See How They Grow: Building Brains & Bodies

A ZERO to THREE Professional Development Training Program and Curriculum for Early Learning Professionals: For Dayhome, daycare and preschool educators, directors and managers and early learning care professionals. All early learning educators and professionals are welcome to register.

ZERO to THREE Growing Brain Workshop on the Growing Brain Basics includes: The foundational Growing Brain UNITS 1, 2, AND 3.

• The remaining ZERO to THREE Growing UNITS 4, 5, 6 & 7 will be offered for registration as following these unit and with a minimum workshop size of 8 regsitrants for ONLINE offerings.

UNIT 1: ZTT The Basics: Learn how brain connections are made through the everyday experiences young children have - that make connections between and across areas and regions of the brain where sensory experiences, emotions, memory, thinking and planning skills happen - and how this changes from Birth to Age 5!

UNIT 2 - ZTT Factors Affecting Brain Growth & Development: - Learn about the nervous-stress response system. About positive, tolerable and toxic stress and other factors affecting growth and development. Learn about using the 5 R's of promoting healthy brain growth!

UNIT 3 - ZTT Supporting Language & Literacy DevelopmentFrom birth, children are born "Citizens of the World" with the ability to recognize and learn the sounds of any language.

Today's early learning environments reflect this diversity more than ever, as children who speak different languages learn, play, and grow together.

• Learn, discuss, and share approaches, strategies, and real-world examples of inclusive learning environments.
• Strategies to Support Early Communication Skills
• With a special focus on environments & approaches supporting multi-language learners!

CLICK HERE   To view a colorful summary overview of all - SEVEN (7) - ZERO to THREE The Growing Brain Units.

ZERO to THREE Growing Brain PD Workshops are delivered by a ZTT Certified Trainer : Susanne Harach-Vatne, Founder of See How They Grow. Please send your questions and training request to Susanne by email seehowtheygrow.ca@gmail.com OR call: 403 589-5473 LinkedIn Profile

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THE ZERO to THREE Growing Brain training program is built on professional criteria and is cross walked with: The Center for the Study of Social Policy Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework

TRAINING DATES: 3 Tuesdays; June 10th, 17th and 24th

TIME: 6:00 to 8:45 PM 3-ONLINE LIVE sessions (Workshop opens at 5:45 PM to check mic and video)

FEE:  $165 per participant - Or special pricing at $97 for all 3 units when registering before the beginning of June.

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Workshop participants receive with this training:

• Three (3) digital ZERO to THREE Participant Manuals: Unit 1, 2, and 3 - ZTT Growing Brain - Birth to Age 5
• A "Certificate of Completion" for each UNIT completed of Zero to Three: The Growing Brain - From Birth to Age 5 .

The "Zero to Three: Growing Brain Participant Manual". The manual is 7 separate Growing Brain Units. It is a digital PDF of 196 with color graphics designed by ZERO to THREE to support the application of practice. Included in the manual is - learner content, reflection questions, a reference of key terms and definitions, and parent handouts.

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The Growing Brain curriculum translates complex concepts in a way that is digestible, is meaningful and relevant, and provides a range of interactive exercises that enable participants in this training to integrate and apply these concepts in their daily work supporting young children – in short -it engages the participants’ brainpower in active learning! “

Developed by ZERO to THREE as a significant group effort involving leading experts in early child and brain development; researchers, doctors, developmental psychologists, psychiatrists, senior content training specialists and early child development specialists.

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THE FLEXIBLE WORKSHOP PLANNING OPTION - Can't make one of the workshop dates ... :

• If you miss ATTENDING for "ONE" of the UNIT Workshop DATES in the MARCH-APRIL workshop SERIES
• Contact me and I will send you the ZOOM LINK to complete the missed class in the next scheduled ZTT UNIT 1, 2, and 3 Workshop Series.

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WATCH to register to complete the remaining Growing Brain Units 4, 5, 6 and 7 - Please make a request to be notified if not presently offered.

This is an approved PD FUNDED Training Workshop for reimbursement with Alberta Childcare Grant Funding Program: To certified staff working in licensed: childcare and ECE preschool programs, and with family dayhome agencies. A Child Care Grant Funding professional development application form is completed for reimbursement of registration fees + staff are paid for their time in a PD Workshop through the Release Time Grant. Information is provided by See How They Grow to registrants as a PDF with a LINK and Step by Step Instructions to complete the form for reimbursement for this PD Workshop and to be paid for your time completing this workshop.

To learn more about the Alberta Child Care Grant Funding Program, click HERE.

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CLICK HERE   For an detailed colorful overview of all - SEVEN (7) - ZERO to THREE The Growing Brain Units.

• “A consistent focus throughout TGB is on the growing field of – the science of emotions and the brain – “affective neuroscience” – and how the earliest interactions shape lasting patterns of relatedness. “
• “Throughout the seven units, particular attention is paid to the role of caregiving relationships and emotional regulation.  Participants are encouraged to pause, watch, and notice how the child’s responses to their world, and a child’s behavior is one of the best windows into brain functioning.”
• “The Growing Brain is a cohesive curriculum of seven units -- that science has firmly established that all areas of a child’s development are interconnected – each affecting the other.”  Bohlander, A. Lerner, C., & Thompson, R. (Eds.). (2017) The growing brain: from birth to 5 years old: A curriculum for early childhood professionals. Washington, DC: ZERO TO THREE  

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THE ZERO to THREE Growing Brain training program is built on professional criteria and is cross walked with: The Center for the Study of Social Policy Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework, and The National Association for the Education of Young Children's (NAEYC) Standard for Early Childhood Preparation and other professional criteria. This program aligns with the Alberta Ministry of Children Services: "Well-being and Resiliency: Framework for Supporting Safe and Health Children and Families"

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For all learning sessions by PD Trainer Susanne Harach-Vatne, participants are connected to additional evidence-based resources:

• The Alberta Health Services "Healthy Parents Health Children - The Early Years" provincial resource, “AHS Talk Box”, “Infant & Early Mental Health Promotion”, “AFWI - How Brains Are Built" resources and videos, "AFWI Brain Story Certification", “Parachute Canada-Injury Prevention”, “The Developing Child Harvard”, “Public Health Canada - Resources for Parents & Support”, "Canadian Pediatric Society - Caring for Kids, and more.

UNIT 1: The Basics - Explore how the brain develops from conception to 5 years old, and about promoting healthy brain development when the brain is the most plastic, and receptive to change. Learning Objectives:

• Learn about: the various parts or regions of the brain and their functions,
• about the nervous system and how nerve cells communicate and connect,
• about neuroplasticity and how the caregiver relationship and experiences promote brain growth.
• Discuss the role of early experiences and learn how connections are made between areas of the brain 

UNIT 2: Factors Affecting Brain Growth and Development - Focuses on the key factors that affect brain development. Learning Objectives:

• Describe and learn strategies supporting healthy brain development
• Understand how stress affects brain development
• Discuss what secure and insecure attachment may look like
• Learn about -the 5 R's – strategies developed by Zero to Three supporting healthy brain development.

UNIT 3: Communication & Language – Explores how communication and language skills develop in the first 5 years.

• Learn about the brain's role in the development of communication and language skills;
• About specific communication milestones, when they typically emerge and how this relates to brain development.
• Learn strategies for supporting early communication skills and language skills,
• And gain an understanding of how multilanguage learning occurs, and how to support diversity in learning environments.

UNIT 4: Cognitive Development & Executive Function - Through engaging activity and discussion-based learning, learn how these areas of development are heavily intertwined and support each other. Learning Objectives:

• Recognize how cognitive development unfolds in young children and what these milestones look like from birth to age 5
• Learn about the development of memory from birth to age 5, how it grows through experiences and the areas of the brain involved.
• Understand the role of executive functioning skills in cognitive development, how it is intertwined with other brain regions and how to promote this area of brain development.
• Learn strategies and discuss on how environments and relationships support the development of thinking skills.

UNIT 5: Social-Emotional Development, Emotional Reaction & Self-Regulation – Examine how social-emotional development unfolds in the first 5 years and the areas of the brain involved Learning Objectives:  

• Learn how the of role relationships and attachment are fundamental experiences promoting early brain growth from birth to age 5; that is early relational health
• Discuss how and when empathy develops, what this looks like and experiences promoting this area of brain growth and development
• Learn more about “What is stress?”, negative, tolerable and positive stress, and understand the effect of stress on brain development - and behavior.

UNIT 6: Understanding Behavior and Strategies for Helping Children – Learn how children's behavior is influenced by the developing brain. Learning Objectives:  

• Learn about key factors that influence behavior and effective strategies to address behaviors that challenge.
• Identify the influence of temperament, the age and stage in development, and how the environment can affect a child's behavior.
• Understand the root causes of challenging behaviors and talk about effective strategies to address them.
• Learn about growing connections between areas of the brain and how this is expressed through behavior.

UNIT 7: Everyday Play & the 6 Stages of Play - Focuses on the stages and types of play that unfold in early childhood and the role of the brain in this process. Learning Objectives:

• Explore and discover how play builds children’s capacities in all areas of development, and how these experiences build brain connections
• Identify the difference between free and guided play and stages of social interaction
• Discuss and learn ways to promote the "6 Core Skills" children develop through play and strategies to promote these skills.