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Creating champions for
change
Let's work together to
make sure
all children in Tulsa County
enter school healthy and ready to succeed!
JumpStart is Tulsa's early childhood community engagement campaign.
It's an initiative of the
Tulsa County Partnership for
Early Childhood Success --
part of Smart Start Oklahoma,
our state's partnership for school readiness.
For years, committed
Tulsans have provided leadership and helped guide progress for early childhood
success, locally and at the
state level. JumpStart and the Tulsa County Partnership are the next step. Join us!
Please visit this website often to
learn more about:
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JumpStart/the Tulsa County Partnership for Early Childhood Success;
PowerPoint and
"Ready Or Not" brochure
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Smart Start Oklahoma, Oklahoma's
statewide early childhood partnership
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Early childhood events -- including:
NEW, Spring '08 calendar;
2007 Early Childhood Leadership
Forum
... The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study
- Find
helpful community services,
child care,
and
training and support
for child care providers
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The
importance of positive early childhood development for children and for
our community's future
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Early brain development,
school readiness and early literacy
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Mind in the Making PowerPoint,
website
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Child development and what parents and caregivers can do to
"jump-start" a lifetime of success
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For parents: classes, programs and events
... NEW, enroll now for 2008-09 school year for early childhood & kindergarten
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Learn more! Information
and resources online ...
Data: Tulsa's youngest children ...
NEW, Oklahoma Emergency Guidelines for Schools 2008
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Local news stories and editorials
on early childhood issues
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Ways
to get
involved, volunteer, and make a difference for young children
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Support JumpStart
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JumpStart
Early
Childhood Leadership Forums
Featured event:
Spring 2008 Leadership Forum -- April
3, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Have you registered for the Leadership Forum yet? Join JumpStart Tulsa and the
Child Care Resource Center for the next Leadership Forum for early childhood
professionals, mental health professionals and anyone who works with families of
young children. On Thursday, April 3, 2008, Dr. Karyn Purvis, Director of
the Institute of Child Development at Texas Christian University, will present a
day-long seminar on "Promising Interventions for
Traumatized Children". Dr. Robert Block is also on the agenda.
Purvis is
the Director of the Institute of Child Development which became a
Vision-In-Action initiative of Texas Christian University in June of 2005. The
Institute of Child Development is an outgrowth of a 1999 research collaboration
with her colleague David Cross and focuses on the development of research-based
interventions for vulnerable children. Purvis travels extensively nationally and
internationally, providing training and consultation for families and
professionals working with at-risk children. She is a member of the advisory
board of the Texas Association of Infant Mental Health and is co-author of "The
Connected Child".
Location: UMAC, 68th and Mingo in Tulsa
Fee: $25.00
Click here to
register
Other Coming Events
Photos from Dr. T.
Berry Brazelton's visit to Tulsa May 1 & 2
Looking back: past Leadership
Forums
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"Tulsa is really a standard-bearer for the state. Other
communities out there are looking to Tulsa to see what is happening here."
- Oklahoma First Lady Kim Henry
CONTACT
JumpStart Tulsa, the Tulsa Community Partnership for Early Childhood Success!
c/o the
Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
16 East 16th Street, Suite 202 -
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119
918 / 585-5551 phone -
918 / 585-3285 fax
Email for more information
about JumpStart and the Tulsa Partnership
Email with website
suggestions and questions
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