Inclusion Matters

En este episodio, Karina Pliego, CICC Support, da la bienvenida a Ronan Hernandez-Pratt para hablar sobre la importancia de preparar a los niños cuando llega un nuevo miembro a la familia. Escuche las estrategias y el apoyo que podemos brindar para facilitar esta transición importante.

En este episodio, Karina Pliego, CICC Support, y el invitado Ronan Hernandez-Pratt hablan sobre los maravillosos beneficios del aprendizaje y el juego al aire libre y los pasos y estrategias a tomar en cuenta al planificar el tiempo al aire libre.

Kate Abernathy, a Registered Dietitian and CEO of Providers Choice, delves into the world of picky eating in children. She emphasizes the significance of fostering a positive relationship with food through early exposure and supportive environments. Strategies like repeated exposure to new foods and creative activities can ignite children's curiosity about healthy eating. Kate also shares valuable tips for parents, highlighting the importance of pressure-free exploration of foods, ensuring that even picky eaters can build trust and confidence in their food choices.

Join Sarah Hawley, a Child Care Health Consultant and Public Health Nurse, as she shares her expertise on creating safe play environments for children. She discusses the importance of regular safety checks and the role of adult supervision to prevent accidents in play spaces. Sarah highlights the need for appropriate staff-to-child ratios and how staffing shortages can impact child safety. Additionally, she offers essential tips on first aid supplies for playgrounds, ensuring caregivers are prepared for minor injuries during playtime.

Join Pediatric Occupational Therapist Alyssa Mason, who specializes in the sensory needs of young children, as she delves into the intricacies of preschoolers' experiences. She shares insights on recognizing sensory challenges in early education and provides strategies for creating calm, supportive environments. Mason discusses enhancing snack time with sensory-friendly practices, optimizing seating for stability, and adapting spaces to manage sensory overload, ensuring each child's unique needs are met in a nurturing setting.

Public health nurse Sarah Hawley from Minnesota Child Care Health Consultants shares her expertise on safe and healthy naptime routines for children. She discusses the crucial role of structured sleep practices in childcare settings, highlighting age-specific sleep needs and optimal naptime conditions. Sarah emphasizes the importance of the ABCs of infant sleep safety, insisting on creating secure environments for young ones. Practical tips are provided for enhancing children's napping experiences and fostering collaboration between caregivers and parents to support quality sleep.

In this episode, our guest Danielle Hayden, Supervisor of Early Childhood Special Education at the Minnesota Department of Education joins us to provide an overview of the state of the state as it relates to early intervention across Minnesota in post-Covid realities.

In this episode (in Somali) Bureeqo Dahir, CICC Coach, and special guest Marian Hassan discuss the importance of understanding Mental Health and the need for communication and information sharing around this important topic.  They also explain how Mental Health affects every aspect of our lives- emotional, psychological, and social well-being; how we feel, think, behave, and relate to others. Dhacdadan (af  Soomaaliga ah ) Bureeqo Dahir, CICC Coach kaa ah, iyo martida gaarka ah Marian Hassan waxay ka wada hadlayaan muhiimadda fahamka Caafimaadka Maskaxda iyo baahida loo qabo isgaarsiinta iyo macluumaadka wadaagga mowduucan muhiimka ah.  Waxay sidoo kale sharraxaan sida Caafimaadka Maskaxda u saameeyo dhinac kasta oo nolosheena ah - shucuur, cilmi nafsi, iyo wanaag bulsho; sida aan dareemeyno, u fikirno, u dhaqanno, una xiriirno kuwa kale.

Our guest Sarah Hawley of Minnesota Child Care Health Consultants is back again for another episode to support healthy child care settings.  Priscilla Weigel and Sarah discuss the common illnesses that require exclusion from child care settings and why.  Policies and communication with families and staff are also discussed as well as illness that does not require exclusion.

Join us for this special episode of Inclusion Matters as we talk with Margaret Mahowld, Director of Calvary Child Care.  She shares her path to hope in the staffing crisis detailing her step by step plan to keep her child care setting open and able to continue to support families.