Connected Beginnings

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

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Connected Beginnings works with a variety of settings, across disciplines, with the shared objective of serving very young children and their families. CB professional development opportunities have impacted the work of educators, early intervention professionals, administrators, medical professionals, home visitors, mental health clinicians, and policy-makers across Massachusetts, the region and the world. Since 2006, the organization has provided support to non-profit, for-profit, medical, state, and federal entities, including:

  • The US Army Department of Child & Youth Services
  • The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH)
  • The Massachusetts Department of Early Education & Care (EEC)
  • The Massachusetts Department of Elementary Secondary Education (DESE)
  • Head Start and Early Head Start
  • Massachusetts Association of Infant Mental Health
  • The Institute for Early Childhood Leadership & Innovation
  • The Massachusetts Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD)
  • The Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH)
  • The Lynch Foundation
  • The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC)
  • And public school systems across the Commonwealth

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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