Overview

This session will explore Louisiana's efforts to cultivate state champions for infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) through the Tulane Early Childhood Policy Leadership Institute. Presenters will discuss program design (curriculum, cohort recruitment/retention, leadership development), findings from participant impact interviews, lessons learned over 6 years, and strategies for participants to develop leaders in their communities.

Faculty & P-5 Competency Domains

Faculty: Charles Zeanah, MD, Tulane University; Julianna Finelli, MD, Tulane University; Lindsay Usry, MPH, ZERO TO THREE; Sarah Hinshaw, PhD, LCSW, Tulane University

P-5 Competency Domains:

• P-5 (6) Leadership to Meet Family Needs and Improve Services and Systems
• P-5 (8) Service Planning, Coordination, and Collaboration

Presenters have affirmed that they do not have proprietary interest in products, instruments, devices, services or materials discussed in this event, and have confirmed that they have not been compensated in relation to this presentation.

Overview

The session will provide an overview of the State of Babies Yearbook: 2020, outlining what’s new in 2020; including additional well-being and policy indicators and an expanded focus on equity. Participants will learn how to use the Advocacy Toolkit as key voices in ZERO TO THREE's Think Babies Campaign.

Faculty & P-5 Competency Domains

Faculty: Amanda Perez, MSW, ZERO TO THREE; Elizabeth DiLauro, MA, ZERO TO THREE; Kim Keating, MEd, ZERO TO THREE; Patricia Cole, MA, ZERO TO THREE

P-5 Competency Domains:

• P-5 (6) Leadership to Meet Family Needs and Improve Services and Systems
• P-5 (5) Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness

Presenters have affirmed that they do not have proprietary interest in products, instruments, devices, services or materials discussed in this event, and have confirmed that they have not been compensated in relation to this presentation.

Overview

Everyone has a role in advocating for effective policies and adequately resourced services to ensure babies and their families have what they need to thrive. Campaign leads from three states will share successful state-based advocacy strategies and tools utilized that can be readily adapted to advance a multi-issue infant-toddler agenda.

Faculty & P-5 Competency Domains

Faculty: Diane Dellanno, LCSW, Advocates for Children of New Jersey; Leanne Barrett, Rhode Island Kids Count; Mindy Binderman, Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students

P-5 Competency Domains:

• P-5 (6) Leadership to Meet Family Needs and Improve Services and Systems
• P-5 (7) Professional and Ethical Practices

Presenters have affirmed that they do not have proprietary interest in products, instruments, devices, services or materials discussed in this event, and have confirmed that they have not been compensated in relation to this presentation.

Overview

In April 2020, the RAPID-EC team began gathering survey data from U.S. families with young children, assessing child, caregiver, and family well-being and needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn about their findings regarding family hardship, geographically based differences in well-being, and structural inequalities. Gain actionable data to inform your work.

Faculty & P-5 Competency Domains

Faculty: Joan Lombardi, Early Opportunities; Phil Fisher, PhD, RAPID Project, University of Oregon

P-5 Competency Domains:

• P-5 (4) Health and Developmental Protective and Risk Factors
• P-5 (8) Service Planning, Coordination, and Collaboration

Presenters have affirmed that they do not have proprietary interest in products, instruments, devices, services or materials discussed in this event, and have confirmed that they have not been compensated in relation to this presentation.

Baby Talk 5 - 6: Power to the Profession: Now What? 

Overview

In 2017, Power to the Profession was established as a national collaboration to define the early childhood education profession, birth through age 8, across states and settings. Learn about the latest status and steps as this effort transitions toward implementation in our new and changing realities. Hear from Power to the Profession’s broad-based Task Force leaders as they illuminate ways to seize opportunities now to advance changes with, from, and for an effective, diverse, and fairly compensated early childhood education workforce.

Additional information can be found at www.powertotheprofession.org.
 

Faculty & P-5 Competency Domains

Faculty: Matthew Melmed, Chief Executive Officer, ZERO TO THREE; Rhian Evans Allvin, Chief Executive Officer, National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

P-5 Competency Domains: 

• P-5 (7) Professional and Ethical Practices
• P-5 (6) Leadership to Meet Family Needs and Improve Services and Systems

Presenters have affirmed that they do not have proprietary interest in products, instruments, devices, services or materials discussed in this event, and have confirmed that they have not been compensated in relation to this presentation.

Overview

Policymakers have a big impact on babies and families, but decisions being made on Capitol Hill and in state capitols often seem far away. However, early childhood professionals and parents bring key expertise and passion to policy advocacy and have a powerful role to play. This session will feature a panel of advocates—parents and professionals—sharing their journeys to advocacy and the impact of their work. Come learn how you can leverage your knowledge to make a difference for our nation’s babies.

Faculty & P-5 Competency Domains

Faculty: Myra Jones-Taylor, PhD, Chief Policy Officer, ZERO TO THREE, Brenda Jones Harden, PhD, University of Maryland, School of Social Work; Brooke Cisneros, Strolling Thunder mom and early childhood educator, New Mexico; Destiney Prieto, Strolling Thunder mom, Arizona

P-5 Competency Domains:

• P-5 (7) Professional and Ethical Practices
• P-5 (6) Leadership to Meet Family Needs and Improve Services and Systems

Presenters have affirmed that they do not have proprietary interest in products, instruments, devices, services or materials discussed in this event, but have been compensated by ZERO TO THREE for this presentation.

Baby Talk 10: Oh Baby You, You Need A Lawyer! 

Research shows that high-quality legal representation yields improved outcomes for all children involved with the child welfare system. Participants will learn that very young children have legal rights, just as adults, that warrant the protections available through effective legal representation

Speakers: Natalece Washington, J.D., CWLS, National Association of Counsel for Children

Baby Talk 11: What Does It Really Take To Engage The Business Community In Early Childhood Advocacy?

Learn about Bosses for Babies, an initiative that gathers Florida business leaders to take action for early childhood with their time, talent, or treasure. Learn what works and what to avoid when engaging businesses in your advocacy work and take home concrete ideas for your organization.

Speakers: Madeleine K. Thakur, The Children's Movement of Florida

Baby Talk 12: Authentically Integrating Family Voice Into Prenatal-To-3 Policy And Advocacy

Explore learnings from a state and national environmental scan to inform how you can integrate family voice into your prenatal-to-3 programmatic, policy development, and advocacy work. Participants will leave with an evidence-base, key state and national examples of family engagement models, and knowledge of best practices, opportunities, and challenges.

Speakers: Lynanne Gutierrez, Esq.Groundwork Ohio

Natalece Washington, President

Madeleine Thakur, Assistant Director

Lynanne Gutierrez, Senior Director, Publishing and Content Development

Based on the recently released "Guide to Leveraging Opportunities Between Title V and Medicaid for Promoting Social-Emotional Development," every state has the opportunity to advance its potential to improve the financing and delivery of services to better support parents and improve social-emotional development in ways that have lifelong impacts.

David Willis, MD, FAAP, Senior Fellow

Kay Johnson, President

Stephanie Doyle, Senior Policy Research Analyst

Data show there is racial inequity within the infant/toddler workforce. In order to improve pay parity, lack of access to benefits, and working conditions for Women of Color, we must pay close attention to this inequity by identifying gaps and strategies to remove barriers in local, state, and federal early childhood education systems.

April Westermann, Director of Equity & Outreach

The TINS is a standardized assessment that child welfare teams serving infants and young children can use to identify needs and strengths in the child and family. This session will overview the implementation of TINS in Tennessee’s Safe Baby Court program. Didactic presentation, discussion, and case examples will be utilized.

Giovanni Billings, Psychologist

Mindy Kronenberg, Director of Quality Improvement and Community Programs, Vanderbilt Center of Excellence, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Kathy Gracey, Statewide Team Coordinator for Safe Baby Courts

Jennifer Fisher, Juvenile Court Manager/Statewide Judicial Safe Baby Court Coordinator

Stephanie Etheridge, Member

Jamie Joseph,

We will provide the historical context for one state’s efforts to advance infant/early childhood mental health consultation (IECMHC) and advance a statewide model of IECMHC, the evaluation process of this model, and current systemwide and policy efforts to advance IECMHC. We will engage participants with interactive content during the session, including polling and discussion questions.

Amanda Walsh,

Tiffany Burkhardt, Research Fellow

Christine Brambila, Early Childhood Education Consultant and Coach & Early Childhood Clinical Group Leader

Katelyn Kanwischer, Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Coordinator

Julie Spielberger, Director

Based on the recently released "Guide to Leveraging Opportunities Between Title V and Medicaid for Promoting Social-Emotional Development," every state has the opportunity to advance its potential to improve the financing and delivery of services to better support parents and improve social-emotional development in ways that have lifelong impacts.

The presenter will discuss the "State of Babies Yearbook," advocacy tools, and resources to increase policymakers’ awareness of the needs of babies and their families; ways to garner support for child- and family-friendly policies; and how to advance responsive national and state policies. Special focus will be looking beyond national and state averages to discern where babies experiences inequities.

Kim Keating, IDEA Part C CSPD Consultant

Join us to learn about how the new Division for Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exception Children and IDEA Infant Toddler Coordinators Association (ITCA), Joint Position Statement on Service Coordination in Early Intervention, which includes the Knowledge and Skills for Service Coordinators guidance document, can be used to provide a foundation for quality service coordination in your state or program.

Corinne Foley Hill, Professional Development Specialist

Sarah Nichols, Associate Director, Professional Development and Workforce Innovations

Christina Commons, Adjunct Professor

Kristen Greene, Indiana Part C Coordinator/ITCA Board Past President

Melissa Schnurr, VA Early Intervention Professional Development Specialist

Digital advocacy is a powerful way to Be a Big Voice for Little Kids. Join this quick session to hear from ZERO TO THREE’s advocacy team about the impact of digital advocacy and how you can take easy and effective steps online to help policymakers Think Babies!

Justine Davenport, Advocacy Mobilization Specialist

Elizabeth DiLauro, Senior Director, Advocacy

Amanda Perez, Research and Policy Associate

Join a discussion of the 2020 Early Childhood Workforce Index, which describes early childhood employment conditions and policies in every state. Participants will learn about new analyses and policy recommendations, and how to apply tools like the interactive map and state profiles to support advocacy for early educators.

Caitlin McLean, Consultant

Krista Olson, Senior Research Specialist

We are in an exciting moment for infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) policy, with increased advocacy for the solutions our organization has been working toward for decades.  In this plenary session, you will hear voices from across the country, from the families and providers who are doing the hard work, making certain babies and their families have the supports they need to grow up healthy, to the policymakers at the forefront of the effort to craft legislation that can provide increased supports for families and babies.

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Michael Bennet, US Senator for Colorado

Jim Bialick, Director, Government Relations

Lee Johnson III, PhD, Senior Policy Analyst for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Baby Talk 7: The Importance Of Perinatal Support During COVID-19: The Mother-Infant Support Team

The session will describe the importance of providing support to high-risk women during the perinatal period. Providing support during COVID-19 was important and the women appreciated having someone to listen to them. The goal of this program is to improve outcomes and support maternal and infant well-being.

Speakers: Joy D. Osofsky, PhD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Baby Talk 8: Motivational Interviewing To Enhance High-Quality Home Visiting Practices

This presentation focuses on using motivational interviewing (MI) to enhance family-centered practices to increase positive home visitor practices as measured by the Home Visit Rating Scales (HOVRS). MI used collaboratively with the HOVRS contributes to accomplishing family goals while maintaining a strengths-based approach and better engaging families in the process.

Speakers: Mark S. Innocenti, Utah State University; Karin M. Wilson, M.A., Theory to Action, LLC; Lori Roggman, PhD, Utah State University

Baby Talk 9: Reflective Practice In Infant/Toddler Court Programs: An Assessment Of Implementation And Impact Of FAN

Implementing Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) within an Infant/Toddler Court program provides a guiding framework for reflective practice, a guide to team interactions through the ARC of Engagement, and a shared vocabulary on infant and early childhood mental health core concepts. This presentation will look at the implementation and impact of FAN into Tennessee's Infant/Toddler Court Program.

Speakers: Alison D Peak LCSW, IMH-E, Allied Behavioral Health Solutions; Linda Gilkerson, PhD, LSW, Erikson Institute; Leanne Kallemeyn, PhD, Loyola University-Chicago

Joy Osofsky, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry; Professor of Child Welfare and Psychiatry

Mark Innocenti, Research Associate Professor

Karin Wilson, President

Lori Roggman, Professor

Linda Gilkerson, Associate Professor

Alison Peak, Policy Counsel

Leanne Kallemeyn, Therapist and Consultant

Baby Talk 10: Oh Baby You, You Need A Lawyer! 

Research shows that high-quality legal representation yields improved outcomes for all children involved with the child welfare system. Participants will learn that very young children have legal rights, just as adults, that warrant the protections available through effective legal representation

Speakers: Natalece Washington, J.D., CWLS, National Association of Counsel for Children

Baby Talk 11: What Does It Really Take To Engage The Business Community In Early Childhood Advocacy?

Learn about Bosses for Babies, an initiative that gathers Florida business leaders to take action for early childhood with their time, talent, or treasure. Learn what works and what to avoid when engaging businesses in your advocacy work and take home concrete ideas for your organization.

Speakers: Madeleine K. Thakur, The Children's Movement of Florida

Baby Talk 12: Authentically Integrating Family Voice Into Prenatal-To-3 Policy And Advocacy

Explore learnings from a state and national environmental scan to inform how you can integrate family voice into your prenatal-to-3 programmatic, policy development, and advocacy work. Participants will leave with an evidence-base, key state and national examples of family engagement models, and knowledge of best practices, opportunities, and challenges.

Speakers: Lynanne Gutierrez, Esq.Groundwork Ohio