2026 DFSS PreService

2026 DFSS PreService

Welcome to the 2026 3-Day DFSS PreService

📍Palmer House Chicago
17 E Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60603

Breakfast and Registration open at 8:00am
Conference programming from 9:00am -4:10pm

You will be able to validate your attendance (Check-In to sessions) using your personal schedule.

Donna Jones Parker

Centers For New Horizons

Teacher

Altgeld Early Learning Center

cnh.org

About me

My name is Donna Jones-Parker, I been teaching pre-school for eighteen years. I teaching Pre-K . People can talk to me about children ages 3-5 years of age.

9:20am CDT

Reconnecting with your WHY Salon 12Dr. Carla Stewart

11:10am CDT

Annual Nutrition Training for Head Start and Child Care Staff Salon 5Maria Pepito

12:15pm CDT

1:20pm CDT

Classroom Management: Create a learning environment that supports student behavior and social-emotional development. Salon 8Vincent Rodriguez

2:30pm CDT

EXHIBIT HALL Exhibit Hall

3:10pm CDT

No Everyday Healing: Trauma-Informed Practices in Early Childhood Education Salon 12Melissa Moore

9:20am CDT

Interactions that Support Students with Learning Differences Salon 10Alisha Bourque • Bibi Rahim • Melissa Wilhelm

10:30am CDT

EXHIBIT HALL Exhibit Hall

11:00am CDT

Quality Support Service Coordinator Salon 2Natasha Belt

1:00pm CDT

2:10pm CDT

Redirecting and Reframing Misbehavior Salon 12Alisha Bourque • Bibi Rahim • Melissa Wilhelm

3:20pm CDT

ReadyRosie, Part 2 Salon 7Wilbert Owens

9:20am CDT

Basics to Understanding Developmental Delays and Disorders in the EHS Classroom Salon 6Pamela Stutzman

11:10am CDT

Managing Stress Salon 3Rochelle McGhee

1:20pm CDT

Active Supervision Salon 2Artiya Nash

3:10pm CDT

Family Engagement and Connection Salon 2Alisha Bourque • Bibi Rahim • Liana Ondra