Special Announcement: The Hyatt Regency Orange County Hotel is now full. Please feel free to contact one of the hotels listed here. State rate reservations are not guaranteed. Neither Sac State nor First 5 California endorses these properties and invite attendees to solicit other venues as they feel appropriate. Attendees should feel free to check back with the Hyatt Orange County Hotel to see if/when more reservations become available.
 

Statewide Conference

 

DAY ONE: Thursday, May 31, 2007
7:30 am - 8:30 am   REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 am - 10:00 am  

MORNING GENERAL SESSION

The Secret Life of the Family: Emotional Development in the Earliest Years

B. Bryan Post, Ph.D., CEO,

Post Institute for Family-Centered Therapy

10:00 am - 10:30 am   BREAK/EXHIBIT VIEWING
10:30 am - 12:00 pm   CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm  

LUNCH & AFTERNOON GENERAL SESSION

The Sesame Workshop Model: "Healthy Habits for Life" and "Word on the Street"

Jeanette Betancourt, Ed.D., Vice President,

Outreach and Educational Practices,

Sesame Workshop

1:45 pm - 3:15 pm   CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS & MINI-INSTITUTES
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm   REFRESHMENT BREAK/EXHIBIT VIEWING
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm   CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS & MINI-INSTITUTES
5:15 pm - 6:30 pm   EXHIBIT VIEWING & RECEPTION
6:30 pm   ADJOURN
     
DAY TWO: Friday, June 1, 2007
7:30 am - 8:30 am   REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 am - 9:45 am  

MORNING GENERAL SESSION

From Neighborhood Change to Policy Reform:
Building on What We've Learned
Lisbeth B. Schorr, Director, Project on Effective Interventions, Harvard University
9:45 am - 10:15 am   BREAK/EXHIBIT VIEWING
10:15 am - 11:45 am   CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
11:45 am - 1:00 pm  

LUNCH & CLOSING SESSION
Health Care Reform and First 5: Implications for California's Children and Families

Kimberly Belshé, Secretary,
California Health and Human Services Agency (Invited)

1:00 pm   ADJOURN