Oakton - Infant Toddler Conference 2009 Keynote

Keynote Address

Registration Form
Fee: $35 in advance
$45 at the door
(if space is available).
Fee includes boxed lunch and admission to all sessions.

Registration deadline
April 20, 2009.

Conference Committee

Sheila Kerwin Maloney
Oakton Community College
Mary Pat Martin
Oakton Community College
Marsha Hawley
Kendall College
Sharyl Robin
Children’s Home and Aid
Ida Butler
ILFCCA
Robin Byster
Early Childhood Consultant
Linda Hermes
Family Child Care Provider
Sharon Lichtenstein
Early Childhood Consultant
Delores Malone
Oakton Community College
Karey Moore
Early Childhood Consultant
Mindi Schryer
Deerfield Community Nursery School
Sandy Young
Oakton Community College

Hosted by
Oakton Community College
TenHoeve Center
1600 E. Golf Road
Des Plaines

Directions

Free parking in Lot A, C or D. Registration in Main Lobby.

Presented by Oakton Community College in collaboration with:
Kendall College and Children’s Home and Aid.

For further information, contact Rosann Scalise at 847-635-1910 or
Marsha Hawley at
312-752-2432.

My Promises to You: Looking for Strengths in All the Right Places
Tweety Yates, University of Illinois

If someone asked you to list three promises you would make to the infants and toddlers in your care, how would you respond? Most of your promises would likely contain a social emotional component (e.g., “I promise to keep you safe . . . help you learn . . . provide opportunities to build competence and confidence,” etc.). Bring your own list to explore fun strategies for building on the strengths of every infant and toddler.

Tweety Yates is a member of the Department of Special Education
faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and serves as a co-coordinator of the Center on the Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning. She also is involved in several other early childhood projects that focus on early literacy initiatives and relationship-based interventions to support development through parent-child interactions. Yates is currently working with several states on building systems around the promotion of social- emotional development and the prevention of challenging behavior. She serves on the board of the Illinois Association for Infant Mental Health and is a past president of the Division of Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children.

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