cac 2014 conference program

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First Annual

Care About Childcare at USU Eastern Conference on

Strengthening Early Childhood Programs

Creating a Place for All Children:Supporting children with autism and challenging behaviors

Funding provided by the Utah Department of Workforce Services, Office of Child Care

Utah State University - Eastern

Jennifer Leavitt Student Center

Price, Utah

September 26 & 27, 2014


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Welcome! We are excited to invite you to attend the first annual Care About Childcare atUSU Eastern Conference on Strengthening Early Childhood Programs. This year theconference is about creating a place for all children - supporting children with autism andchallenging behaviors. We have excellent presenters that will share information that willhelp you in the important work you do. We hope you can attend.

The conference will be held on the USU Eastern Price Campus. It will be at the Jennifer

Leavitt Student Center, which is located at 490 North 300 East, Price, Utah. Feel free tocontact us for driving directions or with any other questions you may have.

Care About Child Care at USU Eastern435-613-5619 or 888-637-4786


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Conference Schedule

Friday, September 26th

6:00 pm 7:00 pm Welcome BBQ7:00 pm 9:00 pm Utah Child Care Licensing Program Training:

Child Care Rules on Discipline & Activities

Saturday, September 27th

9:00 10:00 am Welcome, Help me Grow, Parents Perspective10:05 10:50 am Workshop A and B10:55 11:40 am Workshop A and B repeated11:45 1:00 pm Keynote speakers / Lunch

1:05 2:00 pm Roundtable discussion2:05 3:00 pm Learn and Take3:00 3:30 pm Wrap-up, certificates, silent auction

~ Licensing hours, CEU or Licensure hours for Education will be available.

We will have several gift baskets (valued up to $100) containing items that will help improve thequality of your program. Throughout both days you will be receiving tickets that you can enterinto the silent auction item(s) you hope to win.

Creating a Place for All Children:Supporting children with autism and

challenging behaviors conference

September 26 & 27, 2014

Sponsored by

Care About Child Care at USU Eastern


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Presentation Information

Friday, September 26

BBQ Child Care Licensing Training

BBQ

Have dinner with us! Come and enjoy a BBQ and mingle and enjoy conversation with otherconference attendees.

Joyce Hastings: Child Care Rules on Discipline & Activities

Child Care Licensing rules training

Saturday, September 27

Workshops A B

LeeAnn Parker: Child Behavior Detectives: Finding Clues to Solving Cases in Child Behavior

Difficult behaviors in children can often seem like a mystery. But the truth is children in our caregive us clues about their behaviors. They tell their teachers exactly how they need to be taught.Children are trying to tell adults who they are so they can be recognized and treated in a waythat honors them uniquely. If you are interested in learning some ideas on how to raising happy,healthy, cooperative children, the key lies in understanding and responding to a child's inner

nature. Children's true natures are written in the shape of their faces and expressed daily intheir appearance, body language, tone of voice, and choice of words. Each child's unique laugh,cry, joys, worries, and even tantrums speak volumes about the type of parenting/guidance theyneed. In this workshop, we will learn about ideas from the author of THE CHILD WHISPERER(Carol Tuttle):

- Have a happier, more cooperative child, using less discipline- Foster more confidence and natural success in your child- Recognize the clues from each childs behavior

In this workshop, we will share how to read unsaid clues that children naturally give every day,and show how parenting, teaching, coaching, and mentoring children in your child care settingcan be an even more intuitive, cooperative experience than ever.

Anita Calder & Kris ten Remington: "Making Sense of Autism Spectrum Disorders: PracticalIdeas for Teachers and Childcare Staff"

This presentation will address Autism Spectrum disorders (focusing on those with higherfunctioning ability) and how an ASD diagnosis can impact functioning within the daily routineand curriculum. Signs and symptoms will be discussed as well as practical ideas andtechniques. Additionally, we will specifically address sensory processing and social languagedifficulties; deficits in these areas can significantly impact the behavior of a child.


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Keynote

Robert Cox: No More IEPs (Individualized Education Program): How Using EarlyIntervention Services Can Help Students Prior to Entering SchoolMr. Cox will be speaking about early intervention services and how these services can helpstudents before entering school so that they do not need an IEP.Early intervention applies to children of school age or younger who are discovered to have or tobe at risk of developing a handicapping condition or other special need that may affect theirdevelopment. Early intervention provides services to these children and their families for thepurpose of lessening the effects of the condition. Early intervention may focus on the child aloneor on the child and the family together. Early intervention may begin at any time between birthand school age.

Kim Williams and Beverly Martinez: Comprehensive Autism Planning System (CAPS):Integrating Evidence-Based Practices Throughout the Student's DayMrs. Williams and Mrs. Martinez will discuss how CAPS is designed to provide an overview of achild with ASDs daily schedule and activities. This presentation will share how the CAPS model

answers common questions asked by parents, caregivers, and teachers about finding the rightsupports to fit a childs activities throughout the day in order to help him reach his full potential.

Roundtable Discussion:

A facilitated discussion on questions submitted by conference attendees. Facilitators: JoyceHastings - Child Care Licensing, Peggy Golding Care About Childcare @ USU Eastern, MindyHardy Kindergarten Teacher at Wellington Elementary, Anneliese Clark Parent.

Learn and Take:

Mindy Hardy: Routines! Routines within routines!

Routines! Routines within routines! Environmental and Individual routines! When and how do weuse routines? Did I mention that we are going to go over routines? We will discuss why theyare important, how we can implement them in different times of the day, and why we would want

to use them. You will also walk away with a cool tool to help you implement routine into yourprogram!


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Biographies

Anita Rothwell Calder, Special Education Teacher, Uintah School Distr ic t

Anita has four children and twelve grandchildren. Anita earned her Master inSpeech Pathology at Brigham Young University in 1973. Professionally, she

has been a speech and language pathologist, special education teacher andhearing impaired teacher for 40 years. Most of this time has been spentworking with preschoolers. Anita has been a strong advocate for children withspecial needs within the community. She was instrumental in establishing the

AYSO VIP soccer team, which gives children with special needs theopportunity to play on a team and let their parents experience the joy of

watching and cheering for their child with special needs. Additionally, she envisioned the MissVIP Uintah County beauty pageant to give the young women with special needs in the county anopportunity to share their beauty during the Uintah County Fair.

Jeremy and Anneliese Clark, Parents

Jeremy and Anneliese have been married 12 years and have 3wonderful sons; Theron, Harrison and Findlay. They are 10, 7and 17 months and keep the family very busy. The Clarks areadjusting to living in the Price area since their move in Decemberafter living in Boulder City, Nevada for the previous 13years. Jeremy currently works for Landon's Diesel as a dieselmechanic and Anneliese works at Pinnacle Canyon Academy as

a music teacher.

Robert Cox, MS Ed, Director of Special Education and HumanResources, Carbon School District

Robert Cox graduated from Southern Utah University, then Southern UtahState College, in 1983, and received his Masters Degree in Education and

Administration from the University of Utah in 1995. Mr. Cox began hiseducational career in 1983 as a Special Education Teacher and coach atCarbon High School. Since that time Mr. Cox has been the Assistant Principaland Principal at Carbon High, the Principal of Mont Harmon Jr. High and now

serves as the Director of Special education and Human Resources for the Carbon SchoolDistrict.


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Mindy Hardy, Kindergarten Teacher, Carbon School District

Mindy is a wife and mother of two wonderfully busy children. She taught atHead Start for 7 years before deciding to stay at home with her children. Whileshe was home with them, she completed her masters degree in Family andHuman Development from Utah State University. Mindy worked as a trainer forCare About Childcare and has trained with them for 6 years. She also wrote

curriculum and was the Training Coordinator/Program Coach Coordinator/CDAConsultant for three years. She truly loved this position and all the people she

worked with. However, she missed working directly with the children. She recently left CareAbout Childcare to take a position as a kindergarten teacher at Wellington Elementary. She is,however, getting the best of both worlds because she is going to continue working as a trainerfor Care About Childcare!

Joyce Hasting, Training Specialist, Utah Child Care Licensing Program

Joyce Hasting is currently employed as a Training Specialist for Utah ChildCare Licensing Program. Joyce has worked for Licensing since 2006. In hertime with the program she has worked as a Training Specialist, LicensingSpecialist and as a Playground Specialist. Joyce is a certified playgroundinspector with national credentials. She received her education at RicksCollege and BYU majoring in early childhood education. Before her job withthe state, Joyce owned and operated a child care center in Utah County for 13

years. She also taught at Care About Child Care for 5 years. She has 3 boys, 3 daughter-in-laws, 5 grandchildren and a supportive husband. Joyce is a strong advocate for children andhas served on several advisory and community committees to improve care for young children.

Help Me Grow

Help Me Grow was started by Dr. Paul Dworkin, Physician-in-Chief atConnecticut Children's Medical Center. As a pediatrician, he repeatedlyconfronted the question of where to send at-risk children for help. Help MeGrow Utah is a free, evidence-based information line, bridging the gap toconnect families to local community resources and answer tough parentingquestions families dont know what to do about. Help Me Grow also

administers the Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) for families who cant access it anywhereelse. For more information, please contact Robin, Barbara or Rebekah at 801-691-5322.


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Barbara Leavitt, Early Childhood Initiatives Director, Help Me Grow

Barbara graduated with a degree in Business Management in 1981. Shespent over 23 years within the business world. Over 20 years were spentco-running a small business which allowed her the opportunity to becomevery involved on the community level. Her involvement included multiplecommunity councils, parent training and school level involvement focusing

energies to support parents. As a mother of four wonderful daughters shehas come to realize the great influence a community can have on parents in

increasing their perspective and skill level.When a life transition brought the opportunity to reeducate she chose the public sector. Shereceived a Masters of Public Administration in 2008. For the last seven years she has workedwithin the non-profit world directing a home visitation program manned with volunteers,implementing the Help Me Grow system in Utah and working within the early childhood area tobuild a regional and state system that supports parents.Her unique skill sets of a business owner, community organizer and public administrator haveproven to be instrumental in building collaborative teams to meet the needs of an ever-changinggeneration of new parents.

Beverly Martinez, Carbon School District AutismTeam

Beverly works as the preschool coordinator for Carbon School District andserves a variety of children, including those with autism. Beverly holds aMasters Degree from Utah State University and is also a graduate of UtahsCoaching Network for autism teams. She has assisted Kim in providingsupports to both teachers and students, as well as assistance presenting avariety of trainings both locally and statewide.

LeeAnn Parker, Educator, San Juan School District , ProgramConsultant/Instructor, Care About Childcare ar USU Eastern

Over the past 25 years, LeeAnn has been an elementary school teacher, afamily daycare provider, and preschool teacher. She received her bachelorsdegree from Brigham Young University, Early Childhood Education licensefrom Utah State University, and is currently working on a masters degree atUSU. She is a kindergarten teacher in San Juan School District and aprogram consultant/instructor for Care About Childcare-Eastern Region. HerTLC Learning Center provides individualized tutoring and emotional wellness

modules for young children. She and her husband, Steve, have five daughters, ranging in agesfrom 11-23. In her spare time, she loves gardening, running, and learning how to incorporatecorrugated metal in home exteriors.


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Kristen Calder Remington, MOT, OTR/L, Occupational Therapist, UintahSchool District

Kristen has three children, including a set of twins (a boy and a girl) and a son.Her older son has an ASD diagnosis and sensory processing concerns. Kristenearned her Masters of Occupational Therapy at the University of Utah in 2004.Professionally, she has worked for ten years as a pediatric occupationaltherapist specializing with kids who have sensory processing problems and/or

Autism. Kristen is also a certified autism specialist. Additionally, she is amember of the Uintah School District Autism team which is dedicated to assisting kids with

Autism (and sensory issues). She also a committee member serving in two local VIP programsfor kids with special needs: the AYSO VIP soccer program and the Miss VIP Uintah Countypageant.

Kim Williams, team leader, Carbon School Distr ict Autism Team.

Kim and her team provide supports to students with autism spectrum disorders(preschool 12thgrade) throughout Carbon School District. Additionally they

provide training and support to classroom teachers who are working withchildren with autism. Kim holds a Bachelors Degree from the University ofUtah. She is a graduate of Utahs Coaching Network, which is a 2 year trainingprogram for autism teams. Although it was a 2 year program Kim and her

partner Beverley Martinez returned for another 2 years to keep up on the most recent researchof interventions for Autism. Kim has many hours of post-graduate education and training in thearea of autism. Kim has worked as a classroom special education teacher at Carbon High, andthe Lighthouse Alternative High School. She has a great deal of experience working directlywith children with autism. In addition to providing training for local teachers, Kim has been apresenter at various statewide conferences on the subject of autism.


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Everyone benefits from quality child care parents, providers, and most importantly, children.Care About Childcare (CAC) is an exciting new online program that the Utah Office of ChildCare created in partnership with parents, child care providers, and many other early childhoodstakeholders. More than a website, this system helps child care providers showcase the qualityin their programs, and gives parents information that will allow them to make good choices fortheir families. The program does this by matching a familys specific needs to a child careproviders specific strengths. The website also provides links to child care and childdevelopment resources.

Care About Childcare offers caregivers an opportunity to display indicators of quality theyprovide the children entrusted to their care. The CAC Quality Indicator program is only availableto Licensed Centers that offer full-time care and Licensed Family. In order to be eligible toparticipate, Centers and Family Providers must be licensed for 6 months or longer and be ingood standing withUtahs Child Care Licensing Program.

The Care About Childcare Quality Indicator program is 100% voluntary. Providers that meeteligibility requirements can choose from up to 20 different criteria listed under 6 different QualityIndicators to display on their individual profile page. All of the Quality Indicator Criteria havebeen derived from research based standards on quality child care. All of the criteria are aboveand beyond Utahs Child Care Licensing Program requirements.

The Quality Indicator Criteria are verified through inventories, documents and pictures submittedby the child care provider to theChild Care Professional Development Institute or toCare AboutChildcare agencies located Statewide.

There are approximately 100 different criteria that providers can choose from depending upontheir care type. Providers are not expected to apply for all of the criteria available. Not all criteriaare applicable to all programs. There are many right ways to offer quality child care. Providersare encouraged to apply for the CAC quality criteria that are the right fit for their program andthe families that they serve.
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