Join the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) and NashvilleHealth, as we bring together state and national partners to better understand youth mental health and the ways in which it affects education outcomes. We’ll highlight data, research and lived experience, while spotlighting innovative ways Tennessee is working to strengthen student well-being.

Date: April 3rd, 2024
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm CST
Where: Nashville, TN

This course explores how to use a relationship-based care approach to understand and respond to child behaviors that providers find challenging. Participants learn to respond to children’s behavior by deeply reflecting upon their own reactions to children’s behavior, regulating their emotional reactions, and engaging families to mutually understand the reasons for their children’s behavior.

Start Date: March 19, 2024
Contact Hours: 16

Cost: $500

Touchpoints: The How of Child and Family Engagement is an intensive training program that introduces the Touchpoints Approach, which is an evidence-based approach to building strong family-child relationships from before birth through age 5. Participants who implement Touchpoints in their practice partner with families to lay the vital foundation for children’s early learning and healthy development. Touchpoints provides a practical, preventive approach that supports professionals in forming strength-based partnerships with families.

Start Date: March 12, 2024
Contact Hours: 28

Cost: $795

The National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) is excited to invite everyone to the March edition of our Virtual Learning Series Zoom webinar on Thursday, March 30th at 12pm EST.

Their esteemed guests for this event are NBCDI CEO Dr. Leah Austin and January Contreras, Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families. They will be discussing how both NBCDI and the ACF are prioritizing and strengthening the early childhood education system and what it takes to get everyone to do the same. In their conversation, they will touch on critical issues impacting Black children and families and will be highlighting strategies to address them.

The Virtual Learning Series is an opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations about early childhood education, child welfare, health and wellness, and other issues impacting Black children and families. Their webinars are designed to be interactive, providing attendees with the opportunity to ask questions and share insights.

To join the March Virtual Learning Series webinar, please register by clicking here.

Brazelton Touchpoints Center is excited to relaunch its Parenting While Black series in 2023! This free virtual conversation series offers a safe and welcoming space to hold conversations for and by Black families. All are welcome to join and engage in these powerful conversations! The five-part series begins on Monday, March 20, and continues through June 26, 2023. Register here.

How babies’ brains grow in the context of relationships is one of the most important topics in early childhood development. The Growing Brain Basics Webinar Series supports participants’ exploration of key concepts, research, and concrete strategies from ZERO TO THREE’s The Growing Brain: From Birth to 5 Years Old curriculum. The series is composed of 4, 90-minute webinars expertly facilitated by ZERO TO THREE Faculty.

Carol F. Siegel, PhD, LP will be hosting a Zoom training on Parent Psychotherapy, a specific discipline with a knowledge base of its own. The Introduction to Parent Psychotherapy will include foundational concepts, such as the evocative nature of parenting, how current adult symptoms may relate to parenting, and how issues related to attachment, loss, trauma, and neglect may appear in parenting.

Professional rate: $90.00
Intern/Student rate: $75.00

A certificate for 3 CEUs will be provided for you to submit to your board. 
To inquire about registration, please contact Carol F. Siegel, PhD, LP at cfsiegel@gmail.com.

(5 - 6 p.m. ET) Adding social-emotional learning (SEL) into an already-packed curriculum may seem daunting, but the nature of literacy instruction lends itself to developing SEL skills. In this webinar, J. Helen Perkins and Crystal D. Cook will share strategies and resources that coaches can use to support SEL-embedded literacy instruction.