Education Service Center Region 11 sent this bulletin at 12/04/2024 08:06 AM CST
Early Childhood Newsletter
December 2024
Happy Holidays from Our Team to Yours!
As the holiday season approaches, we want to take a moment to celebrate you—our dedicated early childhood educators. Your work inspires young minds and nurtures endless possibilities every day.
Thank you for all that you do to make learning joyful and meaningful for our youngest learners. May this season bring you warmth, rest, and time to create wonderful memories with loved ones.
The Early Childhood Team at ESC Region 11 is here to support you in the new year with engaging professional learning sessions and resources tailored specifically for early childhood educators. Read on to discover upcoming workshops, webinars, and tools to help you shine in your classroom.
Wishing you peace, happiness, and a bright New Year ahead!
Embark on a Path of Discovery
Embark on a path of discovering insightful articles, resources, and tips curated just for you. Enhance your teaching toolbox and find inspiration to make a lasting impact on the young minds you nurture.
ECI Behavior Series and Autism Best Practices Trainings
The Health and Human Services Commission Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) program has released new training resources to support early childhood educators. Data shows a growing need for additional educational opportunities related to behavior management. These webinars focus on this need, as well as on how to create inclusive environments for neurodiverse and divergent children.
Behavior Series
Please watch these trainings in order as the content builds throughout the series.
The Functions of Behavior – Learn why challenging behavior occurs by examining the context around behavior. The events before and after behavior occurs help inform why one may engage in that behavior, leading to four primary functions, or reasons, for behavior. These functions determine how to address it.
Teaching New Skills – Challenging behavior often communicates a message. Learn how to teach safer and more effective communication as well as the positive behavior skills that will help children navigate life in social settings.
Before and After Challenging Behavior – Learn how to build a supportive environment to promote positive behaviors and react to challenging behavior in the moment, as well as how to work with caregivers to best support their needs when applying behavioral strategies from all three presentations.
Recognize common signs of autism in young children as well as diagnostic criteria. Learn how to apply effective strategies for engaging and motivating very young children with autism, as well as simple tactics for responding to challenging behavior.
Inspire Young Minds
Are you passionate about inspiring young minds and shaping the future? As an early childhood educator, you play a pivotal role in the foundational years of a child's life. To support your dedication and drive for excellence, we are excited to offer a series of professional development sessions designed specifically for you.
STREAM
Our STREAM sessions are dynamic with a hands-on approach to learning where the magic of Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics comes to life. Click on the images or links below to register.
The Early Childhood Academies and Series provide support for effective standards aligned learning opportunities for educators. Click on the images or links below to register.
Our literacy and biliteracy sessions are crafted to provide evidence-based instructional routines to effectively meet the literacy needs of our early learners. Click on the image or links below to register.
