Training Academy: The Growing Brain from Birth to 5 Years
Event Details
Rescheduled from April due to stay-at-home orders:
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Due to overwhelming demand, FAIMH will be offering The Growing Brain training series for a second time in Miami at a significantly reduced cost.
FAIMH Membership Required
This innovative 3-day training curriculum focuses on evidence-informed knowledge and strategies with which to prepare professionals who work with infants and young children for their vital role in building healthy brains. The curriculum fills a unique niche by providing a comprehensive understanding of how the brain develops, along with ways the professional can encourage healthy brain development in children from birth to 5 years old.
Participants will learn skills and strategies for understanding and supporting:
- Brain development (architecture and neurobiology) to inform their practice with infants, young children & their families;
- Language, cognition, prosocial behavior, and social-emotional development birth to five; and
- Reducing toxic stress that can negatively influence brain development of young children.
Schedule & Agenda
**Note: This training is held on three consecutive Thursdays**
Day 1: Thursday November 5
Unit 1: Brain Basics
Unit 2: Factors Affecting Brain Growth and Development
Day 2: Thursday November 12
Unit 3: Communication and Language Development
Unit 4: Cognition and Executive Function
Unit 7: The Everyday Play
Day 3: Thursday November 19
Unit 5: Social–Emotional Development
Unit 6: Understanding Behavior
Registration
FAIMH Membership required.
$150 Registration fee (50% reduced rate)
Location
TBD
Miami, FL
Parking
TBD
Meals
Lunch is on your own.
Questions? Email us at training@faimh.org
