Monday, June 1 through Thursday, June 4 Great Wolf Lodge, Mason, Ohio

Tentative Conference Schedule and Special Events

Monday, June 1 CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF HEAD START

Reception/Birthday Party 5:00 Sponsored by Kaplan Early Learning

Dinner 6:00

Keynote Speaker, Curtis Zimmerman

“Living Life at Performance Level”

Tuesday, June 2 Sessions - 9:00 to 12:00

Luncheon 12:00 to 1:30

Keynote Speaker, Jason Barger

“21st Century Leadership”

Sessions 1:30 to 4:30

Wednesday, June 3 Sessions 9:00 to 12:00

Luncheon 12:00 to 1:30

Keynote Speaker, Kay Willmoth, invited

Region V Program Manager, Office of Head Start

Sessions 1:30 to 4:30

Thursday, June 4 Sessions 8:45 to 11:00

Brunch 11:15 to 12:30

Keynote Speaker, Karen Vadino

“Leading with Humor”

CONFERENCE SPONSORS

This event is planned to help build leadership skills at every level of the Head Start organization.

This event will provide intensive, practical and advanced level learning to enhance the professional development levels of all participants.

Leadership Issues There will be a number of sessions for Ohio leaders to enjoy. A full day will be devoted to exploring Organizational Change and Culture

Shifts with a focus on federal initiatives and the new ideas coming out of DC. Leaders will come away from these sessions with greater awareness of our current realities and a better understanding of how to plan for the short term future in Head Start, along with more

knowledge about how to manage organizational culture.

There will also be a focus on Employment Law issues in programs and a look at current challenges and current opportunities with officials from our regulatory and partnering agencies to explore both state and federal initiatives such as

Enrollment Adjustments and SUTQ, identifying strategies to maintain quality most effectively.

Early Head Start School Readiness Summit We are pleased to be partnering with the Office of Head Start’s Early Head Start National Resource Center, National Center on

Parent, Family and Community Engagement and National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning to offer a two day Early

Head Start School Readiness Summit. While the session is part of the conference, additional sign-up is required on the enclosed form. See the form for more information about the session. The conference will have additional sessions related to Infant/Toddler services.

CLASS® Focus The stakes are higher than ever when it comes to CLASS scores. We are pleased to offer a full series of CLASS sessions that build advanced understanding and skills to support local CLASS efforts. CLASS sessions include a full day CLASS® Refresher to prepare for recertification and a session on addressing Instructional Support with IMIL Activities. We are especially excited about the full day session that will

dig deeply into some of the most difficult areas of the CLASS® - Regard for Student Perspective, Instructional Learning Formats and Concept Development.

Family and Community Engagement Staff and managers from all service areas will explore issues in family engagement such as Case Management like interviewing

and crisis intervention, building Positive Relationships with Families, fostering Critical Thinking, being Culturally Proficient, using a Strength-Based Approach to services, and more.

Health and Special Needs Issues This conference offers some unique opportunities to explore topics related to child health and behavior management. Offerings include a full

day session on Early Childhood Trauma and Interventions and sessions that will cover partnering to support Dental Access, advanced training on Motivational Interviewing to utilize with parents around health issues, and more.

Leadership, Supervision and Personal Development Issues The conference will include sessions that will explore a range of supervision and management issues that apply to variety of positions and

settings, including Problem Solving, Positive Discipline in Supervision, Cultural Proficiency, Planning, Communication, Emergency Preparedness and others. Additionally, participants will find a range of sessions to support Best Practices in the Early

Childhood Classroom and the opportunity to network around Head Start Transportation issues.

Planned Language Approach Follow-Up We are partnering with the Office of Head Start’s National Center for Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness to offer a full day session for

programs who have participated in the Planned Language Approach training event held in Ohio in February. The session will address implementation issues, challenges, and continued learning to support language development in all children. Programs that participated

in February will receive registration information sent directly to them. Contact the OHSAI office for more information.

Leadership Academy for Practice-Based Coaching Part 2 - Coach Training This is the continuation of the Leadership Academy training started in April. Programs will be contacted directly with details and

registration information. Contact the OHSAI office for more information.

THE OHIO HEAD START ASSOCIATION IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TO OFFERING IACET CEU AND SUTQ CREDIT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. ALL APPROPRIATE SESSIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR

STEP UP TO QUALITY SPECIALIZED TRAINING APPROVAL.

FULL SESSION DESCRIPTIONS AND UPDATES ON CONFERENCE CONTENT WILL BE POSTED ON THE OHSAI WEBSITE AT www.ohsai.org

REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL DIRECTING THEM TO SELECT BREAKOUT SESSIONS ONLINE TO ASSIST US IN ALLOCATING CONFERENCE SPACE.

Vendors for a variety of companies providing classroom materials, tracking software, administrative supports, and health & nutrition services will exhibit on June 2nd and June 3rd. For more information about the 2015 exhibitors check the OHSAI website.

Playground Safety: 5 Key Things to Improve Clark Kugler, The Adventurous Child

Supervision Strategies - Positive Discipline Brian Lowery

Babies Love - A Resource to Prevent Infant Mortality Holli Seabury, the McMillen Center

S+R=O- The Equation for a Successful Culturally Proficient Organization Part 2 Maria Marsh and Monica Marsh, Woven Traditions

Hearing and Vision Screening for Infants and Toddlers - An Overview Jeff Hoffman, ECHO Initiative and Allyson Van Horn, Ohio Department of Health

Interviewing, Problem Solving and Crisis Intervention Brian Lowery

Building Positive Relationships with Families Gayle Fowler, Marriage Works Ohio

S+R=O- The Equation for a Successful Culturally Proficient Organization Part 1 Maria Marsh and Monica Marsh, Woven Traditions

Monday, June 1st 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Birthday Party/Reception, Opening Dinner and Keynote Speaker

Tuesday, June 2nd

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Tentative Schedule

1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Special Sessions for Head Start Leaders

Organizational Change and Culture Shifts

This session will focus on the possibility of changes in Head Start models, which in turn will effect ongoing

culture within Head Start organizations. What happens to staff and effective functioning when there are culture shifts is inevitable and in this session

we will help participants understand how an organization’s culture must be managed and attended

when change occurs within the organization.

Facilitated by Tim Nolan, PhD and Barbara Haxton, MHRD

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Potential Changes Coming to Head Start Programs What does our immediate future portend? What are

the federal initiatives which be expected for programs to embrace?

What are the new ideas coming from DC, and what will programs be looking at in the near future.

How should we be planning our future? A Panel of experts providing their perspective

followed by facilitated dialogue with conference participants.

1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Monday, June 1 9:00am to 3:30pm

SPECIAL EVENT New Director Institute Session 5

Information sent separately. For more information and registration form, contact the OHSAI office.

FULL DAY SESSIONS

CLASS® Refresher: Preparing for Recertification Lourdes Lambert, Consultant

Early Head Start School Readiness Summit National Centers Staff—(see attached flyer for more information and registration requirements)

Planned Language Approach Follow Up Joanne Knapp-Philo and Patsy Pierce, National Center for Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness—

(open to programs that have participated in previous PLA events - details and registration information sent separately)

Leadership Academy for Practice-Based Coaching Part 2 - Coach Training Tim Adams and Carla Aronhalt, STG International

(Continuation for programs that attended April Leadership Academy - details and registration information sent separately)

1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Enhancing the Dance of Attunement via Conscious Discipline ® Renee Sutherland, Knox County Head Start

Panel Discussion: Partnering Effectively with Dentists Facilitated by David Maywhoor, Dental Access Now!

Putting it All Together - Program and School Readiness Goals Patricia Bobo and Carla Aronhalt, STG International

Wednesday, June 3rd

Emergency Preparedness - Are you ready? Bethanne Linden, OCCRRA

Music, Puppets and Books, Oh My!! John and Marcia Schaffer, Carroll County Library

Funds of Knowledge as a Strength-Based Approach Heather Nusbaum, STG International

Transportation Networking Session Facilitated by Debbie Greene, Clinton County Head

8:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Special Session for Head Start Leaders

ODJFS and SUTQ Updates In recent months there have been major changes in staffing at ODJFS Child Care Division, and major changes in rules and regulations that impact day care licensing and child care reimbursements. These issues impact Head Start. Further, there have been substantial changes in SUTQ rules which also impact our programs. Join this session and learn about the many changes that have occurred, and how they will impact the future of our programs. Kara Bertke-Wente from ODJFS has been invited to facilitate this session.

8:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Playful Explorations: Building a Foundation for Development and Learning

Keith Pentz, Early Childhood Specialist, Kaplan

Communicating with Undesrtanding in Mind Ann Anzalone

Addressing Instructional Support with IMIL Activities Brandon Williams (repeat of morning session)

Talking to Parents about Tough Topics: Advanced Motivational Interviewing Holli Seabury, The McMillen Center

Developing Critical Thinking in a Non-Thinking World Ann Anzalone

Addressing Instructional Support with IMIL Activities Brandon Williams

1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Special Sessions for Head Start Leaders

The Dilemma of Employment, Unemployment

and Insurance - A Major Dilemma This session will address employment schedules in Head Start including summer lay-offs and the confusion around unemployment for staff, health insurance coverage and

what is and is not acceptable in federal regulations. Facilitated by staff from a Cincinnati law firm, these issues will be addressed through the perspective of employment law as well as the OMB perspective.

Regional and National Updates Kay Willmoth, Office of Head Start

Region V Program Manager

Federal initiatives and updates with a focus on conversion of slots and slot reduction issues.

FULL DAY SESSIONS

CLASS® - Balancing the Big Three: Regard for Student Perspective, Instructional Learning Formats and Concept Development

Lourdes Lambert, Consultant and Ruth King, STG International

Healing, Resiliency and Hope for Early Childhood Trauma: From Neurobiology to Interventions Mary Vicario, LPCC-S and Carol Hudgins-Mitchell, MEd, LSW, NBCCH

Early Head Start School Readiness Summit, continued National Centers Staff

Leadership Academy for Practice-Based Coaching Part 2 - Coach Training, continued STG International Staff

Thursday, June 4th

1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

SPECIAL SESSION SIGN-UP

EARLY HEAD START SCHOOL READINESS SUMMIT

June 2-3, 2015 as part of the

OHSAI June Leadership and Professional

Development Conference

This session has been developed in collaboration with the National Centers and TTA Network specifically for Ohio to build on the foundations we’ve established to support quality Early Head Start services. It is rooted in the belief that knowledge of children’s development and the ability to use this information in the day-to-day care of infants and toddlers is key to solid child outcomes, and that Early Head Start and Child Care Partner’s teachers, Family Child Care providers, and Home Visitors need on-going support with their work. Hiring “relationship ready staff” and providing them with appropriate professional development opportunities, that include mentoring/coaching, can build and help maintain quality services.

PRESENTERS:

Sarah Semlak, Ph.D., and Donna Britt, Ed.D., Early Head Start National Resource Center at ZERO TO THREE

Leslie Janes, National Center for Quality Teaching and Learning

Guylaine Richard, Ph.D., National Center for Parent, Family and Community Engagement

Delphia Roberts-Brown, STG International

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Early Head Start and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Teams. Suggested team members include, Education Coordinators & Managers, Infant-Toddler Site-Supervisors (EHS and Child Care), Disabilities Coordinators, Mentors/Coaches who support Infant-Toddler Staff, Child Development Specialists (or staff that support Family Child Care providers and child care partners) and Home Visitor Supervisors. SEE BACK OF PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CONTENT.

In addition to completing this form, all participants must register for the 2015 June Leadership Conference.

Agency _________________________________________________

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Session Objectives:

Participants will:

Review the connection of the five essential domains of child development and developmentally appropriate practice to assessment data used to support individual children’s growth and development, as well as programs’ school readiness goals and expected child outcomes.

Examine the components of responsive caregiving in terms of quality adult-child interaction, individual lesson planning, curriculum development, and data collection.

Identify strategies for hiring, growing, and supporting well-trained infant-toddler staff.

Discuss the significance of family engagement in the design and delivery of quality infant and toddler services across all program options (i.e., center, home and family child care.)

Agenda Topics:

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

The Five-Year-Project Period, Program-Level School Readiness Goals, and Data

Child Development at the Core of Everything we do with Babies and their Families! 1. Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) 2. Child Assessment: Quality Data “Small” 3. Curriculum for Babies? 4. Engaging Families

Summary, Reflections, Closing

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Individualizing for Every Child in the Context of their Family 1. Using qualitative and quantitative data to support each child 2. Responsive caregiving across program options

Hiring, Growing and Maintaining Quality Infant-Toddler Staff

1. What do we mean by “Relationship Ready Staff”?

2. Reflective Practice

3. Coaching and Mentoring: Strategies that apply to all significant adults in the world of Babies

4. Professional Boundaries

THE OHIO HEAD START ASSOCIATION

Registration for: OHSAI June Leadership & Professional Development Conference June 1-4, 2015

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Please list participant names below Monday Dinner & Keynote (duplicate form if necessary) Check if attending Dinner & Keynote (No additional registration fee required)

1. Name: Position: Email Address: ______________________________

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3. Name: Position: Email Address: ______________________________

4. Name: Position: Email Address: ______________________________

5. Name: Position: Email Address: ______________________________

Registration Rates: Included in registration are training materials, Monday Reception, Dinner & Keynote, Tuesday Luncheon with Speaker, Wednesday Luncheon with Speaker and Thursday Brunch with Speaker Member Member On-site Non-Member Non-Member On-Site $370.00 $420.00 $470.00 $500.00

Disabilities, Special Needs & Dietary Requirements: If you have special needs, including dietary requirements, please attach a separate sheet to your registration form describing any necessary accommodations. You should also inform the hotel of any special requirements.

Deadline for Registration: Friday, May 22, 2015 OHSAI strives to have as many attendees as possible pre-registered and paid. If payment cannot be made by the deadline, please forward a purchase order. If a registration must be cancelled, please do so seven (7) working days prior to the training. OHSAI does not refund registration fees but alternate participants may attend.

Late Fees: $25.00 Registrations received after the deadline listed above will be assessed a late fee of $25.00 per person.

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HOTEL INFORMATION

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Mason, OH 45040 513-459-8885 t.

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Rates: $117.00 Single/Double + $7.99 lodge fee + 13% local tax

Deadline for registration at these rates is

Friday, May 15, 2015

Please reserve on-line or call in ASAP with your reservation needs

TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2105 – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 9:00am to 4:30pm (11 contact hours)

Early Head Start School Readiness Summit (SPECIAL SIGN-UP REQUIRED IN ADDITION TO CONFERENCE REGISTRATION) Sarah Semlak, Ph.D., and Donna Britt, Ed.D., Early Head Start National Resource Center at ZERO TO THREE; Leslie Janes, National Center for Quality Teaching and Learning; Guylaine Richard, Ph.D., National Center for Parent, Family and Community Engagement; Delphia Roberts-Brown, STG International This session has been developed in collaboration with the National Centers and TTA Network specifically for Ohio to build on the foundations we’ve established to support quality Early Head Start services. It is rooted in the belief that knowledge of children’s development and the ability to use this information in the day-to-day care of infants and toddlers is key to solid child outcomes, and that Early Head Start and Child Care Partner’s teachers, Family Child Care providers, and Home Visitors need on-going support with their work. Hiring “relationship ready staff” and providing them with appropriate professional development opportunities, that include mentoring/coaching, can build and help maintain quality services. Session Objectives: Participants will:

Review the connection of the five essential domains of child development and developmentally appropriate practice to assessment data used to support individual children’s growth and development, as well as programs’ school readiness goals and expected child outcomes.

Examine the components of responsive caregiving in terms of quality adult-child interaction, individual lesson planning, curriculum development, and data collection.

Identify strategies for hiring, growing, and supporting well-trained infant-toddler staff.

Discuss the significance of family engagement in the design and delivery of quality infant and toddler services across all program options (i.e., center, home and family child care.)

Leadership Academy for Practice Based Coaching Part 2 –Coach Training (SPECIAL SIGN-UP REQUIRED IN ADDITION TO CONFERENCE REGISTRATION) This session is open to individuals from programs that participated in the April Leadership Academy for Practice Based Coaching. Tim Adams and Carla Aronhalt, STG International The goal of Practice-Based Coaching (PBC), the coaching model proposed by NCQTL, is to support teachers’ use of high-quality teaching practices with confidence and competence. Implementation of high-quality teaching practices, in turn, supports children’s progress towards school readiness goals. Successful

2015 June Leadership and Professional Development Conference

SESSION DETAILS Session approved for SUTQ Specialized Training

Session approved for IACET CEUs

implementation of PBC requires planning at the grantee level, systematic implementation, and ongoing evaluation. The Ohio Head Start Association and the STGi Ohio Training & Technical Assistance Team are excited to provide you with an opportunity to learn best practices in implementing coaching in early childhood settings. The Early Childhood Education Specialists will guide grantee teams in planning for implementation and evaluation of PBC in their programs during this 2 day training for Coaches that builds upon the previous Practice-Based Coaching event held in April. Program participation in the April event is a prerequisite requirement for this session. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Identify key components of Practice Based Coaching 2. Describe characteristics of collaborative partnerships 3. Practice creating goals and action plans 4. Conduct focused observation based on action plans 5. Prepare prompts for reflection and feedback

TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2105 9:00am to 4:30pm (5.5 contact hours)

CLASS Refresher: Preparing for Recertification Lourdes Lambert, Consultant Participants will review the CLASS observation tool as a whole with specific emphasis on domains, dimensions, indicators and behavioral markers. Participants will receive specific instruction on note taking/observing classrooms and videos as well as scoring. Participants will receive tips on best practices for CLASS observations and recertification. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Identify key components of the CLASS instrument 2. Practice note taking and coding while watching video clips 3. Describe best practices for CLASS observations and recertification

Planned Language Approach Follow-Up (SPECIAL SIGN-UP REQUIRED IN ADDITION TO CONFERENCE REGISTRATION) This session is open to individuals who participated in the sub-regional Planned Language Approach (PLA) events. Patsy Pierce and Joanne Knapp-Philo, National Center on Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness Staff from the OHS National Center on Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness will provide additional details and answer questions on how to design and implement a Planned Language Approach (PLA). Information will be provided on how to include infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities in a PLA. Specific strategies for assessing and increasing the oral and written language abilities of young children who are dual language learners will also be presented. Finally, success stories from other EHS/HS programs implementing a PLA will be shared, and inclusion of a PLA into a program’s five-year plan will be discussed. Additionally, this follow-up session will provide new information on 2 key parts of PLA and provide new tools for programs to use to continue their PLA implementation across their systems and services. This will include a discussion of questions that have arisen that teams wish more information about and special focus will be spent on new information about The Big 5 and the 5 year grant planning cycle. Participant teams will have the opportunity to complete an assessment of their current PLA activities and will work with a tool designed to enable them to align these effort to their 5-year grant planning process, and their agency’s program, school readiness, and PFCE goals.

Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Apply new materials that share key research based strategies for families and staff to use to promote daily Big Five for EVERY child.

2. Identify ways to include infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities in a Planned Language Approach. 3. Practice specific strategies for assessing and fostering oral and written language development in young children who are

dual language learners. 4. Use planning tool to align current work to Head Start Systems and Services to infuse Planned Language Approach into their

five-year plan.

S + R = O – The Equation for a Successful Culturally Proficient Organization Marla Marsh and Monica Marsh, Woven Traditions The leadership system is called the “R Factor” and centers around the equation Situation + Response (a Culturally Proficient Response) = Outcome [You can’t necessarily control the situation, but you can control your response as a leader, which has a great impact on the outcome.] This interactive session will focus on Adaptive Learning Leadership through a lens of Cultural Proficiency. Adaptive Learning Leadership works in cycles of action and reflection. Participants will gain practice with both of these skills during the session. The session will benefit everyone in their area of work, regardless of their position. By sharing their joint experiences attendees will begin to make sense of complexity. They will build common beliefs about why, what and how to change and explore “what if” scenarios for trying out new forms of doing work. These connected purposeful learnings are all for the unifying benefit of customers, the

organization, and the people they employ. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Articulate the benefit of demonstrating culturally competent attitudes and behaviors in an organizational setting 2. Describe examples of how one’s world view, biases, and assumptions impact relationships with others, including co-

workers, clients, and community stakeholders 3. Identify components of the Cultural Competence Continuum as a personal and organizational evaluation tool 4. Identify strategies for enhancing cultural competence to improve relationships and perform better in the work setting

Organizational Change and Culture Shifts Tim Nolan, PhD and Barbara Haxton, MHRD Potential Changes Coming to Head Start Programs What does our immediate future portend? What are the federal initiatives which be expected for programs to embrace? What are the new ideas coming from DC, and what will programs be looking at in the near future. How should we be planning our future? A Panel of experts providing their perspective followed by facilitated dialogue with conference participants. This second part of the session will focus on the possibility of changes in Head Start models, which in turn will effect ongoing culture within Head Start organizations. What happens to staff and effective functioning when there are culture shifts is inevitable? We will help participants understand how an organization’s culture must be managed and attended when change occurs within the organization. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Identify current Head Start initiatives and the impact of those changes on current working models 2. Describe how organizational culture impacts the workplace 3. Identify strategies for short term planning in Head Start, and strategies to manage organizational culture

TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2105 9:00am to 12:00pm (2.75 contact hours)

Building Positive Relationships with Families Gayle Fowler, Family Works, Program of Marriage Works! Ohio In this interactive session we will explore strategies that authentically engage families and children through a two generation multiple format program. Approaches will be shared that build capacity and relationships and facilitate enhanced engagement for parents, staff and families. Data collection processes, program characteristics, innovative practices, outcomes, and techniques employed to advance parent, child and family communications will be learned. Program recruitment, community building, literacy improvement and meeting diverse family needs will be integrated into this session to address key issues relative to building successful retention and relationships. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Define the two generation format 2. Identify strategies to enhance engagement of parents, staff and families 3. Identify program system strategies to enhance effective communications

Hearing and Vision Screening for Infants and Toddlers – An Overview Jeff Hoffman, ECHO Initiative and Allyson Van Horn, Ohio Department of Health Participants will review all aspects of vision and hearing screening in infants and toddlers, including anatomy and physiology, screening requirements, screening and follow-up protocols, program planning and hands-on training with vision screening equipment. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Identify components of successful screening programs 2. Describe various vision and hearing abnormalities 3. Demonstrate correct use of vision screening equipment

Interviewing, Problem Solving and Crisis Intervention Brian Lowery Sorting through the “CLUES” of family function and dysfunction could put, even the producers of Colombo and CSI into a tizzy. This workshop will present several effective interviewing techniques, and offer suggestions that Head Start staff might suggest to help individuals & families resolve their unique problems. Also, this workshop will examine the dynamics of crisis and offer suggestions for crisis intervention and verbal de-escalation. Session Objectives Participants will: 1. Recognize the efficacy of the caseworker-client relationship as the key in effecting change in the family system 2. Articulate a working knowledge of several specific interviewing techniques, including active listening 3. Model explaining to individuals & families successful problem solving techniques and, how to conduct a “family meeting”.

TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2105 1:30pm to 4:30pm (2.75 contact hours)

Playground Safety – 5 Key Things to Improve Clark Kugler, The Adventurous Child This workshop will focus on Ohio Licensing playground standards and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) guidelines. We will cover: fall surface types versus cost, use zones, head entrapments, protrusion, etc. Concrete suggestions for improvement will be provided during the workshop. Participants will have time to ask specific questions about their space and recommendations will be made on how to best improve these problems. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Identify situations that could lead to falls to surface below, head and neck entrapments, entanglements, safety zone and protrusions.

2. Cite at least (3) examples for both: a) use zone space required for equipment; b) materials to use for falls within the use zones.

3. List 3 reasons why CPSC guidelines should be used to improve your current playground or to design a new playground.

Supervision Strategies – Positive Discipline Brian Lowery One of the most important goals for a Supervisor is maintaining a staff that's fully engaged in the work, satisfied with job duties and responsibilities and, most of all, productive. Employees who fail to meet their job expectations and employer guidelines concerning behavior and workplace interaction are subject to discipline. Traditionally, methods for maintaining discipline have been punitive in nature. The relatively new concept of a non-punitive positive discipline system is winning increasing acceptance among many human service agencies. This session will help the managers understand the philosophy of this approach, and give them the tools to incorporate it into their management practice. Session Objectives Participants will:

• Describe the historical evolution of employee discipline in human service organizations; • Identify the components of the theoretical design of the Positive Discipline approach; and, • Begin a plan to successfully implement the steps of Positive Discipline with a supervisee.

“Babies Love”: Using New Resources in Your Work with Pregnant Women Holli Seabury, The McMillen Center Babies Love is an infant mortality prevention project that offers free resources to professionals working with at-risk pregnant women. Babies Love offers 7 short video clips which can be texted to a client’s phone and accompanying low-literacy print materials. In this workshop we will learn about health literacy, mobile health (using the cell phone to improve health outcomes), and how to use the Babies Love materials in practice. Bring your cell phone – we will be walking through how to use the materials and learning about QR codes. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Describe the Babies Love project and understand how to use the materials in practice. 2. Define health literacy and explain how it impacts your professional practice. 3. Define mobile health and identify mobile health components of Babies Love.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2105 9:00am to 4:30pm (5.5 contact hours)

Healing, Resiliency and Hope for Early Childhood Trauma: From Neurobiology to Interventions Mary U. Vicario, LPCC-S and Carol Hudgins-Mitchell, M.Ed., LSW, NBCCH This training will explore how the quality of early childhood relationships affects all aspects of development, the healing power of empathic connection, and ways to help young children and their caregivers use the healing power of connection to successfully resolve early childhood trauma, develop resiliency to stop the cycle of abuse, and even heal parts of the brain affected by trauma. The healing relational components of different types of sensorimotor and relational interventions will be identified so that participants leave with hands on interventions they can utilize with the children and families they serve. Session Objectives

Participants will:

1. Participants will be able to discuss and train caregivers of young children on relationships as an organizing factor in children’s lives, the impact of relationships on child development, how the quality of relationships affects brain development, and the healing power of empathic connection.

2. Participants will be able to identify the three stages of positive trauma resolution and how to address them with young survivors of early childhood trauma and will be able to identify and develop (directly and with clients’ primary caregivers, teachers and other significant people in their lives) five resilience factors found in people who overcome and do not recreate early childhood trauma.

3. Participants will be able to connect, and help caregivers connect with young survivors of early childhood trauma, in safe, empathic, and mutually enhancing ways that can help them move through developmental stages that may have been lost or distorted due to their past experiences and heal parts of the brain affected by trauma.

Maintaining Balance in CLASS Professional Development -Opportunities Across the Dimensions Lourdes Lambert, Consultant, and Ruth King, STG International It is imperative that we create balance in our professional development to strengthen teaching methods related to all of the Dimensions outlined in the CLASS tool. Data informs us that there are particular dimensions that tend to be the lowest in each Domain. Although we often find ourselves focused on increasing the lowest Domain of Instructional Support we must develop strategies that maintain a balance in our approach. This session will focus on those areas of the CLASS instrument that tend to be lowest in each Domain – Regard for Student Perspectives, Instructional Learning Formats and Concept Development. Through an interactive session, participants will consider the impact of professional development on CLASS scores and consider specific strategies to most effectively balance their approach to CLASS Domains and Dimensions. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Participants will review the three dimensions that typically score the lowest in each domain: Regard for Student Perspectives, Instructional Learning Formats and Concept Development.

2. Participants will be able to plan for a balanced approach for professional development across these three dimensions.

3. Participants will learn techniques to support their teachers in balancing all CLASS dimensions during observations.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2105 9:00am to 12:00pm (2.75 contact hours)

Regional and National Updates Kay Willmoth, Office of Head Start, Region V Program Manager Federal initiatives and updates with a focus on conversion of slots and slot reduction issues.

Talking to Parents About Tough Topics: Advanced Motivational Interviewing Holli Seabury, The McMillen Center Learn how we can more effectively communicate with parents, especially when we are trying to encourage a change in behaviors. Using Motivational Interviewing, we can re-frame our communication with parents and achieve better results. This session will dive deeper into the OARS approach using one-on-one and group exercises and give you the tools to be more successful in helping parents make positive changes. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Describe the different components of the OARS approach used in Motivational Interviewing. 2. Demonstrate how to use the circle chart approach in Motivational Interviewing. 3. Describe how to use the different components of OARS in practice.

Developing Critical Thinking in a Non-thinking World Ann Anzalone Adults tend to live their lives on autopilot, repeating created patterns day in and day out. Participants will learn how to keep the mind in the present moment and to consciously think through attention, memory and balance. Through self-analysis, debate, discussion and analysis, participants will examine their own thinking patterns as well as learn strategies to develop the skills of critical thinking in others. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Identify the patterns of thinking 2. Practice critical thinking skills 3. Identify strategies to apply habits of the mind to live a balanced life

Addressing Instructional Support with IMIL Activities Brandon Williams Many Head Start programs have received training and information on both I am Moving, I am Learning (IMIL) and Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS). This session will provide a “refresher” for your IMIL approach while addressing the dimensions within the Instructional Support domain of the CLASS tool. Participants will leave with new movement and nutrition activities to improve teacher-child interactions and promote higher order thinking. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Review the goals and guidelines of IMIL and participate in new songs, activities, and strategies for refreshing their approach.

2. Identify dimensions and indicators within the Instructional Support Domain of the CLASS tool. 3. Facilitate IMIL activities designed to increase instructional support.

(Session will be repeated in the afternoon)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2105 1:30pm to 4:30pm (2.75 contact hours)

Playful Explorations: Building a Foundation for Development and Learning Keith L. Pentz This session looks specifically at play as a strategy to facilitate and be used as a vehicle for learning any content area (STEM/STEAM - science, technology, engineering, arts, math) in the infant and toddler and preschool classrooms as well as encourages and promotes building a “community of learners.” The session contains lots of information on how to enhance brain and cognitive development, promote social and emotional development, appropriately address goals and objectives, plan with purpose, and teach with intentionality. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Name four steps involved in learning any concept. 2. Describe five curricular considerations for promoting optimal learning. 3. Identify seven school readiness skills.

Communicating with Understanding in Mind Ann Anzalone This session focuses on the importance of building rapport and developing communication skills in the communication process. Understand the power of words in making connections. Discover how movement, nutrition and stress affect one's ability to communicate. Learn three brain discoveries that affect how we communicate with others. Identify three best practices to facilitate effective communication Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Learn communication techniques to develop thinking processes 2. Identify communication styles 3. Identify three lifestyle factors that influence effective communication

Employment, Unemployment and Insurance – A Major Dilemma This session will address employment schedules in Head Start including summer lay-offs and the confusion around unemployment for staff, health insurance coverage and what is and is not acceptable in federal regulations. Facilitated by staff from a Cincinnati law firm, these issues will be addressed through the perspective of employment law as well as the OMB perspective. Presented by staff from a Cincinnati Law Firm Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Identify key components of Ohio Employment law and Ohio unemployment benefits framework 2. Discuss the federal interpretation of employee benefits payments 3. Identify strategies implement potential solutions to these issues within their own work setting

Addressing Instructional Support with IMIL Activities Brandon Williams Many Head Start programs have received training and information on both I am Moving, I am Learning (IMIL) and Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS). This session will provide a “refresher” for your IMIL approach while addressing the dimensions within the Instructional Support domain of the CLASS tool. Participants will leave with new movement and nutrition activities to improve teacher-child interactions and promote higher order thinking. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Review the goals and guidelines of IMIL and participate in new songs, activities, and strategies for refreshing their approach.

2. Identify dimensions and indicators within the Instructional Support Domain of the CLASS tool. 3. Facilitate IMIL activities designed to increase instructional support.

(Repeat of morning session) THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2105 8:30am to 11:00am (2.25 contact hours)

ODJFS and SUTQ Updates Kara Bertke-Wente, ODJFS In recent months there have been major changes in staffing at ODJFS Child Care Division, and major changes in rules and regulations that impact day care licensing and child care reimbursements. These issues impact Head Start. Further, there have been substantial changes in SUTQ rules which also impact our programs. Join this session and learn about the many changes that have occurred, and how they will impact the future of our programs. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Identify the newest changes at ODJFS 2. Examine the newest regulations coming from ODJFS 3. Identify and discuss the changes in SUTQ requirements

Enhancing the Dance of Attunement via Conscious Discipline® Renee Sutherland, Knox County Head Start Development of secure attachment between babies, toddlers and their caregivers is critical to every child's positive social emotional growth. In this interactive training, participants will develop a better understanding of both attachment and attunement and the critical role they play in creating a blueprint for each child's future relationships, and will explore effective strategies for strengthening attachment and attunement with children at home and in the classroom. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Examine three different attachment styles and how they are formed when the infant/toddler experiences distress 2. Evaluate and practice the skill of attuned communication with the goal of improving their personal skill of attunement 3. Identify the four parts of a Brain Smart Start to help caregivers attune with the children in their care.

Panel Discussion – Partnering Effectively with Dentists Facilitated by David Maywhoor, Dental Access Now!, Panelist will include Dr. Ed Sterling (confirmed) and Dr. Homa Amini (invited) Dental care is the number one unmet health care need for children and low-income adults. More than half of Ohio’s children experience dental decay by third grade. Almost 340,000 children in Ohio have never been to the dentist. About 45 percent of adults in Ohio have had one or more permanent teeth removed due to tooth decay or gum disease and nearly 37 percent of Ohio’s poorest seniors have had all their teeth removed. This panel discussion will examine how Head Start programs can partner effectively with Pediatric Dentists and the Pediatric Dentistry community to meet the needs of our state’s most vulnerable children.

Transportation Networking Session Facilitated by Debbie Greene, Clinton County Head Start This session will present the opportunity for informal networking among Transportation Staff. Please feel free to bring forms, policies, and other issues to discuss.

Emergency Preparedness – Are You Ready? Bethanne Linden, OCCRRA Are child care programs ready to respond to natural and other disasters? Where do they begin the planning process? This training reviews the types of disasters, as well as the importance of being prepared. Participants will gain information on utilizing the local emergency management agency and other resources to facilitate the preparedness process. Finally, participants will receive tips to educate parents and families about preparedness. The content will last 90 minutes – participants can use the remainder of the time to network among themselves. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. List 3 types of emergencies 2. Describe the child care provider responsibilities to emergencies 3. Identify local, state and national emergency preparedness resources 4. Describe key elements of a child care focused emergency preparedness plan

Music, Puppets and Books, Oh My!! John and Marcia Schaffer Young children are pre- wired to use all 5 senses for learning. More than just entertainment, Music, Puppets, Props and Books all play important interactive roles in language, learning and literacy development. Participants will learn about and appreciate the links between sensory experience and learning. They will also practice techniques to enhance learning and will leave with ideas to make their child’s learning more effective and FUN!! Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Identify links between Sensory Experience and learning in young children. 2. Practice using Music, Puppets, Props and Books with young children. 3. Identify strategies to support your child’s learning.

Putting it All Together: Program and School Readiness Goals Patricia Bobo and Carla Aronhalt, STG International Is it SMART goals/BROAD objectives or SMART objectives/BROAD goals? This session will explore through interactive activities and discussion how to develop an outcomes focused plan that supports 5-year program goals and school readiness goals. There will be a particular focus on goals, objectives, action planning, and tracking progress. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Understand how management systems support school readiness. 2. Recognize the difference between goals, objectives, and action planning. 3. Learn the steps for integrating program goals and school readiness goals.

Identify data methods for tracking progress.

Funds of Knowledge as a Strength-Based Approach Heather Nusbaum, STG International The funds of knowledge concept is that every household is an educational setting in which the major function is to transmit knowledge from the elders that enhances the survival of its dependents. Participants will explore essential cultural practices and bodies of knowledge used by families, cultural and cognitive resources for concept and skill development, and develop an awareness of how funds of knowledge may contribute to or interfere with children's learning. Session Objectives Participants will:

1. Discuss and explore misconceptions of diverse families

2. Apply concept of funds of knowledge and reflect on program’s practices with diverse families

3. Consider strategies to increase cultural responsiveness and make connections to other resources

Session approved for SUTQ Specialized Training Session approved for IACET CEUs