**CANCELLED** Creating Connections Classroom Management for Beginners
2022-10-21 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
Creating Connections Classroom Management for Beginners
Microsoft Teams from 2:00-3:00pm
Facilitated by Stephenie Kearney and David Neubauer
This training is geared towards staff who have never attended a Creating Connections training regarding Classroom Management strategies, or staff who want to revisit. We will be covering five strategies, with some time spent in break out rooms for practice. Participants would benefit from having a Creating Connections for Teachers binder to view, and also scratch paper and a pen or pencil. EHS staff are encouraged to attend, though staff may need to make modifications and individualize according the needs of their families and developmental stages of their children. Limit 30; register in advance.

Math for Toddlers and Young 3s
2022-10-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Grand Room 7, 21 N Grand St, Eugene, OR, United States
Math for Toddlers and Young 3s
Whiteaker Room 7 from 2:00-4:00pm
Facilitated by Jen Cooper & Alexus Tyquiengco
Developing early math skills. Appropriate for Home Visitors, EHS teaching staff and preschool teaching staff of young 3-year-olds. Limit 30; register in advance.

Compassion Fatigue
2022-10-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Grand Cafeteria, 21 N Grand St, Eugene, Oregon, United States
Compassion Fatigue
Whiteaker Cafeteria from 2:00-4:00pm
Facilitated by Erin Kinavey Wennerstrom & Anders Wennerstrom
Compassion fatigue can be described as the personal suffering linked to an intense sharing of another’s traumatic experiences in a work environment with high demands. To stay healthy and productive in such an environment requires both self-care and individual skill building. In this workshop we’ll explore the concept of compassion fatigue and experience and practice self-awareness and -regulation techniques.

Establishing Boundaries as a Parenting Educator
2022-10-25 10:00 - 11:30 | Webinar
Establishing Boundaries as a Parenting Educator
Dr. Aoife Magee, Trainer for Parenting Now
Oct 25, 2022 10:00am-11:30am (Virtual)
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Establishing boundaries in the work of parent education is essential. This workshop explains the importance of this and provides practical strategies for creating healthy boundaries while honoring the needs of others.

Screening Bilingual Language Development for English–Spanish Speaking Preschoolers
2022-10-26 11:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
Screening Bilingual Language Development for English–Spanish Speaking Preschoolers
Language is an important developmental gateway for all young children, especially dual language learners. In this webinar, language experts Aquiles Iglesias, Ph.D., Jill de Villiers, Ph.D., and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D., will highlight the importance of monitoring the language skills of English–Spanish bilingual preschoolers and providing needed supports early. They’ll share best practices for screening bilingual preschoolers, including what to measure, when to screen, and how to screen. Available screening tools will be discussed, including the new Quick Interactive Language Screener: English–Spanish (QUILS: ES).
Join this free webinar to:

Review why language skills are so important for school success
Understand how language development differs for English-Spanish bilingual speakers
Understand best practices for screening the language development of bilingual preschoolers
Explore tool options for screening English-Spanish bilingual preschoolers

All sessions are 1.5 hours long and include a brief announcement from our sponsor.

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Celebrating Indigenous Family and Cultural Strengths & Promoting Health Equity
2022-10-26 12:00 | Webinar
Celebrating Indigenous Family and Cultural Strengths & Promoting Health Equity
Wednesday, October 26, 2022, at 12 PM PT
American Indian and First Nations (hereafter Indigenous) communities are home to countless cultural, community, and family strengths. Yet, in the face of colonization and resulting health inequities, these strengths are often missed, uncelebrated, and/or misunderstood in health research. Innovation in the ways we engage with, celebrate, and assess Indigenous sources of strength is a critical step forward for equity-driven research. This presentation will share examples of Indigenous family strengths in the forms of benevolent childhood experiences, positive cultural identity, and other socio-cultural factors. Research from ongoing tribally-based participatory research studies reveal how these strengths are associated with positive health outcomes and thus represent important protective factors for promoting Indigenous wellbeing in holistic ways.
Melissa Walls, Ph.D., is an Anishinaabe social scientist working in collaboration with Indigenous communities in the United States and Canada on health equity research and culturally relevant public health programming. Dr. Walls an Associate Professor of American Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Director of the Great Lakes Hub of the Johns Hopkins University Center for American Indian Health.
Dr. Walls serves as the principal investigator with a longstanding research team that includes Anishinaabe community members and academic researchers working together to understand and address the social, historical, and contemporary determinants of unequal health outcomes.

Guiding Teachers to Use Technology with Young Children
2022-10-27 11:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
Guiding Teachers to Use Technology with Young Children
In this lively yet practical webinar, early childhood technology experts Brian Puerling and Gail Lovely will present insights and ideas for administrators to help teachers implement meaningful uses of technology with young learners. Knowing that early childhood educators often face resistance, hurdles, and challenges when it comes to using technology with children, this tour will also review and help you address potential roadblocks so you can find alternative routes to strategies using technology. You will come away from the session with insights that will help you support teachers in meaningful implementation of the many technology resources available for young children.
Join us to:

Envision technology approaches, specific tools, and a range of methodologies, which encourage powerful and meaningful uses of technologies in various contexts.
Learn to articulate (to teachers, parents, and others) reasons to use developmentally appropriate technology as a tool for teaching and learning with young learners.
Begin problem solving to navigate and obstacles to try new strategies in their programs.

You will leave the webinar with the beginning of a drafted plan to, considering their obstacles and outcomes.
All sessions are 1.5 hours long and include a brief announcement from our sponsor.

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The 12 Habits of Resilient Educators
2022-10-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar
The 12 Habits of Resilient Educators
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Unless you’ve worked in a school system or had your own classroom, it’s hard to describe what any one day can look or feel like. Each day is a million little decisions along with frequent stimulus and response, and educators can feel alone, exhausted, and ready to throw in the towel.
What are some of the attitudes and behaviors of resilient educators who successfully manage the unique stressors of this profession? Are there certain habits or practices that we can use to cultivate resilience? Within each of the 7 Mindsets, there are specific thought structures that we can focus on to develop and nurture resilience. Using research from 7 Mindsets as well as other contributors, this edWebinar will help to strengthen the reserves of educators who may be struggling with bouncing back, who may want to deepen their understanding of themselves and how they choose to respond to things, and who understand the importance of thriving, not just surviving, as educators.
This edWebinar will be of interest to PreK-12 teachers, school and district leaders, librarians, school counselors, and education technology leaders. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.

New Teacher Training
2022-10-27 16:00 - 18:00 | Grand Cafeteria, 21 N Grand St, Eugene, Oregon, United States
This New Teacher training session will cover Poverty Informed Services (Part 1 of 2). This is required for new teachers. Any staff member that has not completed the Poverty Informed Services series is highly encouraged to attend! Facilitated by Karla Snell and the Poverty Informed Services team.
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Food Insecurity and Health: Strategies to Address Community Needs
2022-11-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar
Food Insecurity and Health: Strategies to Address Community Needs
November 1st, 12:00-1:00pm
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More than 34 million people in the United States are food insecure, including 12 million children. Some groups facing disproportionately high rates of food insecurity include children, seniors, Black, Indigenous, and Native American/American Indian communities. Food insecurity has various causes which have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as poverty and unemployment, lack of affordable housing, chronic health conditions, and racial discrimination.
This webinar will explore the impact of food insecurity on health and factors reducing access to healthy and affordable food. Experts will discuss solutions such as community-based food system partnerships targeting vulnerable populations. Speakers will address:

The importance of access to nutritious food to health and how food insecurity disproportionately impacts some communities across the nation.

Addressing the social determinants of health through partnerships with health care and community partners.

A health plan’s perspective on ensuring equitable food access, including a $22 million investment to support the Food As Medicine program in the US.

Nature as Your Teaching Partner: A Guide to Outdoor Experiences in Early Childhood
2022-11-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Webinar
Nature as Your Teaching Partner: A Guide to Outdoor Experiences in Early Childhood
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This edWebinar takes a detailed, year-round look at practical and engaging outdoor experiences for children ages 3-6. Special attention is given to easy-to-obtain materials, seasonal activities that could be taught in a range of environments, and meeting the developmental needs of children—using nature as a teaching partner. The learning objectives of the session include:

Develop an appreciation for the richness and depth of engagement and discovery that children experience in nature. This edWebinar seeks to inspire anyone with access to nature—no matter how limited that access may be—to consider the social, emotional, and cognitive benefits that result when children are granted the opportunity to learn and explore in the natural world.
Overcome hesitation to the challenges associated with teaching outside. We will touch on weather, risks, hazards, clothing, even bathroom needs, as we discuss what is necessary to be successful when taking children outdoors.
Depart with hands-on, pragmatic, easy-to-replicate activities for every season. We have carefully chosen to highlight outdoor experiences that are low budget and can be easily adapted for different climates and teaching spaces.

This edWebinar will be of interest to PreK-3 teachers. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.

Building Bridges Between Families and Programs
2022-11-02 11:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
Building Bridges Between Families and Programs
As early childhood educators and caregivers, you are the first point of contact for parents for all things related to their children. From “good morning” to circle time, snack time to nap time, potty training to lunch, curriculum to playground time – you are the captain of their child’s ship during school hours, and the one helping to steer their child’s journey, not only their learning journey, but their social and emotional journey as well. This is a journey that comes with significant needs, requiring the necessary navigation of myriad expectations. Parents need you, but you also need them. Only together can you build the essential bridge that must exist between home and school to guide children on the best path forward.
In this important and timely webinar, Dr. Donna Housman will help us to:

Learn how to form trusting and positive partnerships with families right from the start to build strong partnerships..
Discover how children develop emotional awareness and understanding through responsive relationships
Explore the importance of a common understanding and approach from children’s key socializers
Explore the best strategies for key consistent communication, common language, and active listening
Begin to make a common plan, involve parents in each day, and set boundaries
Understand how to provide reassurance with empathy and meet parents where they’re at.

Dr. Housman will be joined by early childhood educator Emily Stone for an important conversation on the role the essential home-school bridge plays in the classroom and at home.
All sessions are 1.5 hours long and include a brief announcement from our sponsor.

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Building Relationships with Preschoolers
2022-11-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar
Building Relationships with Preschoolers
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Healthy social and emotional development in the preschool years is foundational to healthy development in all other areas. Research shows that fostering positive relationships is key to that healthy development! Join us as we discuss the importance of social and emotional development for preschoolers. Learn ways teachers and family child care providers can use the Positive Behavior Supports Framework to build relationships with the children in their care.
This webinar is offered with English and Spanish captioning.

This is HSOLC: Beyond Onboarding
2022-11-03 16:00 - 17:00 | Grand Room 7, 21 N Grand St, Eugene, OR, United States
Session 2. This training series is for all staff new to HSOLC. Facilitated by Mary Margaret Reynolds.

Trauma: The What, Why and How We Can Respond
2022-11-04 10:00 - 15:00 | Webinar
Trauma: The What, Why and How We Can Respond
Date: November 4, 2022
Time: 10am – 3pm
Lunch break 12pm to 1pm
In this introduction to trauma, we will discuss various types of trauma and its effect on the brain, body, and health. We will explore trauma as it relates to behavior and learn how to identify ways to reduce episodes of re-traumatization of survivors. FLYER for more Information
Topics Include:
Types of Trauma ♦ Affects on Health & Behaviors ♦ Survivor Activation Re-traumatization ♦ Trauma Informed Practices
Location: Online
Zoom link is sent after registration
Cost: FREE, made possible by a generous grant from Lane County.
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If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Sara at sara@ofsn.net | (503) 979.5428

Exploring Grant Writing for Early Learning Professionals: Writing to Get Things Done
2022-11-05 08:30 - 12:30 | Zoom
Exploring Grant Writing for Early Learning Professionals: Writing to Get Things Done
with Dr. Edwin Battistella
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Hosted via Zoom November 5th & 12th, 8:30 to 12:30 – both Saturdays required
Set Two Training Program Management (PM)
FREE TO ATTEND!
Participants will engage in a hands-on exploration of grant research, writing and evaluation. The workshop will use sample proposal forms and proposals to introduce the elements of grants and the evaluation process used by funders. Students will explore how to find relevant grants and how to develop successful proposals that match funders’ priorities. They will develop an individual project proposal, learn how to research the organizational background, how to document need and how to establish an evaluation plan and timeline. Participants will leave ready to write grants and excited about the possibilities of developing funding.
Optional SOU academic credit available. Earn one credit of ED 207/399 – $60 tuition.
Contact Kayla Rapet at rapetk1@sou.edu for more information!

Wellness and Community Health Through the Lens of Trauma Awareness and Resilience
2022-11-08 10:00 - 11:30 | Webinar
Wellness and Community Health Through the Lens of Trauma Awareness and Resilience
with Lisa Collins, Ed.D, Education Through Engagement, LLC

Nov 8, 2022 10:00am-11:30am (Virtual)

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Wellness and Community Health Through the Lens of Trauma Awareness and Resilience
The last few years have been challenging, and city, state, and national mandates have minimized times of togetherness and support. How can communities continue to have connectedness and practice wellbeing for everyone? Dr. Collins will share tools of wellness that community members can use to provide care for themselves and the families they serve. She will share practical and accessible ways to support parents and children and offer wellness tools for care professionals while addressing the need to be mindful of trauma impacting our communities. Dr. Collins believes that centering wellness and self-care is the foundation of community health. Spanish interpretation is available during the live event.

CPR Skills Check Day
2022-11-09 | Grand Street, 21 N Grand St, Eugene, OR, United States
Do you need to do your CPR Skills Check? Choose the session best for your schedule. AM Session is 8:30-9:00; PM Session is 3:00-3:30. Face coverings will be required during skills checks – a box of disposable masks will be available and offered to staff who forget.

Multilingual Classrooms: Supporting Young Dual Language Learners’ English Language Development
2022-11-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
Multilingual Classrooms: Supporting Young Dual Language Learners’ English Language Development

Wed, Nov 9, 2022 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Learning a second language is cognitively and socially demanding. Therefore, educators must be intentional in using techniques that support children’s second language development while promoting their language skills. This webinar will provide you with helpful strategies in both areas. The presenter will share ideas from her book Dual Language Learners: Strategies for Teaching English (Birth to Grade 3), including practical tips and valuable tools that you can use as you continue your work with young children and their families.

Objectives:
– Understand that learning a second language is a demanding cognitive and social task, a crucial step toward meeting children’s language needs.
– Explore techniques for essentials like environment, curriculum, teaching, and home-school connection to support English or other second language learning to achieve positive language development outcomes.

Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2006956591048295696

Leveraging Sources of Resilience to Support Mental Health
2022-11-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
Leveraging Sources of Resilience to Support Mental Health
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Resilience — the ability to adapt to difficult situations — helps people cope and reach out for support when faced with mental health concerns. This webinar focuses on the importance of finding, understanding, and elevating sources of resilience in racially- and ethnically-diverse and under-resourced communities. Learn how to find local support systems that promote resilience so you can connect Head Start children, families, and staff with community resources that strengthen their mental health.
This webinar is offered with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish.

The Possibilities of Professional Friendships as Communities of Support for Early Childhood Educators
2022-11-09 11:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
The Possibilities of Professional Friendships as Communities of Support for Early Childhood Educators
Early childhood educators’ professional growth journeys are sometimes isolating. Because working with young children is as much of an art as it is a science, teachers often find themselves working through trial and error with less-than-optimal amounts of opportunities for professional interaction. This paradigm-shifting webinar, by master pedagogist Diane Kashin, EdD, RECE, will provide the background and provocation to help you think through how to reimagine Communities of Practice so professional growth opportunities become inclusive and responsive Communities of Support.
Dr. Kashin will introduce the concept, practice, and protocols of Communities of Practice (CoP). The benefits will be discussed, and examples of potential CoPs shared. Then in contrast, the you will be introduced to a new form of professional learning for early childhood educators, Circles of Support (CoS) which is based on the theories of critical friendship. You will explore the research on critical friendships also referred to as professional friendships. Examining the concept will support early childhood educators to think deeply about practice. Every educator deserves a critical friend, a trusted person who “will ask provocative questions and offer helpful critiques” (Costa & Kallick, 1993). What would be the impact of supportive professional friendship on practice? Participants should come ready to consider the possibilities and think about supporting and growing peer friendships.
Join Dr. Kashin to:

Learn about the theory and practice of communities of practice and critical friendship.
Learn about the possibilities of critical friendships.
Learn about the possibilities of communities of practice that support voice and empowerment.

All sessions are 1.5 hours long and include a brief announcement from our sponsor.

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Coaching to Support Social and Emotional Skills
2022-11-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar
Coaching to Support Social and Emotional Skills
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Building and nurturing positive relationships and interactions with young children and families is an essential part of promoting positive behavior. Young children learn and grow when they are in caring and responsive relationships with the adults in their lives. Watch as we explore strategies and resources coaches can use to support coachees on nurturing positive interactions. Apply coaching skills through a guided activity based on effective relationships practices.
This webinar is offered with English and Spanish captioning.

Trauma-Informed Leadership: Improving Workplace Culture Through Connection and Empathy
2022-11-10 10:00 - 11:30 | Webinar
OPEC Training Academy Workshop
Trauma-Informed Leadership: Improving Workplace Culture Through Connection and Empathy
Nov 10, 2022 10:00am-11:30am (Virtual)
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Trauma and toxic stress are prevalent in our world, impacting many of the people we interact with, including staff and colleagues. By exploring and understanding these impacts, we are better able to lead from a framework of compassion and empathy. Throughout this interactive workshop, we’ll discuss how to lead with a trauma-informed approach, increasing psychological safety and creating greater resilience for your organization.
Facilitated by Amanda Hill, Director of Training, Parenting Now. Amanda Hill is the Director of Training for Parenting Now, as well as a professor of Child Development. She has worked within the field of early childhood education, child development, and parenting education for the past 15 years. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Child and Adolescent Development and a Master of Education in Teaching and Learning, with emphasis in Early Childhood Education. In 2019, Amanda published her first book, Growing Pains: A Parent’s Guide to Child Development.

NEW! Inside, Outside and Beyond the Classroom Walls: Your Program’s Best Winter Ever
2022-11-10 11:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
NEW! Inside, Outside and Beyond the Classroom Walls: Your Program’s Best Winter Ever
Early educators around the world are increasingly embracing nature in our practice, but many find that venturing outside in winter can be a real challenge. For many teachers, the biggest barriers are planning for the right resources and their mindsets about being outside in all types of weather. In this refreshing webinar, International nature Pedagogista, Dr. Claire Warden will provide advice and tips that will help you to overcome these barriers and ensure that at the end of the winter months, both educators and children will declare: That was the best winter ever!
Join this webinar to learn:

How to plan for adequate resources to match the harshest winter conditions
How to boost the confidence of reluctant educators and create a positive mindset for outdoor education
How to incorporate children’s families in winter activities
How to clearly outline the benefits of outdoor winter education to reluctant families

All sessions are 1.5 hours long and include a brief announcement from our sponsor.

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New Teacher Training
2022-11-10 16:00 - 18:00 | Grand Street, 21 N Grand St, Eugene, OR, United States
This New Teacher training session will cover Poverty Informed Services (Part 2 of 2). This is required for new teachers. Any staff member that has not completed this portion of the Poverty Informed Services series is highly encouraged to attend! Facilitated by Karla Snell and the Poverty Informed Services team.
This training is live at the Whiteaker Cafeteria and available on Teams (Click here to join the meeting)

Building Belonging as an Early Learning Leader
2022-11-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar
Building Belonging as an Early Learning Leader
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A child’s sense of belonging is built through responsive relationships and supportive environments. Leading with equity and inclusion means asking the questions: Are the environments designed to promote the engagement of all learners? Do we build and nurture adult-child relationships equitably? If not, how might this contribute to child behaviors that challenge adults? Join us as we examine building a child’s sense of belonging as an initial step to addressing challenging behaviors.
This webinar is offered with English and Spanish captioning.

Trauma and Resilience Informed Care Foundations
2022-11-15 13:30 - 15:00 | Webinar
Trauma and Resilience Informed Care Foundations
This training will provide participants an introduction to trauma and its impact on human development across areas of functioning, as well as the core principles of trauma and resilience informed care. Participants will practice strategies to enhance their capacity for trauma and resilience informed care in themselves and their organizations. Participants will also learn strategies to promote resilience, reduce stress, and prioritize wellbeing for themselves and others.
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Tuesday, November 15, 2022 from 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Thursday, December 8, 2022 from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Creating Clear and Effective Policies and Procedures for Early Childhood Programs
2022-11-16 11:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
Creating Clear and Effective Policies and Procedures for Early Childhood Programs
The past few years have taught us that we need to learn how to pivot when faced with challenges. No profession knows this better than early childhood. Early childhood professionals have pivoted to change how they do business including marketing, recruiting, and in some cases teaching. Due to the frequent changes that our profession has faced, it is important to not forget about policies and procedures. Now more than ever it is important to write policies and procedures that are relevant and current.
In this practical webinar, Dr. Jolene Andriaschko, CEO of Strategic Education Consulting Solutions, LLC, will discuss how to write basic policies and procedures and will spotlight policies and procedures related to tuition, cultural competence, and health. She will share examples of policies and procedures and explain how best inform families and staff of changes to policies and procedures.
In this session, you will:

Learn how to write effective policies and procedures.
Leave the session with understanding of fundamental topics that all early childhood program and policies should address for staff and families.
Prepare to create policies and procedures that best fit your center.
Leave knowing how to create stronger polices for tuition, cultural competence, and health.

All sessions are 1.5 hours long and include a brief announcement from our sponsor.

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Building Healthy Habits with Sesame Street in Communities
2022-11-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
Building Healthy Habits with Sesame Street in Communities
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Routines are key to keeping healthy! Everyday routines are building blocks for learning healthy habits and reaching developmental milestones. Brushing teeth, washing hands, eating well, and exercising every day help everyone grow and thrive. Preventive visits, such as well-child and dentist checkups, give families the support, information, and care they need to help children stay well. This webinar highlights how Head Start staff can support children and families in developing healthy habits using resources from Sesame in Communities.
This webinar is offered with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish.

This is HSOLC: Beyond Onboarding* POSTPONED
2022-11-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Grand Room 7, 21 N Grand St, Eugene, OR, United States
Beyond Onboarding will not meet this afternoon, November 17. It will resume on December 1.
Session 3: Family Engagement
Head Start views the child as inseparable from their home environments. As such, improved financial and emotional conditions in the home and with the parents will result in better outcomes for the child. Head Start works with parents through the family partnership process in which the family sets goals in partnership with HSOLC.
This training series is for all staff new to HSOLC. Facilitated by Mary Margaret Reynolds.
