Louisiana Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
Save the Date | Volume 2 # 1 | Summer 2007

Looks like a busy Spring has turned into a busy summer so what should we expect for the Fall of 2007 – still more!  Here are a few things to pencil onto your calendar!  

Save the Dates!

August 22

DSS Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education Meeting

10 a – 1 p Iberville Bldg BR

September 5-6

Early Learning Guidelines and Program Standards Train the Trainer

LRCE BR see times below

September 19

NACCRRAware Data Team

10 – 4 Alexandria

August 22 DSS Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education Meeting

Licensing specialists, ERS assessors, MH consultants, CCR&R Directors and TA specialists should attend.

Participants will receive a system overview, share a “day in the life” of other participants, and meet with their regional colleagues. One goal of the meeting is for people to meet those who also work in centers in their region so please send one TA Specialist for each region you serve.  Please RSVP to Tara by August 15.

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Baton Rouge Iberville Bldg 9^th floor

September 5-6 Early Learning Guidelines and Program Standards Train the Trainer
Training coordinators and trainer responsible for this QRS required training should attend.

10 – 5 Wed 8:30 – 3 Thursday  Baton Rouge LRCE

September 19 NACCRRAware Data Team Meeting

This meeting will continue the work of defining fields with a focus on reporting.
Data manager for each CCR&R should attend.

10a – 4p Alexandria

Bed Sharing
With only half the year gone and the three-quarter mark of last year’s sleeping rollover deaths already surpassed; the Office of Community Services (OCS) in the state Department of Social Services is suggesting parental caution with infant sleep environments. Infant bedsharing is the practice of allowing an infant to sleep with others, increasing the risk of accidental suffocation from sleeping rollovers or from bedding, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).  Click here for more information and parent education materials.

LACCRRA toll free 1 866 600 2772  www.laccrra.org