Future Events

From Playtime to Snacktime: Mealtime Routines as a Tool in the Early Interventionist’s Coaching Toolkit

with Allie Glazer, M.S. CCC-SLP/L & Angela Hughes, M.S., CCC-SLP/L
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
12:00pm-1:30pm | Virtual Event

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Grab your favorite snack for this session! If you’re looking for tools to add to your coaching toolbelt, this talk is for you. Early Interventionists are well-versed in how play supports development, but it can be a struggle to apply strategies into other daily routines. In this session, we’ll focus on how a child’s mealtime can integrate all goals and disciplines from the IFSP.

We won’t be discussing feeding therapy strategies, but rather how you can support mealtimes as part of your arsenal toolkit to move beyond play. There’s a whole buffet of opportunities available and you don’t even have to watch a child eat! Global development can be supported from all angles during a mealtime routine. Whether it’s regulation to “get to” the meal, or cleaning up afterwards, we’ll offer a holistic lens from which to target all your early intervention goals.

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Vivian Weinstein Leadership Day Conference

Early Intervention at a Crossroads: Where are we Headed?

women reading Join us for the Infant Development Association (IDA) Vivian Weinstein Leadership Day Conference, a timely and thought-provoking gathering for early intervention professionals, service providers, and partners across the field. This year’s theme, Early Intervention at a Crossroads: Where Are We Headed?, reflects a pivotal moment as systems shift, resources tighten, and families’ needs grow more complex.

This conference offers space for connection, reflection, and meaningful dialogue around policy, practice, and systems change. Join colleagues for a full day of learning and collaboration as we navigate challenges, explore emerging opportunities, and reaffirm our collective commitment to ensuring all children and families have the supports they need to thrive.

This is an In-Person Event
Monday, May 4, 2026 | 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
The California Endowment
1000 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Light breakfast and lunch provided

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Announcements

Quality Incentive Program (QIP)

Be prepared to participate in the new QIP measures!
Click below for more information before the February 27, 2026 submission deadline

Early Intervention Services for Children and Families
The desired outcome is that children and families receive timely access to Early Intervention services.
Directives
* QIP Early Intervention Services Directive – CY 2024 (June 2024) | Spanish
* Enclosure A – Table of Tiered Incentive Amounts and Payment Subcodes (June 2024) | Spanish
* Enclosure B – Examples of Service Authorization and Incentive Determination
* Enclosure C – Table of Eligible Service Codes and Descriptions
CY 2024 Data Collection Resources
* Webinar Recording
* Webinar Presentation | Spanish
* FAQ
For questions about the Early Intervention quality measure, please email: [email protected]

Training Opportunity

Building Interactive Social Communication
(BISC) is a federally funded research project that supports early intervention providers who serve toddlers with early signs of autism, language delays,
and other social communication concerns. The BISC intervention focuses on social communication during the sensitive learning period before age 3.

How will providers learn BISC?
* Providers are randomly assigned to an intervention or control group.
* Providers in the intervention group will learn and deliver the BISC intervention for 20 weeks and integrate it within their weekly scheduled sessions. They will learn through self-study and weekly 30-minute virtual meetings with an intervention consultant.
Providers in the control group will deliver their usual intervention to families for 20 weeks and receive self-study materials at the end.
Additional information - BISC Provider Flyer.pdf