Early Childhood Funders Network
Third
Annual Nancy Latimer Convening for Children and Youth
Date:
June 25, 2009
Location: Edinburgh USA, Brooklyn Park,
Directions
Time: 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Cost: No charge for this program;
space is limited
Audience:
Staff and trustees with an interest in funding early childhood issues and needs;
early childhood professionals and practitioners; members of nonprofit
organizations concerned about the health and well-being of young children and
their families; others interested in children’s mental health.
Program
description: This
year's Nancy Latimer Convening for Children and Youth will focus on children's
mental health and honor Latimer's legacy with speakers, discussion, and
presentation of the annual "Nancy" Award recognizing extraordinary leadership in
improving the well-being of children. Honorees are:
Dr. Glenace Edwall,
director of the Children’s Mental Health Division at the Minnesota
Department of Human Services and current chair of Minnesota Child
Psychologists
Zoe Nicholie who retired this
year from Ready 4 K, where she served as early childhood systems specialist
and directed the Build Initiative and public policy work to build early
childhood systems
We will
also hear from:
Candy Kragthorpe,
director of the Minnesota Association of Infant and Early Childhood Mental
Health, on understanding the dynamics of infant/toddler mental health
issues, and
Leaders of the Minnesota
Initiative Foundations’ regional Thrive Projects, which are building strong
community-based coalitions to address young children’s mental health needs.
Resources from Past Programming
From the 3rd Annual Nancy Latimer Convening:
Laying the
Foundation for Healthy Child Development (pdf)
Minnesota Association for Early Childhood Mental Health
The
Minnesota Thrive Initiative (pdf)
The Minnesota Childhood Initiative
The Reflective Practice Project (pdf)
Northland Foundation
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