Innovations – Projects, Presentations, and Publications

Here are a few examples of projects, presentations, and publications completed by Innovations in Early Childhood Education, Inc.

2020

Presentations

• When Natural Disaster Strikes: Supporting Emotional Development and Helping Children Cope
  Presented at the Virginia Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference, March 2020

Projects

• • Celebrating Babies and Tots 2020
    Keynote and workshop series developed for the Virginia Infant & Toddler Specialist Network , focused on addressing challenging behaviors in children ages 0-3. 

2019

Presentations

• When Natural Disaster Strikes: Supporting Emotional Development and Helping Children Cope
  Presented at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference, November 2019

• The Stress Test: Expand Your Pedagogical Leadership with Strategies to Support Adult Capabilities and Children’s Emotional and Social Development
  Presented at the Leadership Connections National Conference hosted by The McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership, May 2019

• Webinar: Pathways to Nature-Based Play: There is One for You!
  Hosted by Early Childhood Investigations Webinars, sponsored by Nature Explore

Publications

• The Teacher’s Role in Supporting Child-Directed Play
  He Kupu Tertiary College, New Zealand

• The Impact of the November 2018 Alaska Earthquake on the Emotional Lives of Military Children
  Thesis published with Pacific Oaks College; Pasadena, California

• Building Connections with Families
  Community Playthings

• Building Connections with Families: Three Strategies to Strengthen Relationships between Families, Teachers, and Childcare Programs
  Community Playthings

   

2018

Projects

• Drafting, editing, and photography for Innovations in Nature-Based Play
• Drafting, editing, and pre-press preparation for Five Parenting Strategies for Supporting Emotional Development
• Redesigned website for Innovations in Early Childhood Education, Inc., including organizing, writing, design, and editing, and interfacing with graphic designer and technical support

Presentations

• Managing the Move: Helping Children Manage Transitions – Online training for military families

Publications

• Anti-Bias Library for Elementary School Children – Pacific Oaks College 
• Five Parenting Strategies to Support Emotional Development – Innovations in ECE Press
• Innovations in Nature-Based Play – Innovations in ECE Press

2017

Projects

• Edited articles for publication with Community Playthings
  • Building Relationships with New Families: The Benefits of Gradual Enrollment
  • Establishing a Relationship with New Families: The Importance of the First Impression
• Attended and served as volunteer support for 2018 World Forum on Early Care and Education; Auckland, New Zealand

Presentations

• Webinar: Social-Emotional Learning from the Top Down: Administrative Practices that Support Children’s Emotional Development
  Hosted by Early Childhood Investigations Webinars, sponsored by Exchange

Publications

• Supporting Language Development: Building Relationships in the Early Childhood Classrooms
  • Community Playthings

2016

Projects

• Social Emotional Tools for Life: Infant, Toddler, and Pre-K Community of Practice Modules
  • 24-hour training modules on emotional and social development for three age groups, including Trainer Implementation Guides,
    • Collaborative for Children; Houston, Texas

Publications

• Administrative Practices that Support Children’s Emotional Development – Exchange Magazine
• Helping Children Cope with Stress – Community Playthings
• Emotional and Social Development during the Early Childhood Years – HeKupu – New Zealand Tertiary College

2015

Projects

• Editing, rewriting, correcting for bias, and proofreading final manuscript for Innovations in Nature-Based Play

Presentations

• The Importance of Relationships: Features of Enhanced Emotional and Social Relationships – Presented at McCormick Center’s National Connections Conference
• Supporting Strong Emotional Connections and Successful Social
  Relationships: Strategies to Use Every Day in Your Classroom – Presented at National Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference
• Changing the Frame: From Quick Fix to Prevention: Effective Teaching Strategies to Support Emotional Development – Presented at NAEYC Professional Development Institute
• Five Strategies to Address Challenging Behaviors
• Administrative Practices that Support Children’s Emotional Development – Presented at Texas Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference

Publications

• The Right Fit: Recruiting, Selecting, and Orienting Staff (2nd Ed)— New Horizons Press

2014

Projects

• First Relationships Infant/Toddler Quality Improvement Professional Development Project,
  • First Things First Quality Improvement Project, Maricopa County, Arizona, 2014-2016

2013

Projects

• Out of the Box Early Childhood Training Kits
  • Created and developed over 70 instructional kits for instructors, trainers, and administrators of early childhood education programs

Presentations

• Presented at NAEYC Professional Development Conference
  • First Relationships: Creating Continuity in Infant and Toddler Programs

2011

Publications

• “Teaching Children to Be Healthy and Fit: Physical Development and Healthy,” in Sue Bredekamp’s book, Effective Practices in Early Childhood Education: Building A Foundation

2008

Publications

• The Texas Plan: Investing in Early Childhood Development, with Kaitlin Guthrow and Alvin Tarlov
  • Palgrave McMillan, New York

2007

Publications

• Moving Away from a Quick-Fix Mentality to Systematic Professional Development – with Bev Engel
  • Young Children Magazine

2002

Projects

• Innovations in Infant and Toddler Development and Curriculum
  • Early Childhood Leadership Institute, University of the District of Columbia

1997

Projects

• Welcome to Learning Infant and Toddler Curriculum: A Curriculum for Infant and Toddler Teachers
  • KinderCare
• More About Babies and Toddlers: A Resource Manual for Infant and Toddler Teachers
  • KinderCare

Publications

• Conferencing with Parents of Infants and Toddlers
  • Exchange Magazine

Presentations

• A View from the Classroom: Implementing Reggio Emilia Approach with Infants and Toddlers
  • Stout Early Childhood Conference; Stout, Wisconsin
• Keynote Address–Babies Have Bad Days, Too!
  • Infant Mental Health Conference; Houston, Texas

1993

Projects

• Tools for Schools: Contracting for School-Age Child Care
  • American Home Economics Association
  • A resource package for elementary school principals
• Project Home Safe

Publications

• Developmentally Appropriate Practice in School-Age Child Care, (2nd Edition), with Kendall Hunt

1987

Publications

• Crayola Creativity Program
  • Binney and Smith