Strong Foundations Conference
Circles of Influence: Expanding Your Sphere to Ensure Positive Outcomes
Thursday, January 15, 2009 - Saturday, January 17, 2009, Cragun’s Resort, Brainerd.
Registration Deadline: Monday, January 5, 2009.
Strong Foundations: Minnesota’s Birth-to-Three Conference for Healthy Development
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Shamoon Shanok, LCSW, PhD, director of the Institute for Infants, Children & Families of the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, New York City, NY
Keynote Presentation: Patterns, Parallels and Parenthood: Guiding Principles for Our Work
Using videotape to discuss brain development, early relationships, the effect of parent upon baby, and of baby upon parent, Dr. Rebecca Shamoon Shanok will delineate key guiding principles for all the fields of early and earliest childhood, highlighting ideas about why and how to work closely with parents and within parent-child relationships.
A limited number of scholarships are available for child care providers.
Sponsored by: Center for Early Education and Development, Minnesota Department of Education, Minnesota Department of Human Services and Minnesota Department of Health.
