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This program is all about babies and their brains!
It is a curriculum developed by Karen Hintz and reviewed by Gay Eastman
and Dave Riley.
"The First Years Last Forever" is an educational package, which incorporates
the brain development research with strategies parents, grandparents and
caregivers can use to protect and promote the development of children's
growing brains. The educational package includes a trainer's guide,
participant guide, evaluation/feedback form and options for using the educational
package. The trainer's guide includes objectives, teaching resources,
sources of information, a teaching outline with activity ideas and sample
overheads.
Objectives
The objectives of this program are to help parents, grandparents and
caregivers:
· Gain a basic understanding of recent research findings about
brain development.
· Identify and discuss implications for parenting young children.
· Learn ways to promote positive brain development and utilize
that knowledge to help
strengthen a child’s brain development.
There are four pieces to this curriculum that can be viewed and printed. You need to have Acrobat Reader loaded on your computer in order to view these materials. If you do not have Acrobat Reader on your computer, go to http://www.adobe.com and download your free copy.
The First Years Last Forever trainer materials with five sections:
Options for using this educational package
Evaluation Form to use at the end of the
program
