Social-Emotional Milestones, Responsive Caregiving, and Identity
A PITC Training Session

Format: 3 hours, 30-40 participants, lecture, experiential learning, small groups, video.

This session examines how an understanding of three stages of infancy (birth to around 8 months, around 8 months to around 18 months, and around 18 months to 36 months) helps adults attune their nurturance of infants and toddlers. The developmental themes of security, exploration, and identity play a role during each age period, with security being central during the first period, exploration during the second period, and identity during the third period. Different factors that influence responsive care are considered, including an understanding of child development, sensitivity to the family and culture of each child, self-reflection, and observation and careful reading of children’s cues. The session closes with active exploration how adults can effectively engage in a responsive “back-and-forth” dance in their relationships with infants and toddlers.

Related Module(s):
I Social-Emotional Growth and Socialization

Related Resources:
Guide California Infant/Toddler Learning and Development Foundations (2009)
Guide Infant/Toddler Caregiving: A Guide to Social-Emotional Growth and Socialization
Handout A Good Beginning Sending America's Children to School With the Social and Emotional Competence They Need to Succeed
Handout Agenda- Social-Emotional Milestones: Responsive Caregiving and Identity
Handout Baby's Emotional Milestones
Handout Culture In Social and Emotional Development
Handout Dependence, Independence and Interdependence
Handout Developmental Milestones of Children from Birth to Age 3
Handout Resentments, Regrets, and Gifts
Handout Social and Emotional Development
Handout The Psychological Birth of the Human Infant The Separation - Individuation Process of Dr. Margaret S. Mahler
Handout The Responsive Process
Handout Variables Affecting the Establishment of a Trusting/Nontrusting Interaction Between a Child and an Unfamiliar Person
Manual Trainer's Manual Module I: Social-Emotional Growth and Socialization
PowerPoint Social Emotional Milestones - EHS
PowerPoint Young, Mobile, and Older Infants PowerPoint Presentation
DVD First Moves: Welcoming a Child to a New Caregiving Setting
DVD Getting In Tune: Creating Nurturing Relationships with Infants and Toddlers
DVD The Ages of Infancy: Caring for Young, Mobile and Older Infants
DVD Booklet First Moves: Welcoming a Child to a New Caregiving Setting
DVD Booklet Getting In Tune: Creating Nurturing Relationships with Infants and Toddlers
DVD Booklet The Ages of Infancy: Caring for Young, Mobile and Older Infants