Connected Beginnings Training Institute

Nurturing the Social and Emotional Well-Being of Children Ages Birth to Five

  • For optimal development "a child requires progressively more complex joint activity with one or more adults who have an irrational emotional relationship with the child. Somebody’s got to be crazy about that kid. That’s number one. First, last, and always." – Urie Bronfrenbrener

    Urie Bronfrenbrener

  • “Including parents in the screening process tells parents from the start that you value their observations, questions and concerns. And the cliché is true-parents in most cases are the best source of reliable and valid information about a child’s development.” – Elizabeth Twombley  

    Elizabeth Twombley

  • “Through relationships with parents and other significant caregivers, infants and toddlers learn what people expect of them and what they can expect of other people. Infants and toddlers learn through what they experience within relationships and what they observe in adults’ interactions with one another.” — Pathways to Prevention

    Pathways to Prevention

  • “What’s critical then is the interaction between genetics and what we call ‘serve and return’ between young children and the adults in their lives. The child does something and the adult responds. It’s the back and forth that literally, shapes the architecture of the brain.” — Jack Shonkoff

    Jack Shonkoff

  • “Children are not the people of tomorrow but the people of today. They have a right to be taken seriously and to be treated with tenderness and respect. They should be allowed to grow into whoever they were meant to be-the unknown person inside each of them is our hope for the future.” – Janusz Korczak

    Janusz Korczak

Latest News

News from Connected Beginnings

Dear Friends,

As many of you may already know, Wheelock College will enter into an official merger with Boston University on June 1, 2018. Unfortunately, Connected Beginnings Training Institute will not be a part of that merger.

After learning this news in March, we set out to find a new home for CBTI. I am happy to report that at the writing of this message, we are in discussion with a couple of very promising options. It is my sincere hope that we will be able to send out an announcement this summer describing this new chapter in the Institute’s history.

In the mean time, I would like to share links to an interview I did regarding the Connected Beginnings Training Institute on the Power of Good podcast, and the message sent by Wheelock College’s President to the community regarding CBTI’s status.

I would like to thank you all for your support in the past and in moving forward.

Best,

 

 

Mary Watson Avery
Director
Connected Beginnings Training Institute
Mavery@connectedbeginnings.org

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Registration now open for the 2018 Massachusetts Pyramid Model Summit!

The focus of the 2018 Summit will be exploring strategies for capacity-building in Pyramid Model practice.
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Summit

Announcing Registration for Regional Pyramid Model Learning Communities, Spring 2018

Is your program using the Pyramid Model to support children and families? Join us as we explore Pyramid Model resources, share lessons learned, and connect with a variety of community programs. Look for the best location for you:

*Click on the link below the Regional Pyramid Model Learning Community you wish to attend, click the ‘Register’ button on the page to RSVP for this free opportunity*

Dates, Times, Locations:

Boston Metro Region – Tuesday, May 8, 2018
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Roxbury YMCA
285 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Roxbury, MA 02119
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Northeast Region – Tuesday, May 15, 2018
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Lawrence EEC Office
360 Merrimack St., Suite 9
Lawrence, MA 01843
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Western Region – Tuesday, May 15, 2018
1:00 pm-3:00 pm
Springfield EEC Office
1441 Main St., Suite 230
Springfield, MA 01013
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Southeast Region – Friday, May 18, 2018
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Taunton EEC Office
1 Washington St., Suite 20
Taunton, MA 02780
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Central Region – May 30, 2018
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Worcester Public Library Banx Room
3 Salem Square
Worcester, MA
Click here to register for Central Region PMLC

Discussion Topic: Planning and Practicing for Implementation of Responsive Caregiving

Cost: There is no cost to participants; the Pyramid Model Learning Community is supported by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

New to the Pyramid Model?

Before attending the Pyramid Model Learning Community, we encourage you to view this brief Introduction to the Pyramid Model Approach http://challengingbehavior.fmhi.usf.edu/explore/camtasia/pyramid_overview/pyramid_overview_captions.html

Past News

About Connected Beginnings

A project of Wheelock College’s ASPIRE Institute since July 2011, Connected Beginnings Training Institute (CBTI) was launched by the United Way of Massachusetts Bay/Merrimack Valley, Inc. (UWMB) in 2006 to build the capacity of infant and early … Read More