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From Playtime to Snacktime: Mealtime Routines as a Tool in the Early Interventionist’s Coaching Toolkit

with Allie Glazer, M.S. CCC-SLP/L & Angela Hughes, M.S., CCC-SLP/L
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
12:00pm-1:30pm | Virtual Event
 
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Grab your favorite snack for this session! If you’re looking for tools to add to your coaching toolbelt, this talk is for you. Early Interventionists are well-versed in how play supports development, but it can be a struggle to apply strategies into other daily routines. In this session, we’ll focus on how a child’s mealtime can integrate all goals and disciplines from the IFSP.
 
We won’t be discussing feeding therapy strategies, but rather how you can support mealtimes as part of your arsenal toolkit to move beyond play. There’s a whole buffet of opportunities available and you don’t even have to watch a child eat! Global development can be supported from all angles during a mealtime routine. Whether it’s regulation to “get to” the meal, or cleaning up afterwards, we’ll offer a holistic lens from which to target all your early intervention goals.

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Vivian Weinstein Leadership Day Conference

Early Intervention at a Crossroads: Where are we Headed?

Join us for the Infant Development Association (IDA) Vivian Weinstein Leadership Day Conference, a timely and thought-provoking gathering for early intervention professionals, service providers, and partners across the field. This year’s theme, Early Intervention at a Crossroads: Where Are We Headed?, reflects a pivotal moment as systems shift, resources tighten, and families’ needs grow more complex.

This conference offers space for connection, reflection, and meaningful dialogue around policy, practice, and systems change. Join colleagues for a full day of learning and collaboration as we navigate challenges, explore emerging opportunities, and reaffirm our collective commitment to ensuring all children and families have the supports they need to thrive.

This is an In-Person Event
Monday, May 4, 2026 | 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
The California Endowment
1000 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Light breakfast and lunch provided

Program Updates:
We’ve added a Panel on Transition from Early Start, moderated by Yvette Baptiste, along with lunchtime breakout discussions designed to provide timely insights and practical takeaways.

Yvette BaptisteYvette Baptiste, Ph.D.
Yvette Baptiste, Interim Executive Director of Family Resource Centers Network of CA (FRCNCA) and Executive Director of the Eastern Los Angeles Family Resource Center (ELAFRC)

Lunchtime Breakout Discussions:
New Crossroads for Parents: Choosing Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions (NDBI), or Developmental Relationship-Based Interventions (DRBI)
Andrea Davis

Changing Possibilities: Building Infrastructure for Early Childhood in Los Angeles
Jacquelyn McCroskey & Dorothy Fleischer

Policy Update 
IDA Policy Committee
Ahead of the May budget revisions, members of the IDA Policy Committee will share key policy developments and outline priority issues impacting California’s early intervention community.

Featured Speakers:
Andrea DavisAndrea Davis, PhD, President of the DIR/Floortime Coalition
Supporting Families and Children at Developmental Crossroads
 
Christina NigerelliChristina Nigrelli, EdS, Senior Director of Programs, Zero to Three California
Early Connections, Lifelong Outcomes: The Case for Strong Early Intervention Systems

Maddie DechannesMaddie DeChannes, MS, LMFT, Child Development Institute (CDI)
Nurturing Beginnings: Strengthening Parent–Child Connections

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Continuing Education

IDA is an approved Continuing Education (CE) Provider for the following California Licensing Boards:
Board of Registered Nursing
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Physical Therapy Board of California Continuing competency courses

Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board*
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*We do not send CEUs to the ASHA registry. In order to receive ASHA CEUs, SLPs can submit a Certification Maintenance Compliance form by December 31 of their certification maintenance interval, forms can be found here.  Participants should retain their certificates of attendance which are necessary if you are chosen for a random audit.

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