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Below is a detailed table of EITP Live Events offered in person or online, but you may be interested in the following pages as well:

Online EITP Events: A list of asynchronous, self-paced online trainings (e.g. courses in Canvas, recorded webinars) offered by EITP and OneOp
Non-EITP Events: A list of events sponsored by other entities for EI credit.
Upcoming Sessions of SOFU: The "Online System Overview One-Day Follow-up (SOFU)" training is required as a follow-up to the Online Systems Overview Training.

Check our sites often as we have new events regularly!

Please share this page as https://go.illinois.edu/EITPevents.
Click on the event title to get more information and/or register! Please check to ensure your browser is compatible with our registration system: see the notice.

Credit Hour Area Abbreviations: See Core Content Areas (pdf) for additional details on types of credit hours.

AS = Assessment
ATYP = Atypical Child Development
CD = Typical Child Development
INT = Intervention
WWF = Working with Families

Date	Event and Registration Link	EI Credit Hours	Location²
3/30/26	Joy of Connection: The Power of Play Begins with Us	1 INT & 1 CD	Zoom
Open on 3/30/26 with live webinar 5/14/26	Valuing the Insight of Parents - V.I.P. Education and Recognition Program (both the self-study and the live webinar are required for credit)	5 INT & 5 WWF	Online self-study with a webinar
4/2/26	Delete Edit embedded media in the Files Tab and re-insert as needed. align image left align image center align image right Strong Starts, Steady Bonds: Helping Young Children Thrive Through Change	1.5 INT	Online with OneOp
4/7/26	New to EI Forum Meeting - open to providers within their first 18 months in EI. Spotlight topic is Billing/Documentation/Monitoring, but all questions about EI are welcome!	None	Zoom
4/7/26	Day 3 of Enhancing Early Intervention Partnerships and Practices: A Book Study of "Pause and Reflect" by Dana Childress	Part of series	Zoom
4/9/26	Bilingual Language Proficiency Exams	None	Palos Hills, IL
4/10/26	Overview of Illinois Early Intervention Extended Services	2 WWF	Zoom
4/10/26	Virtual Online System Overview Follow-Up	Required for credential	Zoom
4/13/26	Self-Care Café - A Monthly Check-in - April 2026	1 WWF	Zoom
4/14/26	Virtual Painting A Picture: Writing Effective Early Intervention Reports	1 WWF & 4 AS	Zoom
4/15/26	Transition from Early Intervention to Early Childhood Services: Roles and Responsibilities	3 WWF	Zoom with STAR NET region II & VI
4/16/26	Illinois Interagency Council of Early Intervention (IICEI) Quarterly Meeting	None	Zoom with IDHS
4/20/26	Integrating Neuroscience & Nature: Brain Development in Action (all three days are required to receive a certificate: 4/20, 4/29, & 5/8/26)	3 INT & 3 WWF	Zoom
4/20/26	Day 4 of Enhancing Early Intervention Partnerships and Practices: A Book Study of "Pause and Reflect" by Dana Childress	Part of series	Zoom
4/21/26	Virtual Online System Overview Follow-Up	Required for credential	Zoom
4/23/26	Focus on Self-Care: One Dimension at a Time - April 2026	1 WWF	Zoom
4/29/26	Day 2 of Integrating Neuroscience & Nature: Brain Development in Action	Part of series	Zoom
5/1/26	Transition from Early Intervention to Early Childhood Services: Roles and Responsibilities	3 WWF	Zoom with STAR NET region I & III
5/4/26	Overview of Illinois Early Intervention Extended Services	2 WWF	Zoom
5/5/26	Virtual 3-Day System Overview for Bilingual Interpreters/Translators in the IL Early Intervention System (all three days are required to receive a certificate: 5/5, 5/6, & 5/7/26)	Required for certification	Zoom
5/5/26	New to EI Forum Meeting - open to providers within their first 18 months in EI. Spotlight topic is Connecting with Families, but all questions about EI are welcome!	None	Zoom
5/5/26	Day 5 of Enhancing Early Intervention Partnerships and Practices: A Book Study of "Pause and Reflect" by Dana Childress	Part of series	Zoom
5/6/26	Day 2 of Virtual 3-Day System Overview for Bilingual Interpreters/Translators in the IL Early Intervention System	Part of series	Zoom
5/7/26	Orientation to the Position Statement on Ethical Practices/A Facilitated Discussion - Spring 2026	1.75 INT	Zoom
5/7/26	Day 3 of Virtual 3-Day System Overview for Bilingual Interpreters/Translators in the IL Early Intervention System	Part of series	Zoom
5/8/26	Day 3 of Integrating Neuroscience & Nature: Brain Development in Action	Part of series	Zoom
5/11/26	Self-Care Café - A Monthly Check-in - May 2026	1 WWF	Zoom
5/12/26	Virtual Online System Overview Follow-Up	Required for credential	Zoom
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5/14/26	Delete Edit embedded media in the Files Tab and re-insert as needed. align image left align image center align image right More Than Test Scores: Using a Holistic Approach When Establishing Eligibility	3 AS	Zoom
5/14/26	Required webinar for the Valuing the Insight of Parents - V.I.P. Education and Recognition Program	Part of program	Zoom
5/18/26	Day 6 of Enhancing Early Intervention Partnerships and Practices: A Book Study of "Pause and Reflect" by Dana Childress	Part of series	Zoom
5/28/26	Virtual Online System Overview Follow-Up	Required for credential	Zoom
6/2/26	Illinois Interpreter/Translator Forum	None	Zoom
6/2/26	New to EI Forum Meeting - open to providers within their first 18 months in EI. Open forum (no topic) - all questions about EI are welcome!	None	Zoom
6/8/26	Self-Care Café - A Monthly Check-in - June 2026	1 WWF	Zoom
6/13/26	Virtual Online System Overview Follow-Up	Required for credential	Zoom
6/17/26	Virtual Online System Overview Follow-Up	Required for credential	Zoom
6/25/26	Virtual Online System Overview Follow-Up	Required for credential	Zoom

ICONS KEY:

	Indicates new events added to our calendar that are now open for registration.
	Indicates full events (sold out), but you can register to be put on a waitlist.
	Indicates events that have closed their registration.
	Indicates events that have registration coming soon. Please save the date.
	Indicates events in the Growing Brain series which have a prerequisite recommended but not requiredto attend. The prerequisite is "Nature, Nurture, and the Growing Brain Gone Viral: Brain Basics & Factors Affecting Brain Growth and Development".
	Indicates events that are approved by Gateways (the Illinois professional development system for child care professionals).

Footnotes:

¹ For all multiple-day events, participants must register before Day 1 and attend all days to get credit. Days 2, 3, and/or 4 are posted on this calendar as a courtesy, but registration will be closed after Day 1 of that event. To register for the event, click on the full title of the institute (Day 1).

² The location for live events hosted by EITP will be held online in Zoom until further notice. Information about how to join the event (e.g. Zoom link, password) will be emailed as part of your registration confirmation. For more information on joining and participating in an EITP Zoom event, please see our EITP Webinars page.