Please use 15 minutes (or as much time as needed) for summing up what you worked with between the last session and this one:
• Did we succeed in doing what we planned?
• What was easy to do and what was difficult?
• What did we learn from doing what we planned?
• How did we cooperate and take responsibility?
Caregiver style and brain development in babies and toddlers
Competences to be exercised
  • To understand what science has found out about the positive effects of early physical contact and stimulation.
  • To plan the way physical stimulation care is organized in daily practices, and how this can support brain development – especially in children 0 – 24 months.
Theme of the session
In this training session you will learn to understand the importance of physical contact and stimulation for early brain function and development.You will have suggestions for practices and daily routines that support brain activity.You will have suggestions for stimulating premature and fragile babies.
Aims of the session
The goal of the session is to understand the importance of early physical stimulation, and how stimulation produces brain activity. In the brain of the newborn, brain activity is low and unstable, and only physical stimulation can make the brain active and make it grow.Lack of physical stimulation and activity is very dangerous, especially for the baby and the young child: it affects physical growth, survival rate, appetite and digestion, sleep rhythms, the body´s defence against infections and parasites, and the activation of the attachment system after birth.

Using this understanding, you will learn a number of daily practices that can be part of your routines, and you will discuss and plan how these practices can become part of daily life in the institution or foster family.
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