Central Iowa Early Care & Education

Symposium

Saturday, March 17, 2018

9:00 am — 4:00 pm

Des Moines Area Community College Newton Campus 600 N 2nd Ave W

Newton, Iowa

Six hours of DHS approved training credit available

Date: Saturday, March 17, 2018

Time: Check-in/Registration/Coffee begins at 8:15 AM. Training begins promptly at 9:00 AM and runs through 4:00 PM.

Registration: Early Bird: $35 (before March 6th)

Late: $50 (call for availability)

Registrations will be limited to the first 100 paid participants! Priority will be given to Jasper, Poweshiek, & Marion County providers.

Registration will be on the second floor of the DMACC building 600 N. 2nd Ave. W. Newton, Iowa 50208

Enter Main DMACC doors on south side of building. Take stairs or elevator to the second floor.

Session selections: Please rank your first, second and third choice, by marking a 1, 2, or 3 for each session choice on your registration forms. Sessions will be filled on a first-come first-served basis as registration forms and payment are received in our office. If you do not rank the sessions in order of preference (1,2 & 3), sessions will be assigned based on availability.

Walk-ins and late registrations:

will only be accepted on a space available basis. Lunch may not be available for walk-ins. Walk-in and late registration fee: $50

Lunch: Available to all paid pre-registered participants.

Training certificates: Six hours of DHS approved training credit will be available to participants who attend both morning and afternoon sessions.

Cancellations and refunds: Cancellations made before March 6, 2018 will receive a refund of their registration fee minus a $10 processing fee. Please note that refund checks take 2-4 weeks. No refund will be available for cancellations on or after March 6.

Substitutions: Substitutions made after March 6 will be charged a $10 processing fee. NO substitutions allowed the day of the Symposium!

Door prizes: Drawings will be held at the end of the day. Must be present to win.

General Information: Conference rooms vary in temperature, please dress in layers!

Morning Session

9:00 am—11:00 am

Keynote Address

Each year since 1984, Michele has inspired the attitudes and actions of thousands of people around the world through customized learning experiences, dynamic keynote presentations, strategic business planning and organizational development. As a dynamic and highly effective communicator, clients’ appreciate her unique ability to challenge the minds and touch the hearts of people at any level within a company, from the board of directors to the front-line team members.

Since starting Inspiring Solutions in 1991 in Des Moines, Iowa she’s had the privilege of working in a wide-variety of industries. Each year, Michele is asked to speak at numerous local and national conferences. She is the most requested speaker at the annual Health Care Service Excellence Conference.

She has earned the Certified Speaking Professional from the National Speakers Association, a designation earned by fewer than 10% of professional speakers worldwide.

Other honors include Iowa Up and Comer and Outstanding Young Iowan. Michele is appropriately recognized as “The Attitude Adjuster” because she has written several books and training resources on the topic, including the bestselling book Attitude: The Choice is Yours and the award-winning training video Bad Apples: How to Deal with Difficult Attitudes. Her other books include Strategic Planning Handbook, Motivational Leaders, Magnetic Leadership, and Live Every Day Happy and Successful.

Staying Positive in a Negative World (2 Hours) Michele Matt, CSP, Inspiring Solutions

It is believed that your ATTITUDE, not your APTITUDE, determines your ALTITUDE in life. By participating in this program, you will discover how influential your attitude is to your happiness, success, and the results you get on the job, in your career, and with other people at work and at home.

Michele Matt

Taking Time to Manage Your Time (2 hours)

Keynote Speaker: Michele Matt, CSP, Inspiring Solutions

Too much to do and not enough time to get it all done? Basic to managing individual and organizational performance, setting priorities and managing time effectively is key. This program develops a strategy designed to address individual needs for meeting the daily challenge of managing professional and personal responsibilities.

Mother Goose: Alive and Well? (2 hours)

Jo Stone, Early Childhood Educator

Songs and rhymes for young children have been passed down for generations. They are fun, children love them and they provide a warm nurturing experience between adult and child. As we say nursery rhymes with children, there is enormous educational value! Is Mother Goose alive and well in your setting?

Infant Feeding (2 hours) CACFP Approved

Mary Krisco, ISU Extension and Outreach, Human Sciences Specialist, Nutrition and Wellness

This presentation covers in-depth the essentials of bottle-feeding infants in child care: Welcoming and supporting breastfeeding, choosing and using an infant feeding policy, safe breast milk and formula storage, new recommendations on formula and bottle preparation, infant feeding cues, healthy bottle feeding techniques, and the latest CACFP infant meal patterns and feeding recommendations. Participants will take away a complete list of recommended resources for training child care providers in best practices for infant feeding.

This presentation was prepared by the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Nutrition Specialists with the assistance of two certified lactation consultants and members of the Iowa Breastfeeding Coalition.

Afternoon Breakout Session A 11:45 am —1:45 pm

Running From Tigers: Reflex Integration for Regulation (2 hours)

Jordan Bell, Occupational Therapist - Kinetic Edge Physical Therapy- Newton

Do you know a child who is: biting others, throwing excessive tantrums, not sleeping, not toilet training, unable to calm themselves, struggling with eating, or having difficulty managing their behaviors? This course is designed to educate child care providers on identifying the reasons why children may be dysregulated, and provide simple activities that can be done to promote regulation. Children with retained primitive reflexes function as if they are always ready to run from a tiger. Through integrating these reflexes we help children to regulate their systems so that cognition can take over instead of reactions. Through movement we help transform a child’s functioning from reaction into action.

Be’s, P’s, Tennis Balls and Slippery Eggs (From Parent to Partner)

(2 hours)

Jo Stone, Early Childhood Educator

Children do not exist in isolation. Each child is, first and foremost, a member of a family. The relationships we build with families are as important as our relationships with the children. What can we do to continue to nurture stable, quality relationships with children’s families and keep the lines of communication open for the benefit of all?

A.L.I.C.E (2 hours) Class size is limited

Julie Britton, Newton Police Department, Police Officer Wayne Winchell, Newton Police Department, Police Officer

A.L.I.C.E. stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate. Used to train in case of an active shooter, this training can also be used to handle aggressive or hostile parents. Learn some simple things you can do in your center, work setting, or even a more public location to be safer and more prepared.

Afternoon Breakout Session B 2:00 pm —4:00 pm

SESSION SELECTIONS:

Some class sizes are limited

Please rank your first, second, and third choice for each session by writing a 1, 2, or 3 by your selections

Sessions will be filled on a first-come first-served basis as registration

forms and payment are received in our office..

If you do not rank the sessions in order of preference (1,2, & 3), sessions

will be assigned based on availability.

MORNING SESSION (9:00 am—11:00 am)

__1__ Staying Positive in a Negative World

(Keynote)

AFTERNOON SESSION A (11:45 am—1:45 pm)

______ Taking Time to Manage Your Time

_______ Mother Goose: Alive and Well?

______ Infant Feeding (CACFP)

AFTERNOON SESSION B (2:00 pm—4:00 pm)

______ Running From Tigers: Reflex Integration for Regulation

______ Be’s, Ps, Tennis Balls and Slippery Eggs

(From Parent to Partner)

______ A.L.I.C.E (class size is limited)

Regis trat ion Form

All registrations must be received by

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Name:____________________________________________________

Address:__________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

City, State, Zip:______________________________________________

Phone Number:____________________________________________

Email:____________________________________________________

County:___________________________________________________

Circle type of care: Center Preschool Registered Home

Unregistered Care Care for family or friends

A lunch will be provided. Special dietary options listed below

____ I need a vegetarian lunch

____ I need gluten-free lunch

Symposium Registration Instructions:

$35 (Lunch included)

Late Registration fee: $50 (March 6, 2018 or after - call for availability)

1. Register to attend on the DHS Training Registry

2. Then fill out this form. Making sure you rank your choices.

Mark your 1st ,2nd , & 3rd choice in each session.

3. Make checks payable to:

Iowa State University Extension & Outreach, Jasper County

4. Mail payment and this registration form to:

Iowa State University Extension, ECE Symposium

550 N. 2nd Ave W.

Newton, Iowa 50208

Questions? Call Carol: 641-792-KIDS (5437)

Denice Fischer, Program Coordinator, fischerd@iastate.edu

Carol Camp, Consultant, campc@iastate.edu