Caregiver Workshops & Support Groups
Workshop Highlights:
- Child Development Insights: Experts share strategies on cognitive, emotional, and social development to help caregivers understand their child’s growth.
- Behavioral Guidance: Learn effective techniques for managing behavior, fostering resilience, and encouraging positive interactions.
- Hands-on Activities: Engaging sessions focus on communication, education, and building strong bonds with children.
Support Group Benefits:
- Peer Connection: A safe space to connect with others facing similar challenges.
- Emotional Support: Share experiences and gain encouragement from a compassionate community.
- Expert Advice: Guidance from child development professionals to help navigate parenting complexities.
These workshops and groups empower caregivers with knowledge, confidence, and a supportive network, ensuring every child gets the care and encouragement they need to thrive.
Resources
- Looks at human faces or black and white patterns
- Tracks a slowly moving object
- Cries, but is comforted when picked up
- Moves arms and kicks legs
- Lifts head briefly when on stomach
- Smiles a lot; can laugh; coos when caregiver speaks
- Babbles with pleasure
- Rolls over and sits up with support
- Puts objects in mouth; uses tongue to move food in mouth
- Waves “bye-bye”; says “mama” and “dada”
- Understands their name and commonly-used words
- Crawls; pulls up to standing position
- Points to request something
- Finds hidden objects
- Responds to name
- Puts objects in a container
- Stacks two blocks
- Says “no” or shakes head
- Walks backwards and down stairs with help
- Extends toy to show others
- Eats finger foods
- Follows simple direction
- Says 50 words; imitates 2-3 word sentences
- Dances, jumps, runs, and kicks
- Points and names objects in a book
- Stacks 6-7 blocks
- Shows interest In children
- Removes shoes, socks and pants; unzips zipper
- Loves picture books
- Engages in pretend play
- Feeds self with spoon
- Eats on his own
- Stacks 9-10 blocks
- Follows directions
- Becomes more social; makes friends easily
- Balances on one foot for few second
- Starts asking “why”
- Uses 3-5 word sentences