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 Bridging the Gap: Building Strong Partnerships with Parents for Student Success

Presented by Renee Metty | September 16, 2025 7PM EST

1 HOUR | LIVE ONLINE via ZOOM | INTERACTIVE

Effective collaboration between early childhood professionals and parents is essential for a child’s success, yet it often feels like one of the biggest challenges in early childhood education. This webinar provides a practical framework for fostering positive, productive relationships with families. We’ll explore how to communicate with empathy, navigate difficult conversations, and set up proactive systems that empower parents as partners in their child’s learning journey. Early childhood professionals will leave with concrete strategies to build trust, establish clear expectations, and create a shared vision for a child’s development—leading to better outcomes for everyone involved.
This webinar is intended for Early Childhood teachers, therapists, and other professionals that work with young children.
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Objectives

The participants will be able to…

1. Describe key strategies for fostering open and effective communication with parents.


2. Identify techniques for navigating difficult conversations and building trust with families.


3. Analyze common barriers to parent-teacher collaboration and develop solutions to overcome them.


4. Identify systems and strategies that proactively engage parents in their child’s learning experience.

Registration/Processing Fee: $9

 

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel within 30 days before the event, the registration fee is not refundable. However, you will receive a credit for the registration fee which can be applied to another Young Child Learning event within the following 12 months. The processing fee is non-refundable.

 

This Webinar Offers The Follwoing CE Certificate/Credits

1.0 ASWB CE CREDITS (BEGINNER LEVEL)

Association of Social Work Boards
(ASWB)
Provider Code #1366
Approval Period: 3/30/25-3/30/28

Young Child Learning, #1366, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 3/30/25-3/30/28. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 General continuing education credits.

How to obtain your certificate:

  • You MUST attend the webinar from start to finish (we are monitoring your attendance via Zoom Tracking)

  • You MUST fill out the attendance form (will be sent via email.

  • You MUST answer & submit the evaluation form after the webinar (will be sent via email)  

Contact [email protected] for any issues/concerns.

Speaker's Biography


Renee Metty is an educator, entrepreneur, and thought leader dedicated to transforming the way we educate children for success and the relationship between parents and educators is at the heart of it.  With a background in early childhood education, leadership development, and mindfulness, she brings a unique approach to fostering trust, communication, and shared vision between families and schools. As the founder of The Cove School, Renee has spent years guiding parents and educators to better understand children’s needs, emphasizing strengths-based learning and emotional intelligence. She empowers parents to trust themselves while helping children do the same, ensuring that learning environments nurture confidence, curiosity, and connection. Through her coaching, speaking engagements, and innovative programs, Renee equips educators with practical strategies to build meaningful partnerships with families, creating a foundation for lifelong learning and well-being.



Host's Biography

Dr. Scott Mesh is the Director of Young Child Learning and the CEO and Co-Founder of Los Niños Services which serves 2,000 young children with special needs each year through homecare and center services. He is a Clinical Psychologist with over 25 years of experience working with young children and their families and is an expert on assessing young children for developmental disabilities and autism. He has helped thousands of parents over the years make the transition to gaining help for their children through early childhood special education services. He is a leader in early childhood development and working effectively with parents.

System Requirements

You can access this webinar from various devices and platforms, on both PC and Mac desktops/laptops, as well as Android and iOS mobile devices. Our system requirements for these follow below.

Minimum system requirements

  • Browser: The latest Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, or Opera for desktop/laptop
  • A broadband connection with a minimum speed of 5 Mbps

PC specific requirements

  • Platform: Windows 8.1 or higher with the latest updates installed
  • RAM: 4GB or more
  • Video: Graphics output capability
  • Sound: Sound output capability

Mac specific requirement

  • Platform: Mac OS X 10.12 or higher with the latest updates installed
  • RAM: 4GB or more
  • Video: Graphics output capability
  • Sound: Sound output capability

Mobile specific requirements

  • iOS 15.0 and above
  • Android 7.0 and above

Grievance Policy & Procedure

 
 
Young Child Learning will comply with all legal and ethical responsibilities to be non-discriminatory in promotional activities, program content and in the treatment of program participants.
 
The monitoring and assessment of compliance with these standards will be the responsibility of Young Child Learning. All grievances must be submitted in writing (via e-mail or mail) within 7 days after purchase of the webinar. Any supporting documents must be included with the submitted complaint.
 
For all grievances, contact information (name, phone number, and email) must be provided in the case that the Young Child Learning team may need clarification.

 

Submit complaints in writing to Young Child Learning, 505 8th Avenue, Floor 12A Room 02, New York, NY 10018 or via email at [email protected].

Special Accommodations or Requests

Individuals in need of special accommodations should contact the Admin, Cari Laroza at (212) 787-9700 ext. 3330 to make a request. Include name, contact info, webinar details, and accommodation needs. Our team will review requests and respond within 7-12 business days. Confidentiality is maintained. Compliance with ADA is assured.

 

Requests for special accommodations must be made prior to purchasing the webinar.

 

Individuals will be informed if the request can be accommodated.  Once the individual confirms, the special accommodations will be secured. If the individual finds that they no longer need of the accommodations, they must inform the Admin.

For questions/inquiries:

Contact Cari Laroza (Administrator) for  any questions

at (212) 787-9700 ext. 3330 or via email at [email protected]