(Private Access) National ToT: Module 100 Infants and Toddler Caregivers

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After attending Module 100 (prerequisite) and/or 200, participants dive deeper in exploring how to observe children using the trauma-responsive observation checklist. They learn to observe themselves and their unconscious reactions using the adult trigger checklist. Finally, they will gain the practical experience of writing trauma-responsive and resilience building support plans that will help young children with histories of trauma build resilience and rewire their bodies to feel safe and secure in the classroom environment.

Module 700 Supporting Young Children to Cope, Build Resilience and Heal from Trauma through Play. For children who experience trauma, play is a powerful tool that provides them with a context to transform the experiences that are overwhelming, frightening, and unimaginable into manageable and predictable events that they have control over. In this training, we go deeper in understanding the intersection of trauma and play and how to support children to have a voice and pathways to heal.

YOU CAN’T POUR FROM AN EMPTY CUP. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF FIRST.—UNKNOWN

Module 300 introduces participants to the neurobiology of stress and the science behind cultivating self-awareness, self-regulation, and restorative practices. Participants will explore how these skills buffer stress, reduce burnout and compassion fatigue, and decrease reactive responses when supporting and co-regulating with children and youth. This training invites participants on a reflective journey inward—sometimes described as “earning a PhD in YOU.” By strengthening self-awareness and regulation skills, providers build the internal capacity needed to remain grounded, compassionate, and effective, even in high-stress or emotionally charged situations.

This is a self-paced asynchronous training for parents/caregivers of children ages 0-12. The training topics are as follows and recorded in segments, each from 30-60 minutes. • Brain and Behavior • Nurturing and Responsive Relationships • Predictable Environments that Optimize Regulation • Managing Big Emotions and Promoting Resilient Regulation • Teaching Kids About the Brain and How to Be Their Own First • The Impact of Technology on the Brain and Behavior An automatic certificate of completion is provided at the end of the series. You can decide if you want the training delivered sequentially or you have the freedom to choose the order they wish to watch. For questions contact Julie Kurtz at www.optimalbrainintegration.com  

This early childhood series will consist of 40 15-minute micro learning sessions. Each learning sessions build upon the next and it is important to take them in order starting with #1 and ending with #40.