here is a roundup of this week’s conferences, webinars, and trainings for home visitors and others who work with pregnant women and families with little ones. also included: events around L.A. county that you can share with the families you serve. want to look further into the future? See the comprehensive lists we update weekly for:
Home Visiting and Early childhood Professionals
Parents, Caregivers, and Families
Do you have something for us to include? Email vreyes@labestbabies.org. and stay in touch with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube!
September is:
Baby safety Month
Blood cancer awareness Month
Childhood cancer awareness Month
Healthy Aging Month
National Atrial Fibrillation awareness Month
National childhood Obesity awareness Month
National Cholesterol education Month
National family Meals Month
National Food safety education Month
National Head Lice Prevention Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15)
National infant Mortality awareness Month
National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) awareness Month
National Preparedness Month
National recovery Month
National Sickle Cell awareness Month
Newborn Screening awareness Month
NICU awareness Month
National Ovarian cancer awareness Month
Pain awareness Month
Prostate cancer awareness Month
Sepsis awareness Month
Sexual health awareness Month
Suicide Prevention awareness Month
World Alzheimer’s Month
World sexual health Day (September 4)
National suicide Prevention awareness Week (September 5 – 11)Check out the 2021 toolkit developed by Each Mind Matters.
World suicide Prevention Day (September 10)
National Celiac disease awareness Day (September 13)
National HIV/AIDS and Aging awareness Day (September 18)
National farm safety & health Week (September 19 – 25)
Falls Prevention awareness Week (September 20 – 24)
Fungal disease awareness Week (September 20 – 24)
Global Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) awareness Week (September 20 – 24)
Falls Prevention awareness Day (September 22)
World Rabies Day (September 28)
Events happening throughout September
COVID-19 Vaccine Registration for LA county ResidentsOpen Registration, 8:00am – 8:00pmSee the website for information on which groups are currently being vaccinated. No Internet access? Call (833) 540-0473 for assistance with appointments Monday – Friday from 8:00am – 8:30pm.Presented by county of Los Angeles department of Public HealthEarly childhood and family Engagement EventsPresented by the Los Angeles Public Library:
Baby & Toddler Storytime Outside: Wednesdays, 10:00am: Valley Plaza Branch Library, 12311 Vanowen Street, North Hollywood, CA 91605
Storytime Online: Tuesday – Friday, 10:00am
Outdoor Arts & Crafts: Wednesdays, 4:00pm: Pio Pico – Koreantown Branch Library, 694 S. Oxford Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90005
Virtual Mini-Storytime: Thursdays, 11:00am
For more information on the events hosted, please refer to this calendar.
Monday, September 13
Today is national Celiac disease awareness Day (September 13)!Virtual Training: vital Competencies for Infant-Toddler Educators™ Micro Training-of-Trainers (Micro-ToTs) – area 2: Supporting Cogitative DevelopmentBeginning September 13, TBAPresented by ZERO TO THREEVirtual Event: The growing Brain: From Birth to 5 Years Old Training-of-TrainersSeptember 13 – 17, TBATraining sessions are limited to 20 participants to keep the groups small, interactive and engaging.Presented by ZERO TO THREEVirtual Training: Families in Recovery: Touchpoints in the Context of substance use DisorderBeginning September 13, 15, 17, 21, 23, & 28, TBAPresented by Brazelton Touchpoints CenterWork ready 6-Week Program to enhance Job-ReadinessSeptember 13 – October 22, TBAPresented by Los Angeles county LibraryVirtual Workshop: Promoting first Relationships® Learner (4 Half-Day Sessions)September 13, 14, 20 & 21, 8:30am – 12:00pmThis workshop is approved for 15 professional CEU’s and STARS credit.Presented by Parent-Child relationship Programs at the Barnard CenterFood Giveaway EventSeptember 13, 9:00am – 11:00am (while supplies last): DCRC, 12901 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90066To RSVP, please call (310) 390-3611.Presented by disability community resource center (DCRC) and othersVirtual Training: Promoting Placement stability Utilizing the child and family team ProcessSeptember 13, 1:00pm – 4:00pmPresented by Los Angeles county department of mental Health
Tuesday, September 14
Virtual Event: DC: 0-5™ Diagnostic Classification of mental health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early childhood clinical TrainingSeptember 14 – 16, TBATraining sessions are limited to 20 participants to keep the groups small, interactive and engaging.Presented by ZERO TO THREEVirtual Event: 2021 Virtual suicide Prevention summit – Re-Envisioning the journey Together; The Hero in All of Us September 14 – 15, 8:30am – 5:00pmPresented by the Los Angeles suicide Prevention NetworkVirtual Training: Promoting Placement stability Utilizing the child and family team ProcessSeptember 14, 9:00am – 12:00pmPresented by Los Angeles county department of mental HealthUSCIS Virtual Listening Session on Public charge advance notice of proposed RulemakingSeptember 14, 11:00amPresented by U.S. Citizenship and immigration ServicesVirtual Event: Public charge ANPRM Update – Listening Session for general PublicSeptember 14, 11:00amParticipants must register by 9:00am on September 12th.Presented by Protecting Immigrant FamiliesVirtual Event: writing for UnderstandingSeptember 14, 21 & 28, 12:00pm – 2:00pmPresented by Clear Language LabWebinar: Why and how to Talk to Kids about MicroaggressionsSeptember 14, 12:30pm – 1:30pmPresented by EmbraceRaceWebinar: Transracial Fostering & Adoption – A 3-Part series with Angela TuckerSeptember 14, 1:00pm – 3:00pmA certificate of completion will be available for this webinar series.Presented by UCLA Pritzker center for Strengthening Children and FamiliesVirtual Training: Promoting Placement stability Utilizing the child and family team ProcessSeptember 14, 1:00pm – 4:00pmPresented by Los Angeles county department of mental HealthParternidad Activa 4a edicion – Sesión 1: El Padre Activo (Español)September 14, 21, 28, October 5, 12, 19; 3:00pm – 5:00pmPara registrarse para estas clases, comuníquese con Katerin Ochoa en kochoa@pacsla.org o 562-526-7980. Para ver este folleto en inglés, haga clic aquí.To register, contact Katerin Ochoa at kochoa@pacsla.org or 562-526-7980.To view this flyer in English, click here.Nota: Este curso de 6 semanas es gratuito y está aprobado por un tribunal. Las familias recibirán un certificado de finalización por asistir.Note: This 6-week Spanish-language course is free and court mandated approved. Families will receive a certificate of completion for attending.Presentado por Pacific Asian Counseling ServicesForo de Resiliencia: Aboradando el Bienestar Nutricional, Físico y Emocional de Persons con CancerSeptember 14, 6:30pm – 7:45pmPara más información, contacte al Simms/Mann center por teléfono (310) 794-6644 o por correo electrónico a joanderson@mednet.ucla.edu.Presented by UCLA Simms/Mann Center, in partnership with cancer Kinship
Wednesday, September 15
Virtual Training: High risk Newborn Behavioral Observations System (NBO) Training ProgramSeptember 15 & 16, 6:00am – 2:00pmPresented by Brazelton Touchpoints CenterFood Distribution/Distribución de ComidaSeptember 15, 9:00am (while supplies last): 611 S. Lorena Street, Los Angeles, CA 90023 (At the intersection of 6th and S. Concord, behind the building)For more information contact pgutierrez@elacc.org, call (323) 604-1954 or text (323) 539-3862Presented by East Los Angeles community CorporationWebinar: Weaving Empathy and Clarity into health CommunicationSeptember 15, 9:00am – 10:00amPresented by the Institute for Healthcare AdvancementVirtual Training: Communicating Around COVID-19: increasing trust in Medicine and InstitutionsSeptember 15, 10:00am – 11:00amPresented by Clear Language LabWebinar: Matching family need to ResourcesSeptember 15, 10:00am – 11:00amTo view the live webinar schedule for The Essentials of home Visiting, please click here.Presented by start EarlyWebinar: Play and Assessment? YES! Reciprocal Partners in the Early childhood classroom DanceSeptember 15, 11:00am – 12:30pmPresented by Early childhood Investigations WebinarsLet’s Talk NICU: live Q&A for NICU awareness Month with nurse Eb via Facebook LiveSeptember 15, 12:00pmPresented by Mighty Little Giants and project sweet PeasWebinar: Navigating Separation anxiety in the Time of COVIDSeptember 15, 12:00pm – 1:00pmPresented by rapid response Virtual home Visiting collaborativeWebinar: Introducción a Aunt Bertha 101September 15, 12:00pm – 1:00pmPresented by FindHelp.org / Aunt Bertha
Thursday, September 16
Virtual Event: Community-Based home Visitors community of practice MeetingSeptember 16, 10:00am – 11:00amPresented by national action partnership to promote safe sleep improvement and Innovation Network (NAPPSS-IIN), an initiative of the national Institute for Children’s health quality (NICHQ)Virtual Event: stable & strong Families Training series – common medical Issues and Interventions for Children in Foster CareSeptember 16, 10:00am – 11:30amPresented by UCLA Pritzker CenterVirtual Training: Promoting Placement stability Utilizing the child and family team ProcessSeptember 16, 1:00pm – 4:00pmPresented by Los Angeles county department of mental Health
Friday, September 17
Webinar: policy Café – Pandemic Pivot: Regaining lost Ground on LA’s Invisible EpidemicsSeptember 17, 9:00am – 10:30amPresented by community clinic association of Los Angeles CountyVirtual Training: Promoting Placement stability Utilizing the child and family team ProcessSeptember 17, 9:00am – 12:00pmPresented by Los Angeles county department of mental HealthVirtual Event: Post-Conference event for the 2021 Virtual suicide Prevention summit – Re-Envisioning the journey Together; The Hero in All of Us September 17, 9:00am – 1:00pmPresented by the Los Angeles suicide Prevention Network
Saturday, September 18
Today is national HIV/AIDS and Aging awareness Day (September 18)!1st annual Prostate cancer 5K Run/Walk September 18, 8:00am – 2:00pm: California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1000 S. Victoria St., Carson, CA 90746Presented by Carson African-American Empowerment coalition and othersCommunity health & resource FairSeptember 18, 10:00am – 12:00pm (while supplies last): 2057 W. Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90047Presented by office of Samoan Affairs, Nile Sisters development Initiative, WIN LA, and others
Sunday, September 19
Today is the start of national farm safety & health Week (September 19 – 25)!2021 SHSMD Connections In-Person ConferenceSeptember 19 – 21: San Antonio, TXNote: There will also be a virtual conference on October 20 – 21, and registrants will have the option to choose this format.Presented by society for health care strategy & Market Development
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