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🌱Roots & Resilience: Understanding What Shapes a Child
We’re thrilled to announce a brand-new online course: Roots & Resilience: Understanding What Shapes a Child — now offered via ChildCareEd.
✨ What It’s All About
This course invites child care providers, preschool educators, and early-childhood professionals to dive into the many factors that shape a child’s development — from biological and environmental influences, to cultural background, family dynamics, and experiences of stress or trauma.
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You’ll explore:
- How genetics and environment together influence growth and development 🌿
- The role of community, culture, and diversity in shaping children’s identities and school readiness 🌎
- Ways to build resilience in young children — helping them overcome stress or adversity with strength and confidence 💪
- Trauma-informed practices, supportive relationships, and creating nurturing, inclusive environments that honor each child’s background and needs ❤️
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