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Early Childhood Professional Development

Teachers have a tough job and Dr. Clarissa Willis enjoys providing teacher training, keynote addresses, and customized workshops to meet all types of early childhood settings. She has presented workshops and keynote addresses in 48 states and 12 foreign countries including China. A few sample topics can be found below.

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Workshops & Customized Professional Development

Sample Keynote Addresses

Recent Appearances (Virtual & Live)

Sample Keynote Addresses

 

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders- Strategies That Work
  • Treasures from the Heart- What You Do DOES Make a Difference.
  • The Blended Early Childhood Classroom
  • The Heart Mind Connection- What the Brain Research Tells Us About Social & Emotional Development
  • I Love You! I Hate You! Behavior and Young Children
  • Learn Every Day the Infant Toddler Way!
  • Learning Centers on a Dime!
  • Inclusive Learning Environments for Young Children
  • Your Child's Brain (Food for Thought)
  • I Can Learn, I Can Do- Just How Much Depends on You!
  • Literacy Lessons with Special Needs Adaptations
  • "The Monster in the Closet"-Stress and Young Children

Sample Workshops

Recent Appearances (Virtual & Live)

Sample Keynote Addresses

 

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders- Red Flags and Options
  • "Bullying" – It’s More Than You Think
  • Creating a Literacy Rich Environment for All Children
  • From Pictures to Words: Using Children’s Literature to Build Social Skills
  • He Brain! She Brain! Applying Brain Research in the Early Childhood Classroom
  • I Love You! I Hate You! I‘m Your Best Friend- The Behavior of Toddlers and Twos
  • Inclusive Literacy Lessons with Special Needs Adaptations
  • Learning Centers on Dime! Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners
  • Learn Every Day: Incorporating Math, Science, Social Studies and the Creative Arts
  • Misbehavior or Missed-Communication: Behavior Strategies That Work!
  • Working with Infants, Toddlers and Twos with Special Needs.

Recent Appearances (Virtual & Live)

Recent Appearances (Virtual & Live)

Recent Appearances (Virtual & Live)

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) 2022

Autism Spectrum Disorders

&

 Learn Every Day the Infant Toddler Way


Writer-Con 2022

Invited Session

Writing  Children's Books that Sell


Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA)

2022 Annual Conference

Invited Pre-Conference Session


South Carolina Early Childhood Association 2021 Conference.

Keynote Address:

Teaching Young Children with Autism: Red Flags and Strategies that Work!


Arizona Elementary School Counselors Association 2021

Using Interactive Stories to Help Children Deal With Anxiety!


   Inclusive literacy lessons: 

Helping children with autism  Workshop presented at the Reading for the Love of It 2020 Annual Language Arts Conference, 

Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


 Best practices for early 

education of young children. 

Shanghai International Conference on Education, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China.


Clarissa is also a regular presenter at national and international conferences such as

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators (NAECTE)


Frog Street Press -Splash Annual Summer Conference


Staff Development for Educators National & State Conferences

Downloads

Curriculum Vitae


Willis Vita (2021web) (pdf)Download

Reach Dr. Willis at: Clarissa@ Clarissawillis.com

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