The Program for Infant/Toddler Care

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	Young, Mobile, and Older Infants PowerPoint Presentation
Video	Getting In Tune: Creating Nurturing Relationships with Infants and Toddlers
Video	The Ages of Infancy: Caring for Young, Mobile and Older Infants
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
Video Mag	First Moves: Welcoming a Child to a New Caregiving Setting
Video Mag	Getting In Tune: Creating Nurturing Relationships with Infants and Toddlers
Video Mag	The Ages of Infancy: Caring for Young, Mobile and Older Infants