The University of Maryland School of Social Work's The Institute for Innovation and Implementation’s Parent, Infant, and Early Childhood Team, through its work with the Maryland Pyramid Model, has developed three new free online courses. Funded by the Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Early Childhood, the courses offer teachers and providers strategies for supporting social-emotional competence among infants and toddlers in early childhood education settings.
Access the courses: https://bit.ly/3ytLEfR.
The courses were designed with the evidence-based Pyramid Model for Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children, which promotes and supports infant and early childhood mental health and the social-emotional development of all children. As reflected in these three courses, the Pyramid Model takes a tiered public health approach to providing universal supports to all children to promote wellness, targeted supports to those at risk, and intensive interventions for those who need them, all supported by an effective workforce. These courses are rich with user-friendly training materials, videos, and print resources. For complete descriptions of the courses and more information: https://theinstitute.umaryland.edu/institute-news/.