Infant & Early Childhood SIG Update

Infant & Early Childhood SIG Update

By Miller Shivers, PhD
IEC Special Interest Group Co-Chair

The Infant and Early Childhood (IEC) SIG held a member meeting in January featuring guest speaker, Juliet Vogel, Ph.D. from the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Vogel’s talk, “Addressing Trauma-Related Needs of Young Children with Developmental Delays and Disabilities”, highlighted a grant from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network addressing the unique needs of this vulnerable population. Resources shared by Dr. Vogel from the Supporting Trauma Recovery for Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Delays Center (STRYDD) were disseminated to members via email after the presentation, and several other helpful resources and models were also discussed.

The IEC SIG has several active working committees that welcome new members (and students) and those interested in serving as co-chairs on a committee. Additionally, Dr. Miller Shivers will be stepping down as co-chair at the end of the summer after several years of service. The IEC SIG is seeking a member to join Dr. Brooke Yancy Ward as co-chair.

The next IEC SIG meeting will be April 17^th at 1pm CST (link to follow via email on the listserv). The SIG invites members with topics, case studies and/or research to present to this national audience in our meetings. If interested in presenting or a leadership position or if you do not receive the zoom link for the IEC SIG meeting, please email mshivers@luriechildrens.org.