<p>About the Instructors National Center for Clinical Infant Programs Michelle Lintott is the Program Manager for You Make The Difference™ at The Hanen Centre. She is an About the YMTD Workshop experienced Group Leader and has provided workshop ™ training on the You Make The Difference program In the 3 day You Make The Difference™ (YMTD) About the YMTD Program throughout North America and the United Kingdom. Michelle has many years of experience working with children, Workshop, community professionals will learn how to families, and educators and has a background that includes lead a YMTD Parent-Child Interaction Program. The YMTD Program: early childhood education, intervention, and prevention programming. Workshop participants will be taught through a series of  Teaches parents how to interact with their children interactive, experiential activities, which include: in ways that enhance the parent-child relationship Carm Viola is an Early Childhood Educator with over 14 years of experience providing support to children and their and promote child well being families. She is employed by the George Hull Centre in  Observing simulated YMTD sessions  Helps parents learn to promote their children's Toronto, Canada, where she is involved in case  Leading a practice session for a group of parents social language and early literacy development management, developmental assessment, and parent education. Carm has been providing families with the You during everyday situations Make The Difference™ Parent-Child Interaction Program Workshop materials include:  Is a general education parenting program geared since 1997. toward prevention  YMTD Guidebook for Parents  Helps make parents aware of developmental needs Judy Ball, M.S., C.C.C., is a speech and language  YMTD Leader’s Guide pathologist with more than 25 years of experience working their child may have so that appropriate services with children and families. She is employed by the University  YMTD Teaching Tape may be accessed with support from community of Western Ontario and maintains a private practice in the  Help Your Child Learn Poster professionals area of pediatrics. Judy has been offering You Make the Difference TM programs for more than 5 years and has  Combines group sessions for parents with given workshops on this program in North America and Who Should Attend? individual videotaping of parents and their children, internationally. with coaching from the YMTD group leader Ann Kurtz is a family support counselor with Westcoast The YMTD Workshop is for community professionals Family Resources Society in Vancouver, Canada. She has Enriching parent-child who work with a diverse group of parents of very young over 15 years of experience working with adolescent parents children. These parents may: Prerequisites for YMTD and their children and is presently an emergency response interaction as part of counselor for families in crisis. Ann has been offering You  Benefit from improving their parenting skills Workshop Attendance Make the Difference TM programs since 1998. your prevention  Be young and/or single What the Experts Say program  Be socially or geographically isolated To be eligible to attend participants must have:  Be economically disadvantaged “You Make The Difference provides the tools for adults  post-secondary training in Early Childhood  Have limited literacy skills to engage in intimate, supportive interactions with Education, Public Health/Community Nursing,  Have typically developing children or children who children.” A 3-Day Workshop for Social Work, Speech-Language Pathology or a are at risk of delays in development Philip H. Printz Community Professionals related field Head Start Region 1 Resource Access Project The YMTD Workshop will enable community workers to: and/or Education Development Centre Hosted by  Run YMTD Programs for groups of parents  A minimum of two years experience working with “The Hanen Program has hit the mark once again in THE OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF parents and their young children.  Evaluate and support positive parent and child sensing what parents need in order to promote their interactions children’s communication skills.” PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Note: It may be helpful to attend the YMTD Louis M. Rossetti  Provide parents with support from other parents in Workshop with a colleague who will co-lead the EVEN START FAMILY the group Editor, Infant/Toddler Intervention: Program with you. The Transdisciplinary Journal LITERACY PROGRAM  Link parents with other community services that they may need To register, please go to: “A warm, wise and wonderful guide to help parents and SEATAC, WASHINGTON https://www.k12.wa.us/Events/root/Calen other grown-ups connect with the feelings of babies and Please note: This workshop is not for professionals dar/EventCalendarMonth.aspx who work exclusively with families of children with young children.” AUGUST 16–18, 2005 identified special needs and/or language delays. Name: Sarah Bland Emily Fenichel The Hanen Centre 1075 Bay Street, Suite 515 Workshop participants will not be licensed to Phone: 360-725-6049 Editor, Zero to Three Bulletin Toronto, ON Canada M5S 2B1 provide this program to the aforementioned Email: [email protected] Fax: 360-664-3575 Website: www.hanen.org population. (Please see ‘Upon Completion of the Tel: 416 921-1073 Fax: 416 921-1225 YMTD Workshop’) Email: [email protected]  Getting started. If ‘yes,’ please describe: You Make the Difference Registration Form ______Workshop Agenda 3-Day YMTD Workshop for Community Professionals Upon Completion of the Day 1 ~ * 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Please describe your work setting and your job in this * Registration begins at 8:45 a.m. on Day 1 setting. YMTD Workshop Please complete and fax this form to: Introduction to the YMTD Program </p><p>You will be eligible to sign a Licensing Agreement with Sarah Bland  Rationale and philosophy of the YMTD Program The Hanen Centre. This will license you to run the 360-664-3575 ™  The '3A Way' – strategies to foster parent-child You Make The Difference Program as a parent interaction education/prevention program under the YMTD name Describe how you plan to use the YMTD Program in and logo. Orientation to the YMTD Program (PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY) your setting. Name: The Licensing Agreement:  A YMTD group session for parents in action  Adult Learning – considerations for leading YMTD Title/Position:  Outlines the required components for a YMTD Program Employer:  Is renewable every year Day 2 ~ 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.  Requires that the YMTD Program be offered Work Address: as a parent education/prevention program Do you currently work with children at risk? How to run a YMTD Program YES  NO  ______With this license, you become a member of the YMTD Please describe the population to which you provide support and information network. Your license also  Practice co-leading parts of a group session for parents Phone: Fax: ______service. grants you access to a ‘members only’ section on Hanen’s Website (www.hanen.org)  Introduction to videotaping and coaching of parents while interacting with their children Email: </p><p>Note: You must attend all three days of the  Evaluation of parent-child interaction Workshop to qualify for the license. Your qualifications/experience: Day 3 ~ 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.  Community Worker  Early Childhood Educator Are you attending the workshop with a potential YMTD IMPORTANT  Public Health Nurse  Infant Worker co-leader? YES  NO  Lead a Mini Video Review in a Enrolment is limited 48 YMTD Group Session  Speech-language Pathologist Additional Comments: participants.  Other (specify) ______ Practice selecting positive video segments of parent-child interaction and leading a simulated Name of post-secondary institution & program:</p><p> group video review. </p><p>Understanding Typical Communication Number of years working with families & young children: ______Workshop Location Development in Young Children Radisson Hotel Seattle Airport  Normal and delayed language development. Do you have experience leading parent groups?  Identification of risk factors. 17001 Pacific Highway South, YES  NO  SeaTac, WA 98188 Running Your First YMTD Program</p><p> Things to consider.</p>