2026 DFSS PreService: Full Schedule

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.

1:20pm CDT

Creating BLISS: In Our Childcare Interactions: A Reflective Journey of Connection and Insight

LIMITED

Thursday August 6, 2026 1:20pm - 3:00pm CDT

Salon 12

Limited Capacity seats available

This is a self-challenging tool for childcare providers to use to challenge themselves to reach excellence in their daily caregiving practices.

Speakers

Leslie Holycross

Early Childhood Trainer, SEIU

Leslie Holycross is an early childhood trainer, consultant, and lifelong educator dedicated to supporting family childcare providers. After 35years as a public-school teacher, she now focuses on empowering caregivers through practical, relationship-centered training grounded in real-life... Read More →

Thursday August 6, 2026 1:20pm - 3:00pm CDT
Salon 12

SEIU

2026 DFSS PreService

1:20pm CDT

Leslie Holycross

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