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CHILDREN'S WORK GROUP EARLY CHILDHOOD CONFERENCES
Brought to You by PEC's Policy Team and Early Childhood Education Department


​The Children's Work Group Early Childhood Conference is the only meeting space in Philadelphia to discuss issues young children experiencing homelessness face. Professionals from public health, hospitals, city and state government, homeless housing, early childhood education, academia, home visiting, child welfare, early intervention, and other systems come together. We host trainings, workshops, and panels of guest leadership. And we network; by getting to know one another, we improve collaboration -- and results for the people we serve.
 
We meet every third Friday of the month, starting at 9:30 AM.  Join our mailing list by emailing jwillard@pec-cares.org.

May 20, 2022

This month's conference featured a 'Fishbowl Activity' in which four shelter staff will discuss their challenges and successes of supporting young children experiencing homelessness, especially during the pandemic. Moderator: PEC BELL Project’s 's Dawn Nock. Session featured:
  • Darlene Morris, Love and Care Emergency Housing
  • Beth McLean, Drueding Center transitional housing
  • Sadie Sprague-Lott, Families Forward Philadelphia emergency housing
  • Tambra Hall, Stenton Family Manor emergency housing 
  • Kashmiera Harris, Secure Future Academy,
  • Felicia Brown, Kidz Konnection Inc.,
  • Edie Harrison, Kencrest, Early Intervention,
  • J. J. Cutuli, Nemours, BELL Data Analyst, and
  • Joe Willard, PEC VP of Policy.

April 22, 2022

The presenters were:
  • Tyrone Scott, Director of Government and External Affairs at First Up (he spoke about current advocacy initiatives)
  • Ceciley Bradford, Chief Operating Officer and Antwan Diggins, Director of Emergency Housing from Families Forward Philadelphia (they discussed their successful Resident Advisory Council and offered advice for other housing agencies to start their own)

March 18, 2022

March's conference featured the following presentations:
  • FathersRead365 (FR365)’s mission is to encourage fathers and/or caregivers to read daily with children in a variety of settings to develop literacy from birth. FR365 provides an early intervention method structured to increase the number of books read and given away to preschoolers through kindergarten and create a culture of literacy.  
  • Sarah Vrabic, PEC Everyday Learning Play Spaces Manager, presenting on her newly published peer-reviewed article in the Child: Care, Health and Development journal, “Perceptions of support in shelter environments for caregivers and young children experiencing family homelessness.” The article centers around family interviews she conducted with a team of colleagues before the pandemic.  
Sarah Vrabic's Presentation

February 18, 2022

This conference featured the creator of the ‘My Baby’s First Teacher’ curriculum, Ileen Henderson. Ilene is now bringing her expertise to PEC’s Everyday Learning Play Spaces project. She discussed the trauma informed design principles involved in the developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that are coming to five of the participating shelters.
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Trauma Informed Design Presentation

January 21, 2022

Playful Learning Landscapes Action Network is one of the project partners involved with the new Everyday Learning Play Spaces initiative funded by the William Penn Foundation. They are partnering on the project to help design and implement child-centered, literacy rich spaces that incorporate learning opportunities and encourage parent-child interactions into the everyday built environment at 11 participating family housing provider agencies. To learn more about their process, past accomplishments, and how they prioritize community engagement into the design and implementation of sustainable spaces, please visit https://playfullearninglandscapes.com/.

Photo by João Pires, courtesy of Playful Learning Landscapes Action Network™ 
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August 20, 2021

Colleen Landy of the School District of Philadelphia presented about how the District will support all students experiencing homelessness as we return to in person learning this year. For other resources concerning children in need of accommodations, visit https://disabilities.temple.edu/c2p2/c2p2-ei .

Colleen Landy's Presentation
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June 18, 2021

Meet staff from Philadelphia’s Early Learning Resource Center #18, Michele Robson, Eligibility Manager Welsh Avenue and Shira Badanes, Manager of Provider/STARS.

The ELRC for Region 18 provides a single point-of-contact for families, early learning service providers and communities to gain information and access services that support high quality childcare and early learning programs. Learn more about ELRC 18 at Home - ELRC - 18 Philadelphia (philadelphiaelrc18.org)  .
The ELRC PResentation

March 19, 2021

This month PEC brings you Dr. Mary Haskett discussing her new research on how Head Start affected the socio-emotional relationships between children and teachers. You will also hear from Dr. Maureen Hayes in a training on Motivational Interviewing, an evidenced-based communication strategy for working with people in trauma.

Play the audio of the conference (to the right) and follow along with the slide presentation by clicking on the appropriate buttons. The conference opens with an introduction by Malkia Singleton Ofori-Agyekum, Pennsylvania State Director of ParentChild+.​
DR. HASKETT'S PRESENTATION
Dr. HAYE'S PRESENTATON
MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING TABLE


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      • Action for Early Learning
      • Building Early Links for Learning >
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      • Childrens Work Group
      • ECE Events
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