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  1. Use pre-service as an opportunity to share how your program staff can advocate for Head Start to ensure House members know how their proposing cuts would harm the children and families we serve and urge your Senators to support increased funding for Head Start! Download FHSA pre-service flyer here. 

  2. Engaging families of children with disabilities is essential to supporting children’s learning and development. Learn how to partner with families of children with disabilities effectively. Check out these resources highlighting relationship-based practices from program entry through the transition to kindergarten. ECLKC, updated July 18, 2023

  3. 10 Tips for Creating Supportive Environments That Can Prevent Behaviors That Challenge Us webinar on Friday, August 11, 2023 @ 3:00 PM, ET. Join the National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning for their rebroadcast webinar discussing how the physical arrangement of the learning environment can help children’s understanding of behavior expectations. Learn how to set up schedules and transitions developmentally appropriately and discover strategies that support building positive relationships with children and families.

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  

Florida Head Start Association

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

www.FLHeadStart.org