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Division for Early Childhood (DEC)
2008 International Conference
Renew Your Energy
October 27-30, 2008
Hilton Minneapolis Hotel
Minneapolis, MN
For more information:
DEC Conference web page
Register at
DEC Conference registration page
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DEC's conference is designed to cover a
wide range of vital issues facing those who work with young children
with special needs and their families. Every year, DEC brings
together experts, students, practitioners, and family members to
learn about important research, policy, and practice happening in
the field of early childhood special education.
 Scott McConnell,
University Professor, 2008 Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and
Regional Affairs, and CEED's Director of Community Engagement, will deliver
the keynote presentation
Renewing Our Energy: Finding and Maintaining Commitment and
Enthusiasm in Professional Practice. |
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The McEvoy Lecture Series,
The Early Childhood Research Collaborative, and The
Institute of Child Development
Present:
McEvoy Lecture
November 5, 2008
More Information
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McEvoy Lecture
Reducing Racial and Social
Class Gaps in School Readiness: What we know and what we need to
learn
Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey
Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn,
Ph.D.
National
Center for Children & Families
12:30-1:00pm Registration
and Networking
1:00-2:00pm Lecture
2:00-2:30pm Audience Q&A
FREE EVENT--
Pre-Registration
Requested by Friday, October 31, 2008 |
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CEED Congratulates
New Co-Directors
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Richard Weinberg,
has stepped down from serving as director of CEED.
We thank Dr. Weinberg for his service to CEED and to the College of
Education and Human Development.
 
Drs.
Amy Susman-Stillman
and Christopher
Watson have assumed the role of interim co-directors for CEED for the 2008-2009 academic year. We thank them for taking on
this responsibility. |
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We Need Your Feedback!
Take the survey |
We're evaluating the effectiveness of our publications to better
serve you! We need your feedback to create the best publications
possible, so please participate in this online survey. One lucky
winner will receive a $50 CEED gift certificate.
Responses will be accepted
through Friday, October 31, 2008. |
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Save the Date!
Strong Foundations
Conference
Minnesota's
Birth to Three Conference for Healthy Development
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The 4th Annual Winter Conference
2009 of Strong Foundations, Minnesota's Birth to Three Conference
for Healthy Development, will be held January 15-17, 2009 at
Cragun's Resort near Brainerd, MN.
Jan. 15: Pre-conference, Thursday
afternoon
Jan. 16: Conference, full day
Jan. 17: Conference, half day
Save the Date flyer
Executive Report,
2008 Conference (pdf file,
4 pages)
Strong
Foundations website |
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Consider Enrolling in an
Online Course for Winter/Spring 2009
New
2009
Course Schedule
(pdf file)
Earn
Continuing Education
credit towards professional development
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CEED offers online courses
on a variety of
topics related to early childhood education. Find out more
about our classes and how to register:
Our fall sessions are all in
progress.
Upcoming Winter/Spring 2009 Course
Sessions
January 26 to May 4, 2009
(14-week session)
Seeing is Believing®
Videotaping Families and
Using Guided Self-Observation to Build on Parenting Strengths
January 26 to March 30, 2009
(9-week session)
Parent-Infant Pathways
An Educator's Guide to Providing Information and Support to New
Parents
February 2 to April 6, 2009 (9-week session)
Bridging Education and Mental
Health
February 9 to April 13, 2009
(9-week session)
Addressing Needs of Young
Children Who Engage in Challenging Behavior
February 16 to April 20, 2009
(9-week session)
Introduction to Infant
Mental Health
February 23 to April 27, 2009
(9-week session)
Relationship-based Teaching
With Young Children
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Article on Family,
Friend, and Neighbor Child Care
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Read an article authored by Amy Susman
Stillman, CEED co-director, and published by the National Center for
Children in Poverty:
Demographics of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Child Care in the
United States, August 2008 |
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Center on Response
to Intervention in Early Childhood (CRTIEC)
Read more about the Center
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Scott McConnell
leads Minnesota's efforts in a collaboration between the University
of Kansas, The Ohio State University, and Dynamic Measurement Group.
The Center on Response to Intervention in Early Childhood (CRTIEC)
is funded by a $10 million grant to the University of Kansas, with
$2 million of those funds subcontracted to the University of
Minnesota for research and development primarily on screening and
progress monitoring assessments.
The mission of CRTIEC is to reduce
the number of children with reading problems by increasing the
number of children entering school with knowledge and skill in early
literacy and language. |
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Online Training
Available from Minnesota Department of Health
View the module |
A new online training opportunity to learn about developmental and
social-emotional screening in Minnesota, especially for providers of
Child & Teen Checkups (Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and
Treatment (EPSDT), is now available via the Minnesota Department of
Health web site. MDH is offering an easy to use online training
module for a wide variety of child-serving providers such as staff
in private and public clinics, day care providers, Early Childhood
Screening (ECS), and Head Start screeners, home visitors, and
others. |
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CEED Stories:
A
Report
Contact Sara Zettervall
for requests for paper copies at 612-625-2252 or
sarazet@umn.edu. |
CEED
Stories: A Report provides highlights of CEED's projects
and activities in recent years alongside stories from our people "on
the ground," CEED staff and affiliates who discuss how our work
impacts their lives.
This document is available for free as a pdf.
Note: You can click on any link in the
pdf to open the relevant CEED web page.
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Center at the
Center!
Assessment and Training
Center
Amy Susman Stillman,
Principal Investigator
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The
Assessment and Training Center
(ATC) has been conceptualized as a way to transmit CEED’s unique observation and
assessment skill and knowledge to the greater early childhood
community, for program evaluation and improvement purposes.
Read more about ATC |
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Web Site Resource
for Parents
Parents Know
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Visit the
Parents Know web
site created by the Minnesota Department of Education for parent
information, resources and activities to help children grow,
develop, and learn from birth through high school.
http://www.parentsknow.state.mn.us |
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Environmental
Toolkit for ECFE Programs
from Hennepin County
and Community POWER
Questions?
Contact Erin
Bowley,
Project Manager of
Community POWER
Phone: 612-729-4155
Email: erin@erinb.org |
Hennepin County and Community POWER are
pleased to announce availability of a
new free online
environmental toolkit for ECFE programs. The toolkit will help
you educate and actively engage families in creating a healthier
environment in the home by reducing waste, properly disposing of
hazardous items, reducing chemical use, and rethinking reuse and
recycling.
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Job
Opportunities in
Early Childhood
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Check out our web page with
job opportunities in early childhood.
CEED has a job opening for
Director.
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CEED Sampler
View
October
2008 issue
(pdf file)
View past issues
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The CEED Sampler is the monthly CEED
e-newsletter that includes brief updates on CEED people, projects, and
events.The CEED Sampler
will be emailed to the CEED email list and made available on the
website each month.
Join
the CEED email list |
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CEED also serves as the Early Childhood
Program Area for the Institute on
Community Integration (ICI), a federally designated
University Center for Excellence in
Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), part of a national network of
programs across the country known as the American Association of
University Affiliated Programs (AAUAP). |
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Effective September 1, 2005, CEED and the
Harris Center officially united their efforts. The new organization
retains the CEED name while it benefits from both CEED and Harris
Center expertise. |
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Our new
address:
Center for Early
Education and Development
University of Minnesota
Education Sciences Building, Suite 40
56 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-625-3058
Fax: 612-625-2093
For more
information about CEED, please contact us at
ceed@umn.edu.
CEED is
supported by the
College of Education and Human Development at the University
of Minnesota and
by grants from project agencies such as the
Minnesota Department of Education and
the
U.S. Department of Education.
Direct comments regarding this
web site to Karen Anderson, WebTender, at
ander352@umn.edu or 612-625-6617.
The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and
employer |
