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• Understanding Our Place in Creating More Equitable EI Services

  • When
    Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Online Webinar (please note this is Central Standard Time)
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  Join us for Part Two of our  two-part "Lunch and Learn" series presented by former IDTA Legislative Chair  Megan Schumaker Murphy Ed.D.! 

  
  

  This session blends brief lecture and case studies to engage participants in identifying the ways in which implicit biases sneak into early intervention services provision.  Together, we'll examine how these our implicit biases shape interactions without us realizing it and discuss strategies to provide more culturally responsive EI services. 
  

  
  

  
  

  Megan Schumaker Murphy, Ed.D. earned her doctorate at DePaul University. She spent ten years as an early intervention developmental therapist in Illinois and was the IDTA's Legislative Chair from 2015-2017.  Currently, Megan is an assistant professor of early childhood education at Salem State University's McKeown School of Education.  Her research and writing focuses on understanding and diversifying the EI and early childhood workforce and supporting EI providers and early childhood teachers in working toward more culturally sustaining and Equitible practices.  Her most recent article, Supporting Male Caregivers During EI Sessions, is available online in Young Exceptional Children. Megan lives with her family in Salem, MA.  In her spare time, she curates an Instagram account of her horse wearing silly hats. 
  

  
  

   

   

  1.5 Illinois Early Intervention Credit Hours in the area of Working With Families has been approved. 

  (please note credit is currently unavailable for states outside of Illinois)

  This training is open to all Early Intervention Providers and Service Coordinators

  There will be a free reflective practice session offered after the webinar for all IDTA Members ONLY. This will require a separate registration. 

  Please note, a strict no cancellation policy will be enforced for all IDTA webinars

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Reflective Practice Session for: Understanding Our Place in Creating More Equitable EI Services

  • When
    Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Online Webinar (please note this is Central Standard Time)
  • Spaces left
    37

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  Reflective Practice Session:

  Understanding Our Place in Creating More Equitable EI Services

  This interactive and self-reflective webinar will help practitioners review information and case studies from the webinar to gain and understanding of our own biases and how this affects our DT practice. Together with our fellow DT's we will reflect on the webinar and discuss various ways that we can implement this new found knowledge into our daily work with families. 

  A strong emphasis will be placed on self -reflection, looking at a provider’s own beliefs, and learning how to empower parents to advocate and engage in the Early Intervention process and beyond. 

  This webinar will directly follow the Understanding Equity in Early Intervention webinar.

  This event is only open to IDTA members who attended the webinar !  

  1.0 Early Intervention Credit Hours in the area of Working with Families has been approved. 

  (please note credit is currently unavailable for states outside of Illinois)

  This is a closed training and is only open to IDTA Members who attended the  Understanding Equity in Early Intervention webinar. Certificates WILL NOT be issued to members who did not attend the webinar prior to this event. 

  Please note, a strict no cancellation policy will be enforced for all IDTA webinars.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• 2023 Illinois Developmental Therapy Association Conference

  • When
    Friday, October 06, 2023
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    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Moraine Valley Community College 9000 West College Parkway Building M, Palos Hills, IL 60465

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  The IDTA is proud to announce our 8th annual conference exclusively for the developmental therapists in the field. This will be an excellent opportunity to connect with your peers, gain tips to further your practice, honor the achievements of  Developmental Therapists with the Wehman Award of Excellence, Benny D Rising Star Award, and celebrate all that has been accomplished in our field.

  We are excited the announce that our Keynote Speaker will be Kate Swenson author of Forever Boy.

  This Years theme:

  Early Intervention/Lifetime Success: How DT is More than Birth to Three

  Join us as we expand our knowledge of what we as developmental therapists can do to facilitate meaningful interactions for our EI families as they navigate their world around them . So mark your calendars, book your hotel room, and prepare for a fun and knowledge filled day among your fellow Developmental Therapists.

  
  

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