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Supporting Parents & Caregivers to Enhance Early Learning Webcast
A key to engaging infants, toddlers and preschoolers in early learning is to effectively involve parents and caregivers. To do this it is important to establish supportive, trusting relationships.
Cindy Oser and Leticia Lara, consultants from Zero to Three, will lead this stimulating session that will:
- Explain the rationale and key aspects needed to support families in an effective, collaborative manner;
- Demonstrate practical approaches that contribute to constructive relationships and encourage parents' involvement in early learning;
- Address actual issues faced by library staff that serve families such as the mother who is embarrassed by her toddler's behavior, the father who can't seem to engage in play with his son, and more; and
- Provide useful suggestions that can be applied to your early learning services.
The session will be thought provoking and insightful with opportunities to reflect on aspects that each of us brings to our work with families.
Who Should Participate
This free webcast is for library staff and librarians that interact with families, caregivers and their young children. Children's and Literacy Services, staff and volunteers that provide family and ELF programming, general service staff, and administrative staff that oversee family programs will find this presentation informative and useful.
When
Date: June 24, 2008
Time: Noon - 1 pm
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Presenters
Leticia Lara, LCSW
Zero to Three, Western Office
Cindy Oser, R.N., M.S.
Zero to Three, Western Office
Speaker Slides and Handouts
Download ZERO TO THREE Behavior Tips handout (PDF, 32 KB)
Download ZERO TO THREE Early Experiences Matter handout (PDF, 56 KB)
Download ZERO TO THREE Early Experiences Matter slides (PPT, 560 KB)
Download ZERO TO THREE Self-Control Tips handout (PDF, 35 KB)
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Biographical Information
Cindy Oser, R.N., M.S., and Leticia Lara, LCSW
Cindy Oser, R.N., M.S., is the Director of the Zero to Three, Western Office and Leticia Lara, LCSW, is the Regional Manager. Both Cindy and Leticia are recognized child development specialists who have consulted on numerous infant and toddler programs, crafted early childhood policy as well as designed and delivered training initiatives for early learning and literacy professionals. The Zero to Three, Western Office has been an active, contributing partner of the ELF initiative.