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  1. Head Start and Early Head Start programs play a vital role in supporting children's and families social, emotional, and mental health. The National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations developed a Response Strategies when Families Share Hard Things resource, providing strategies to use when families share difficult or traumatic experiences.

  2. Strengthening Collaboration Between IDEA Agencies and Head Start Programs Thursday, December 15, 2022, @ 2:00 PM, the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP,) in collaboration with the Office of Head Start, is hosting a webinar to highlight the newly released “Guidance on Creating an Effective Memorandum of Understanding to Support High-Quality Inclusive Early Childhood Systems” and a dear colleague letter on IDEA services in Head Start. This webinar will focus on learning about collaborative opportunities to support children with disabilities and their families and explore strategies and resources that can help foster collaboration across programs and services and promote inclusion in early care and education.

  3. FHSA's last Free Music Class of the year is Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at @10:00 AM - ET. Take advantage of this interactive class for your kiddos. Nick will have the children moving, dancing, and singing to themes like pre-spelling and reading, pre-math, science, nutrition and exercise, health and wellness, social/emotional development, language development, phonemic awareness, Spanish and more! 

Please visit our WYNTK resource webpage, which is updated regularly, and the FHSA events list for more information. If there is something else you need guidance on, let us know - we will continue to work with state agencies and partners to answer your questions.  

Sincerely, 

Wanda Minick 
Executive Director 
FHSA  

FHSA Leadership Training & Awards Luncheon

Florida Head Start Association

111 N. Gadsden Street, Suite 200
Tallahassee, FL 32301
(850) 694-6477
[email protected]

www.FLHeadStart.org