Connected Beginnings

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

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About Connected Beginnings

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 childhood practitioners to engage in nurturing relationships with the very young children in their care. As research has revealed, positive, supportive, enriching and nurturing relationships with adults and other children are critical to young children’s social and emotional well-being, mental health, evolving brain architecture and capacity to learn.

Connected Beginnings

provides, coordinates, and evaluates professional development and training aimed at enhancing the social and emotional well-being of young children within their families, their communities, and their early care and education programs. Read about our Mission and Vision . . .

Connected Beginnings is a program of the UMass Donahue Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. For more information, please visit the Donahue Institute’s website.

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