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

News and Events

New Mind in the Making™ Evaluation Brief Released

Between May and November 2009, a cohort of 35 early education and care staff members of Horizons for Homeless Children, a non-profit organization in Boston, participated in Mind in the Making Learning Modules for Early Childhood Teachers™ (MITM). Connected Beginnings Training Institute conducted an evaluation of this implementation of MITM.

CSEFEL Coaches Take Part in Two-Day Training

As the training partner in Massachusetts’ statewide rollout of the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning Pyramid Model (CSEFEL), Connected Beginnings is pleased to be coordinating training and support for CSEFEL Coaches. These Coaches will play a central role in helping the CSEFEL model “come to life” in three demonstration sites: Boston, Worcester and Deerfield.

Limited Openings Now for IN-TIME Training in Infant Mental Health: Southbridge and Hyannis

The IN-TIME series supports the research and science behind early learning, intervention and relationship-based infant mental health practices. It addresses the gap between what we know from brain research, and the role relationships between babies, parents/caregivers and Early Interventionists play in shaping a child’s development during her/his earliest years.

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