Screening to Identify Preschool Children’s Strengths and Challenges Using a Cultural Wealth Framework, by Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D.

Produced in partnership with Equity Research Action Coalition at UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute

It is that time of year when many educators and professionals will need to identify children’s strengths and challenges to provide needed support to meet their developmental and learning

needs. The data, unfortunately, shows that many children of color, children from low-income households, and children from linguistically diverse backgrounds are placed in programs that exclude them from equitable learning opportunities, and more importantly, do not meet their needs. In fact, children are programmatically misplaced because many assessment and screening tools have not fully centered on their cultural wealth and identified the multiple intelligences children bring to the learning setting. This is especially true for Black children and other children of color.

It is time that we ensure that children are comprehensively assessed through a lens that affirms their assets. For example, what does it mean for a child and their family to have linguistic capital? We will discuss this and more in this paradigm-shifting webinar by Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., Founding Director of Equity Research Action Coalition at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at UNC, Chapel Hill.

Objectives:

• Understand the purposes and goals of screeners to support children’s development and learning

• Explore the cultural assets that children have that contribute to their learning

• Identify 2-3 ways to capture children’s cultural wealth and multiple intelligences

All sessions are 1.5 hours long, and include a brief announcement from our sponsor. 2:oo PM – 3:30 PM Eastern Time. To ensure you receive confirmation and reminder emails, add [email protected] to your contacts list. If you do not receive your email confirmation, check your Spam or Junk mail folders in your email system. Can’t participate in our webinars at the appointed time? Never fear! All of the webinars are recorded. To view the recording, simply register now and you will receive an email with a link to the recording when it is ready to be viewed. You can still download the certificate by watching the recording to the end when the certificate link is announced and displayed on the screen.

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Please be advised that you will only be eligible for the great door prizes if you participate in the live session.

You can earn .2 CEUs for each webinar. The cost is $15 paid to University of Oklahoma online when you apply. Learn more here: Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from University of Oklahoma See the schedule of upcoming webinars.