The Program for Infant/Toddler Care

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

This presentation provides an overview of emotional issues of each of the three stages of infancy-security, exploration, and identity, and relates them to the developmental milestones identified by Stanley Greenspan. Large and small group discussions explore the importance of responsiveness and how it affects self esteem and identity formation. Reflection and experiential learning activities deepen the participants' understanding of the relationship between identity formation and responsive caregiving.

· The three stages of infancy and their respective developmental themes of security, exploration, and identity
· The presence of each of these themes at all three stages of development
· Concepts of time, distance, and indirect contact for developing relationships with infants
· Awareness of the child's messages
· Awareness of one's own feelings or "hot spots"
· The responsive process of "Watch, Ask, Adapt"
· Learning to be part of "the dance" with infants and toddlers

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

Related Resources:
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-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	Tips for Getting in Tune
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	First Moves: Welcoming a Child to a New Caregiving Setting
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