Zero to Three Growing Brain Basics
Unlock essential strategies to foster healthy brain development in infants and toddlers with the Zero to Three Growing Brain Basics four-part series. Learn how the brain grows from conception to age 5, understand the crucial role of social-emotional relationships, and explore the power of play in early childhood development. Approved for 6 Continuing Education Credits, this series will equip you with actionable insights and meaningful next steps for creating quality interactions with young children.
Course Format
This course consists of four 1.5 synchronous training hours, conveniently scheduled to follow the Touchpoints How of Family Engagement sessions. Attendance is required at all live sessions. Participants who complete the course will receive a certificate from both the IABA Research & Education Foundation and Zero to Three.
This course is approved for 6 General Continuing Education Credits.
What You Will Learn
Brain Basics: how the brain grows and develops from conception to 5 years old and how to support healthy brain development
Cognitive Development: language and executive function and how these skills are heavily intertwined
Social-Emotional Development & Understanding Behavior: how relationships and attachment affect development and behavior
Everyday Play: how play builds children’s capacities in all areas of development
Upcoming Sessions
ZTT Growing Brain
Thursdays
1:15PM - 2:45PM PST
October 17
November 7 & 14
December 5
Bundle & Save
Save when you register for both Touchpoints & Zero-to-Three Trainings! Both trainings provide complementary tools to help build a strong foundation of growth and learning.
IABA's Touchpoints Training Site is a member of the Brazelton Touchpoints Center Learning Network, a national and international learning community of individuals, programs, organizations, and systems of care actively training and mentoring providers in the Touchpoints Approach. The BTCLN currently includes roughly 60 Training Site Members in more than 20 states, the District of Columbia, and in Canada, Italy, Portugal, and Singapore. Touchpoints links them to each other as a universal language for supporting family and child development.
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