Dates & Times

Monday, March 25, 2019 at 1:00 PM -to- 5:00 PM

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 9:00 AM -to- 4:30 PM

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 8:30 AM -to- 12:00 PM

(Annual Conference Opening Keynote begins at 1:00pm on Wednesday)

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Where

Bloomington-Normal Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
201 Broadway
Normal, IL 61761  

 
Driving Directions 

Registration Fees

$275.00 member / $425.00 non-member   

5 or more from same Agency $250.00 per person

Food Provided:

Monday: drinks & snacks in the afternoon

Tuesday: coffee, decaf & hot tea in morning and drinks & snacks in the afternoon (breakfast and lunch on own)

Wednesday: Coffee, decaf and hot tea in morning (lunch on own)

Contact

Michelle Iocca 
Illinois Head Start Association 
 
miocca@ilheadstart.org 

Meet YOUR Trainer!

Tori Graham, MSW, IMH Certificate

Tori Graham is a FAN Master Trainer and Assistant Director of Training with the Fussy Baby Network at Erikson Institute.  Tori has served as an Adjunct Professor at Aurora University in Aurora, IL in addition to serving as a Program Manager at Teen Parent Connection in Glen Ellyn, IL.  Tori has a background in social work and earned a BSW from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA and an MSW from Aurora University in Aurora, IL.  Recently, Tori studied Infant Mental Health earned an Infant Mental Health Certificate through Erikson Institute in Chicago.  Tori has been training with Erikson Institute since January 2016, and participated in 18 months of intensive FAN training prior to joining the Erikson Institute team.

Tori Graham, MSW, IMH Certificate 
Assistant Director of Training, Fussy Baby Network
O: 312.893.7231   F: 312.755.0928

Erikson Institute

Graduate School in Child Development
451 North LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60654-4510
www.erikson.edu

 

FAN Training for Home Visiting Programs 

 

 

What is FAN Training?

  • The FAN (Facilitating Attuned Interactions) Approach serves as a framework for parent engagement and reflective practice in home visiting.  The FAN focuses on parents' urgent concerns and helps home visitors tailor responses to match what parents need most in the moment.
  • The FAN also helps home visitors recognize how their own internal sense of regulation/dysregulation affects their ability to be fully present with a family.  The FAN offers strategies to help home visitors feel balanced in activating/high risk situations.
  • The FAN provides an approach to reflective practice that can be used by home visitors and supervisors.
  • The ARC of Engagement provides structure for home visits/supervision and promotes collaboration throughout.

Training Structure:

  • 1 full day and 2 half days of FAN Level I training during the Head Start/Early Head Start Conference in March 2019
  • Two online  “booster” training opportunities to share the challenges and successes around using the FAN in your work

What do home visitors and supervisors say about the FAN?

“The FAN changed my life.  I am better at connecting with my participants, and even with my own family…[Repair] can actually make our relationship even stronger.  Our relationships get better when we can repair.”

"Sometimes you want to say or do something, but the FAN taught us to be more patient and not rush to get your answer, or rush them [home visitors] to where you want them to be. It made [me] more reflective or more thoughtful.”