Keynote Speaker:  Holly Elissa Bruno, MA, JD

 BOLDness be my friend: Waste your heart on fear no more!

Holly Elissa Bruno, MA, JD, award-winning and best-selling    author specializing in emotionally intelligent leadership and preventing legal risks, is an international keynote speaker. iTunes ranked her radio program, Heart to Heart Conversations on Leadership: Your Guide to Making a Difference in its top 200 k-12 podcasts.

She served as Assistant Attorney General for the state of Maine and Assistant Dean at the University of Maine School of Law. While working as Associate Professor and Academic Dean at the University of Maine-Augusta, Holly Elissa was selected “Outstanding Professor”.

An alumna of Harvard University’s Institute for Educational Management, she teaches leadership courses for Wheelock College, most recently in Singapore.

Her first book, Leading on Purpose was published by McGraw-Hill in 2008. Its sequel, What You Need to Lead: Emotional Intelligence in Practice has been one of NAEYC’s best-sellers. Managing Legal Risks, Teachers College Press, is another best-seller.  The Comfort of Little Things received the Living Now Award for books in any field that “uplift the quality of life”. Her current writing focuses on transforming childhood trauma into healing wisdom. Her article “Broken into Wholeness” was released by Exchange Press in early 2018.

To “recovering attorney” Holly Elissa, life is too short to anything but enjoy it daily.

 BOLDness be my friend: Waste your heart on fear no more!

Holly Elissa Bruno, MA, JD

                            

Keynote Description: John O'Donohue looked to the sunrise, asking: "May I have the courage today to live the life that I would love, to postpone my dreams no longer; but, do at last what I came here for and waste my heart on fear no more". You too have a reason for being here. You too have gifts to give. You too are the only you there will ever be. Why wait or waste you heart? We early childhood professionals have a mission: leave our world a better place for children. Your special gift? Your one-of-a-kind legacy? Unearth it, unwrap it, let the light shine on it and unleash it.  In so doing, set yourself and so many children free to learn and to grow. Boldness, be our friend!

For a List of Publications and to Purchase one of Holly Elissa Brunos books please visit:

 http://www.hollyelissabruno.com/index.php/books/

Books will not be available at the conference.

Conference Workshops

Morning Workshops -2 Hour Session

   

1A. Adapting for Sensory Intergation, Gail Epstein, Early Childhood Consultant

2A.Orchestrating Attention, Jeanine Fitzgerald, The Fitzgerald Institute

3A. Connecting Children to Services for Special Needs: Screening, Referring and Collaborating,Linda Schumacher, Early Childhood Consultant

4A. Building Communication between School, Home and Inclusive Services, Katrine Horion, Early Childhood Consultant

5A. Developing Healthy Boys: Raining Emotionally & Socially Connected Boys (Part 1) James Arana and Keira Durrett,  Merge for Equility (you must register for Part and Part 2)

6A. The Diverse Classroom, Dotti McDevitt Early Education Consultant

7A. Start Seeing Diversity (Part 1)  (presented in Spanish) ,Marcela Simpson, Early Education Consultant (you must register for Part and Part 2)

8A. Zen for Out Most Energetic Children, Johanna Perlin, Early Education Consultant 

9A. Fostering Repsonsive Teacher-Child Relationships & Interactions, Jacqueline Zeller, Core Faculty and Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

10A. Play's the Think: How Humor and Playfulness Matters as Much to your Well-Being as they do to Children, Holly Ellsa Bruno

 

Afternoon Workshops - 2 Hour Session

 

1B. Benefits of Children's Yoga, Gail Epstein, Early Childhood Consultant

2B. Inclusion: Cultivating "Sanctuaries with Conscience", Jeanine Fitzgerald, The Fitzgerald Institute

3B. Working with Parents of Special Needs Children,Linda Schumacher, Early Childhood Consultant

4B. One Program Many Languages: Supporting English Language Learners in  Mono-Lingual Environments , , Early Childhood Consultant

5B. Supporting Infant and Toddler Development through Outdoor Play , Early Childhood Consultant

6B. Developing Healthy Boys: Raining Emotionally & Socially Connected Boys (Part 1) James Arana and Keira Durrett,  Merge for Equility (you must register for Part and Part 2) 

7B. The Diverse Classroom: Creating the Environment, Dotti McDevitt, Early Education Consultant

8B. Start Seeing Diversity (Part 1)  (presented in Spanish) ,  Marcela Simpson, Early Education Consultant (you must register for Part and Part 2)  

9B. The Toxic Impact of Stress on a Child's Brain and Body ,Tracy Chenney, Early Education Consultant

10B. Hope and Direction: Helping Children Understand Diveristy, Jessie Throwbridge, The Institute for Education and Professional Development

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