“Goodness to Fit”: The Importance of Nurturing Relationships in Early Childhood
January 15, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
$39.
Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 12-2pm EST / 11-1pm CST / 10-12pm MST / 9-11am PST
2 CE ($10) offered for Florida LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, CMSW through CEBrokers.
Cost: $39.00
Learn how nurturing relationships have a decisive, long-lasting impact on a child’s development over their lifetime.
Young children thrive in nurturing relationships, which shape their development, learning, emotional regulation, and social-emotional wellness, fostering trust, empathy, and conscience. Early, caring relationships have a lasting impact on their ability to connect with others, communicate, and handle challenges. Achieving a “goodness of fit” between caregiver expectations and the child’s temperament, along with gene-environment interactions, is key to positive outcomes. These supportive connections lay the foundation for lifelong social and emotional well-being.
Objectives:
- Identify two elements of Mastery Motivation.
- Learn four specific outcomes as a result of exposure to nurturing relationships.
- Understand the concept of “goodness of fit” and give an example.
Presented By Kathryn Shea, LCSW, FASD United Board Member
Kathryn has over 40 years of experience working with children with serious emotional and behavioral disorders and fetal alcohol and drug effects. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and her Master’s degree in Social Work from the Univeristy of Kentucky. She served as the President and CEO of the Florida Center for Early Childhood in Sarasota, Florida for 12 years. Kathryn is a past president of the Florida Association for Infant Mental Health and has been very involved in developing and expanding Florida’s Early Childhood Court Initiative. Ms. Shea currently serves on the board of FASD United (formerly NOFAS) and is an independent consultant at the local, state, and national levels. Kathryn has received numerous awards for her work in infant mental health, FASD, and child advocacy.
This training may help prepare you for competencies related to the Florida Association for Infant Mental Health Endorsement. (For those outside Florida, check your state’s requirements).