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2005 Conference for Pediatric Advocates in

Early Education and Child Care

April 15 - 17, 2005 Orlando, FL

Agenda
Reception
Plenary Sessions

Materials from sessions on:

Reception

Talaris Research Institute graciously sponsored a Friday night reception for the attendees of the conference. Visit www.talaris.org for more information about the discovery of how children think, feel, and learn.

Talaris shared with us several 60-second on-air television spots that focus on a variety of parenting topics. See the videos at http://www.talaris.org/synopsis.htm. Several of them are available in Spanish.

Topics include: Imitative behavior, Communicating approval, Getting in tune with baby, Handling stress, Learning by testing, Talking to baby, and others.

Plenary Sessions

Making a Difference Using the Healthy Child Care America Blueprint for Action

-presented by Phyllis Stubbs-Wynn MD, MPH, FAAP
click here for a copy of the Blue Print for Action

Welcome: What it Means to be an AAP Chapter Child Contact
-presented by Danette Glassy MD, FAAP

Chapter Child Care Contact Job Description:
AAP Chapters are organized groups of pediatricians and other health care professionals working to achieve HCCA goals within their communities. There are 59 chapters in the United States and 7 chapters in Canada. To learn more about AAP Chapter Child Care activities, contact your AAP Chapter Child Care Contact. Click here for job description.

Children with Special Health Care Needs are Children First!
-presented by Colleen Kraft MD, FAAP, Christy Blakely MS, and Fran Gallagher MEd
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Learning the Language and Understanding the Field of Child Care
-presented by Susan Aronson MD, FAAP
click here for presentation

Building a Movement for School Readiness
-presented by David Lawrence Jr.
click here for speech text


Providing Anticipatory Guidance

Providing Anticipatory Guidance to Parents
-presented by Danette Glassy MD, FAAP and Judith Romano MD, FAAP
click here for presentation

Spit Happens: Exclusion and Return to Care of Ill Children in Early Education and Child Care Settings
-presented by Timothy Shope MD, MPH, FAAP, CDR, MD, USN
click here for presention


Injury Prevention in Child Care
-presented by Mae Kyono MD, FAAP
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Play Nicely
-presented by Seth Scholer MD, FAAP
click here for more information
click here to read notes and highlights from Danette Glassy, MD, FAAP

Early Brain and Childhood Centers: The Brain Matters
-presented by David Childers MD, FAAP
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Help Me Successful, Help Me Be Healthy
-presented by Anne Knox
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Children with Special Health Care Needs
-presented by Colleen Kraft MD, FAAP, Christy Blakely MS, Jon Nackashi MD, FAAP, and Fran Gallagher MS
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click here for handout


Mental Health: Setting the Stage for Success
-presented by Marion Earls MD, FAAP
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Power Thru Partnerships
-presented by Danette Glassy MD, FAAP, Judith Romano MD, FAAP, and Carole Patterson
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Child Care Health Consultation

Child Care Health Consultation: Overview
-presented by Jonathan Kotch MD, FAAP and Angela Callicut RN, CCHC
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Highlights of Quality in Early Education and Child Care and Environmental Rating Scales
-presented by Jonathan Kotch, MD, MPH, FAAP and Debby Cryer PhD
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Conducting an Onsite Visit and Assessment, and Developing an Improvement Plan
-presented by Abbey D. Alkon, RN, PNP, PhD and Karen B. Sokal-Gutierrez, MD, MPH, FAAP
click here for handout

Child Care Health Consultation Resources and Implementing Model Child Care Health Policies
- presented by Susan S. Aronson, MD, FAAP, and Marilyn Krajicek, EdD, RN, FAAN
click here for handout
click here for presentation


Legal Issues in Child Care Health Consultation
- presented by JoAnn Pietro RN, JD
click here for presentation
click here for handout on CCHC Liability
click here for handout on Liability Continuum

Practicing Consultation with Peer Feedback and Parent Education
-presented by Susan S. Aronson, MD, FAAP, and Elizabeth L.M. Miller, BSN, RN, BC
click here for handout on a Health and Safety Action Plan
click here for handout on Stengths/Areas to Improve


Pediatric Environmental Health and Medicine
-presented by Aaron L. Hilliard, PhD
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Consulting on Children with Special Health Care Needs: The Pediatrician as a Consultant
-presented by John A. Nackashi, MD, FAAP
click here for presentation


Advocating for Quality Early Education and Child Care

Legislative Advocacy
-presented by James Pawelski MS
click here for the Report of the NGA Task Force on School Readiness

click here for the National Institute for Early Education Research - The State of Preschool

Media Training
-presented by Laura Jana MD, FAAP

Collaboration and Coalition Building: The case of children with special health care needs
- presented by Danette S. Glassy, MD, FAAP, and Marilyn Krajicek, EdD, RN, FAAN
click here for the agenda
click here for a Case Study on Asthma
click here for Asthma Case Study notes by Danette Glassy, MD, FAAP

click here for a Case Study on Brain Injury
click here for Brain Injury Case Study notes by Danette Glassy, MD, FAAP
click here for Maternal and Child Health Bureau State Contacts

State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiatives; A Panel of Successful States
-presented by Lorrie Grevstad, RN, MSN (Washington) and Mary Howard (Kentucky)
click here for a handout on Health and School Readiness
click here for a handout on Kentucky KIDS Now
click here for a presentation on ECCS Grants


Partnering with your State Child Care Administrator
-presented by Rachael Langen (Washington State Child Care Administrator)
click here for presentation
click here for notes by Danette Glassy, MD, FAAP

Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Early Childhood
-presented by Danette S. Glassy, MD, FAAP, and Marilyn Krajicek, EdD, RN, FAAN
click here for handout
click here for handout on Case Study of Child with Aggressive Behavior
click here for Aggressive Behavior Case Study notes by Danette Glassy, MD, FAAP
click here for handout on Getting Kicked Out of Preschool
click here for handout on Case Study of Reducing Obesity
click here for Obesity notes by Danette Glassy, MD, FAAP


Docs For Tots: Doctors as Advocates, From Theory to Practice
-presented by George Askew MD, FAAP
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California Child Care Health Program
-presented by Abbey D. Alkon, RN, PNP, PhD

click here for presentation
click here for handout

Mentoring Others and Learning Contracts

Mentoring
- presented by Danette Glassy MD, FAAP
click here for presentation
click here for sample learning contract
click here for resources and suggested activities

Additional Resources

Quality Early Education and Child Care From Birth to Kindergarten - New AAP Policy Statement

Early Education and Child Care Special Interest Group (EECC SIG) Directive

How to Join the EECC SIG

AAP Child Care and Health Partnership Program: Abstract

National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Early Education and Child Care: Abstract

National Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants: Abstract