Continuing Education:
- Mindful Eating to Support Healthy Development Webinar (1 hour of continuing education)
- How Can Mindfulness Support Early Childhood Development Webinar (1 hour of continuing education)
- Bruce D. Perry: Social & Emotional Development in Early Childhood (1 hour of continuing education)
- Julie Kurtz-Understanding the impact of Trauma on the Brain Development (1 hour of continuing education)
- Helping Young Children Cope with Stress and Trauma-Video (1.5 hour of continuing education) Speaker: Alicia F. Lieberman, Ph.D. Infants and toddlers are often exposed to upsetting and frightening events that may range from the routine conflicts of everyday life to traumatic situations like harsh or abusive treatment and witnessing violence in their family or community. Because their cognitive capacity to speak about these situations is still immature and they are often warned by their parents or caregivers not to talk about problems in the home, infants and toddlers often express their worries and fears through disruptive behaviors like aggression towards peers and teachers, non-compliance, and difficulty with transitions. This presentation describes the manifestations of stress and trauma in early childhood and outlines interventions that can help the child to regulate intense negative feelings in the context of a childcare setting.
- Routines for Love and Learning (Article, .5 hrs of continuing education) Predictable and consistent routines are critical for young children in their social emotional development. Routines provide the two key ingredients necessary for learning: relationships and repetition. Read this article to learn more about how to support routines for young children.
Resources:
- First Five California Website Information on child development, ages and stages, parenting, activities, resources, and more!
- Healthy Children Website Information on children's health and wellbeing from prenatal through young adult from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
- Chid Development Milestone Tracker App-Download for FREE Milestones matter! Track your child’s milestones from age 2 months to 5 years with CDC’s easy-to-use illustrated checklists; get tips from CDC for encouraging your child’s development; and find out what to do if you are ever concerned about how your child is developing. From birth to age 5, your child should reach milestones in how he or she plays, learns, speaks, acts, and moves. Photos and videos in this app illustrate each milestone and make tracking them for your child easy and fun!
