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November & December 2022 eNews

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Inside this Issue


  • 2023 Nurturing Developing Minds Registration is Open! +Early Bird Discount and Agenda
  • A Gift for You: School Readiness Guide
  • What We've Been Up To: Discussing Advocacy with Future SC Leaders, and Attending an Advocacy Conference

2023 Nurturing Developing Minds

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Virtual participants will have access to all keynote and plenary sessions,

as well as one breakout session per time slot, indicated in the agenda as livestreams.

 
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Save $50 on 2-day, in-person attendance through December 25, 2022!


  • In-Person, 2-day rate of $150.00 
  • In-Person, 1-day rate of $100.00 
  • Students qualify for an in-person, 1-day rate of $75, and
  • an in-person, 2-day rate of $125 regardless. You must register with your valid college email address.

 

The Line-up

This agenda is tentative and is subject to change,

attendees will be notified

Thursday, February 23  


Morning Keynote (10-11 am)

Equity in early childhood: An ongoing process for systems-level leaders


Cemeré James, National Black Child Development Institute, and School Readiness consulting

8:30-9:45 am Registration opens. Coffee & networking. 


9:45-10am Welcome remarks & opening (auditorium + live stream) 

  • Jamie Moon 
  • Desmond P. Kelly, MD 


10-11 am Morning Keynote: Equity in early childhood: An ongoing process for systems-level leaders–Cemeré James, National Black Child Development Institute, and School Readiness consulting (auditorium + live stream) 


11-11:15 am Break 

 

11:15 am-12:15 pm Breakout Session 1:  

  1. Meltdowns and Tantrums: Helping Parents Support Emotion Regulation in Toddlers who may have Autism–Sarah Edmunds, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of South Carolina (auditorium + live stream) 
  2. Striving for an Equitable Child Welfare System–Mary C. Garvey, MS, Chief Equity Officer, Institute for Child Success; Sixto Cancel, Founder & CEO, Think of Us
  3. The Early Childhood Workforce Across Disciplines: Program-level opportunities to build sustainable workforces in health, child welfare, and education–Megan Carolan, MPP, Vice President of Policy Research, Institute for Child Success

 

12:15-1:30 pm Lunch: no programming. Attendees pursue lunch on their own. 

 

1:30-2:30 pm Plenary panel: Building Cross-Sector Progress for Prenatal to Age 3: Lessons from communities 

  • Moderator: Bryan Boroughs, JD, MPP, COO & General Counsel, Institute for Child Success
  • Brenda Blasingame, Program Manager, Prtizker Children’s Initiative
  • Mary Jane Eisenhauser, First Things First Porter County (Indiana)
  • Kerrie Schnake, Executive Director of the SC Infant-Mental Health Association (SCIMHA)


2:30-2:45 pm Break


2:45-3:45 pm Breakout Session 2:

  1. Including Family Child Care in Affordable Housing: Policy, Design, and Financing Considerations–Joe Fretwell, Program Officer, Low Income Investment Fund (auditorium + live stream) 
  2. Screen Time and Development: Updates in Research and Impacts to Children and Their Families–Angie Neal, MS CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathology Consultant, South Carolina State Department of Education
  3. Theory of Change: Leveraging what works for equitable service delivery and outcomes–Aimée Drouin Duncan, PhD, Vice President Impact and Practice, Institute for Child Success


3:45-4 pm Break 


4-5 pm Breakout Session 3:

  1. Using the IMPACT MeasuresTool® to Support Developmental Screening in Healthcare–Tyson Barker, PhD, Chief of Science and Innovation, Institute for Child Success (auditorium + live stream) 
  2. Using Family Voice to Improve Practice–Lessons Learned from Implementing Rapid-Cycle, High-Quality Feedback Loops in a Statewide Network of Home Visiting Providers–Chelsea Richard, PhD, MSPH, Director of Research and Strategy, South Carolina First Steps; Lexi Jones, MS, Evaluation Coordinator, South Carolina First Steps
  3. Autism and Child Care: Lessons from 2022 Oklahoma Needs Assessment–Emily Hayes, BS, MOT, OTR/L, Early Childhood Program Coordinator at the Autism Foundation of Oklahoma; Tara Warwick, OTD, MS, OTR/L, Autism Foundation of Oklahoma; Taylor Werthen Knooihuizen, MEd, Program Coordinator, Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness; Adelaide Webb, MA, Director of Research, Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness 

 

5-6:30 pm Poster Session & Networking Reception 

Friday, February 24 


Morning Keynote (10:30-11:30 am)

Early experiences elevate everything: Early brain and child development and the future of society


Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

8:30-9 am Registration opens. Coffee & networking. 


9-10 am LEND Family Panel (auditorium + live stream)–Moderator: Karen Irick, Program Coordinator for Consumer Advisory Council, University of South Carolina Center for Disability Resources; Family Faculty for SC LEND



10-10:15 am Break

 

10:15-10:30 am Welcome remarks & opening (auditorium + live stream) 

  • Jamie Moon 
  • Desmond P. Kelly, MD 


10:30-11:30 am Morning Keynote: Early experiences elevate everything: Early brain and child development and the future of society : (auditorium + live stream) 

- Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

 

11:30 am-12:45 pm Lunch: no programming. Attendees pursue lunch on their own. 

 

12:45-1:45 pm Breakout Session 1: 

  1. Autism, ethics, and public policy development–David Rotholz, Anne Kinsman, Laura Arnstein Carpenter (auditorium + live stream)  
  2. SC’s Two Generation Approach: Creating Community Conditions for Whole Family Flourishing Rachal Hatton-Moore, LMSW, SC Early Childhood Advisory Council, SC First Steps, Two-Generation Coordinator; Doug Taylor, MPH, Director of Operations and Finance, Fact Forward
  3. Built environment, facilities, & health care–Implications for equity–Desmond P. Kelly, MD, Prisma Health–Chief Medical Research Officer, Prisma Health, Associate Dean for Research, University of South Carolina School of Medicine

 

1:45-2 pm Break 

 

2-3 pm Breakout Session 2:

  1. Positive Childhood Experiences–Candace Alley, Founder/CEO, Trauma Resource Network (auditorium + live stream) 
  2. Palmetto Pyramid Police Partnership– Megan Trowbridge
  3. Psychiatric comorbidities

 

3-3:15 pm Break 


3:15-4 pm Breakout Session 3:

  1. Effects of pediatric chronic health conditions on families: Protective factors to restore caregiver work stability–Kate K. Chappell, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, Associate Professor, USC College of Nursing & Co-PD, Childcare Ready for All (CRAwl) & BabyCoach; Dana R. Martin, DNP, RN, CNE, Research Assistant, Childcare Ready for All (CRAwl) & BabyCoach; Victoria Davis, Professor, USC College of Nursing & Co-PD, Childcare Ready for All (CRAwl) & BabyCoach (auditorium + live stream) 
  2. Policy advocacy for providers–Bryan Boroughs, JD, MPP, COO & General Counsel, Institute for Child Success
  3. Pediatric health care from exam room to the community: Innovative approaches to public health challenges–Haley Armstrong, Policy Research Intern, Institute for Child Success; Martha Edwards, MD, Vice President, South Carolina chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics; Catie Buckingham, Medical Legal Partnership Director, Furman University’s Institute for the Advancement of Community Health


4 pm Adjourn

 

A Gift for You: School Readiness Guide

 

The ICS Impact and Practice team led by Aimée Drouin Duncan, VP of Impact and Practice prepared this school readiness resource for you. Be in the know with these guidelines on readiness, measurement, and equity.


Excerpt: To prepare schools for children, is to acknowledge these experiences are culturally and contextually bound for each child, family and community. There is no single definition of kindergarten readiness. However, it often refers to a set of developmental milestones assessing children’s behavior, skills, and attitudes upon kindergarten entry.



 

What We've Been Up To

Boroughs Discusses Advocacy with Future Leaders of SC

by Dee Stegelin, PhD

Senior Fellow, ICS


On November 15, ICS COO & General Counsel Bryan Boroughs presented to the University of South Carolina graduate class, Play Theory and Early Learning Environment, which examines many aspects of play, including advocacy.

 

Bryan spoke to 22 graduate students on issues related to advocacy in early childhood care and education, as well as play. The students are primarily employees of state agencies in South Carolina that serve the needs of young children and their parents: the Department of Social Services, Head Start, First Steps, the Department of Health and Environmental Control, to name a few. Bryan gave several examples of how people at the grassroots level can make a difference in policy.


These examples included professionals who stepped forward to contact a legislator or their staff members about a real-life dilemma they were dealing with. The students left with helpful suggestions about how they might individually connect with decision-makers within their own regions.

Bryan speaking before an event.

Deborah with Mary Lynne Diggs, Director of the South Carolina Head Start Collaboration Office on October 31 at the Halloween masquerade party.

2022 Statewide Mid-Fall Training Conference


ICS Palmetto Engagement and Policy Director Deborah DePaoli attended the 2022 Statewide Mid-Fall Training Conference in Greenville, SC. The week-long event was themed, “Moving Forward Together!” and was facilitated by the SC Association of Community Action Partnerships and the SC State Head Start Association.


Deborah presented, "Your Voice Matters! Let’s Advocate for Children!" on November 1. She gave advice on how one can advocate as an individual for a child they love.


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