In the first 3 years of life, parents, intimate family members, and caregivers are the closest to the young child and thus the best providers of Nurturing Care. In order to provide caregivers with time and resources to provide nurturing care, policies, services, and community support need to be in place. This class is an introduction to the concept of nurturing care, the framework, and why the CCP has formulated a training guide for childcare professionals to implement the 5 components of nurturing care.

Nurturing care means we need to pay attention to the health and well-being of caregivers as well as children. In this course childcare professionals will learn about the physical development of infants and toddlers, developmental milestones, and how to plan environments and experiences that support motor skills. They will also learn ways to promote self-care so one can better provide quality care to infants and toddlers.

The class is open to public participation.

Topics discussed will include

1. Online class review
2. Assignment Review
3. Creation of your own Disinfecting, cleaning, and sanitizing resources

Young children flourish on exclusive breastfeeding – from immediately after birth to the age of 6 months. From the age of 6 months, young children need complementary foods that are frequent and diverse enough. This is in addition to breast milk and needs to be offered in a way that accommodates the social and emotional interaction involved in feeding a young child. Lectures in this session ensure home/center-based caregivers understand their vital role in supporting nutrition for mothers and their infants.

The class is open to public participation.

Topics discussed will include

1. Online class review
2. Assignment Review
3. Safe Meal Preparations

Responsive caregiving includes observing and responding to children’s movements, sounds gestures, and verbal requests. Before young children learn to speak, the engagement between them and their caregivers is expressed through cuddling, eye contact, smiles, vocalizations, and gestures. These mutually enjoyable interactions create an emotional bond, which helps young children to understand the world around them and to learn about people, relationships, and language. These social interactions also stimulate connections in the brain. In this session. caregivers will learn how to foster and sustain healthy attachments, trust, and social relationships with the children in their care while encouraging parents to do likewise.

Topics discussed will include

1. Online class review
2. Assignment Review
3. Discussion Forum

Learning begins at conception, and as soon as babies are born they begin to acquire skills socially, from other people.This component recognizes that every interaction (positive or negative) or absence of an interaction contributes to the child’s brain development and lays the foundation for later learning. The course is aimed at building the caregiver's capacity to incorporate learning opportunities in every child-environment interaction.

The class is open to public participation.

Topics discussed will include

1. Online class review
2. Assignment Review
3. Early Stimulation
4. Toy Making

Young children can not protect themselves and are vulnerable to unanticipated danger, physical pain and emotional stress. Across the world, toddlers are the group most often harshly punished. These experiences cause uncontrollable fear and stress that can program the young child’s response systems in ways that can lead to emotional, mental, and social maladjustment. Nurturing care includes making sure that defenseless young children feel safe and secure. This course combines lectures associated with good health, safety and security issues. 

The class is open to public participation.

Topics discussed will include

1. Online class review
2. Assignment Review
3. Pediatric first aid