Massachusetts Early Intervention
Training Center

OnGOING

• NASW-MA Chapter has partnered with Simmons School of Social Work to offer a self-paced training on Domestic Violence with the option of earning 3 CE credits. Learn more about this opportunity here! .
• Center for Early Education and Development (CEED) Online Courses
  CEED is offering a variety of online courses that are self-paced with online discussion and participation guided by instructors. Each course is accompanied by its own interactive CD-ROM containing course content, video clips, course notes, and information on supplemental readings. For more details about the courses offered, visit their Web site.

May 3, 2008

• 25th Annual New England Regional Seminar for Children with Visual Impairments and their Families (Birth to 7) will be help at the Perkins School for the Blind May 3, 2008. More information will be available soon through Perkins.
• Boston Institute for the Development of Infants and Toddlers (BIDIP) plans to present a morning conference on the topic of “How Early Interactions Promote Resilience: Emerging Research on the Physiology of Mutual Regulation between Parents and Infants,” in West Roxbury, MA, from 8:45 AM – 1:30 PM. Visit their Web site for more information or by calling 617.484.6603.

May 7 - 8, 2008

• The Massachusetts Early Intervention Consortium (MEIC) will present its 29th Annual Conference in Marlborough, MA. This is a wonderful opportunity for EI professionals to learn more about topics that are relevant and helpful for their work with families and young children. EI Competency Education Credits are available for those interested in signing up for them!

May 19, 2008

• Massachusetts Children’s Trust Fund will present a conference on Understanding, Responding and Coping with Infant Crying: From Prevention to Intervention. The all-day training is titled Babies Cry: Have a Plan, and it will take place in Westborough, MA. Registration deadline is May 5, 2008.

June 5, 2008

• Families First presents a workshop, "Positive Approaches to Discipline" in Cambridge, MA from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM.

June 23-24 2008

• The Minnesota Higher Education Consortium presents Minnesota’s Early Intervention Summer Institute 2008 at St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN.

July 10-11, 2008

• Bridgewater State College will host a National Research Conference on Child and Family Programs and Policy in Bridgewater, MA. The conference will bring together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to discuss promising research findings related to child and family programs, policy, preventive programs, and interventions.

July 22-24, 2008

• The Eighth National Early Childhood Inclusion Institute will take place in Chapel Hill, NC.

August 4-8, 2008

• Dr. Robin McWilliam will present “The Routines-Based Interview (RBI) Certification Institute” at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. It will include demonstrations, practice, feedback, and written materials. The purpose of the training is to have a trained group of people who can also train others to conduct the RBI which has been shown to improve the functionality of outcomes on the IFSP as well as family satisfaction with the IFSP process.

Summer, 2008

• Early Childhood Special Education Leadership Post-Doctoral Fellowship Announcement
• The School of Education and Human Development and the Center for Evidence-Based Practice in Early Learning at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center (UCDHSC) announce a competitive early intervention (EI)/early childhood special education leadership (ECSEL) post-doctoral fellowship program beginning August 15, 2008. The program (Project ECSEL) is supported by a grant from the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). The fellowship program is designed to provide knowledge and experiences to post-doctoral fellows that result in the competence to provide state and national leadership needed to address pressing policy and systems issues in EI/ECSE. Up to four post-doctoral fellows will be selected for a 12 month appointment. For more information contact Barbara Smith.