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Registration now open: 2023 Desmond P. Kelly Nurturing Developing Minds Conference & Research and Implementation Symposium!

Please join us for the 2023 Nurturing Developing Minds conference, now offered in a hybrid format so you can attend virtually or in-person at the Greenville ONE Center in Greenville, South Carolina. This conference will be held from February 23-24, in partnership with the Institute for Child Success, PRISMA Health, and SC LEND. This continuing professional development conference attracts a wide array of researchers, policymakers, medical practitioners, and educators to provide an interactive learning and networking opportunity. 

This conference will feature two exciting keynote speakers:  

• Cemeré James (School Readiness Consulting, formerly with the National Black Child Development Institute) “Equity in early childhood: An ongoing process for systems-level leaders” 

• Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD (Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health) “Early experiences elevate everything: Early brain and child development and the future of society”

Click here for Virtual registration.

Click here for In-person registration.

From the Field: Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap reveals state successes

The Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center has highlighted 8 examples of states implementing policies that support child outcomes. See more details in their 2022 Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap.

• 12-week paid family leave program implemented in Connecticut. 
• Earned Income Tax Credit implemented in Indiana, Virginia, and Washington. 
• Recertification intervals for SNAP increased to 12 months in Kentucky and Maryland.
• State minimum wage of at least $10 implemented in Delaware, Nevada, and Virginia.

NPR Comic: A kid’s guide to climate change

Looking for a tool to help teach the kids in your life about climate change?  

This comic from NPR helps kids learn about climate change: what it is, what causes it, and what we can do about it—as individuals and as a society.

Learn more about IMPACT

IMPACT is a suite of tools and resources to help support the measurement needs of the early childhood field, including the IMPACT Measures Tool®, a repository of early childhood and parenting measures. In addition to our Measures Tool, our IMPACT offerings also include educational content such as videos, articles, and practical tools, which you can explore on our Learn page.

For more information on using the IMPACT Measures Tool®, watch our tutorial video.

Keep in touch

Have questions about early childhood measurement? Know of an exciting innovation in this area? Let us know! Email us at ecprism@instituteforchildsuccess.org or reach out to us on social media at @ec_prism.

We would like to thank the Pritzker Children’s Initiative, Overdeck Family Foundation, Valhalla Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the Brady Education Foundation for their generous support of the IMPACT project, which has made our work possible.

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