2008 National Smart Start Conference

2008 Workshop Handouts. Listed below is a numerical listing of all the presentations that were made at the 2008 National Smart Start Conference. Below each presentation title are the handouts or presentations that we have received from the speakers in each presentation. If there is nothing below the title, it means that we have not received copies of heir presentation. We will continue to update this site as we receive copies of other presentations and hope you will find it useful.

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100. Playgroups Curriculum: Outcome-Based Activities


101. Signing with Young Children


102. A Major Collaboration To Improve Children's Health

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105. Developing an Employee Handbook

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108. Measuring for Impact


109. How to Get Home Before Midnight: Effective Meeting Strategies and Basic Parliamentary Procedure


111. Applying Best Practice in Child Developmental Services in the Primary Care Office Setting

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116. Lessons Learned in the NC Infant Toddler Enhancement Project

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121. Tools for Supporting Culturally Responsive Programs


122. Authentic Leadership: Growing the Capacity to Reflect and Respond to Diversity


123. What's Leadership Got to Do With It? How Leaders Impact Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Development

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124. Strengthening Administrative Leadership Through Assessment and Director Peer-Mentoring

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125. Unlock Your Team's Potential: Workplace Excellence through the 7 Childhood Treasures


126. Beyond Basics: The Benefits and Challenges of Collecting State and Local Level Data on Children

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127. Healthy Families: Where Are We Headed in North Carolina?


128. Encouraging You and Your Kids to "Be Active"!


130. Getting "On-Board": Board Member Roles and Responsibilities

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131. Family Support to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect: The Parent-to-Parent Model

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134. What Would a Culturally Relevant Curriculum Look Like for Diverse Young Learners?

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135. Reaching Out to Latino Parents and Families

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137. Enough Already With the Warm Fuzzies: The Global Economic Case for Quality Early Education


138. Parents as Teachers: An Evidence-Based Home Visiting Program for School Readiness

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139 Linking Early Learning Standards to Outdoor Play and Learning


140 Just Who's Running This Show Anyway? Sustainable Governance in Changing Times


141 Harnessing the Power of Data for Effective Decision Making (Part I)


142 Partners for a Healthy Baby Home Visiting Curriculum Evaluation

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143 Rules and Regulations in Outdoor Learning Designs


146 Childhood in Peril...........The Necessity for Reconnecting Children to Nature


147. Neurotoxins: Their Effects on Development, Learning, and Behaviors

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149. Facilitating Play with Children on the Autism Spectrum in the Inclusive Classroom

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151. Using Community Collaboration to Build a Comprehensive Early Childhood System


153. Facilitation Methods for You to Use


154. Supporting New Immigrant Families: A Multidisciplinary Collaborative Approach

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155. Facilitative Leadership: Making the Most of the Gifts Around You

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157. Virginia's Alignment Project


158. Reality, Not Reality TV: Improving Childhood Development Through Reduced Media Use

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159. Building a Village to Raise the Children

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160. RBA Initiative: Children Ready For and Succeeding in School

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161. Parents Advocating for Change: Empowering Parents to Be a Voice for Their Children

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162. Changing Federal Landscape

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163. The Child Care WAGE$® Project: Feedback From the Field


164. FAMOSA: A Holistic Model of Family Support for the Latino Community


165. Creating a Community of Collaboration to Strengthen the Early Intervention Community


167. Supporting Families of Medically Fragile Infants from Hospital to Home

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168. Seeing Your Community with New Eyes: Conducting Community Assessments

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169. Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviors: The Power of Relationships

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170. Off to School: Transition Into Kindergarten

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175. Creating a Community of Problem Solvers: Winners Not Whiners

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180. Building Collaborative Relationships with Families: Partnerships that Work

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181. NAEYC Associate Degree Accreditation: A New Resource for Professional Development Programs

182. Supporting Adolescent Parents and Their Children

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183. Transition to Kindergarten Program: A Three-County Perspective

185. Polliwog Project: Beating the Odds of Preschool Expulsion

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186. A Journey Along the Pathways to Ready Schools

187. No Money and 100 Mouths to Feed

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188. FirstSchool: Uniting the Best

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189. Creating Our Image in the Community

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190. Star Searchers

191. Engaging School Leaders in Early Childhood: A Win-Win Proposal

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192. Dealing With Harassment in the Workplace

193. Effective Leadership: A Critical Element for Success

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194. Professional Development Partnerships that Really Work!

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195. Recruitment - Getting it Right the First Time

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196. Questionnaire Writing – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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197. Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care: How State Policies Can Help Families

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198. ECE-Learning: A National Distance Learning Scan for the Early Childhood Workforce

199. Reclaiming Our Voice: How to Talk About the Role of Government in Child Care

202. Oh See What I Say - Teaching Children Through Visual Supports

203. Overloaded, Overwhelmed and Over It!

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205. Going Outside With Your Infants and Toddlers

210. Extending the Welcome Mat to Men: What's the Secret?

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211. SCHOLARSHIPS and INCENTIVES - Professional Development Programs in Early Care and Education

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212. Ready Communities: Building the Community’s Capacity to Support Early Education

213. Logic Models for Program Design, Evaluation, and Management

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214. Using Existing Individual and Organizational Highlights to Create an Energized Future

215. Early Childhood Leadership Development: A Multi-level Approach

216. From the Ground Up: Essential Components of Successful Fundraising

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217. Triple P Positive Parenting - Implementing An Evidence-Based Lifeline for Parents

219. Intentional Teaching Using The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool

220. Autism 101: Building Relationships, Building Bridges

222. Collaboration: Integrating Programs to Benefit Children, Families, and Communities

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224. Friendraising as Fundraising

225. Comprehensive Insurance Benefits for Child Care Providers - YES, It's Do-able!

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230. Developing Effective Early Childhood Teachers: Findings From Three Language/Literacy Interventions

231. Parenting Across the Autism Spectrum: Unexpected Lessons We Have Learned

232. Early Learning Guidelines and the At-Risk Child

234. Proving a Comprehensive Quality Maintenance Initiative

236. NC Early Learning Guidelines (Birth – 36 Months): The Research Behind the Guidelines

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237. Linking with Economic Development - The Latest and Greatest from the Field

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238. Rural Communities Have Kids Too! How to Get More by Linking with Economic Development

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239. Early Childhood Oral Health

241. Birds Fly, Fish Swim, and Children Play

242. Violence in the Family - Approaches to Building Family Peace

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243. The Price of Silence: Raising Issues That Aren't Discussed Enough

245. Building Business Support for Early Learning: Ideas, Insights & Innovations

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251. Conflict Resolution: The Partnership Way

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253. Prenatal Intelligence: The Unfolding Story

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255. Early Parenting is Prenatal Parenting

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257. Developing a State Consortium of Home Visiting Programs

262. Developing Infant and Toddler Early Learning Guidelines: Recommendations and Strategies

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264. Early Learning, Later Success: The Abecedarian Study

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265. Timely Tips for Effective Time Management

266. Taking the Stress Out of Managing Stress

267. Meeting Education Standards for the NC Star-Rated License

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269. Evaluation that Matters: A Practical (“Utilization”) Approach

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277. Florida Transition Tools

278. QUINCE - Results, Reflections and Implications for the Field

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280. Web-Based Early Learning System: Managing Your Data Just Got Easier

284. Promoting the Health & Healthy Birth Outcomes Among Hispanic/Latino Farmworkers in North Carolina

286. Principles of Governance that Power Exceptional Boards

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287. Leading for Success: Perspectives on Exceptional Leadership

288. Building Strategic Communities for Children

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289. Using Digital Photos & Written Language as Powerful Classroom Tools

290. Collaborative Efforts of Investigations of Child Abuse/Neglect in Child Care Settings

292. Smart Start Fiscal Update

293. IRS Form 990

294. Making Evaluation an Integral Part of Your Organization

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296. Findings From the National Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development

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297. NAP SACC and Smart Start: A Statewide Collaboration to Address Childhood Obesity in Child Care

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298. Interviews, Assessments, and Evidence Used to Evaluate "Ready Schools"

299. Inclusion and Professional Development: What We Know and What We Should Do

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300. Promoting Healthy Social Behaviors - a Statewide Initiative in Action!

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301. Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: Strategies for Linking and Integrating Early Childhood Data Systems

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302. Explore the Creating Transition Tools for Young Children with Challenging Behaviors Toolkit

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303. Motivate Your Board to Raise Funds and Awareness

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304. Nurse-Family Partnership Initiative

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305. Your Education, Your Certification

306. The Power of K

307. Wage and Hour Law for Small Businesses

308. Are We Doing It Right? - Personal and Workplace Ethics

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309. Managing the Performance Appraisal Process

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310. A Statewide Initiative: The Incredible Years-BASIC Parent Training Program

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312. Introduction to NC's Infant & Toddler Early Learning Guidelines

313. Our Hands Are Tied! The Teacher's Role in Fostering Healthy Social Emotional Skills

314. Smart Start Program Match (Cash & In-Kind)

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315. Smart Start Accounting Basics

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316. Emotional Development from Conception to Birth: Understanding Prenatal Parenting

318. Start Strong: Virginia's Preschool Initiative

319. For the Sake of the Baby: FAST Babies

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320. Early Childhood FAST: For the Sake of the Child

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322. T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood®: Increasing Employee Education, Compensation and Benefits

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323. Paying Your Employees Fairly & Equitably

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324. Becoming an Employer of Choice

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325. Early School Success for English Language Learners: A Review of Evidence-Based Instruction

326. Fragile Families Fatherhood Curriculum Training

327. Making the Dream Real - Alaska’s Best Beginnings

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329. Virginia’s New Parent Kit: A Governor’s Initiative

330. Year-End Close Training

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331. Story Exploring®

332. Come See Our B.A.B.Y.: A Motheread® Curriculum for Expectant and New Parents

333. Effective Sharing Resources for Latino Families

338. Blogs, Podcasts and Webinars: Getting Your Message Out Electronically

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341. Include Me: A Model for Including Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Programs

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342. Play Outside! North Carolina's Outdoor Learning Environment (OLE) Alliance

343. Inclusion in Community Child Care: The Inclusion Resource Project

344. Sustaining Quality: Enhancing Child Care Management Practices

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345. The Lone Ranger Syndrome: Help Others Find Solutions, Ride into the Sunset, Then What?

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346. Early Intervention Services for Children & Families Referred From the Intensive Care Nursery

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347. Starting and Scaling a Raising A Reader Bookbag Movement in Your Community

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348. Older Employees and Today's Workforce: Recruiting and Retaining Older Employees

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351. Accessing Your Potential: Finding Ways to Use MS Access to Track Your Counts

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352. Working with Military Families: The Parents as Teachers' Heroes at Home Program

353. The Content of Infant-Toddler Early Learning Guidelines: What Has Been Addressed and Why It Matters

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355. Steps to Success: Early Childhood/Education Curriculum Improvement Project

356. From Policy to Practice – Implementing the Medical Home Approach

357. Quality Child Care: Reaching for the Next Steps

358. T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® and PreK – A Partnership for the Early Childhood Workforce

359. Planning for Change: A Guide for Getting From Here to There

360. Lessons from Four Years of Model Work Standards Projects

362. Applying System Mapping and Strategic Planning: Case Studies from Michigan

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363. Updates and Questions About the Assessment Process and FCCERS-R

364. Making the Connection: Linking What Takes Place in Preschool Classrooms to the ECERS-R

366. Mix and Match Funding Streams to Serve Children and Families

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367. Making A Difference: Supporting Families with Children Who Have Special Needs

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368. Helping the Early Care and Education Industry Succeed in a Market Economy

369. Let’s Talk 2nd Language

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370. Widening the Lens: Looking at Quality from a Program Administration Perspective

371. One More Point Toward Quality for Family Child Care Home Providers

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372. New Partners, New Approaches: Strategies for Connecting Immigrant Families with Early Care & Education

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373. Strengthening Our Businesses: Shared Services for the Early Care and Education Industry

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374. Quality Rating Systems: Keys to Successful Design and Implementation

375. Evaluating the System Components in Comprehensive Early Childhood Systems

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376. Creating State Agency Partnerships: Keys to Building an Early Childhood System

377. Building a Comprehensive Early Childhood System: Colorado's Early Childhood Councils

378. Measuring Parent Outcomes: South Carolina's Experience with an Observational Scale

379. Cultivating the Seed of Leadership

380. Measuring Outcomes: SC's Efforts to Assess the First Steps to School Readiness Initiative

381. Endowments: Do you Want or Really Even Need One?

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382. Working with Resistance in the Consultation Relationship

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383. Round Table Discussion for North Carolina Smart Start Evaluators

384. Promoting Evidence-Based Programs to Strengthen Families: North Carolina's Approach

386. Health Check/NC Health Choice: A New Decade of Culturally/Linguistically Diverse Children

387. Early Learning Guidelines: Multi-State Approaches to the Development, Rollout and Use of Guidelines

388. Helping Teachers to Effectively Use Outdoor Environments: Teaching Strategies for Early Childood Faculty

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389. Professional Development Connections

390. Improving and Rating the Quality of Early Care and Education

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391. Will My AAS Degree Transfer?

393. Updates and Questions about the Assessment Process and the ITERS-R and ECERS-R

394. Development’s Key with ABCD

395. Do Away with BORED Committees

396. The Regulatory Process for Improving Quality Care: How NC has Managed Ongoing Improvement

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397. Best Practices and Quality Assurance for CCR&R Provider Services

399. Thriving at Three: More Than Just a Home Visit

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400. Elections 2008: The Impact of Legislation on Children and the Way We Can Impact Legislation

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401. Stronger Families, Stronger Children: Successful Strategies for Change

402. Issues, Challenges and Strategies Involved in Providing Quality Prekindergarten and Strengthening Mixed Delivery Systems

403. Strengthening a Community through Healthy Families

404. Adult Learners & Their Role in Training

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405. Child Care Business Basics

406. Lessons Learned from a Learning Community for QRS and Infants/Toddlers

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408. Building on the Promise: Ideas From States on How to Expand Access to Early Head Start Services

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412. Just Down the Hall: Mental Health in Primary Care Pediatric Practice

413. Unions and Home-based Child Care Providers

414. Protecting Children From Lead Poisoning

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500. Bridging the Social Synapse: Using Relationships to Promote Children’s Development

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501. School Readiness and Early Childhood Systems: Measurement Trends and Issues

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502. Parents as Teachers - Beyond Self-Assessment

503. Using Emotion to Help Children Behave: Implications of Social Neuroscience

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505. Federal Head Start Update

506. We Are All in This Together: Partnering to Improve Professional Development and Quality in Center and Family Home Settings

507. The Politics of Quality Rating Systems: An Early Childhood Governance System Approach

509. Ready Schools and PK-3: Education’s Base Camp Continues to Grow

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511. Planning and Implementing Kindergarten Transition Efforts Across Systems

512. Calling All Early Childhood Advocates: Are You Ready for the NC General Assembly Short Session?

513. Financial Planning for Preschool Classes in Public Schools

514. Two States' Journeys to Comprehensive Prenatal to Five Systems

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515. Professional Development Forum

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516. How to List, Map, Track and Serve ALL Babies from Birth Into School

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517. Developing a 0-8 Model of Early Care and Education

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518. The Ready School District

520. Public Awareness Network Meeting

521. Understanding and Working with Different Ages and Generations

522. Using the Earned Income Tax Credit to Finance Child Care Providers

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523. Exploring Political Will, Public Will and Why They Are NOT the Same: How to put the proper political strategy in play

524. Using Tax Credits to Promote High Quality Early Care and Education Services

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525. Getting Child Care on the Front Burner: Integrating Child Care and Economic Development Planning

526. More than Merely Translating: How to Market to Hispanics

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528. 15 Years of Lessons Learned in Building a Statewide Early Education System

529. It's All About Relationships

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530. Claiming Personal and Organizational Leadership: Exploring the Things Effective Leaders Do

531. An Assessment Guide on Father-Friendly Practices

532. Building Communities Where Everyone Works Together to Make Sure Children Thrive

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533. Venture Grant Meeting

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534. Building Comprehensive Early Childhood Systems: A Focus on Governance

535. Designing an Effective Message on Early Care

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536. Harnessing the Power of Data for Effective Decision Making (Part II)

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537. Building Public Awareness with the Business Community

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539. Subsidized Child Care Monitoring in North Carolina – a Model

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540. Raising Young Children to the Top of the Policy Agenda: Lessons from Illinois

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541. Shifting the Odds: How to Advance State Policies & Increase Investments in At-Risk Children Birth to Five

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542. Using Real Time Results to Meet Stakeholders’ Needs for Information

543. Smart Start Fiscal Update Part II