That Early Childhood Nerd

Latest Episodes:

NERD_0293 Beyond the Economic Argument for Child Care with Elliot Haspel Aug 23, 2023

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Child and family policy expert and author Elliot Haspel joins Heather and Tiffany to talk about why the economic argument for “solving” the child care crisis is important–but not enough.

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NERD_0292 Humanity, Genius and Joy with Kisa Marx Aug 16, 2023

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Child advocate, play enthusiast and maker of magic Kisa Marx is this week’s guest! Listen in as she talks with Heather and cohost Mike Huber about humanity, genius and joy in early childhood settings.

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NERD_0291 The Science of Reading in Early Childhood with Amanda Morgan Aug 09, 2023

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Amanda Morgan (www.notjustcute.com) stops by to talk with Heather about the renewed focus in education on the Science of Reading, and how to be sure we don’t forget the early childhood foundation necessary for supporting its “Five Pillars.”

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NERD_0290 Tamar Jacobson (yay!) Talks Self Regulation Aug 02, 2023

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Tamar Jacobson, author of Everyone Needs Attention: Helping Young Children Thrive (and other great books!) joins Heather to talk about authentic self-regulation and young children.

Check out That Early Childhood Nerd episode 117 for more Tamar Jacobson!

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NERD_0289 Better Ways than ABA with Occupational Therapist Greg Santucci Jul 27, 2023

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If you haven’t followed occupational therapist Greg Santucci on social media, what are you even doing?

In this episode, Greg joins Heather to talk about ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis), the reported experiences of autistic people who have been “treated” with ABA, and alternatives for families who feel like ABA is their only option for their autistic children.

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NERD_0288 Consequences and Euphemisms with the Occuplaytional Therapist Jul 19, 2023

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When Heather saw Kelsie Olds’ post on her Occuplaytional Therapist Facebook page that opened with, “I think we would actually all be fine if we would drop the word ‘consequences’ from our vocabularies entirely,” she KNEW this would be a great podcast conversation. And it was!

Find Kelsie on FB at The Occuplaytional Therapist or visit her website at www.occuplaytional.com

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NERD_0287 “Belongingness” with Dr. Erika Bocknek Jul 12, 2023

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Family therapist and child development expert Dr. Erika Bocknek joins Heather Bernt-Santy for a “convo” about relationships and belongingness in early childhood.

Find Dr Erika’s website here: www.myconvo.org

Or find her on Instagram: drerikaconvo

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NERD_0286 Warnings Against The Use Of ACE Scores in Trauma Informed Schools with Alex Winninghoff Jul 05, 2023

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Strategies and responses for working with young children who have experienced or are experiencing trauma are vital for early care and education practitioners to understand–why would we need to be warned about our use of ACE scores? Instructional coach and PhD candidate Alex Winninghoff joins Heather Bernt-Santy and Lizz Nolasco to discuss her article, “Trauma By Numbers: Warnings Against the Use of ACE Scores in Trauma Informed Schools.”

Read the article here: https://educate.bankstreet.edu/occasional-paper-series/vol2020/iss43/4/

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NERD_0285 Exclamation Points, Question Marks And School Readiness Jun 28, 2023

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In his foreword to the book Rethinking Readiness in Early Childhood Education: Implications for Policy and Practice (edited by Jeanne Marie Iorio and Will Parnell), William Ayers writes, “Every child comes to school a question mark and an exclamation point…every teacher must decide whether…to keep questions and passions alive…or to hammer the children into shape so that they leave her classroom, no longer as vital question marks or exclamation points, but as dull periods.” Host Heather Bernt-Santy and cohost Richard Cohen (Zen and the Art of Early Childhood) unpack this powerful idea.

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NERD_0284 Slow Knowledge and the Unhurried Child Jun 14, 2023

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Carol Garboden Murray and Bethany Corrie join host Heather Bernt-Santy for part 1 of our discussion of Alison Clark’s book Slow Knowledge and the Unhurried Child: Time for Slow Pedagogies in Early Childhood Education.

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