bag of Engagement and

Motivational Strategies

Laura M. Myers, M.Ed.

No More Band-aid Programs: Classroom

Management that Works!

Laura M. Myers, M.Ed.

Daydreaming Downtime & the Default Mode

Network

Barbara Papantonakis, M. Ed.,

Elizabeth Homer

Providing Children Predictability in an

Unpredictable World

Conscious Discipline Nicole Rice, B.A., Amy Decker, Ed. S

Jumping Jelly Beans! Understanding Behavior and

why it happens

Linda Santiago, Shermaine

Humphrey

Expulsion Policies and Procedures: Overview of

State Policy and Best Practices

Sunny Saunders, Ed. S., Molly Grant,

MPA, Erin Smeltzer M.S.Ed.

Health/Safety/Nutrition

Food Safety in Child Care Dinah Davis, B.S. Biological Science

Improving Nutrition Knowledge in Preschool-aged

Children

JoAnne Fuciu, B.S. Ed., Joan Bray

Let's Cook and Learn Together STEAM Karen Goldman, M.Ed.

Culinary Queries - STEM'ing in the Kitchen STEAM Ana Lizette Gonzalez-Mora, M.Ed.

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CCDF Implementation: School Readiness Health

and Safety Update

Molly Grant, M.P.A., Cynthia

Campbell

Playground Safety in Child Care Linda Halpin, B.A.

How Safe and Healthy is Your Classroom

Environment?

Othondra Hicks, M.Ed.

Preventing Obesity in Early Childhood Lily Hutchinson, M.Ed., Hazel

Hutchinson

Results from a Successful Early Childhood Obesity

Prevention Program

Michelle A. Lombardo, D.C., Michele

Throm

P.R.E.V.E.N.T. Obesity: Learning Healthy and

Being Healthy

Alina Soto

Infants/ Toddlers

Babies Are People Too: Encouraging Intentional

Infant Interaction

Dan Berman, M.Ed.

Talk with Me Baby Ann Marie Barter, M.S., Jenn Faber

Using Responsive Teaching and Caregiving

within The Creative Curriculum® for Infants,

Toddlers & Twos to Support Language

Development

Doris Brown, M.S.

Equitable Opportunities in Early Learning Sonya Green, M.Ed.

Fixer Upper: Transforming Toddler Spaces Natalie Jackson, M. Ed

When the bough breaks: Postpartum depression

and its’ impact on child development

Shari-Ann James, Ph.D.

When the bough breaks: Postpartum depression

and its’ impact on child development

Shari-Ann James, Ph.D.

Building Brains: The Architecture of the Young

Child’s Brain

Raquel Sanchez, B.S., Kerry

Gaylord, B.A.

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Literacy

Leamos/Let’s Read: The Very Best Uses of Story

Time for Support of Early Literacy

Sharon L. Carnahan, Ph.D.

Making Phonological Awareness Fun through

Physical Movement

Kelly Dalsemer, M. Ed.

Making Phonological Awareness Fun through

Physical Movement

Kelly Dalsemer, M. Ed.

Vendor Demo- Teaching reading and math through

game-based activities

Karen Green

Building Blocks for Enhancing Readiness, Pre-

Writing, and Pre-Keyboarding Skills

Denise Hoffman, OTD, OTR/L, CTL

Mirrors & Windows: Power of Positive Images in

Classroom Libraries

Teresa Kelley, M. Ed.

Creative Words and Movement-Let's Sneak, Spin,

Sizzle and Splash!

Patty Lanier, M.A.

Teaching Letter Sounds in a Phonological,

Multisensory Way

JoAnn Lense

Do you have a story to tell? Let's talk about writing

children's books!

Michele Lucia, Ed.D.

Improving Handwriting, Without Ever Picking Up a

Pencil!

Kimberly McKinney, MPT, MOT,

OT/L, Deborah Lennon, OTR/L

How to Prevent or Repair the 30 Million Word Gap:

Rich Teacher Output = Student Success

Karen Neff

Upcycling: Transforming Trash To Unique And

Developmentally Appropriate Learning Materials

Dottie Ports, M.S.

It’s a Process: Integrating Music, Movement, Art

and Story

STEAM Susan Snyder, Ph.D.

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Story Making: Using Materials and Inquiry to Make

Stories

Robin Thompson, Ph.D., Michelle

Compton

Hear, See, Say, Do! Five Strokes That All Kids

Do!

Shauna Williams, B.A., B.S.

Hear, See, Say, Do! Five Strokes That All Kids

Do!

Shauna Williams, B.A., B.S.

Management/ Leadership

You’re a Director… Now What? Using Your

Leadership Position to Create a Connected School

Family

Alexandra Goldberg, BS.S., Erin

Smeltzer, Ed.D.

Shared Services: Leveraging Business Practices

to Get Quality

Mary Harper, Ph.D.

100. Efficient but Effective Staffing Strategies: Staff

Allocation

Gege Kreischer

Pedagogical Leadership in Liberty City Marilyn Lesser, Ph.D., Claudette

Lewis, Ona Pinkney, Labtoya, Terri

Rutherford

Sustainable High-Quality Early Childhood

Education: Making the Impossible Possible

Louise Stoney, M.S.W.

Closing Session- Moving Florida Child Care

Forward

Louise Stoney, M.S.W.

Early Childhood Leadership- What Does it Mean to

You?

Phyllis Kalifeh, Ph. D.

Business Leadership in Liberty City Louise Sallons, Cynthia Hereford,

Shawntrava Pointville, Juanita

Wlalker, Terri Rutherford

Is your market depressed? Michele Watson, Louise Stoney

How to be a knowledgeable consumer of

insurance

Legal Concerns and

Human Relations

Jeff Kostiha

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Parent Policies that Support Centers Rebecca W. McKellar

The Three R's of Leadership: Reflection,

Relationships and Resilience

Devereux Center for

Resilient Children

Nefertiti B. Poyner, Ed. E.

Let Your Faith Be Bigger Than Your Fear Pam Lueck, B.A., Holly Mills

Getting Every Head in The Game... To Get Ahead

in The Game

Rob Pietsch, B.S., M.S., M.B.A.

Mathematics

Early Mathematics: A New Perspective on the

Equity of Thinking

STEAM Jessica Bobo, M.Ed.

Seven Ways to Make “7”: Using Storybooks to

Promote Children’s Math Learning

STEAM Cassandra Jackson, Wendee

Hooker-Taylor

Mathematical Thinking for Early Learners: What

Teachers Need to Know and Do

STEAM Heather Sargent, M.A., Cassandra

Jackson

Music

Effective Quality Learning for VPK Combining

Music and S.T.E.A.M

STEAM Tracie Ames B.A., Ed.

Creative Movement to Classical Music

Choreography for Kindergarten and Preschoolers

STEAM Darlene J. Blanzy, B.A.

Mindful Music – Helping Children Self Regulate

with Music & Movement

Maryann 'Mar.' Harman, B.A., M.A.

Music, Movements & Manipulatives Maryann 'Mar.' Harman, B.A., M.A.

STEAM Movement, Music & Fun STEAM Debbie Mitchell, Ph.D.

Wake Up Your Brain...Wake Up Your Room:

Enhancing your learning environment through

music, movement, and connections

Conscious Discipline Amy Zolessi, M.A., Polly Beebe, M.S.

Personal Growth

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Teaching Self Control: Research on Teacher

Beliefs and Strategies

Sharon L Carnahan, Ph. D.

Early Childhood Professionals: The Heroes of Our

Time

Keynote Richard Cohen, M.A.

Zen and the Art of Early Childhood Education Special Speaker Richard Cohen, M.A.

Reigniting the Passion in Your Teaching Bill Corbett

Emotional Geography: What state are you in? Conscious Discipline Amy Decker, Ed.S., Nicole Rice,

B.Ed.

Getting Centered Maria Grosvenor, MS.S. Eva Hirlado

M.S., Skylar Griessel, B.A., B.S.

Professional Attitude Determines Your Altitude Juelie Perry, M.S.

Yoga and Mindfulness: Life Skills for the

Classroom

Jill Rapperport, ERYT, RCYT, RCYS

There's Always SOME-thing! Kim Ratz, M.S.

Playing Nice in the Sandbox Kim Ratz, M.S.

Meditation in the Early Childhood Setting Marlene Winsten, M. Ed.

Personnel Management

Aren't You Glad This Didn't Happen to You? Legal Concerns and

Human Relations

Beth A. Block, B.A., CIC

Legal Aspects of Recruiting, Interviewing, Hiring

and Terminating

Legal Concerns and

Human Relations

Dawn Martini, B.S.

Evaluating Your Employees Performance Legal Concerns and

Human Relations

Dawn Martini, B.S.

Using Your Personnel Policy Manual as an

Effective Management Tool

Legal Concerns and

Human Relations

Ronald V. McGuckin, Esq.

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Unlucky Thirteen: 13 Manager Mistakes That Can

Lead to Lawsuits

Legal Concerns and

Human Relations

Janice Nieliwocki, B.S.

Top Three Legal Issues Effecting ECE Programs Legal Concerns and

Human Relations

Janice Nieliwocki, B.S.

Play Based Curriculum

The Spirit of Play Special Speaker Richard Cohen, M.A.

The Joy of Junk: Stories of a Pop-Up Adventure

Playground

Julia Kroeker, Ph.D., Sebrina Rimes

A View from the Swings: Outdoor Play, Spaces,

Designs & Applications'

STEAM William H. Strader, Ed.D., David

Reeves

STEM, STEAM and 21st Century Block Play STEAM Jeff Whittaker, M.L.S.

STEM, STEAM and 21st Century Block Play STEAM Jeff Whittaker, M.L.S.

Policy and Regulations

Playing by the Rules: An Invitation to Participate in

the Policy Making Process

Shana Beiro,

The Improving Quality System Christopher Swanson, Ed.D., Brian

Siatkowski

What's New in Child Care Regulation? Samantha Wass de Czege

Professional Development

T.E.A.C.H. and WAGE$ - Have We Got A Deal For

You!

Chelsea Lister, Alexandra Goldberg,

B.S. Martha Grant, B.S.

T.E.A.C.H. y WAGE$ - ¡No te pierdas ésta gran

oportunidad!

Spanish Alexandra Goldberg, B.S., Martha

Grant, BS

Empoderando los Niños y sus Educadores Spanish Raquel Munarriz Diaz, Ed.D.,

Lourdes Santiago-Poventud, Ph.D.

Early Learning Florida Raquel Munarriz Diaz, Ed.D.,

Lourdes Santiago-Poventud, Ph.D.

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Staff Development from the Inside Out: Raquel Munarriz Diaz,

Science

Do Ants Have Teeth? Using the Creative

Curriculum® for Preschool to Teach Science

Through Meaningful Inquiry That Engages

Children’s Minds

Doris Brown, M.S.

Vendor DEMO- Full STEAM Ahead: Space &

Astronomy in the classroom

STEAM Nick Evans

Bugs, Plants and More...Why Children Need to Be

Outdoors

STEAM Kimberly Nassoiy, B. A.

Screening/Assessment/Evaluation

Using CLASS® for Professional Development and

Continuous Improvement

Antrica T. Morgan, B.S., Sara

Diamond, B.S.

Think Big! Beatrice Samson, M. Ed.

Think Big! Beatrice Samson, M. Ed.

Social Emotional Development

SEL – Who has time for that? Integrating

academic and social-emotional

learning

Conscious Discipline Nicole Mercer, M.S., Lindsey Merrick

Building Their Bounce: Promoting Resilience in

Young Children

Devereux Center for

Resilient Children

Nefertiti B. Poyner, Ed. E.

Special Needs/ Inclusion

Play and Executive Functions Interconnected in

Young Children

Stephanie Adams, DHS, OTR/L

Positive Behavior Supports and Behavior

Interventions for the Inclusive Early Childhood

Classroom

Melissa K. Burkhardt, M.S.Ed., BCBA

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The Impact of Autism on Emergent Literacy Skills Iris Davis, M.S.

Accommodation Station: Ten tips for including

every learner in your class!

Caitlin Mason Strickland, B.S.,

Sharon Carnahan, P.D.

Inclusion for Children While Protecting Your

School

Legal Concerns and

Human Relations

Beth A. Block, B.A., CIC

Teaching Students with Obsessive Compulsive

Disorder

Caylee Fredette

Mind the Gap Tina Gill B.S.

Learn to use the Best Practices in Inclusive Early

Education (BPIECE) Tool

Lisette Levy, Ph.D.

Vendor Demo: Take a Walk on the Sensory Side! Ines Murray

Benefits of Using American Sign Language in

Early Childhood Classrooms

Keri Stacey, B.S. Ed.

Technology

Our Journey Out of the Dark Ages: Technology

That Works

Stacy Ellis, Ph.D., Kelly Jamison,

M.S.

Our Journey Out of the Dark Ages: Technology

That Works

Stacy Ellis, Ph.D., Kelly Jamison,

M.S.

Using Technology to Enhance Professional

Development for Early Childhood Practioners

Hannah Goble, Stacey Francois,

M.Ed.

Using Technology to Enhance Professional

Development for Early Childhood Practioners

Hannah Goble, Stacey Francois,

M.Ed.

Vendor Demo- Remedy Your Daily Childcare

Management Headaches through Procare

Ryan Gwaltney

7 Daily Headaches Technology Can Instantly Cure Ryan Gwaltney

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Use Technology to Enroll Today's Millennial

Parents

Transitions

Let's Make Those Kindergarten Teachers Crazy

about Our Kids!

Florie Babcock, Ph.D.

All Aboard the Transition Train Bettianne S. Ford, B.A.

BAG OF TRICKS! Transition Tools & Tips Sharron Krull, BS. Ed.