Infant and Early Childhood Development: A Cross Domain/Cross Disciplinary-Informed Perspective

When: Friday, October 18 - 9:30 AM

Duration: 1 hours 30 minutes

Location: Zoom

Event Details:

Typical child development is the only compass and guide we have against which to reference delays and significant differences, gauge appropriate expectations and plan intervention. Self-social-emotional development, a crucial organizing vigor in the saga of early development and consistent with Infant and Early childhood Mental Health (IECMH), will be highlighted, chronicled and frame the developmental discussion. Because, “nothing in development stands alone”, key milestones and interdependencies across developmental domains, in the context of relationships, and informed by cross-disciplinary perspectives, will be identified. The guiding principles of development derived from research will be explored as concept and practice.

Learning Objectives

1. Identify 3 principles of development and their implications for practice
2. Describe the key themes of social-emotional development across the early years
3. Characterize major developmental themes across domains at 2 points in developmental time during the first 5 years
4. Illustrate 3 examples of cross-domain interdependence