This is an online Training.
The Growing Brain: From Birth to 5 Years Old A Training Curriculum for Early Childhood Professionals is comprised of seven 3-hour units.
Session 1_Unit 1: Brain Basics
Session 2_Unit 2: Factors Affecting Brain Growth and Development
Session 3_Unit 3: Communication and Language Development
Session 4_Unit 4: Cognition and Executive Function
Session 5_Unit 5: Social–Emotional Development
Session 6_Unit 6: Understanding Behavior
Session 7_Unit 7: The Everyday Play
Session 8_Review
Training Description:
Decades of research indicate that the early years of life are a period of exponential brain development, characterized by great opportunity and vulnerability, dependent on the relationships and environment in which the child is growing.
This innovative training curriculum focuses on evidence-informed knowledge and strategies with which to prepare early childhood professionals who work with infants and young children for their vital role in building healthy brains. The curriculum fills a unique niche by providing a comprehensive understanding of how the brain develops, along with ways the professional can encourage healthy brain development in children from birth to 5 years old.
Participants will learn skills and strategies for:
1. Teaching early childhood providers about brain development (architecture and neurobiology) to inform their practice with infants, young children & their families;
2. Supporting language, cognition, prosocial behavior, and social-emotional development birth to five; and
3. Reducing toxic stress that can negatively influence brain development of very young children.
All participants will need to purchase The Growing Brain Participant’s Manual from Zero to Three before the beginning of the class. The link to purchase the manual is:
https://myzerotothree.force.com/s/store?_ga=2.114569479.1873944601.1614017205-1278483803.1614017205#/store/browse/detail/a3Gf4000000gYudEAE
*Please Check your email to find the link and instructions on How to Join the Webinar.
Important Notes: To receive CEU’s or In-service training hours, participants must adhere to attendance policy (see below). Participants must demonstrate learning gains. All learning outcomes must be met through course assessment, actively participate in class discussions and exercises, complete all assignments, and complete & submit evaluations., before a certificate will be awarded. Participants must attend the entire course. Partial CEUs or in-service hours cannot be offered.