In June 2026, during Head Start WEST’s First 1,000 Days! Early Head Start Conference, we asked attendees to share a sixty second Head Start story.
This is Rosa Sanchez from LAEP
“Rosa Sanchez, Los Angeles Educational Partnership.
I worked with a family that was struggling with a two-year-old that had no verbal cues, was not responding to any communication. And once we began to start working and evaluated him, it was very challenging. Mother didn’t want to notice what really was going on, and Mother wasn’t denied. And it took me a year to be able to support the family and, you know, going through step-by-step to get her to see what I was seeing. And at the end, Mother decided to get the opportunity to take the regional center and their support. Now he’s in the regional center receiving services and getting the support that he needs.
And now mom is super happy and excited to have given herself that opportunity to accept what was going on, even though it was difficult for her. And it was mostly her husband that was in denial. She knew, she saw it, but she just didn’t know how to approach it. And I think it’s a very successful story because a lot of parents go through that or they don’t know, you know, what’s going on and how to deal with it. And, you know, at the end of the day, she sees how much support he’s going to get and receive.”
I have been to management workshops, not leadership training. This has totally changed my perspective and encouraged me to propel forward in developing my skills.
I am honored and humbled to be a recipient of the Head Start WEST’s Legacy Scholarship. The scholarship helped me get one step closer to achieving my goal of becoming a Head Start Director.
I took part in The disproportionate impact of COVID 19, and how to provide “real” support for black/brown children and families and I just want to say this was an amazing webinar. I hope we can look forward to further conversation on this topic.
Thank you so much for making events like this! I really enjoyed and learned so much teaching strategies to implement STEM in the classroom.
The HR Network was an excellent opportunity to network and learn the best practices from other HR professionals within Head Start programs. You will be amazed by the level of talent and experience of the participants.
The Summer Camp training was powerful and inspiring! Each presenter was very engaging, it’s hard to even pick a favorite session!
The Leadership Challenge training was very relevant to my work as a Head Start leader! Great facilitation; stayed with the program yet allowed time for individual and small group reflections.
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Questions? Contact us at headstartr9@headstartwest.org.
