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(2) Immunization Exclusion Day!

(3) OHP Changes

(4) Center Photos!

(5) Parent Ed Series

(6) Reflective Supervision

(7) 5 Things About Stress

Mission Statement Southern Oregon Head Start prepares all children and their families for success in school and throughout life.

Meetings and Trainings February 10 —Monday

Winter Conferences Begin

9:00-10:00 Ed Self Assessment,

Library

9:00-10:30 RS Cohort, Admin

9:30-10:00 Fiscal Team Mtg, Fiscal

Office

1:00-3:00 Dept Mgr/Info Sys Mtg,

Blue Conf Rm

3:15-4:45 Early Childhood Advisory,

Blue Conf Rm

February 11 —Tuesday

8:00-5:00 NEO, Blue Conf Rm

February 12 —Wednesday

8:00-5:00 NEO, Blue Conf Rm

12:30-3:30 Directors Mtg, Admin

1:00-4:00 Program Self-Assessment

Interviews, Library

5:00-6:00 Board Exec. Cmte, Library

February 13 —Thursday

8:00-5:00 NEO, Blue Conf Rm

8:45-10:15 CAP Review, Admin

9:00-12:00 PFCE Dept Mtg, PFCE

Office

1:00-2:30 Health Dept Mtg, Blue

Conf Rm

1:00-4:00 EHS Manager Mtg, Admin

February 14 —Friday

8:00-5:00 NEO, Blue Conf Rm

8:00-10:00 EHS/HS ED Planning @

Ctrs

9:00-10:30 EHS WM/GPHS DUR

Mtg @ Ctrs

10:30-12:00 EHS Assessment/Curr.

Mtg

1:00-3:00 CQI Mtg, Admin

1:30-3:30 Labor Mgmt Cmte,

Library

February 17 —Monday

Presidents’ Day Holiday

February 18 —Tuesday

Immunization Exclusion Reports

Sent to Centers

February 19 —Wednesday

Immunization Exclusion Day

9:00-10:30 Reflective Sup., Admin

12:30-3:30 Directors Ctr. Support

1:00-4:00 Ed Dept RS, Blue Conf Rm

February 20 —Thursday

9:00-9:30 MO Safety Mtg, Blue

Conf Rm

9:00-12:00 PFCE Dept Mtg, PFCE

Office

10:00-12:00 Mtg w/Mary Foltz,

Admin

10:30-12:00 CORE Dept Mtg, Blue

Conf Rm

1:00-2:30 Health Dept Mtg, Blue

Conf Rm

2:30-4:00 Health/SSA Mtg, Blue

Conf Rm

February 21 —Friday

Child Guidance/MH Updates

Make Up Day

8:00-10:00 EHS/HS ED Planning @

Cntrs

10:15-12:15 EHS/HS Ctr Mtgs @

Ctrs

1:00-2:00 EHS TLC Group, Library

1:00-3:00 Values Cmte Rollout

Workgroup, Blue Conf Rm

Weekly Memo Submissions Please send your PDFs, jpegs, and text to Nancy

Helms or Ashley Clayton by Wednesdays @ 12 pm.

Dear SOCFC Team,

I was reflecting on the importance of relationship-based work with children, after reading about a new book just published by Dr. Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson called The Power of Showing Up.

Dr. Siegel is an internationally known expert who has studied family interactions with an emphasis on how attachment experiences in childhood influence emotions and behavior. I was fortunate to attend a training with him in UCLA and some of you long-time EHS staff may recall hearing him speak in Bend.

I thought you might appreciate listening to Dr. Siegel talk about his new book about how adults can use his framework to promote secure attachment and the development of resilience and an internal compass in children. Such important work we do every day!

You can listen to the talk here.

With appreciation,

Blair

Blair Johnson, EHS Director

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Immunization Exclusion Day is coming!

February 19, 2020!!

What is exclusion day?

Oregon State law says that any child that is not up to date, or exempt

from immunizations by 2/19/20 they will not be able to be in class. The

child will need to either be vaccinated or the exemption video module will

need to be completed before the child can return to class.

Why exclusion day?

Immunizations are meant to protect our children from preventable

diseases. Vaccines not only protect the child receiving them, but also

those that are unable to receive them for medical reasons.

I don’t vaccinate my children, now what?

Vaccinating or not is your choice, and we respect that! For children that

do not get vaccinated, Oregon law requires an exemption be on file. Complete the exemption by watching a series of videos on

www.healthoregon.org/vaccineexemption, print out the certificate at the end of the video series and turn into your

Specialist or Family Advocate at your center.

On a delayed vaccine schedule?

If the state shows that your child is past due for an immunization, you can ask your doctor to fill out an exemption certificate for

you or you can complete the exemption video modules. Then you will follow-up and get the immunization when your doctor

recommends.

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Above: Park View has created this sea-themed

board showing different volunteer opportunities

for parents to join and become more involved in

their child’s school. Sent in by Shelbey Jasper, AA

PV, and Mary McKenzie, SM PV

Below: Progress’ children have been busy with

colors, mixing paints together in cups, and “tie

dying” shirts! Sent in by Nichole Thomas, Ed Sup,

ASH/PXT/PRG

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The Family Advocates at ABC and WIL have

created this board to promote their Parent Ed

parenting series aimed at our Spanish speaking

families! Thanks Rachel Carroll, FA, for sending

these in!

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Sent in by Val Erceg, EHS PFCE Manager, as part of Reflective

Supervision. These important concepts have been with us since its

conception!

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Sent by Laurie Hester, Safety & Compliance Manager

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