Event Sponsors & Partners:

Location: Mall of America, Bloomington MN, Executive Center on the 4th floor. Convenient parking and easy to find! A mall map and details will be sent along with your registration confirmation.

Meals: A light breakfast will be provided, sponsored in part by Kaplan. Lunch will be on your own with a wide vari-ety of dining options located throughout the mall and at the food court. We encourage you to take some time, over lunch, to connect with other attendees and network both socially & professionally.

Registration Fee: Registration is $65 and includes: 6 hours of training, breakfast, and professional resources. You may mail or fax your registration or complete it online at www.milestonesmn.org.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016

To register, complete and send in the registration form inside or simply

go to www.milestonesmn.org and click on EVENTS.

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Conference Cancellation Policy: Cancellation requests must be submitted in writing, sent by Oct. 1, 2016 to amartins@milestonesmn.org or PO Box 548, Waite Park MN 56387. A processing fee of $15 will be deducted from all refunds.

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specializes in developing &

presenting fun and interactive

trainings that lower stress and

increase success for parents,

child care professionals, and businesses. She is

known for her theatrical, engaging, and hu-

morous storytelling that brings participants

effective evidence-based strategies with real-

life application. She is currently a Family Edu-

cation Specialist with Thriving Together LLC,

Master Trainer with MNCPD, & Parent Educa-

tor with PAIIR Education in Rochester.

For more information on Raelene’s work visit

www.thriving-together.com.

Working with Challenging Behavior

During this session, providers will consider what is behind common behavior challenges, explore techniques to work with specific difficult behav-iors, identify communication techniques that gain young children's cooperation, and discover tips to prevent unwanted behaviors.

KCF II.C CDA 3 PA 8

Early bird registration deadline October 1, 2016. Only one registration per form, please.

Form may be photocopied.

Name:____________________________________

Home Address:____________________________

City: _______________________ Zip___________

County: ____________ Phone:______________

Email: ____________________________________

(for confirmation purposes)

DEVELOP I.D.#: __________________________________

Please Check One:

—-Child Care Center ___ Head Start

___Family Child Care ___Preschool

___School Age ___ ECFE/ECSE

___ Parent ___ Forster Care

Name of Center/School:________________________________

Session B1: Give the Gifts: Self-Esteem

& Self-Confidence

Adults know self esteem is important. But what about self-confidence? We want children to feel good about who they are, but it is also important they believe in their great potential. During this seminar, participants will discover the important elements of fostering self-esteem; identify the role that adult expectations, values, and limit-setting play in building self-confidence; and learn specific techniques to encourage children to feel responsible, capable and competent .

Session B2: Learning with Loose Parts How can we effectively develop a child's creativity and problem-solving skills? Give them loose parts! Loose parts play provides decision-making oppor-tunities: to choose, to build, to invent, to collabo-rate, to move, to consider, to manipulate, to com-bine, and so on. See for yourself the originality and connections to formal learning that unfold from loose parts play!

Presented by: Dawn Braa

KCF: II.A CDA 2 PA 8

Session A1: Enhancing Young Minds

Through Signs: Songs & Stories Participants in this session will learn early childhood songs and stories using American Sign Language. Your group time will come alive through the use of sign. Guaranteed to provide you with content you can in-corporate with children right away!

Presented by: Dawn Braa

KCF: II.B CDA 2 PA 8

Session A2: Toxic Stress: Understand-

ing How Early Life Experiences Affect

Children Join us as we discuss children’s early life experi-ences and how they affect healthy develop-ment. We will review the ACES study on adverse childhood experiences and ex-amine how we support children in care that have experienced or are experiencing toxic stress/ACEs. In addition, we will identi-fy best practices for working with children coming from stressful environments.

Presented by: Cory Woosley

KCF: II.C CDA 3 PA 8

Please Note:

The core competency system is no longer being used in early childhood professional development. Minnesota’s Knowledge & Competency Framework (KCF) replaces that system. Sessions noted KCF II.C replace the former core comp 4.

Raelene Ostberg

schedule 7:30—8:00 AM Registration & Light breakfast

8:00—10:00 AM Keynote Session

10 — 10:15 AM Break

10:15—12:15 Sessions A1 & A2

12:15—1:30 PM Lunch on Your Own

1:30—3:30 PM Sessions B1 & B2

Check #_________ $65

Credit Card $65

Visa Master Card Discover

Name on card: _______________________________

Card #_________-_________-__________-_________ Exp. Date_________ Security Code ___________ Credit Card Billing Zip Code: __________________

Signature ____________________________________

Mail check & form to: Milestones Energize Event PO Box 548 Waite Park, MN 56387

REGISTER EARLY! During this event you will attend the keynote session, one morning session and one afternoon session. Please circle which sessions you would like to attend. Please circle a second choice for each session in case your first choice fills up.

Morning Session Afternoon Session

1st Choice: A1 A2 1st Choice: B1 B2

2nd Choice: A1 A2 2nd Choice: B1 B2

Please call if you have any questions about registration.

PLEASE CONSIDER REGISTERING ONLINE AT

www.milestonesmn.org and click on EVENTS.

Upcoming Events:

Sat., November 5, 2016 Black Bear Casino Carlton, MN

Sat., March 25, 2017 Sauk Rapids Rice Middle School Sauk Rapids, MN

Presented by: Raelene Ostberg

KCF: II.C CDA 3 PA 8