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2007 Infancy and Early Childhood Training Conference AKA: Big Greenspan Spring Conference! April 27-30th, 2007 Chicago Floortime Families has been offered a special discount rate from the 2007 Infancy and Early Childhood Training Conference (IECTC) organizers. The 2007 Infancy and Early Childhood Training Conference is the big Floortime/DIR conference that Dr.'s Stanley Greenspan and Serena Wieder present at in the Washington, DC area. It is usually $250 to attend 2 days of the conference. However, they have offered to let CFF families to attend at $125 fo 2 days. Additional financial help is available: They also are offering a limited number of scholarships. See below for information on how to get funding from The Arc of Illinois Stipend Program. We hope that this will allow more of you the opportunity to attend the conference. All registrations must be into Chicago Floortime Families by February 26th. This special offer is limited to parents/family members and teachers only. To get the CFF rate of $125 for 2 days you need to do the following: 1) Let us know you are interested in attending and if you would be interested in sharing a hotel room with another CFF member (of the same sex, of course!) by emailing: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 2) Fill out the registration form at the end of the conference brochure. 3) Make your hotel reservation because the hotel quickly sells out. They have a very limited number of rooms available at the $124/night conference rate. You can always cancel it 24 hrs. in advance, with no fees, if we have leftover rooms after people who want roommates have paired up. 4) Send us your registration materials -DO NOT REGISTER ONLINE OR SEND IN THE FORM YOURSELF. They have requested that we send all the registration materials for our group together at the same time. After you let us know your interest in attending then we will send you a mailing address for us. 5) For scholarship info please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 6) Arc of Illinois Stipend Information Stipends can be up to 50% of the cost. Families can get up to $500 per year. Funds can used to cover many items including conference fees, childcare, meals, and hotel costs To get more info on the conference please see the attached brochure document or check out http://www.stanleygreenspan.com/IEC07Brochure.pdf We have already received several responses of interest! We are looking forward to having a fun group. We will organize some group meals and cocktails! Please forward this to any families that you think might be interested in joining our group. We would like as many parents in the Chicago area be able to attend as possible. We highly recommend this valuable and informative conference. Many of us wish we had attended much earlier in our children's lives. We have learned so much and met so many great people every time we have been. Dr. Greenspan is getting much older and we urge you to see him speak before he retires! |
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