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Connected Beginnings

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

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 * 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
   
   

 * “Including parents in the screening process tells parents from the start that
   you value their observations, questions and concerns. And the cliché is
   true-parents in most cases are the best source of reliable and valid
   information about a child’s development.” – Elizabeth Twombley  
   
   

 * “Through relationships with parents and other significant caregivers, infants
   and toddlers learn what people expect of them and what they can expect of
   other people. Infants and toddlers learn through what they experience within
   relationships and what they observe in adults’ interactions with one
   another.” — Pathways to Prevention
   
   

 * “What’s critical then is the interaction between genetics and what we call
   ‘serve and return’ between young children and the adults in their lives. The
   child does something and the adult responds. It’s the back and forth that
   literally, shapes the architecture of the brain.” — Jack Shonkoff
   
   

 * “Children are not the people of tomorrow but the people of today. They have a
   right to be taken seriously and to be treated with tenderness and respect.
   They should be allowed to grow into whoever they were meant to be-the unknown
   person inside each of them is our hope for the future.” – Janusz Korczak
   
   

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H IS FOR HOPE

Stress, sadness, and fear regarding an event within the home or out in the world
can be difficult to manage. Here is a beautiful place for parents and caregivers
to start: “H is for Hope” from our friends at Sesame Street.

https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/topics/traumatic-experiences/?activity=h-hope-article

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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
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