Training

Early Childhood professionals and others working with young children have an important role in promoting  the healthy social emotional development of young children. 

"A trusting and caring teacher–child relationship is essential "for children’s optimum development. "(Raikes & Edwards 2009). "Children who have trusting relationships with their teachers are, on average, more willing to ask questions, solve problems, try new tasks, and express their thinking than their peers without such relationships." (O’Connor & McCartney 2007)

This is especially true for children who  have experienced trauma.
During the next year, the Coalition will be working to develop a delivery system of training and support to early childhood educators   help them build supportive and caring relationships with the children they serve and learn new strategies to strengthen trauma informed practice.

"The single most common factor for children and teens who develop the capacity to overcome serious hardship is having at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive parent, caregiver, or other adult." Center for the Developing Child,Harvard University

Raikes, H.H., & C.P. Edwards. 2009. Extending the Dance in Infant and Toddler Caregiving: Enhancing Attachment and Relationships. Baltimore, MD: Brookes

​O’Connor, E., & K. McCartney. 2007. “Examining Teacher–Child Relationships and Achievement as Part of an Ecological Model of Development.” American Educational Research Journal 44 (2): 340–69.