Session Description: You value what you measure, and you measure what you value. The early childhood field has traditionally relied on measures that may not reflect the lived experiences in the homes, learning environments, and clinical access and encounters of...
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Watch Dr. Iruka’s Keynote Download the Slides Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., is a research professor in the Department of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is also a Fellow at the Frank Porter Graham...
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The 12th Annual HMG National Virtual Forum consisted of four half-days of presentations, featuring 107 speakers and 72 sessions. Co-hosted by Help Me Grow Indiana, the agenda featured HMG affiliate-led content sessions, national speakers, poster presentations, and networking opportunities....
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Session Description: HMG VT and VT 211 will highlight how they work together to provide resources and referrals to Vermont families and the value added in their partnership. We will show participants how partnerships like this provides the opportunity to...
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Session Description Collaboration: The Governor’s Office, State Departments, state councils, advocacy groups, families, public and non-profit programs, and the General Assembly are collaborating to review state data, problem-solve, and develop actionable plans to restructure or create new state systems to...
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Session Description: Over the course of 2020, the leaders of four national early childhood models came together to develop the Hand in Hand framework. This discussion highlighted those four models and the development of guidelines designed to foster community collaboration...
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Session Description: The author of over 500 scientific papers, Dr. Williams’ research has addressed how race, stress, socioeconomic status, racism, health behavior, and religious involvement can affect health. He has been ranked as the Most Cited Black Scholar in the...
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Session Description: The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is an exceptionally valuable tool for guiding, coordinating, and aligning advocacy, policy-making, program development, and equitable allocation of resources. Using adult-learning methods, this session will lay...
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How can society best support parents, beginning early in their children’s lives? That’s the most basic question we ask in this issue of Future of Children. The articles that follow describe several ways that local communities have tried to provide...
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This session will cover a community-based approach to the implementation of universal developmental screening (UDS) and the subsequent impact of these efforts on the early intervention program. The community is located in central Washington, which is largely rural, hispanic, and...