“When there is someone in your family with special needs, you may find yourself looking for answers. Answers4Families.org is Nebraskas support and information connection for families and professionals seeking assistance.”
Answers4Families.org
Did you know there are no-cost eye assessments for your infant or 3 year old. LOOK at these websites for more information and find a provider in your location.
Between 6-12 months go to https://infantsee.org
For your 3 year old go to http://seetolearn.com
“PTI Nebraska (Parent Training and Information) is a statewide resource for families of children with disabilities and special health care needs.” Look for a training, workshop or one of many webinars that is right for you and much more.
https://www.pti-nebraska.org
ESU 16 is preparing Safety Measures to Welcome Staff Back to School-
The Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) offers great resources for families such as Developmental Milestone Checklists or CDC Milestones app parents can easily download to their phones. Find the checklists at https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html
Social-Emotional Trainings/Resources From
SecondStep!
https://www.secondstep.org/covid19support
Who has a summer bucket list? How about pairing it with learning the ABC's? Your ESU16 early childhood team has oodles of great ideas to help you check each letter off your list! Please reply to this post with questions, ideas, or your favorite summer bucket list activity!!
CARES Act Opportunities funding opportunities for charitable organizations and providers are now available.
Bubble Fun
Blow bubbles for me to chase and try to catch. Show me how to step on them to make them pop. Blow a bubble and let it stay on the wand. Let me reach out and pop it.
My brain tunes into what is new. When I experience something that I haven't done before, new connections will be made in my brain.
Did you know about ESU 16 Early Childhood and what we do? Check out this infomercial about us! https://youtu.be/N_Z2DXZFavo
Where are our lego builders?! Check out this blog post for ideas on how to use legos to encourage speech and language growth.
https://www.pandaspeechtherapy.com/post/2019/02/02/2-free-easy-ways-to-use-building-bricks-in-speech-therapy
Wait! Don't throw out those boxes. Watch our activity "Boxes" video on our You Tube channel! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezFLTAhKmxY
Please see attached flyer from the NDE School Safety and Security Office. The is a free training offer from NDE. Please share with your schools. The trainings are virtual and in July!
Registration: https://education.ne.gov/safety
Independent living, leisure and life skills are just some of the things being taught this summer at STIR, a program for ESU 16 area high school students. https://www.knopnews2.com/content/news/Students-learning-life-skills-through-ESU-16-program-571533791.html
https://mediahub.unl.edu/media/13293
To learn more visit https://child.unl.edu and www.BrainInsightsonline.comWatch our “A Beautiful Day Video” on Paint with Water https://mediahub.unl.edu/media/13293
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Fifteen school districts met on June 24 and 30 at ESU 16 with the West Central Health Department to discuss how they can open in the fall. https://www.knopnews2.com/2020/06/30/health-department-meets-with-school-faculty-for-fall-plans/
ESU 16 Network Operations helped to meet the need of districts with Zoom accounts during the Covid-19 school closures. This chart shows numbers of zoom connections statewide.
The ESU 16 Network Operations staff will be installing new firewalls at member schools this summer. Equipment was purchased with a $500,000 Rural Utilities Service Grant awarded last year. Firewalls will provide increased performance and security for school networks.
Shout out to UNL's Innovation Campus, Dr. Hunter Flodman & crew, the Nebraska Ethanol Industry for their generous donation of hand sanitizer to K-12 schools across Nebraska and to the Nebraska Forestry Service for coordinating statewide delivery. Nebraska Nice...Amazing!!!
The Food Processing Center on UNL's Innovation Campus in partnership with the state’s ethanol industry, has produced 95,000 gallons of hand sanitizer. ESU 16 will take delivery of 1,000 gallons of hand sanitizer to be distributed to area school districts for the summer/fall.
