Child Care Services Association’s 42nd annual A.S.K. Conference will take place on Saturday, February 21st from 8:30am-3:15pm at East Chapel Hill High School (500 Weaver Dairy Road). The A.S.K. Conferences provides a full day of training sessions and workshops for early childhood and school age education professionals. This is an outstanding opportunity for educators to be inspired and informed about effective teaching and developmentally appropriate practice.
This year, there will be more than 90 different sessions from which to choose, and topics were selected with deliberate intention to meet the professional development needs of early care and education teachers and program directors. Sessions will focus on: the application of recent research on child language and literary development; working with children with special needs; and evidence-based practice focused on early reading and cognitive development to promote school readiness and improved learning outcomes of young children, to name a few.
The Partnership’s own Paulette Stephens, Touchpoints Coordinator, will present a session on toxic stress, helping participants understand the causes and symptoms of toxic stress and how it affects the emotional, mental and physical well-being of young children.
All individual registrations ($70 per person) must be received by February 6th. Group registrations ($45 per person; must register together) must be received by January 30th. Continuing education units (CEUs) are available on specialized topics for early childhood educators, school age and youth development professionals and administrators.
For more information and to register, please click here.
