Educational Programming (Webinar)

Free webinar series for parents or primary caregivers of children with a new autism diagnosis.
This webinar is at 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm.
Register here

Anyone interested in learning about Autism is welcome. Certificates of attendance will be provided. Sessions will be recorded and links to access sent to registered participants.

Foster parent credit: Each training session is worth 1 hour of individual training credit for foster parents.
For more information: Email Erika Hertel, Erika-hertel@uiowa.edu

Challenging Behavior (Webinar)

Free webinar series for parents or primary caregivers of children with a new autism diagnosis.
This webinar is at 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm.
Register here

Anyone interested in learning about Autism is welcome. Certificates of attendance will be provided. Sessions will be recorded and links to access sent to registered participants.

Foster parent credit: Each training session is worth 1 hour of individual training credit for foster parents.
For more information: Email Erika Hertel, Erika-hertel@uiowa.edu

The following webinar will be on April on 26th.

Autism Interventions (Webinar)

Free webinar series for parents or primary caregivers of children with a new autism diagnosis.
This webinar is at 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm.
Register here

Anyone interested in learning about Autism is welcome. Certificates of attendance will be provided. Sessions will be recorded and links to access sent to registered participants.

Foster parent credit: Each training session is worth 1 hour of individual training credit for foster parents.
For more information: Email Erika Hertel, Erika-hertel@uiowa.edu

The following webinars will be on April 19th and 26th.

What is Autism? (Webinar)

Free webinar series for parents or primary caregivers of children with a new autism diagnosis.
This webinar is at 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm.
Register here

Anyone interested in learning about Autism is welcome. Certificates of attendance will be provided. Sessions will be recorded and links to access sent to registered participants.

Foster parent credit: Each training session is worth 1 hour of individual training credit for foster parents.
For more information: Email Erika Hertel, Erika-hertel@uiowa.edu

The following webinars will be on April 12th, 19th and 26th.

Life Is A Circus – Parent Café

Parent Café’s are a fun way for parents to get together and make new friends while sharing about their daily struggles in a safe environment. A FREE meal and daycare will be provided.

This event is located at Discover Hope and is at 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm.

Hosted by: Parents as Teachers

Toddler Time

This short-attention span story time is perfect for toddlers. They’ll share shorter books, rhymes, and music with the understanding that sitting still is tricky sometimes. Caregivers should plan on attending and helping little ones to engage, feel comfortable, and enjoy early literacy! They’ll have 20-25 minutes of interactive programming, followed by an unstructured playtime where children and caregivers can play together and / or interact with peers.

Target Age: 2-3 years old, with adult. Their age recommendations tells you the developmental level they plan for, but every child is different. Feel free to try them out and choose the story time(s) that feel right. Everyone is welcome!

This event is at the Urbandale Public Library at 9:50 AM – 10:35 AM.

Book Babies

Book Babies is a program designed to stimulate your infant’s language development and is geared towards ages 0-2 years.

Located in the Storytime Room at the Iowa City Public Library. Masks are required for all individuals over the age of two, social distancing between groups in attendance is encouraged. In order to allow for social distancing attendance will be limited.

If this is your first time joining us online and you plan to attend Book Babies only online in the morning or afternoon, they offer a FREE Book Babies kit to use with their virtual Book Babies, including an egg shaker, scarf, and song sheet. One kit per baby, please. You will be able to use this kit throughout our recorded live-streamed Book Babies morning or afternoon sessions. Plan to pick up the kit the week of the event at the Children’s Desk.

This event is at 10:30 am – 11:00 am.

Book Babies will also be live-streamed here

Chinese Bilingual Storytime

Join Children’s Librarian Fang at the Iowa City Public Library for songs, rhymes, and stories in both Chinese and English.

Masks are required for all individuals over the age of two, social distancing between groups in attendance is encouraged. In order to allow for social distancing attendance will be limited.

This program will be live broadcast on the Library Channel for attendance from home.

Click here for the channel

This event is at 10:30 am – 11:00 am.

Family Art Night

Fun night out for family or friends! Staff will have a new project planned every month for you to try, but if you prefer to choose one of their regular projects- that’s fine too! They always have pottery painting, canvas painting, wood crafts, and glass fusion available to create in their studio downstairs in the Art Center. No registration required.

Ages: All ages

Dates/Times: Every Thursday, 5:00-7:00pm at the Le Mars Art Center.

Click here for more information