Keeping Babies and Young Children Safe: Understanding Child Development to Build Strong Foundations Virtual Workshop
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Keeping Babies and Young Children Safe: Understanding Child Development to Build Strong Foundations
A new refresher on early child development so that practitioners and staff are better equipped to identify and respond to concerns about babies and young children.
An interactive on-line workshop to support professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
Target Group: Groups 3 - 5 Members of the workforce who work predominantly with children, young people and/or their parents/carers and who could potentially contribute to assessing, planning, intervening and reviewing the needs of a child and parenting capacity where there are safeguarding concerns
Aims & Objectives: By the end of this one day course the participants will have a good understanding of:
- infant brain development (pre-birth to 4 years)
- attachment theory
- how babies and young children communicate – language development and behaviour
- the impact of trauma and neglect on the child’s development
- what can we do to support child development
- local opportunities and resources to promote the child’s development