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Caring for a Lifetime March 30, 2019

SCHEDULE

7:00—7:45 AM

Registration & Shopping

7:45—9:45 AM

Early Morning Breakout Sessions

9:45—10:00 AM or 9:45—10:15 AM

Break & Shopping

10:00—12:00 PM or 10:15—12:15 PM

AM Breakout Sessions

12:00—1:15 PM or 12:15—1:15 PM

Lunch & Shopping

1:15—3:15 PM

PM Breakout Sessions

3:30—5:30 PM

Add-on Session

NEXT MILESTONES CONFERENCE Join us for another fabulous Milestones learning event!

October 26, 2019 University of Minnesota Kirby Center Duluth, MN

This event provides six hours of approved training.

An additional 2 hours of training are provided through the add-on sessions.

In lieu of one keynote session, five training options

are available first thing in the morning to ensure participants a wide variety of options to fulfill their professional development needs and interests.

All sessions are approved through Achieve-

Minnesota Center for Professional Development and meet licensing training requirements.

The 2-hour licensing-required SUID/AHT training and

Active Supervision will be offered from 3:30 to 5:30 PM for an additional $15/each. See registration for details.

Group Rate of $75/each is available for groups of five

or more from the same organization. Registrations must be received together.

Shop with vendors, visit resource tables, network

with others during morning & lunch breaks!

St. Cloud Morning Optimist Club

THANK YOU to our sponsors !

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

Registration: P L E A S E R E G I S T E R E A R L Y !

Registration is $79 through Tuesday, March 26th, 2019.

The fee for registrations postmarked after March 26th and at the door of the event is $89.

Groups of 5 or more = $75/each. All registrations must be from the same organization, received together and paid for with one transaction.

Sessions are filled in the order that payments are received. Sessions fill quickly so please submit your reg-istration as soon as possible. On-line registration is quick & easy making it more likely to get into your pre-ferred session choices.

Training Hours/Certificates: Attendees will receive 6 hours of training. Following the event, Milestones will add your sessions to your learning record using your Develop ID number. Certificates can be created after the event on an “as-needed” basis and will be sent via email to those indi-cating they need one; however certificates will not be availa-ble the day of the event. Add-on session attendees will receive an additional two hours of training for a fee of $15/session (See registration form) Food: A light breakfast will be provided prior to the opening sessions. Lunch is a taco bar/taco salad bar, cookies, soda, or bottled water. If you have special dietary needs, please note them on the registration form or online, as this information is needed prior to the event. Child Policy: To ensure you and our other attendees get the most out of this event, please honor our “no-children” policy at this event. Please call if you have any questions regarding this policy.

Cancellations & Refunds: Cancellation requests must be in writing and postmarked, or received by fax or email, by March 25th. A refund, less a processing fee of $15, will be issued. No refunds available after March 25th. Mail or fax cancellation requests to:

Milestones P. O. Box 548—Waite Park, MN 56387 Fax #: 320-654-8650 Email: info@milestonesmn.org

Questions: Contact Eva or Amanda at (320) 251-5081 or (800) 288-8549 or info@milestonesmn.org

EVENT INFORMATION

Achieve

Advocare

Barefoot Books

Busy Buddies

Carol's Affordable Curriculum

Cass Apparel

Edvantge

Handicraft by Donna

Honey Do Products

Kids N Run Crafts, LLC

MN Association of Child Care Professionals (MACCP)

MN Child Care Provider Information Network (MCCPIN)

Milestones Food Program Parent Aware

Sproutary.com

Think Small

Thirty-One Gifts

Tom Copeland

Tupperware

Usborne Books

Voxx Life

Young Living Essential Oils

SHOPPING & VENDORS

DIRECTIONS & PARKING Sauk Rapids/Rice Middle School

901 First Street South, Sauk Rapids, MN From Hwy 10: Take the Golden Spike/2nd Street Exit and turn West/Left towards Sauk Rapids onto 2nd Street North (not east towards the high school). Take a left onto Summit Ave. Take a left onto 1st Street South (at the stop sign). The school will be on your left. See parking lot options below. From Hwy 15: Take Benton Drive/Sauk Rapids exit and take a left onto Benton Drive. Go through Sauk Rapids and take a left onto 1st Street South (by Coborn’s). The school will be up the hill on your left.

Parking: Parking is available in front of the school, on the side of the school, and on the street near the school.

EARLY MORNING SESSIONS

A1 Play: The Biggest Developmental Bang for the Buck Recognize the importance of play as being one of the ways that children explore the world, develop competence, and learn to negotiate relationships. Indicate ways that play enhances a child’s self-awareness, improves their ability to focus, promotes self-regulation, and reduces stress. Reinforce that play is an essential element in learning and development, for children and adults. Tracy Schreifels KCF II.A CDA II

A2 Enhancing Young Minds Through Signs: Songs and Stories. Participants will learn early childhood songs and stories using American Sign Language. Your group time will come alive through the use of sign. Guaranteed to provide you with content you can incorporate right away! Dawn Braa KCF II.B CDA II

A3 Children’s Development: What to expect and when to be concerned. This interactive workshop will provide an overview of the red flags for developmental delays in young children, how to share developmental concerns with families, and local referral resources. (From the Cen-ter for Inclusive Child Care) Kim Woehl KCF IV.A CDA VII

A4 Be More Efficient in the Kitchen Learn to be more efficient in the kitchen to save yourself time and money. Class includes knife skills, batch cooking, cook once-serve twice techniques and recipes that can be made ahead of time. There is a hands-on portion of the class for learning and practicing knife skills. Chef Marshall KCF VI CDA VI

A5 Infants & Toddlers: Targeted Strategies to Build So-cial Emotional Skills. This 2-hour behavior guidance course will meet the licensed family child care annual training requirement. The objectives of the training are to help participants: use targeted strategies to intentionally build social emotional skills in infants and toddlers; iden-tify how to support parents in promoting routines; and learn how to promote emotional self-regulation skills in children this age. Dana Ellingson KCF II.C CDA III

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EARLY MORNING SESSIONS

A6 In the Know: Fly, Fly Away, Monarch Butterflies in Child Care. Discover how raising monarch butterflies and study-ing their migration broadens children's view of their role in the world both close to home and far away. Learn the fun-damentals of how to integrate the raising Monarch butter-flies in your Child Care setting. Identify techniques for man-aging the raising of the monarchs, milkweed management (including DHS licensing criteria for poisonous plants), re-sources for lesson plans and tracking of the migration. Please note: The full migration window is approximately March through November which allows this topic to en-compass most of a calendar year for curriculum use!

Cyndi Cunningham KCF II.B CDA II

A7 Preschoolers: Understanding and Preventing Challeng-ing Behaviors. This 2-hour behavior guidance course will meet the licensed family child care annual training require-ment. The objectives of the training are to help partici-pants: learn about the importance of building positive rela-tionships with children; learn about the relationship be-tween children’s social emotional development and chal-lenging behaviors; discuss guidance strategies in the con-text of the physical environment, routines and schedules, and helping children manage their emotions.

Marcia Schlattman KCF II.C CDA III

A8 Observation and Documentation: Planning for Individ-ual Needs This course on observation will focus on ob-servation strategies, documentation methods, &using data to inform individualized care and learning experiences, especially for children with developmental concerns and

challenging behaviors. Jessica Baker KCF IV.A CDA VII

B1 Circles of Safety, Awareness to Action: Understanding and Responding to Children’s Sexual Behavior In this class emphasis will be on preventing the sexual abuse of children by raising awareness of the scope of sex abuse and keys for prevention. In addition there will be discussion of developmentally expected sexual behaviors in early childhood/school age children and will coach par-ticipants on how to respond to these behaviors.

Tracy Schreifels KCF I CDA VIII

B2 Ouch! That Hurts: Understanding and Supporting Children Who Bite. Although biting is a typical behavior in infants and toddlers, it can be upsetting for families and providers (children too!) This session takes a closer look at why children bite, how to respond effectively, and strategies to support children through this developmental

phase. Dawn Braa KCF II.C CDA III

MORNING SESSIONS

B3 How to Get What You Want: From Parents, Subsidy Programs, Licensors. Are family child care providers too nice? This workshop will focus on how providers can learn the rules about getting what you want. We will look at how to negotiate and advocate to achieve results with parents, the subsidy program, licensors, tax preparers and the IRS.

Tom Copeland KCF IV.C CDA V

B4 Living with Disability: Family Perspective This training highlights the unique issues that families of young children with special needs face in partnership with their child care programs. Participants will explore the fam-ily perspective and discuss the topics of grief and "loss of dreams". The session will explain similarities between all families including those with children with special needs and those without and emphasize the need for acceptance and respect of diversity for family structures, values, and

members. Kim Woehl KCF III CDA IV

B5 Be More Efficient in the Kitchen Learn to be more efficient in the kitchen to save yourself time and money. Class includes knife skills, batch cooking, cook once-serve twice techniques and recipes that can be made ahead of time. There is a hands-on portion of the class for learning and practicing knife skills.

Chef Marshall KCF VI CDA VI

B6 When Concerns Arise: Identifying and Referring Children with Exceptional Needs Ever wondered about developmental red flags? The goal of this workshop is to assist providers with the identification and referral of children who have developmental concerns in their childcare programs. Participants will explore the benefits of supporting and assisting parents in seeking help for a child who may be in need of specialized services by understanding the assessment process and local referral contacts. A main focus will be how to share concerns with parents in a respectful manner if red flags for developmen-tal concerns are present.

Dana Ellingson KCF IV.A CDA VII

B7 Achieve: Aligning Your Professional Goals Explore the tools and resources Achieve offers the Child-hood Care and Education Workforce. Learn how to set professional goals and take steps to achieve them. Identify how Achieve MNCPD supports Develop members and the benefits it provides. Understand how Achieve MNCPD can support your professional growth and professional

advancement. Achieve KCF VI CDA VI

MORNING SESSIONS

C1 How Do We Give Children A Strong Start? Know the Key Emotional Milestones (Key #2) This workshop focus-es on the important emotional milestones caregivers can help children achieve as the foundation for positive mental health. This class will discuss how to use social and emo-tional development checklists to identify where children are in their development and look at strategies to support them as they progress to the next social/emotional mile-

stone. Marcia Schlattman KCF II.C CDA III

C2 Mastering Record Keeping and Taxes. This is a two hour training to help family child care providers keep essential business records, claim proper business deductions and

reduce their taxes. Tom Copeland KCF VI CDA VI

C3 Handle With Care: Challenging Situations with Parents Strengthen your confidence and find encourage-ment as we explore the variety of changing needs and un-expected challenges that child care providers face working with families each day. Learn how personality traits, learn-ing styles, and past experiences impact the parent/provider relationship. Reflect on current practices and formulate clear boundaries to promote successful, trusting relationships with parents that positively impact chil-dren’s development and provider career satisfaction.

Stacy Boysen KCF III CDA IV

C4

Introduction to the Early Childhood Indicators of Pro-gress (ECIPS): MN Early Learning Standards Learn about how to read and use the updated ECIPs. This two hour course describes and defines the organizational structure and terms of the standards as well as identifies resources for using the ECIPs within your program includ-ing involving and engaging families in children's learning.

Melissa Enke KCF I CDA VIII

C5 Be More Efficient in the Kitchen. Learn to be more effi-cient in the kitchen to save yourself time and money. Class includes knife skills, batch cooking, cook once-serve twice techniques and recipes that can be made ahead of time. There is a hands-on portion of the class for learning and

practicing knife skills. Chef Marshall KCF VI CDA VI

C6 After Disaster or Trauma: The Social-Emotional Sup-port Children Need. Discover how to provide the social-

emotional support that young children need following a disas-ter or traumatic experience. Learn how young children react to a disaster and what children need when trauma happens. Recognize the link between social-emotional competence and resilience. Learn three focus areas for providing support to children who have experienced trauma or disaster, and strate-gies for teaching five core skills that build resilience and rein-force coping skills for a lifetime.

Makayla Wijeratne KCF II.C CDA III

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

D1 Sudden Unexpected Infant Death/Abusive Head Trauma. This class meets DHS Licensing training requirements for both Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and Abusive Head Trauma (AHT). Con-tent includes recommendations to reduce Sudden, Unexpected Infant Deaths (SUID) including SIDS, suffocation, and other sleep related infant deaths; safe sleep environments; MN Child Care regulations related to safe sleep; as well as symptoms and conse-quences of abusive head trauma, risk factors for abu-sive head trauma; strategies to use when stressed, angry or frustrated. MELISSA ENKE KCF VII.B CDA I

D2 Active Supervision: Provider Self-Care and Privacy Meets the Family Child Care provider annual supervi-sion training requirement. This training curriculum will define MN DHS Rule 2 Licensing standards and best practices regarding supervision in family child care settings; identify the effects of provider stress/depression on supervision of and interaction with children; and identify appropriate self-care and priva-cy strategies that promote effective supervision and safety in child care. Stacy Boysen KCF VII.B CDA I

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ADD-ON SESSIONS 3:30—5:30 PM

SAVE THE DATE FOR NEXT YEAR ’S EVENT

SATURDAY,

MARCH 28,

2020

REGISTRATION CONVENIENT ONLINE REGISTRATION

at www.milestonesmn.org

Name:____________________________________________________ Home Address:____________________________________________

City: ____________________________State ______Zip___________ County: _______________ Phone: (_______)__________________

Email Address: ____________________________________________ DEVELOP Individual ID#: ___________________________

(Don’t have one? Contact Milestones 320-251-5081 for assistance) Special Dietary Needs: ________________________________________

Please Check One: ____Family Child Care ____ECFE/ECSE ____Foster Care ____Non-Licensed Care ____Head Start ____ Parent ____Center ____Other__________________________________

Please circle your first, second and third choices for each session as well as indicate attending the Add-on Session and/or needing a certificate. Sessions fill on a first-come, first-served basis as payments are received.

Session Choices 1st Choice 2nd Choice 3rd Choice

Early AM Sessions

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6

A7 A8

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6

A7 A8

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6

A7 A8

AM Sessions

B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6

B7

B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6

B7

B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6

B7

PM Sessions

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6

Add-on Sessions

D1

Extra $15

D2

Extra $15

___Please email me a certificate following event

Registration Fee $79 ($89 after 3.26.19) $________ This registration is one of 5 or more $75 $________ Add-on Session D1 = $15 $________ Add-on Session D2 = $15 $________

TOTAL $________

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