Brain Development and Interpersonal Relationships: Implications for IMH Work
Training Description
Virtual Training | Free to Attend | 3.25-hour Training | 3 CEUs
Knowing how the brain develops and manages stress is helpful for working with caregivers to maximize children’s social and emotional development. In this seminar, participants will explore how the quality of a young child’s early relationships has a significant impact on brain development and infant/early childhood mental health. Additionally, participants will learn that the brain is able to rewire itself through neuroplasticity, which means that positive relationships can help heal trauma.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will understand how relationships shape neurobiology and brain development.
- Participants will understand the brainstem, limbic, and cortical circuitries.
- Participants will learn how the hemispheres, memory, and mirror neurons contribute to a child’s mental health.
- Participants will be able to discuss how a major component of our stress system is our arousal response.
- Participants will be able to describe how positive relationships affect neuroplasticity and can rewire the brain.
Requirements to Attend Training
None. Open for anyone to attend.
Trainer: Jane Clarke, Ph.D.
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Funding
This training is funded by the Children, Youth and Families Department, Children's Behavioral Health Services.
