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Several state teams have been selected to attend the SpecialQuest Training of Trainers affiliated with the Inclusion Institute. These SpecialQuest State Leadership Teams will learn about the Hilton/Early Head Start Training model, explore the SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library, and create training plans using the SpecialQuest model and materials.
The Hilton/Early Head Start Training Program and the SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library have been designed to support families and community members to work together to include infants and toddlers with disabilities in early care and education programs (e.g., child care, Early Head Start, home visiting, early intervention), as well as the broader community. Ten years of training experience and evaluation data have resulted in the evidence-based inclusion training curriculum in the SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library.
During the SpecialQuest Training of Trainers, SpecialQuest State Leadership Teams will:
- Examine an effective team-based training model designed to support inclusive services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families;
- Consider how the training model may be applied to a variety of training contexts;
- Experience training approaches found to facilitate the transfer of learning into practice;
- Review planning and delivery strategies to enhance effectiveness of training;
- Apply key training principles to their own work for individual learning and systems change; and
- Develop an action plan that will infuse ongoing, cross-agency, team-based training into state-level training plans.
Each team will:
- Designate a "team contact" person to be the key communicator between the SpecialQuest State Leadership Team and the Hilton/Early Head Start Training Program.
- Participate in a pre-institute conference call at the beginning of July to prepare for the training.
- Attend the entire SpecialQuest Training of Trainers event from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday at 5:00 p.m.
- Develop an action plan at the SpecialQuest Training of Trainers for using the SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library to complement their state training plans.
- Participate in a post-institute conference call in August to follow up on plans developed at the training.
- Teams will have dedicated and concentrated time to examine a training model and the related training materials which may enhance their current training activities
- Team members will each receive a full set of the SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library materials.
- Hotel, meals, and Inclusion Institute registration fee are complementary.
- Each team will receive $500 toward their travel expenses.
- Family stipends are available for the family member on each team.
If you have questions please contact Susan Stewart at 707-548-4910 or susan.stewart@specialquest.org.
For more information about the Hilton/Early Head Start Training Program, SpecialQuest, and the SpecialQuest Multimedia Training Library, go to http://www.specialquest.org/