Conference
From the comfort of your home, you can attend the Parent and Nanny conference and engage with childcare and parenting experts, nannies, parents and business owners. You will have 24/7 access to over 40 expert seminars and can watch anytime during the entire month of September. You can register to attend or sponsor the conference to share information about your business to our childcare community.
Did you sign up for the Conference? Log into your US Nanny Association account between September 1-30 and go to usnanny.org/courses to watch the seminars.
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- Non member rate is $149
- Member rate is $45
- Individual membership is $99 per year
Yes, it’s cheaper to join the Association and attend the Conference as a member ($144).
Industry Experts
The Parent and Nanny Conference has 40+ expert speakers. Our speakers are pediatricians, employment lawyers, early childhood educators, parenting coaches and small business owners.
English & Spanish
The online Parent and Nanny Conference offers 34 seminars in English and 16 seminars in Spanish or Spanish closed captioned. Attendees have access to all seminars in both English and Spanish.
100% Online
The Parent and Nanny Conference has 40+ on-demand seminars by industry experts. You have an entire month of September to watch as many as you want.
Certificates
Each webinar has a certificate of attendance. The certificate can be added to your nanny portfolio and used towards the Certified Nanny training hours or certification continuing education requirements.
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2024 Seminars
This year’s conference has 34 seminars in English and 16 in Spanish or Spanish closed captioned. The seminars are listed below alphabetically by title and include topics on childcare, the nanny industry, personal growth, professional growth and leading a small business.
Elena Maria Diaz Ruiz
Abordaje Cientificon de Riesgas y Beneficias de Dieto de Moda
A lo largo de esta presentación, exploraremos las implicaciones para la salud de seguir dietas de moda, los riesgos asociados y cómo tomar decisiones informadas sobre nuestra alimentación y poder tomar elecciones más saludables y equilibradas.
Nydia Silva
El amor detrás del duelo
El miedo a la pérdida y el dolor pueden bloquearnos, pero el duelo puede ser una herramienta poderosa para nuestro crecimiento si sabemos cómo usarla.
Lloyd Banks
Armonice su función simplificación estratégica para niñeras
Al compartir su historia tremendamente inesperada, Lloyd guía a su audiencia a través de un viaje introspectivo e inmersivo que les ayuda a analizar sus objetivos de vida individuales para revelar su versión auténtica del éxito. Será algo diferente para cada asistente. Pero al final, todos saldrán empoderados con la pasión, el propósito y el camino que los llevará hacia sus mejores vidas.
Lola Ramos
Autorregulación en la primera infancia
Entender el concepto de autorregulación, su importancia así como el papel del adulto como correguladores y formadores en el desarrollo de habilidades socioemocionales. Conocer las etapas en que la regulación emocional se desarrolla.
Jessica Sjolseth and Kimberly Tobin
The Beginner’s Playbook for Nanny Employers
The session would answer the following questions: Where can I find nanny candidates What can a nanny do for my family How should I screen a nanny What are some interview tips What benefits do I have to provide Can I pay my nanny cash or do I have to take payroll taxes out? Putting your nanny offer details in writing What happens after I hire a nanny? How can I have a successful long-term partnership?
Dr. Amy Loden Tiffany
Beyond Pregnancy: Early Intervention and Long-Term Health Support
Pregnancy complications: Early Intervention Identifiers and Long-Term Health Support. Join Dr. Amy Loden Tiffany, MD, MBS, FACP, CPC, on a transformative journey towards better women’s health. In her engaging presentation, Amy addresses women aged 30-55 who have experienced pregnancy complications such as preterm birth, gestational diabetes, and gestational hypertensive disorders including preeclampsia.
Cheyenne M’Dee
Breaking Free in Southern Style
In ‘Breaking Free in Southern Style,’ I delve into my personal journey with a mix of humor and raw honesty, providing insights on not only recognizing but also preventing domestic violence through our interactions with today’s youth. This webinar equips attendees with practical tips and strategies, fostering a supportive community dedicated to making a lasting, positive impact in the lives of those they care for.
James DeCarli
Car Seats and Child Passenger Safety
As a nanny and caregiver, like many parents, 96% feel that their child’s car seat is installed correctly and that their child is also restrained properly. Unfortunately, 7 out of 10 children are improperly restrained, putting them at risk of injury or death. This session will provide a general overview of child passenger safety risks and prevention, including resources to help ensure the child you care for is being transported safely in the vehicle.
Marisol Enriquez
Como mejorar tu autoestima en 7 pasos
Aprenderás consejos prácticos y positivos que te ayudarán a construir una autoestima y confianza sólida para ser más feliz. ¡Unete y descubre estos pasos fáciles para sentirte genial todos los días!
Karlen Liliana Hernandez Telles
¿Cómo saber si estoy experimentando Intoxicación por Cortisol?
El Cortisol es una hormona sumamente importante en el ser humano, pero los niveles altos y la incapacidad para controlarlos produce lo que actualmente se conoce como Intoxicación por Cortisol, cuyo factor detonante es el sobre uso de pantallas que mantienen a las personas en un estado de hiperestimulación provocando una serie alteraciones en la salud física y emocional.
Tim Reynolds
Cómo tener conversaciones difíciles
A la mayoría de nosotros no nos gusta la confrontación, pero a menudo a costa de romper relaciones. Esta presentación práctica y atractiva brindará capacitación tanto a las niñeras como a los padres sobre cómo superar la evasión y también cómo tener conversaciones difíciles con el objetivo de salvar relaciones en dificultades y construir otras más fuertes.
Colleen Schmit
Compassion Fatigue and Self-Care for Caregivers
This session describes the difference between compassion fatigue and burnout. Strategies for developing a more sincere level of empathy regarding conflict resolution are shared. Real-world self-care strategies are also part of the session to leave attendees with realistic ways to begin putting themselves on the list.
Kyri Maher
Coordinated Care for Confident Parenting
This session provides caregivers with an overview of different types of perinatal support professionals including doulas, newborn care specialists, lactation consultants, perinatal mental health experts, and more. Attendees will gain an understanding of the unique benefits of each type of specialist and learn how to create a holistic support team that helps them confidently navigate parenthood from the earliest days.
Michelle McVittie
Decoding Behaviors: Deep Dive into ADHD and Handling Everyday Behaviors
Unlocking Success: Empowering ADHD Children with Essential Tools for Success Children with ADHD need more structure, patience and tools to help them succeed in life. Michelle shares her practical tips and facts about ADHD that will help you better understand why they act the way that they do, and how to best build life skills and cooperation.
Dr. Whitney Casares
Doing It All
Discover how to stop doing it all and start doing what matters with this step-by-step guide to beating burnout and thriving as a working mom. In Doing It All, Dr. Whitney Casares shares the step-by-step plan she developed as a modern working mom to help her stop over-functioning at work and home, stop blaming herself for everything that went wrong and start living a balanced and intentional life.
Mary Elizabeth Jackson
Early Signs and Symptoms of Austism
Navigating the world of Autism is tricky, challenging, and can be heartbreaking. Education of the early signs and symptoms can make all the difference in the world to the success of a child on the spectrum and their family. Helping to empower daycares, pre-schools, and schools to help families on their journey is a win for everyone.
Bree Gordon Lukosavich
Engaging and Encouraging Your Creative Child
This seminar will help participants – 1) create opportunities for creativity in the home, 2) connect with the creativity within themselves and 3) deepen relationships with those around them using creativity.
Libby Cole
Enneagram and Caregiving
When you’re spending your time caring for others, it’s important to connect with yourself and dig deeper into your self-awareness. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to leverage your caregiving strengths and areas of growth through the transformational tool of the Enneagram.
Jessica Myers-Adams
5 Secrets to Positively Influence Children
In this webinar, we will delve into key mistakes often made in romantic partnerships that not only affect the partnership but may also mirror the interactions with our children. Highlighting how these errors can shape a child’s future, particularly their ability to form healthy attachments, we’ll explore actionable strategies to rectify these missteps within your romantic relationship, thereby positively influencing your child’s relational blueprint.
Elsa Chahin
El Futuro está en tus manos
Los niños se mueven, exploran, se preguntan, juegan y aprenden con todo su ser: su mente, su cuerpo y su corazón. Los adultos pueden apoyar este aprendizaje con un enfoque cuidadoso y afectuoso que comprenda y respete la importancia del movimiento, el pensamiento y los sentimientos de los niños. Exploraremos la filosofía de la Dra. Emmi Pikler, que aboga por un enfoque pacífico y respetuoso en el cuidado de bebés y niños pequeños.
Lee Hopkins
From Solitude to Solidarity: Escaping the Loneliness Loop
Making friends as an adult is difficult. If you’ve tried being kind, people pleasing and even being firm with strong boundaries, but you still can make friends, then you might be stuck in the cycle of loneliness. In this presentation, Coach Lee Hopkins shares what the cycle of loneliness is and how to get out so that you can make meaningful friendships and lasting relationships.
Elsa Chahin
The Future is in our Hands
Children move, explore, wonder, play, and learn with their whole being: their minds, bodies, and hearts. Adults can support this learning with a careful and caring approach that understands and respects the importance of children’s movement, thinking, and feeling. We will explore the philosophy of Dr. Emmi Pikler, which advocates for a peaceful and respectful approach to caring for babies and toddlers.
Lloyd Banks
Harmonize Your Role: Strategic Simplification for Nannies
By sharing his wildly unexpected story, Lloyd leads his audience through an immersive, introspective journey that helps them dissect their individual life goals to reveal their authentic version of success. It will be something different for each attendee. But in the end, everyone will leave empowered with the passion, purpose, and path that will lead them toward their best lives.
Tim Reynolds
How to Have Hard Conversations
Most of us dislike confrontation, but often at the cost of broken relationships. This practical and engaging presentation will provide both nannies and parents with training on how to overcome avoidance and also how to have the actual hard conversations with the goal of saving struggling relationships and building stronger ones.
Daniela Escobar
Importancia de las rutinas infantiles
Establecer estructuras en la rutina de los niños tiene beneficios tanto emocionales como cognitivos.En este presentation Daniela da cinco tips prácticos para contribuir a un equilibrio emocional y regular el sistema nervioso de los niños.
Maria Cons
La importancia de los limites en la crianza, el arte de educar con amabilidad y firmexa
En este webinar hablaremos de la importancia de establecer límites claros en la crianza de los niños ya que es fundamental para su desarrollo emocional y social. Descubriremos cómo la falta de límites puede conducir a comportamientos desafiantes y dificultades en la autorregulación. Aprenderemos estrategias prácticas para establecer límites efectivos que promuevan la seguridad, la responsabilidad y el crecimiento saludable de los niños.
Kelly Rodas
Inteligencia Emocional
Es un constructo que se refiere a la capacidad de los individuos para reconocer sus propias emociones y las de los demás, discernir entre diferentes sentimientos y etiquetarlos apropiadamente.
Bree Gordon Lukosavich
Involucrar y alentar a su hijo creativo
Este seminario ayudará a los participantes a: 1) crear oportunidades para la creatividad en el hogar, 2) conectarse con la creatividad dentro de ellos mismos y 3) profundizar las relaciones con quienes los rodean utilizando la creatividad.
Uledus Roseman
Keep Believing in Yourself
This motivational webinar focuses on having the motivation to keep believing in yourself to step into your life and succeed at what you want to do in your life. The more you believe in yourself the more successful you will be at becoming a parent and becoming a nanny.
Chuck Wisner
Learning the DNA of Effective Conversations
No matter our circumstances, we live in conversations like fish in water. We often talk without thinking, act without reflecting, and interact without awareness. In the webinar, we will explore the DNA of conversations so that we can think about our thinking, reflect on our reactions, and transform who we are in conversation.
Freddy Fri
Making Every Day a Winsday
In this webinar you will be introduced to the W.I.N.S.D.A.Y. formula. Resilient mindset coach Freddy Fri will share examples, tips and stories that will help the inner you transform so you gain the resiliency to overcome any obstacle you face and make each and every day of your life a WINSday!
Dr. Linda Karges-Bone
Managing the Micro-Stressors
Do you wonder why you are feeling anxious and overwhelmed when nothing really terrible has happened? Blame the micro-stressors, nagging and chronic attacks on our creativity and wellbeing. Micro-stressors matter and Dr B will share a useful 3-part prescription for dealing with this issue. Join us and apply the 3 B’s of Buffers, Boundaries, and Balance for the busy nanny brain.
Jim Ryan
Managing Thought – the Key to Happiness
In this captivating talk, Jim unveils the profound connection between your thoughts and your reality, showing how cultivating positivity can reshape your destiny. With anecdotes, humor, and interactive exercises, you’ll learn the art of self-awareness, the power of neuroplasticity, and strategies to uplift your happiness quotient. From turning mundane chores into blessings to harnessing the potential of affirmations, Jim’s insights are life-changing. Prepare to be inspired, to leave with practical tools to create a joyful and prosperous existence.
Haseena Shaheed-Jackson
Mastering Communication: Unveiling the Power of 3 Key Strategies
Communication is active not passive. It is an intentional process to cultivate healthy interpersonal connections that lead to fostering understanding, empathy and effective interaction. This workshop unveils three key strategies to render communication active. Breaking down the barriers that often lead to misunderstanding and dissatisfaction.
Ana Miró Herrans
Materiales Educativeos y Auto-correctivos hechos en casa
En este taller discutira que aspectos debes considerar cuando creamos juegos y ambientes educativos, qué y cómo se usan los materiales auto correctivos y se demostraran ejemplos de materiales educativos, autocorrectivos y actividades artísticas, que se pueden lograr con materiales que encontramos en el hogar.
Sarah Carlisle Stewart
The Modern Nanny: Using IG & Modern Tech
Sarah created The Modern Nanny in 2020 on the brink of the pandemic just when the industry would need community most and has since amassed 14.8K followers and counting. In this self-titled presentation, The Modern Nanny: Using Social Media to Level Up the Nanny Career, Sarah walks through the back-of-house of Instagram creation teaching some of the various formats you can use and tips for overcoming initial obstacles with getting started.
Emily Dills and Erica Sklar
Nanny Employment Agreements: the US Dept of Labor has got your back!
Due to the hard work of nannies everywhere in the US, the current Presidential administration has prioritized care workers (that’s YOU, nannies!) with their recent Executive Order. One key piece is the Nanny Employment Agreement template drafted and released by the US Deptartment of Labor. Join us as we share what the order means, what the agreement covers, and how you can get a copy!
Christa Nader
Navigating Legal Pay Benefits and Worker Rights for Nannies
Simply put, being paid legally benefits both nannies and families. In this presentation, you’ll learn to navigate the labyrinth of legal pay, including your tax obligations, the employee benefits you can receive, how to talk with a family that wants to pay off the books, and much more.
Carol Muleta
Parenting in the Digital Age – Family Tech Balance
Parenting in the Digital Age: Finding Family-Tech Balance” is a transformative workshop designed to guide parents through the challenges of technology in family life. It emphasizes the importance of understanding your child’s digital world, clarifying your values and concerns, establishing clear guidelines for tech use, leading by example, and striking a healthy balance between online and offline activities. This workshop is an essential resource for parents seeking to navigate the complexities of raising children in a tech-saturated environment.
Candi Vajana
The Power of Nannies and Agencies Uniting for Success
Dive into the dynamic world of modern childcare with our engaging presentation, ‘Crafting Connections: The Power of Nannies and Agencies Uniting for Success’ In this 60-minute session, we will explore the evolving role of nannies in today’s job market, emphasizing the pivotal benefits of partnering with nanny agencies. Discover firsthand the keys to successful agency collaborations, gain insights from real-life success stories, and equip yourself with the tools needed to navigate this enriching professional landscape. Join us as we unlock the potential for a thriving nanny career through strategic agency partnerships.
Liv Bowser
Prioritize Your Mind: How to Build Mental Fitness
In this presentation, Liv, the creator of The 5 Mental Muscles™️, guides attendees through the art of exercising The 5 Mental Muscles™️: Presence, Courage, Gratitude, Resilience, and Confidence. Liv is a champion for mental health and believes that these muscles are the key to managing stress and anxiety, allowing you to build a mental health toolkit. She breaks down each mental muscle, offering clear insights, practical tips, and empowering challenges participants can incorporate into their daily routine. Participants will gain a fresh perspective on mental wellbeing and leave with actionable insights to improve their own happiness and resilience.
Hope Oriabure
Reclaiming your RSVP
This webinar will help both parents and nannies attend adult events with actionable strategies that help it be an enjoyable experience for all. This engaging seminar is based on the book, ” Bring The Kids, Leave The Headache: A Comprehensive Guide to Bringing Kids to Grown-Up Events.
Heather Pratt White
Redirecting Children’s Behavior
Children’s behavior can lead to feelings of love and joy, and also to frustration, incompetence, and despair. In this workshop, we’ll learn how to use Kathryn J. Kvols’ Montessori-aligned strategies to help redirect children’s behavior in peaceful, respectful ways that help children assume responsibility and develop intrinsic motivation, while also fostering cooperative, close relationships with others, including their parents and caregivers.
Heather Pratt White
Redirigir el comportamiento de los niños
El comportamiento de los niños puede generar sentimientos de amor y alegría, y también frustración, incompetencia y desesperación. En este taller, aprenderemos cómo utilizar las estrategias alineadas con Montessori de Kathryn J. Kvols para ayudar a redirigir el comportamiento de los niños de maneras pacíficas y respetuosas que los ayuden a asumir responsabilidad y desarrollar una motivación intrínseca, al mismo tiempo que fomentan relaciones cercanas y cooperativas con los demás. incluidos sus padres y cuidadores.
Dr. Bill DeMeo
Se acabó el tiempo de espera
IEste seminario web dinámico y atractivo se centrará en brindar a los participantes conocimientos sobre estrategias de intervención efectivas y apropiadas para ayudar a los niños a desarrollar el autocontrol. Específicamente, se enfatizarán las siguientes actividades: (1) por qué el tiempo fuera es una estrategia disciplinaria inapropiada e ineficaz; (2) estrategias de orientación proactivas positivas en lugar de tiempo de espera; (3) estrategias prácticas y efectivas para ayudar a los niños a desarrollar el autocontrol.
Danielle Taylor
Successful Nanny Shares with Positive Discipline
Nanny shares can vary from incredibly successful to wildly challenging. Join experienced nanny and Positive Discipline educator, Danielle Taylor, for tips and strategies to make a nanny share successful, with a big emphasis on the social/emotional aspects of this unique dynamic.
Jerry Skolnik
Thoughts on Good Relationships
This webinar delves into many aspects of solid, strong relationships. It also features how to keep relationships flourishing as well as how to avoid the many mistakes that are made in floundering relationships.
Dr. Bill DeMeo
TIME-OUT IS OUT: DEVELOPING APPROPRIATE ALTERNATIVES FOR HELPING CHILDREN DEVELOP SELF-CONTROL
This dynamic and engaging webinar will focus on providing participants with knowledge of effective and appropriate intervention strategies to assist children in developing self-control. Specifically, the following activities will be emphasized: (1) why time-out is an inappropriate and ineffective discipline strategy; (2) positive proactive guidance strategies instead of time-out; (3) practical and effective strategies for helping children develop self-control.
Dra. Margarita Marichal Lugo
Trastorno de Procesamiento Sensorial: Estrategias para Cuidadores
El trastorno de procesamiento sensorial (TPS) es más común de lo que pensamos, pero su diagnóstico es complejo. Muchos profesionales no reconocen el trastorno como condición única al estar vinculado como una condición comórbida del espectro de autismo y del déficit de atención. En la presentación exploraremos el TPS y cómo podemos facilitar la vida y el aprendizaje de los niños que lo exhiben.
Elizabeth Malson
Ultimate Guide to Hire a Nanny
The Ultimate Guide to Hire a Nanny is a 13 chapter ebook and webinar series covering topics from how to find, interview and select a nanny to background checks, training, payroll and departures.
