| REGISTRATION STARTS OCTOBER 10, 2016 |
|
Conference Registration and information:
OregonAEYC- Clackamas Fall
Conference 2016
October 14 &15, 2016
Email:
503.496.3991
1-800-452-3610
OregonASK After school Conference
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Chemeketa CC
Salem, OR More info at
OregonASK
Douglas County ECE Conference
October 29, 2016
Umpqua CC Roseburg, OR
541-440-4668
|
|
Required classes for Office of Child Care Licensing.
|
|
Food Handlers:
FC offers Food Handler Manuals for self study option ONLY- $10.00
First Aid CPR Training
Receive a Two Year FA/CPR Certification- $40.00
Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect.
Attend this class once
Cost $10.00
|
Contact Us:
Family Connections of Lane and Douglas Counties
e-mail: [email protected]
Lane County/Main Office
541-463-3954
Douglas County Office
541-440-7706
Website:
www.lanecc.edu/lfc
|
Infant Mental Health Endorsement is here in Oregon!
|
What is the Oregon
Infant Mental Health Endorsement®?
Endorsement is a process that supports and recognizes the development of professionals who work with or on behalf of infants, toddlers, and their families. This process uses a nationally recognized set of competencies that helps define best practice and guides professional growth.
|
for more information on class dates, times, topics and location.
Registration is required: call 541-346-2578 or email:
[email protected]
or text to: 541-393-7200
|
September 20, 2016
Dear Community Preschool and Child Care Partners:
Early Childhood CARES would like to thank you for your continued help in making families aware of the valuable services and programs our agency provides. We could not do this important work without strong community preschools, like yours, working with us throughout Lane County.
We would like to request your ongoing help with our child find efforts. We ask you to keep Early Childhood CARES top-of-mind should you have any concerns about current students.
Areas of concern may include:
Speech or language
Gross motor
Challenging behaviors
Fine motor
Socialization
Learning
Hearing
Vision
Please refer families to Early Childhood CARES by calling 541-346-2578 or by visiting our website at earlychildhoodcares.uoregon.edu. Once a child is referred, Early Childhood CARES will provide a free developmental screening, or review a screening you have already completed. As a community preschool professional, you may also refer a child directly as long as parent permission has been granted. We also welcome your questions and can help you determine if a referral would be appropriate.
If a child qualifies, all educational services will be individualized to meet his or her unique needs. All services are free to eligible children in Lane County, and no insurance is required.
Thank you for helping Early Childhood CARES with our child find efforts. We are very grateful for the strong community preschools and child care providers we have in Lane County, and we look forward to collaborating to meet the needs of young children with special needs.
|
|
New Class: Eco-Healthy Child Care Endorsement
Receive a two year Eco-Healthy Child Care endorsement by taking this class and filling out a check list of items that comply with
Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards.
Family Connections will pay the fee and send in the list to receive the endorsement for you! This endorsement can be used on all advertising.
One person per site will receive the endorsement for the site. Pre-registration is required.
When:
Eco-Healthy Child Care
Thursday, October 27, 2016
6:30-8:30PM
Lane Community College Main Campus
|
|
Family Connections Scholarship Opportunity
Family Connections of Lane and Douglas Counties is excited to offer this unique opportunity to apply for funds to further support your desire to pursue and early childhood education degree or certificate. Funds will be dispersed on a first come/first served basis, so apply quickly. You may be awarded up to $200 in scholarship funds.
|
|
 |
|
|
Holidays and Anti-bias Education
By Julie Bisson and Louise Derman-Sparks
"If we use an anti-bias approach, are we allowed to do holidays?"
"If I celebrate one holiday, do I have to celebrate them all?"
"How do we include holidays without offending anyone?"
These questions, heard frequently from early childhood educators, spurred Julie to research and write
Celebrate! An Anti-Bias Guide to Enjoying Holidays in Early Childhood Programs (1998). Eighteen years later, while some anti-bias educators have made real progress integrating holidays into their curriculum, many early childhood practitioners still search for answers to these questions.
If We Use an Anti-bias Approach, are We Allowed to Celebrate Holidays?
Yes! Both the original and revised books about anti-bias education are clear about this point. For example, "Learning about holidays in school can broaden children's awareness of their own and other's cultural experiences, if they are
thoughtfully used as part of a more inclusive curriculum about cultural diversity (Derman-Sparks et al., ABC Task Force, 1989, p. 86). Furthermore, "The topic of this [holidays] chapter is not deciding 'Do I or don't I include holidays in my curriculum?' It is how to ground whatever holiday activities you do in the principles of anti-bias education" (Derman-Sparks & Edwards, 2010,
pp. 135-136).
However, both editions of the ABE books
do argue for critical thinking about using holidays effectively and fairly. This means recognizing that not everyone in a program celebrates the same holidays. It requires understanding how national holidays reflect specific historic and cultural perspectives, and carry certain biases. An anti-bias approach also needs a thoughtful holiday policy, which addresses the complexities holidays pose, and integrates the four core goals.
Engaging in critical thinking to design a holiday policy takes ongoing discussions among staff and families. This work may spark disagreements and may become contentious. However, a 'no-holiday' policy does not avoid conflict, either. Some staff and families will likely disagree with that as well. By eliminating all holidays from the curriculum, we lose out on opportunities to understand cultural values and feelings and search for solutions congruent with a culture practicing diversity and fairness"
|
|
DHS Corner
New Training Requirements starting November 2016
People who want to be a DHS child care provider and are not a relative to a child in their care, must take the following trainings before they can be approved by DHS:
- Introduction to Child Care Health and Safety online training
- Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect (RRCAN) online training
- First aid/CPR for infants and toddlers in-person training
Providers also must do six hours of ongoing training in each two-year period. Read Full Article Here |
|
Preschool Promise
Preschool Promise is a new publicly funded, high quality preschool program in Oregon. This program will provide access to high-quality early child care and education programs to three and four-year-old children living at, or below, 200% of the federal poverty level.
The Early Learning Hubs applied in early 2016 to implement Preschool Promise in specific zones that were highlighted as high-need areas. The local HUB, Lane Early Learning Alliance, was awarded 175 preschool slots to provide preschool in Eugene, Springfield, Creswell, Junction City, and Cottage Grove. By using a mixed delivery approach, Preschool Promise will provide opportunities for families to access and choose the preschool program which best meets their needs.
In Lane County we now have 13 sites up and running, and hope to expand to additional sites in the coming years.
- Ellie's Preschool, Creswell
- Little Wonders Preschool, Springfield
- Sunshine Preschool, Eugene
- Picket Fence Preschool, Junction City
- Lane Child & Family Center at LCC, Eugene
- Dorena Elementary, Cottage Grove
- Bohemia Elementary, Cottage Grove
- Creslane Elementary, Creswell
- Maple Elementary, Springfield
- Relief Nursery, Springfield
- Madison Middle School, Eugene
- Danebo Elementary, Eugene
- Howard Elementary, Eugene
If you'd like to refer a family to Preschool Promise please have them call Ann at the United Way at 541-741-6000 X111
|
|
|
Oregon QRIS Resources Web Site
This web site provides information on cost savings, classroom, program administration, regulations, HR, marketing, training, library, and community resources. It offers a wide variety of information for all providers.
|
 Changes at Family Connections of Lane and Douglas Counties
Introducing our new Program Director:
Theya Harvey
Theya Harvey joined the Family Connections team, as the new Director, in April. A recent graduate of the University of Oregon's Master's of Public Administration and Nonprofit Management programs, Theya has served the Lane County community in a variety of human service roles since 2008. Her background includes coordinating the Lane County Domestic Violence Council, serving as the Women's Program Director at Sponsors, and providing cognitive behavioral intervention and parenting education classes for Child Welfare mandated clients. Theya's interest in Early Childhood stems from her most recent role as a researcher in prevention of child abuse and neglect for the University of Oregon's collective impact initiative, 90by30. Theya's history of civic involvement includes her current seat on the Womenspace Board of Directors, as well as past memberships on Lane County Public Safety Coordinating Council's Juvenile Subcommittee, the Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, and the Zonta Club of Eugene-Springfield. She is the mother of two school-aged children, one of whom has special needs. Theya's greatest interests in early childhood focus on inclusion, public policy, and the long-term impacts and outcomes of high-quality care.
Transitions in the office:
Lynn Reiling has accepted the position of Quality Improvement Specialist/Inclusive Child Care Specialist.
Debra Dreiling has accepted the position of Training Specialist.
Terri Hansen has accepted a position at the Office of Child Care
|
|
New Health and Safety Training Requirements from the Office of Child Care: Who is required to take the Introduction to Child Care Health and Safety Training?
Registered Family Child Care Providers:
- All new registered family child care providers must complete this training as part of the application process
- All new substitutes must complete the training prior to working with children.
- All current registered family providers and substitutes must complete the training by June 30th, 2017.
Read English Here Read Spanish Here Certified Family Child Care Providers:
- All new caregivers and substitutes must complete the training with 30 days.
- All current caregivers and substitutes must complete the training by June 30th, 2017
Read English Here Read Spanish Here Certified Child Care Center:
- All new caregivers and substitutes must complete the training within 30 days
- All current caregivers and substitutes must complete the training by June 30th, 2017
Read English Here Read Spanish Here
|
|
|
|
|
|
NAP SACC
Children today are not expected to live as long as their parents.
Childhood obesity is a national crisis and we as child care providers have the power to make changes that can reverse the obesity crisis.
The Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (NAP SACC) Program is a program to learn more about childhood obesity and how we can implement changes in our programs to help reverse this crisis.
7.5 hours of free trainings
Free classroom gifts at each training
Enrolling for the Spring 2017 cohort
This program is provided through a grant from Trillium Prevention Services.
If you are interested please contact:
Wendy Hubacek
541-463-3309
Why is active play important?
Active play helps your child learn healthy habits. There are many health benefits of active play, such as:
- Active children are less likely to weigh too much.
- Keeping your child active now helps lower the chance of developing chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes.
- Activities, like running and jumping rope, help your child learn movement skills to develop muscles and strong bones.
- Active play can also help the mind develop. Playing "pretend" lets kids be creative.
- Active children are more likely to be happy and feel good about themselves. Children feel proud after learning how to bounce a ball or ride a bike.
|
QRIS CORNER
During the next year as QRIS goes though a revision process, the components of the QRIS technical assistance and rating processes will continue without a gap. Programs will continue to have opportunities to attend the initial Increasing Quality trainings in their regions, obtain technical assistance, be able to submit the current QRIS portfolio for rating until the revised portfolio is available and a transition phase is completed. Processes are being developed to determine at what point programs may want to choose the new vs. the old portfolio. However, regardless of those details, there will not be a gap in these QRIS processes. Opportunities to attend an Increasing Quality Training and submit a portfolio to be rated will be continuous.
This continuity is crucial in order for programs to access QRIS components as well as other related initiatives such as Preschool Promise and the provider quality incentives, and upcoming decreased parent subsidy copayments for accessing star rated programs.
The Research Institute will be working individually with Child Care Resource and Referrals to help communicate and support the continuity and revision process. The Research Institute will be supporting CCRRs to meet the needs of "newly engaged" QRIS programs as well as outreaching to those who engaged in QRIS during the field test but have not yet been star rated.
See: http://triwou.org/projects/qris/revision for more information.
|
|
|
If you need disability accommodations in order to attend or participate in these events, please contact Disability Resources (541) 463-5150 (voice) or 463-3079 (TTY) at least one week in advance.
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright © 20XX. All Rights Reserved.
|
|
|
|
