Inclusion Matters

Escuché a nuestros invitados, Ronan y Karina, hablar sobre la importancia del juego en el desarrollo de los niños pequeños. Ronan destaca formas en las que podemos fomentar el juego positivo tanto dentro como fuera del salón de clase. Únase a nosotros mientras exploramos estas ideas. Listen in as our guests, Ronan and Karina, talk about the importance of play in the development of young children. Ronan highlights ways that we can encourage positive play both within the classroom and out. Join us as we explore these ideas. 

Please Join Priscilla Weigel as she talks with Jani Kozlowski, Technical Assistance Specialist at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Jani shares her story and what led her to write her book, Every Child Can Fly: An Early Childhood Educator's Guide to Inclusion.  Additional Resources Related to this podcast: Jani’s website: www.everychildcanfly.com   Every Child Can Fly: An Early Childhood Educator's Guide to Inclusion - https://www.gryphonhouse.com/books/details/every-child-can-fly-an-early-childhood-educators-guide-to-inclusion  Research and Studies on Inclusion: https://ectacenter.org/topics/inclusion/research.asp  Indicators of High-Quality Inclusion: https://ectacenter.org/topics/inclusion/indicators.asp  New book out on June 1st:  Empowering Your Child to Fly: A Family's Guide to Early Childhood Inclusion- https://shop.gryphonhouse.com/products/empowering-your-child-to-fly-a-familys-guide-to-early-childhood-inclusion?variant=48539511357732

Beth Menninga, CICC Coaching Manager, discusses challenges infants and toddlers face during extended separations, such as military deployment and hospitalization. Strategies include acknowledging their emotions, maintaining routines, and using technology for communication. The importance of supporting children's emotional needs and aiding transitions is highlighted.

Beth Menninga, expert in supporting infants and toddlers, discusses the impact of routine separations on children. Tips for smooth transitions during goodbyes and hellos are shared, emphasizing the importance of communication and consistency. Establishing routines for infants and toddlers is crucial for their emotional well-being, with strategies like sensory options and familiar items highlighted.

Join in our second part of a discussion on the importance of play with Dr. Sue Starks, Professor of Education and Chair of Early Childhood at Concordia University St. Paul.  We discuss the fact that play is a developmental need and that all children show us what they need through play.  Quality play is encouraged through the supports, prompts, activities, and experiences that we provide in the early childhood setting. Listen as Dr. Starks encourages us all to play!

Dr. Sue Starks, expert in early childhood education, delves into the importance of supporting quality play in infants and toddlers. She discusses how play is relationship-based and how the environment can influence social-emotional connections through play. Topics include fostering healthy attachment, supporting exploration and development, promoting a growth mindset, and encouraging open-ended play experiences for young children.

Join us as we hear from our CICC Intern, Loretta Campbell, Early Childhood Special Educator (ECSE) and Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Master’s student.  We discuss the role of the ECSE teacher and the relationship between special education and child care, highlighting key relationship-building and support for the family which benefits the child and all who care for them. 

Join us for this important episode of Inclusion Matters as we discuss critical information for all those interacting with young children.  Our expert guests, Gina Liverseed, CMV Nurse Specialist, Minnesota Department of Health, and Amanda Devereaux, Program Director, National CMV Foundation, give an overview of CMV or Cytomegalovirus, share facts about who is at risk, how it is spread, symptoms, treatment, and ways that we can deter the spread of CMV in early childhood settings. Need More Information?  Talk to your healthcare provider. Minnesota Department of Health website:  Health.mn.gov/CMV National CMV Foundation: Nationalcmv.org

Join us for this important episode of Inclusion Matters as we discuss critical information for all those interacting with young children.  Our expert guests, Gina Liverseed, CMV Nurse Specialist, Minnesota Department of Health, and Amanda Devereaux, Program Director, National CMV Foundation, give an overview of CMV or Cytomegalovirus, share facts about who is at risk, how it is spread, symptoms, treatment, and ways that we can deter the spread of CMV in early childhood settings. Need More Information?  Talk to your healthcare provider. Minnesota Department of Health website:  Health.mn.gov/CMV National CMV Foundation: Nationalcmv.org

Join our guests, Amanda Ziebell Mawanda, Art Rolnick, and Jamie Bonczyk in this three-part series as they discuss how budgeting decisions in the early childhood education sector translate into positive brain development in young children.  Barriers are highlighted as we talk through ways to foster organizational shifts, economic investment, stressing board recruitment and engagement as ways to support your organization’s work.