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Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Education, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Family Services, Human Services, Literacy, Unknown
Mission: The infant development association advocates for improved, effective prevention and early intervention services by providing information, education, and training to parents, professionals, decision makers, and others in the field of early intervention. Ida consists of 4 chapters throughout california where local meetings of professionals and families are held to discuss and learn about a variety of topics and issues related to early intervention and child development. Ida with the volunteers representing families and professionals in the field of early intervention identify educational needs, information and resource needs, and policies to improve early intervention services in california.
Programs: Chapters and committees provided and/or co-sponsored the following conferences/meetings/trainings/forums/networking opportunities/webinars/policy enews:policy enews 02/02/17: early start use of private insurance survey / medicaid survey04/20/17: input on california part c application-public comment period04/25/17: fund community-based developmental services-rally05/19/17: early start budget language06/13/17: early start budget language (ab107, section 11) private insurance09/19/17: federal action graham-cassidy bill and california vendor rate survey10/11/17: townhall meetings on medical12/5/17: tax cuts and job acts/respite services/minimum wage details for vendorsforum annual update on california early start impact of regulatory changes: social-emotional requirements and administrative/operational challengesjanuary 9, 2017, los angeles, ca34 attendedworkshop parents as partners: how to encourage and engage parents in social emotional developmentapril 7, 2017, sacramento, ca32 attendednetworking networking social / 1:1 reflective supervisionmay 23, 2017, oakland, ca2 attendedworkshop sing and speak: evidence-based music therapy to assist children with relationships and communicationjune 27, 2017, los angeles, ca13 attendednetworking networking socialaugust 22, 2017, oakland, ca 6 attendedwebinar an introduction to routines-based intervention/cosponsored with cptajuly 26, 201725 attendedconference ida southern california regional conference effective collaboration: together we are unstoppablemarch 3-4, 2017, costa mesa, ca133 attended conference vivian weinstein leadership day: best practices in home visitingmay 1, 2017, los angeles, ca190 attendedconference ida northern california regional conference growing and thriving in supportive relationshipsseptember 8-9, 2017, sacramento, ca148 attendedworkshop reflective practice in-actionseptember 14, 2017, imperial, ca24 attendedworkshop motivational interviewing and engagmentoctober 20, 2017, san diego, ca14 attendednetworking networking socialoctober 24, 2017, san jose, ca9 attendednetworking networking socialoctober 25, 2017, oakland, ca8 attendedworkshop supporting families with parental depressionnovember 3, 2017, sacramento, ca22 attended