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Where we've been in 2007

Why to Measure Inclusion Quality — and How (advanced training)
March 13 - 14, 2007 - St. John’s, Newfoundland-Labrador
Facilitated by Dr. Sharon Hope Irwin, SpeciaLink and Carolyn Webber, Manager – Partnerships for Inclusion Nova Scotia.

SOCIAL PLAY IN INCLUSIVE CHILD CARE SETTINGS
March 17, 2007 - Manitoba Child Care Association 2nd floor, 2350 McPhillips St.
Winnipeg Manitoba.
By Debra Mayer, the ECE consultant for Community Living Manitoba and project manager for SpeciaLink, the National Centre for Child Care Inclusion.

Maximize Developing Partnerships, People and Potential
A conference for those who work with young children and families

March 24-25, 2007 - Red Deer Lodge Hotel & Conference Centre 4311-49th Avenue, Red Deer, AB.
Keynote speaker Debra Mayer.

Navigator For Families with Special Needs and Responsibilities Building a community of practice for supporting military families with special needs and responsibilities
April 23 –25, 2007
Victoria, British Columbia
Harbour Towers Hotel
Hosted by the CFB Esquimalt Military Family Resource Centre

Children All Included: Steps and successes in inclusive child care
Tues. Apr 24 – 9:00am
Facilitated by Debra Mayer
Victoria, British Columbia
Harbour Towers Hotel
Hosted by the CFB Esquimalt Military Family Resource Centre

Inclusion Visionaries for Early Years Centre personnel
Location: Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Rm 308
Time: 1:30-3:30 pm
Date: May 15th, 2007
Sponsored by Special Needs Committee of the Toronto Network of Ontario Early Years Centres

INCLUSION VISIONARIES with Debra Mayer
ATTENTION: Child Care Supervisors!
Date: May 15th, 2007 - Time: 9:30-12:00
Location: Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Rm 308
Sponsored by the Special Services Unit, City of Toronto
Do you believe in child care inclusion? And are YOU an advocate for the entitlement of children with special needs for high quality childcare services?

Humber College ITAL & Toronto Children’s Services
Presents…2nd Annual Special Needs Resourcing Conference
May 16 & 17, 2007
Resourcing For The Future: “Mastering a New Approach”
Debra Mayer, Director , SpeciaLink: The National Centre for Child Care Inclusion
Keynote: Have You Got Attitude?

Our Greatest Treasures Manitoba Child Care Association 30th Annual Provincial Conference 2007, May 24-26, 2007
D - 07 Friday, May 25, 2007 1:45pm - 4:00pm
Linking Inclusion Quality to the “So-What?” For Children
Does the language of outcomes and indicators sound very far away from your daily work with early childhood educators, children, and families?
Location: Victoria Inn, Winnipeg MB

Set Sail for Quality on an Ocean of Caring~ National Child Care Conference 2007 at the Halifax Marriot Harbourfront Hotel in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Social Play in Inclusive Settings
Saturday, June 16, 2007 10:30 a.m.

Inclusion Success Stories
Saturday, June 16, 2007 1:15 pm

How to Measure Inclusion Quality in Early Childhood Programs, and Why, with Debra Mayer, Director SpeciaLink
Host: The Kenora District Services Board / Best Start Initiative
Location: 211 Princess Street, Dryden Ontario
Date: August 22, 2007 9:30 - 4:30
Event: Supervisors' Quality Assurance Meeting (Early Learning & Child Care Programs)
Focus: Ongoing training in use of tools for assessing quality in Nursery School and Child Care Programs across the Kenora District

Early Childcare - Parent Power!
Saturday, September 8th, 2007
Presenters: Dr. Sharon Hope Irwin, Senior Researcher, SpeciaLink and Dixie Mitchell, Child Care Consultant for NBACL.

Inclusion Success Stories in Early Childcare
Presenters: Dr. Sharon Hope Irwin, Senior Researcher, SpeciaLink, and Dixie Mitchell, Child Care Consultant for NBACL.
NBACL’s 50th Anniversary Conference Celebration, Fredericton Inn, Fredericton NB.

Saskatchewan Aboriginal Head Start Provincial Conference: Learn in Balance – Healthy Practice-Healthy Children, Saskatoon Inn, SK at the Saskatoon Inn.
October 16-17, 2007

How to Measure Inclusion Quality in Early Childhood Programs, and Why with Dr. Sharon Hope Irwin, Senior Researcher and Debra Mayer,
Director of SpeciaLink.

October 26, 2007
Division of Early Childhood: DEC•2007
The 23rd Annual International Conference on Young Children with Special needs and Their Families.

Crossing New Borders, Niagara Falls, Ontario
October 25-28, 2007

SpeciaLink: How to Measure Inclusion Quality in Child Care Centres and Why
with Debra Mayer, Director, SpeciaLink
November 6, 2007

Hosted by Child Development Resource Connection Peel #103-75 Watline Ave, Mississauga ON

Debra Mayer speaks about inclusive child care in a panel discussion hosted by Provincial Council of Women of Manitoba, Inc. during their “Early Learning and Child Care in Manitoba: Challenges and Services”
November 17, 2007
Wolseley Family Place, 691 Wolseley Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba

The Partnership Project’s Train the Trainer Event
Dec. 11 and 12th, 2007
Hilton Hotel in Richmond, BC


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76 Cottage Road,
Sydney, NS  B1P 2C7
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