Resource Discovery: Children's Books Relating to LGBT Families
By Robyn DiPietro-Wells, Heather Johnson, and Misty Krippel Children’s Books by AnnieSpratt, CC0, Available at pixabay.com Recently the Family Development team presented two webinars surrounding LGBT...
View ArticleFD Early Intervention Webinar: Have A Seat! Learning What Children Know...
Date: June 22, 2017 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Location: https://learn.extension.org/events/2941 Cover image “Box of balls” by Kristina Kessler is licensed Creative Commons CC BY 2.0. When we...
View ArticleFD Early Intervention Webinar: When Play is More than Just "Playing":...
Date: October 19, 2017 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Location: https://learn.extension.org/events/2942 Cover image July 18 (5) by Jessica Lucia licensed Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. We often...
View ArticleAfter the Webinar: Summary of Key Resources
On October 19, Kristie Pretti-Frontczak, Ph. D. shared a wealth of resources to supporting delivering intentional instruction through everyday interactions during the webinar “When Play is More than...
View ArticleFD Early Intervention Webinar: Beyond the Shape Sorter: Playful Interactions...
Date: December 7, 2017 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Location: https://learn.extension.org/events/2943 Cover image “Shape Sorter” by Andy licensed Creative Commons CC BY 2.0. A primary way children...
View ArticleWait, Watch, & Wonder: A follow up to FDEI's Dec. 7 Webinar
On Dec. 7 the FDEI team along with Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak held our final webinar in our series on play entitled, “Beyond the Shape Sorter: Playful Interactions that Promote Strong Academic and...
View ArticleSave The Dates! Early Intervention 2018 Webinar Series
The Family Development Early Intervention Team is excited to announce initial details for our 2018 Webinar Series! Click the image to learn more! The post Save The Dates! Early Intervention 2018...
View ArticleFD Early Intervention Webinar: Getting to Know You: Early Communication...
Date: March 8, 2018 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Eastern Location: https://learn.extension.org/events/3302 Cover Image from Photospin.com, Image 430_5015384 by Monkey Business Images. Infants share...
View ArticleGetting to Their First Word: Supporting early communication
by Juliann Woods, Ph. D., SLP-CCC Image used with permission, J. Woods When parents talk about the speech and language of their children, words are often identified as the first major milestone....
View ArticleFD Early Intervention Webinar: From Communication to Conversations
Date: June 28, 2018 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Eastern Location: https://learn.extension.org/events/3372 Children’s language use grows dramatically throughout the toddler and preschool years....
View ArticleCommunication Development During the Incredible Toddler and Preschool Years
By Mollie Romano, Ph. D., CCC-SLP Image from Pixabay.com, CC0 Watching children’s communication expand during the second year of life and through preschool is a great deal of fun to witness! From...
View ArticleResource Discovery: IRIS Module – Dual language learners: Supporting young...
Screen shot from https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/ by Loretta Hayslip, M. Ed. During the March FDEI webinar many participants expressed a desire to learn more about supporting young dual language...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots Between Language and Literacy Learning: Part One
by Juliann Woods, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Image from Pixabay.com, CC0 Recent research has reaffirmed the importance of language and literacy for children’s future academic success and has increasingly...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots Between Language and Literacy Learning: Part Two
by Juliann Woods, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Image from Pixabay.com, CC0 As promised in yesterday’s blog, today we will share a few strategies to help support language and literacy development simultaneously...
View ArticleHelping Families Support Early Communication Development in Young Children
Image from Pixabay.com, CC0 By Juliann Woods, Ph.D., CCC-SLP More than ever, research indicates the incredible role of families in their children’s communication development. We are learning more and...
View ArticleFD Early Intervention Webinar: Small Talk
Date: Sept. 27, 2018 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Eastern Location: https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/event/22023/https://learn.extension.org/events/3372 Previous webinars in this series...
View ArticleA bagless approach in early intervention? What is that?
by Crystal Williams Images from R. DiPietro-Wells; Created with AdobeSpark Home visits are a primary form of service delivery in early intervention (EI). During home visits a professional or team of...
View ArticleDaily Family Routines Are Daily Learning Opportunities for Young Children
Image from Pixabay.com, CC0 by Mollie Romano, PhD, CCC-SLP, and Juliann Woods, PhD, CCC-SLP When providers discuss routines as contexts for early intervention, parents may wonder, “That sounds strange....
View ArticleBuilding Communication Through Interactive Storybook Reading
By Juliann Woods, PhD, SLP-CCC & Mollie Romano, PhD, SLP-CCC Image from Pixabay.com, CC0 In this blog Dr. Juliann Woods and Dr. Mollie Romano discuss shared book reading and a few tips and...
View ArticleBuilding Communication and Language Through Interactions: Key Concepts
Image from Pixabay.com, CC0 By Juliann Woods, PhD, SLP-CCC & Mollie Romano, PhD, SLP-CCC It has been a wonderful experience providing this series of webinars for the MFLN Early Intervention...
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