by WHSA | Aug 5, 2011
WHAT: October Leadership Skills Institute SPONSOR: National Head Start Association (NHSA) WHEN: Sunday, October 2, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. WHERE: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington D.C. DESCRIPTION: NHSA will host the following three Skills Institutes:...
by WHSA | Aug 5, 2011
On August 4th, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) Secretary Eloise Anderson announced DCF’s statewide campaign to raise awareness among working parents about YoungStar, the state’s childcare quality rating and improvement system. YoungStar...
by WHSA | Aug 3, 2011
The Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) Program at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) along with the Waisman Center’s Community of Practice on Autism Spectrum Disorders and other Developmental Disabilities (CoP ASD/DD) have...
by WHSA | Aug 1, 2011
WHAT: 1st National Birth to Five Leadership Institute, Leading the Way for Children, Families and Communities SPONSOR: The Office of Head Start (OHS) WHEN: Monday, October 3 to Wednesday, October 5, 2011 (Pre-Institute offered on Sunday, October 2, 2011) WHERE:...
by WHSA | Jul 22, 2011
The Simon Technology Center (STC) at the PACER Center has published EZ AT 2: Simple Assistive Technology Ideas for Children Ages Birth to Three (2011), a guide for parents and professionals interested in helping infants and toddlers with disabilities participate more...
by WHSA | Jul 22, 2011
“Head Start and the Changing Demographics of Today’s Young Children” (July 2011), a new paper by Olivia Golden for the Urban Institute and published in NHSA’s Dialog Briefs (vol. 14, no, 1), describes recent changes in both the racial/ethnic...
by WHSA | Jul 21, 2011
Two key reports on the state of federal spending on children’s program were release at the third Children’s Budget Summit, “Perspective on Children as a National Priority.” Together, the reports paint a grim picture for the future of...
by WHSA | Jul 19, 2011
The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) has released a new report, The State of America’s Children 2011, which finds that in the past year children have fallen further behind in many of the leading indicators as the country slowly climbs out of the recession. ...
by WHSA | Jul 19, 2011
WHAT: Supporting Infants and Toddlers in Wisconsin Training SPONSOR: Wisconsin Early Childhood Education Center (WI ECE Center) at STG International, Inc., a part of the Head Start T/TA Network, for the Office of Head Start. WHEN: Monday, August 1 to Thursday, August...
