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Kick-off event
First Lady's Visit
ChildWatch
Family Matters Conference
ACE Study
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Special Events
for Tulsa's Early Childhood Community
For more
early childhood events, see the Child Care Resource Center's
online calendar
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Finding Your Smile Again: Taking Care of Yourself While Taking Care of
Children - Tulsa's Fall Early Childhood Conference - Saturday, October 4,
2008 - Tulsa, OK
Visit the
conference page
for more details.
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Early
Childhood
Leadership Forums
Advancing state of the art thinking
to further Tulsa's success on early childhood development and school
readiness
Sponsored by JumpStart Tulsa, the community engagement campaign of
the Tulsa Partnership for Early Childhood Success, and other partner
groups
Looking back...
Spring 2008
April 3, 2008 - Dr. Karyn Purvis, Director of the Institute of Child
Development at Texas Christian University, presented a day-long seminar
on "Promising Interventions for Traumatized Children." For
early childhood professionals, mental health professionals and anyone
who works with families of young children. Dr. Robert Block was 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.
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Fall 2007
September 11 & 12, 2007: Infant Mental Health -
Enhancing Early Experiences for At Risk Children
Speaker: Charles H. Zeanah, Jr., MD
Oklahoma State University Tulsa Conference Center, 700 North
Greenwood
Partner Sponsors: Oklahoma Association for Infant Mental
Health, and Associated Centers for Therapy
$100 for both days
More
October 4 & 5, 2007: Zarrow Mental Health Symposium
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Learning Differences and Mental Health: Implications that Can
Impact a Lifetime
Speakers: Dr. Mel Levine and Vernellia Randall
Tulsa Marriott Southern Hills, 1902 E. 71st Street
To register, visit www.mhat.org.
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October 13, 2007: 3rd Annual Early Childhood Fall Conference
- Hearing Families in Every Language
Featuring Holly Elissa Bruno, Wheelock
College
Tulsa Community
College West Campus ,
7505 W. 41st St., Tulsa
$50
More
October 23, 2007 -
Quality Early Education in Oklahoma: A Competitive Necessity in
a Global Economy
Bill Millet, MA,
Executive Director, Scope View Strategic Advantage
OSU-Tulsa, 700 N. Greenwood, Room 118
Partner: Tulsa Metro Chamber
Fee: $20.00 |
Spring 2007
BROCHURE
about spring leadership series
May 1-2, 2007 - T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.
Everyone enjoyed T. Berry Brazelton's visit to Tulsa, with his team from
Touchpoints.
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Emeritus, Harvard Medical School,
and Professor of Psychiatry and Human Development, Brown University,
Dr. Brazelton is an internationally-known authority. Partner sponsors: Tulsa Healthy Start, Child Care Resource
Center, TulsaKids Magazine, Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor.
May 1:
Public Event - OSU Tulsa, 700 North Greenwood
May 2: Conference - Downtown Doubletree Hotel, 616 West
7th; agenda
April 19, 2007 - Samuel Meisels - Young
Children & Accountability
One of the nation’s
leading authorities on the assessment of young children, Dr. Meisels,
President, Erikson Institute, has
published over 150 articles, books, and monographs, and is co-author of
the Work Sampling System, the Early Screening
Inventory-Revised, and The Handbook of Early Childhood
Intervention. His research focuses on the development of alternative
assessment strategies for young children; the impact of standardized
tests; and developmental screening in early childhood. Recently, he
completed work on the development of The Ounce Scale, an observational
assessment for birth to three-year-olds and their families and is
currently conducting a study of its validity among Early Head Start
children and providers.
Partner sponsors: Tulsa Healthy Start, Child Care Resource
Center, Parenting Education Network. Location:
Crown Plaza Hotel, 100 East 2nd Street.
January
26 and April 30, 2007 - Dr. Felitti, ADVERSE
CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACE)
More about ACE
...publications,
articles, "Tulsa World" stories;
flyer
 Vincent J. Felitti, MD, is Co-Principal Investigator of the
Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, ongoing collaborative research
between Kaiser Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control. A
graduate of Johns Hopkins Medical School (1962), Dr. Felitti founded
the Department of Preventive Medicine for Kaiser Permanente in San
Diego, California in 1975, where he served as Chief of Preventive
Medicine until March 2001. He is also Clinical Professor of Medicine
at University of California, San Diego, a Fellow of The American
College of Physicians, and founder of the California Institutes of
Preventive Medicine.
Partner sponsors for the January 26 events: Tulsa Healthy Start, Child Care Resource
Center. Dr. Felitti's return visit April 30 was sponsored by the
Tulsa County Medical Society.
In the photo: Dr.
Felitti (center) with JumpStart staff members Jan Figart and Talia Shaull
Flyer Press release about this
event and the ACE study
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Looking
back...other past early childhood events
sponsored by JumpStart and/or its partners in the community
2007
- Quality
Early Education in
Oklahoma:
A Competitive Necessity in a Global Economy
Bill Millett, Scope View Strategic Advantage
October 23, 2007, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Oklahoma
State
University, Conference Center Room 118,
700 North
Greenwood
Fee $20
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Far
too often, arguments for the importance of quality early education and related
programs have focused exclusively on the future of the state’s youngest citizens
as individuals. But there is far more at stake than that. Those kids today
are, for better or worse, a substantial part of
Oklahoma's workforce twenty years out. They
will grow into a world that is more economically complex, challenging and
competitive than anything we’ve ever known. In
that respect, programs like JumpStart Tulsa and Smart Start
Oklahoma are the first
stage of an educational trajectory that in a very real way will determine not
only their futures, but the economic vitality of their communities and state--
even that of the country.
Such highly regarded organizations as The Business Roundtable, The Center for
Economic Development and The Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis have gone on record as emphasizing
the critical economic role that quality early education will play in the years
ahead.
The October 23 program reviewed the positions of those institutions, and
explained some of the analyses that have statistically demonstrated the difference
that quality care can make. It also reviewed the successes and shortcoming
of
North Carolina's
pioneering Smart Start program that was established in 1993, and which has
served as a national model for providing quality early care.
Saturday, April 28th, 2007, Kendall-Whittier Elementary, 2601 E. 5th Pl. Tulsa, OK 74104. Keynote Speaker:
Clifton Taulbert, a Pulitzer nominated author and the
President and Founder of the Building Community Institute who speaks
throughout the world on the critical issue of creating a community based on
Respect, Affirmation, and Inclusion. He is the author of the internationally
acclaimed book, Eight Habits of the Heart, which provides the framework for
building and maintaining a positive, effective and caring community.
More
2006
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10/27/06 ... Leadership Forum: Teen
Pregnancy, Prevention and Parenting
Featuring Bill Albert, Deputy Director,
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, and Suzan D. Boyd, DrPH, Executive Director, South
Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
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10/21/06
... Leadership Forum:
Brenda Bird, BS
"Love and Logic Power Tools for Teachers"
"Valuing Parents as Partners in Education "
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10/21/06 ... Tulsa's Fall Early
Childhood Conference, "Tools for the Trade"
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flyer
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10/9/06 ...
Leadership Forum:
Harold
Hodgkinson, Ed.D., Institute for Educational Leadership -- "The Same Client: Insights on the Demographics
of Education and Service Delivery Systems in Oklahoma"
2005
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12/9/05 ...
Tulsa Child
Watch/”A Child's Health” Tour & Luncheon -
overview & presentations.
Focus: the mental and physical health of young children (ages zero to
five) in Tulsa County
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10/14/05 ... Healthy Living, Learning & Leading:
Fall Conference -- October 14 & 15, Tulsa Convention Center --
details, workshops;
brochure
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10/1/05 ... Tulsa Public
Schools Family Education Conference provided
workshops for parents, teachers, and
middle- and high-school students; a carnival for elementary aged children;
and child care for under 4.
Keynote speaker Barbara Coloroso discussed
"The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander: From Pre-School to High School -
How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle of Violence."
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9/30/05 ... JumpStart co-sponsored the
ChildWatch Tour,
"Child's Play" --
Tulsa World story;
information
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9/23/05 ...
JumpStart co-sponsored the Tulsa
Community College Foundation's Vision in Education Leadership
Awards which honored Oklahoma's "pioneers, torchbearers
and advocates" in early childhood education.
At a celebration dinner at the
Crowne Plaza, they were honored for their leadership in
developing
Oklahoma's national reputation in
quality early childhood education.
JumpStart salutes the Vision Award
2005 honorees! Pictured, from left, front row Bill Doenges,
Nancy McDonald, Ruth Ann Fate on behalf of her late husband,
Martin Fate, and Robert LaFortune; second row, from left, Pete
Churchwell, Rep. Ron Peters, Sen. Ted Fisher,
George Kaiser, and Leonard Eaton.
Pictured behind the awards are,
from left, Vision Dinner Honorary Chair Stan Lybarger, Ruth Ann
Fate, wife of the late Martin Fate, TCC Foundation Chair Henry
Primeaux, and TCC President and CEO Dr. Tom McKeon.
Remarks by George Kaiser - EduCare
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8/31/05 ...
A National
Perspective on Early Childhood Programs and What it Means for
Oklahoma --
1:30 p.m. at Disney
Elementary School.
Helen
Blank, Keynote Speaker, is Director of Leadership and Public
Policy at the National Women’s
Law
Center.
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8/11/05 ... Children
served by Tulsa nonprofits and organizations benefited from Office Depot's Backpack Donation Day
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information;
photo
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4/29/05 ...
Family Fun Fair - Week of the
Young Child, at the Tulsa Event Center
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4/21-22/05 ...
Family
Matters Conference, at TCC West Campus
2002 - 2004
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