Fifteen Guam Department of Education (DOE) staff, including faculty from the Division of Special Education's Deaf/Hard of Hearing Program, speech language pathologists, and general education teachers who work with students with hearing impairments, attended a "Hearing Loss 101" webinar on March 21at the Guam System for Assistive Technology Center, University of Guam campus. The webinar was facilitated by Cathy Carotta, PhD; Katie Brennan, MS, CCC-SLP; and Jeffrey Simmons, MA, CCC-A, Boys Town Consultants based in Omaha, Nebraska. The training was conducted using a videoconferening system.

Top Photo: Guam DOE Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Preschool teachers participated in the ECSE Preschool Webinar facilitated by Naomi Younggren, Ph.D, on March 15. Assessment Practices, *Individualized Education Program (IEP)* Goal Development, Integrating Outcomes Measurements into the IEP, and Addressing Functional Goals in Meaningful Contexts were addressed during the session. The webinar was conducted at the Guam System for Assistive Technology Office using Nefsis video conferencing system.

Middle Photo: Naomi Younggren, Ph.D and Elaine Eclavea, ME.d facilitated the Guam Early Intervention System (GEIS) Parent Training on Understanding the Early Intervention Process at the Outrigger Guam Resort on March 20. The training focused on *"Measuring Outcomes in Early Intervention Services: Understanding How Children and Families Benefit from Early Intervention."

Bottom Photo: Guam Early Intervention Staff with Naomi Younggren, Ph.D. (far right front row). Dr. Younggren, an Early Childhood Consultant, was brought to Guam by Guam CEDDERS through a contract with DOE - GEIS to provide technical assistance and support for GEIS & Preschool staff.

Guam Head Start Staff at the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework Training on March 25-27, at the Sheraton Laguna Guam Resort. Project Kariñu, in collaboration with Project Bisita, Guam Early Intervention System, Early Childhood Special Education Preschool, Project Tinituhon, and the State Advisory Council sponsored a three-day training for Parents, Providers, and Administrators on the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework. "Research shows that these protective factors are also "promotive factors that build family strengths and a family environment that promotes optimal child and youth development."

Christine Calvo, (second from right) First Lady of Guam, and Co-Chairperson of the Guam Early Learning Council (GELC), provided testimony on Guam Legislative Bill 62-32, " “An Act to Establish a Council on Child Death Review and Prevention (CCDRP) By Adding a New Article 10 To Chapter 3, Division I of Title 10, Guam Code Annotated” on April 3, 2013. An initiative under the Guam Early Learning Council, this bill aims to establish a formal process and Council to review all child deaths through a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approach, to develop recommendations and strategies to decrease the number of deaths of children under 18.

Also providing testimony were (L-R) James Gillan, Director, Department of Public Health and Social Services; Aurelio Espinola, M.D., Medical Examiner; and Terrie Fejarang, Associate Director, University of Guam CEDDERS, representing the GELC Child Death Review Planning Committee.

The administrators and staff of the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program, Department of Public Health and Social Services, attended a training session facilitated by Terrie Fejarang, Guam CEDDERS and Rhonda Rekdahl, Guam CEDDERS consultant, on Infant Child Development on March 28 at the WIC Tiyan offices. The training was supported through the Guam State Advisory Council Grant/Guam Early Learning Council.