Jennifer Teykaerts

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Location

Sacramento, CA

What type of agency do you work for?

Other

With which Regional Center catchment area are you associated?

Alta California

What is your primary professional role in Early Start?

Training/Technical Assistance Provider

Are you a parent or family member of a child with special needs?

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Baby and adult brains ‘sync up’ during play, finds Princeton Baby Lab

A study from the Princeton Baby Lab reveals new insights into brain development related to social and communication development. In the study, researchers recorded brain activity (safely!) for both babies and an adult during face-to-face…

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Baby and adult brains ‘sync up’ during play, finds Princeton Baby Lab

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Better Outcomes for Babies: Key Practices of Cross-System Collaboration

This publication from Zero to Three highlights collaborative practices from four states - Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey and Washington - that have effectively connected and coordinated multiple state systems to serve infants and toddlers and their…

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Tips on Temperament from ZerotoThree.org

“Temperament” is the term for how we react and respond to the world. Our temperaments show up as early as infancy. For parents, understanding their child’s temperament and being able to predict and plan for their child’s reaction to different…

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Tips on Temperament

This resource for parents from ZerotoThree.org offers families strategies for understanding their child's temperament and predicting how their child will react in different situations. Read more…

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Training Schedule: Winter 2021

Winter Session: January 11 to March 19, 2021
Registration opens November 30, 2020 and closes on January 1, 2021.
Courses offered:

Foundations: Partnering for Effective Service Delivery
Foundations: Working Through the IFSP Process
Skill Base:…

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Resource for Service Coordinators: Knowledge and Skills for Service Coordinators

The National Service Coordination Training Workgroup, with support from the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) and the Early Childhood Personnel Center, have recently published Knowledge and Skills for Service Coordinators (KSSC). The KSSC describes…

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Knowledge and Skills for Service Coordinators

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Early Start Outreach: A Message from DDS [UPDATED]

UPDATED 11/09/20
From DDS:
"The Interagency Coordinating Council on Early Intervention (ICC) and the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) are pleased to share these outreach materials with you in Spanish. Additional languages of these…

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Early Start Healthcare Provider Brochure

In an effort to increase public awareness and outreach and Early Start, the Department of Developmental Services created the Early Start Healthcare Provider Brochure, an easy-to-read brochure for pediatricians and other healthcare providers that…

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Addressing Challenging Behavior in Challenging Times: Empowering Early Childhood Educators Through Reflective Practice

This article from WestEd's R&D Alert highlights the California Inclusion and Behavioral Network (CIBC) and its impact on supporting California's early childhood educators to foster supportive and inclusive environments for children with challenging…

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First 5 Learning Collaborative: Early Identification and Intervention During COVID-19

Join First 5 California for a virtual conversation about early developmental screening and referrals to Early Start during COVID-19. From First 5 CA:

As we continue to move through COVID-19, it is critical that children with developmental and…

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Study: Young Children and Infants Read to By Parents Have Stronger Vocabulary Skills

A recent study found that for young children at risk for learning and behavioral challenges, reading together with a parent can help support their language development later in life. Researchers studied the impact of parents reading to children as…

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Study: Young Children and Infants Read to By Parents Have Stronger Vocabulary Skills

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Study: Young Children and Infants Read to By Parents Have Stronger Vocabulary Skills

A 2019 study led by researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School found that "shared reading between parents and very young children, including infants, is associated with stronger vocabulary skills for nearly all children by age 3,"…

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Tips on Helping Your Child Build Relationships

Relationships are the heart of Early Start; they are also at the heart of development for infants and toddlers. Young children learn best through relationships with the important people in their lives, like parents, caregivers, siblings, and peers.…

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What's Challenging?

What's challenging for you about providing services in the natural environment to families who are monolingual? Here's what some professionals had to say at the ESPS 2018 world cafe session on natural environments: Meeting the needs of Mixtec families Finding translators (Atto, Bajo) Scheduling in working families Limited providers who speak other languages Multi-ethnicity trust building Immigration – fewer referrals, difficulty getting into homes for intakes and visits Understanding cultural…

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What's Working Now?

Tell us below what's working well for you regarding providing services in the natural environment to families who are monolingual. Here's what some professionals had to say at the ESPS 2018 world cafe session on natural environments: Scheduling Mixtec assessments with Salud clinic or medical clinics Language line for initial/on-going phone contact Flexibility Materials are now available in various languages (websites, brochures, etc.) Matching home visitors Cultural activities Partnership…

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What's Challenging?

What's challenging about coaching and transdisciplinary teamwork when providing services in the natural environment? Here's what some professionals had to say at the ESPS 2018 world cafe session on natural environments: Engaging the parent with teachers and therapist – parents can get creative Buy in from parent and vendor providers having the same practice/philosophy Cultural sensitivity Getting parents to practice what has been modeled or coached is difficult Cross-vendor communication…

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What's Working Now?

Tell us below what's working well for you about coaching and transdisciplinary teamwork when providing services in the natural environment. Here's what some professionals had to say at the ESPS 2018 world cafe session on natural environments: Parent engagement with teachers and therapist Using what is available in home (get creative) Transdisciplinary team supports families on objectives/parent involvement/being with them rather than doing Modeling to parents Working with siblings Developing…

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What's Challenging?

What's challenging about providing Routines-Based Intervention (RBI) in diverse settings and contexts? Here's what some professionals had to say at the ESPS 2018 world cafe session on natural environments: Lack of parental understanding of what interventions should look like Finding the right environment (setting) Limited time of service provider to gather data No buy-in from providers “Bagless” visit Alternative settings may not be available in very rural/remote settings Increasing use of…

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What's Working Now?

Tell us below what's working well for you around providing Routines-Based Intervention (RBI) in diverse settings and contexts. Here's what some professionals had to say at the ESPS 2018 world cafe session on natural environments: Generalization of skills - making outcomes functional Familiarization with community Getting families out in the environment Meeting in libraries Monthly outings – getting families comfortable Scheduled playgroup “Bagless” visits Writing outcomes that incorporate…

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What's Working Now?

Tell us below what's working well about costs and/or savings of providing services in the natural environment. Here's what some professionals had to say at the ESPS 2018 world cafe session on natural environments: Teamwork Low rent Providing services to remote areas Home environment is safer for medically fragile children More consistency Using what’s at home or natural environment (ex: slide or swing at the park) Getting a snapshot of family and environment during initial visits Meeting the…

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What's Challenging?

What's challenging about costs and/or savings of providing services in the natural environment? Tell us below in the comments. Here's what some professionals had to say at the ESPS 2018 world cafe session on natural environments: Distance, time, expense Limited number of children seen with long distance/travel time Lack of providers in remote areas Shared housing: co-families may not want services in the home No-shows = no reimbursement Poor safety in some areas Mileage isn’t covered…

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What's Challenging?

What's challenging about providing (or receiving) insurance-funded services in natural environments? Tell us below in the comments. Here's what some professionals had to say at the ESPS 2018 world cafe session on natural environments: Availability of providers, huge waiting list Understanding process for families/navigation of systems Lack of consistency Holding medical insurances accountable for providing services Not in natural environment Intervention focused on medical model – asking…

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What's Working Now?

Tell us below what's working well for you regarding providing (or receiving) insurance-funded services in natural environments. Here's what some professionals had to say at the ESPS 2018 world cafe session on natural environments: Collaboration between agency and insurance More hours available More support, better guidance Informing parents to request independent medical review; contact Dept of Managed Care and Dept of Insurance Providers start to become familiar with our kiddos Teachers can…

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