Infants are born with incredible skills that serve to establish the important and necessary
attachment relationships with their caregivers. Although motor development stands out as infants
learn to hold their head up, sit, crawl and eventually walk, the more subtle stages of socioemotional
development are equally if not more important for establishing a secure attachment.
Secure attachment is highly associated with healthy brain development, emotional regulation, and
having the attentional abilities to learn. The ability of caregivers to attune to infants and
understand their nonverbal language is critical for the health and well-being of the infant. This talk
will focus on the six primary stages of infancy that span development from birth to 18 months and
how multiple developmental tasks are integrated within this time period. Through attunement and
scaffolding the important developmental stages of infancy, caregivers can raise secure children.
Participants will learn to:
1. Recognize the important socio-emotional developmental periods of infancy from birth to 18
months of life.
2. Learn how attunement and scaffolding integrate development leading to secure children.
3. Know the corresponding experience dependent development occurring in the brain through the
primary attachment relationships in infancy.

Cost: IDA Members - $20.00, Non-IDA Members - $25.00

CEU's available

Sponsor: San Diego/Imperial Valley Chapter, Infant Development Association of California

Click the link for a registration form.