CDS Showcase of Learning
Celebrate your CDS journey and connect with a community providing positive impacts through the Ages and Stages Questionnaires on children’s development.
Showcase Your Work!
February 6th, 7th, 8th 2025
Attending the CDS Showcase of Learning is a unique opportunity to connect with other programs, share insights, and celebrate the year’s successes. By participating in this engaging event, you’ll gain valuable perspectives from expert speakers, discover new tools and strategies to enhance your work, and participate in interactive activities that foster collaboration and growth.
With exciting prizes to be won, it’s a chance to have fun while learning and strengthening the supportive community of Child Development Supports. Don’t miss out on this chance to inspire, recharge, and connect!
Event Details
Date & Time:
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Networking Night: Thursday, February 6 | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
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Featuring Christina Pickles, Get Outside & Play
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Showcase Presentations: Friday, February 7 | 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
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Highlights from JOIN, GRASP, and REACH programs
- Interactive Activities
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Keynote Address: Saturday, February 8 | 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
- Dr. Michael Ungar: Nurturing Children’s Resilience: How Early Childhood Educators, Families and Communities Help Children Thrive
Location:
Holiday Inn & Suites Edmonton Airport and Conference Centre
1100 4th Street, Nisku, AB T9E-8E2
Dr. Michael Ungar
Keynote Speaker
Nurturing Children’s Resilience: How Early Childhood Educators, Families and Communities Help Children Thrive
Michael Ungar, Ph.D., is a Family Therapist and Professor of Social Work at Dalhousie University where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience. His research on resilience around the world and across cultures has made him the number one ranked Social Work scholar in the world, with numerous educational institutions, government agencies, not-for-profits and businesses relying on his research and clinical work to guide their approaches to nurturing child, family, organizational and community wellbeing under stress. He the author of 18 books for mental health professionals, educators, caregivers and employers, including Change Your World: The Science of Resilience and the True Path to Success, a book about our emerging understanding of resilience as more than individual grit, and I Still Love You, a book for caregivers and educators looking for practical strategies to build children’s resilience. As well as having received numerous awards for his work, including the Canadian Association of Social Workers National Distinguished Service Award and being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Dr. Ungar also maintains a blog, Nurturing Resilience, which can be read on Psychology Today’s website.
To view a sample of Dr. Ungar’s work, please go to his website www.michaelungar.com
Showcase Presentations
Thank you for being part of the JOIN, GRASP, and REACH initiatives! Your presentation at the Learning Showcase is an opportunity to share how your program has used ASQ to make a difference in the lives of children, families, and educators—and to contribute to the growth of the CDS project and community.
If you are interested in presenting or have detailed questions, contact CDS Project Coordinator, Lauren Bailie at [email protected]
AHS Team
Stay tuned!
Christina Pickles
Get Outside & Play
Supporting Child Development Outdoors
In 2024, this ARCQE project engaged 400 educators and others about their experiences with young children in Alberta early learning and care settings about outdoor play. These conversations highlighted the joy educators and children find outside and educators’ real challenges in accessing engaging outdoor play time and spaces. In this session, we will share the themes directly connected to the Child Developmental Supports program. We will explore weather, relationships with families, responsive environments and regulatory guidelines and offer practical ways educators can support outdoor play AND healthy child development.
Interactive Elements
We’d love to hear from you! Take a moment to complete our short pre-event survey and share your thoughts.
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What are you most excited to learn about?
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What challenges or topics do you hope we’ll explore together?
Your feedback helps us better understand what matters to you and enhances the overall event experience.