Infant and Early Childhood Conference 2008

Conference Goals:

• Challenge thinking about diversity and disability;


• Increase family and provider effectiveness through new skills, strategies and ideas for providing high quality services;


• Enhance understanding of the unique strengths and needs of each family;


• Foster partnerships across families, disciplines, agencies and funders to provide coordinated services in local communities;


• Promote networking and coalition building around early childhood issues;


• Enhance the lives of families and their children through the use of information and technology; and


• Promote the mutual understanding of the contributions families and providers bring to the lives of young children