Infant & Early Childhood Trauma Training
Your Role in Healing and Hope
About this Event
Join Finding Hope Consulting for an interactive training exploring the powerful connection between trauma, attachment, brain development, and healing in early childhood. This training will examine how prenatal experiences, intergenerational trauma, toxic stress, and early relationships shape the developing brain, behavior, and emotional well-being of infants and young children.
Participants will learn how everyday interactions with children, families, and caregivers can create opportunities for healing, resilience, and hope. Through a trauma-informed lens, attendees will explore how trauma presents in infants and young children, how to distinguish trauma-related behaviors from developmental concerns, and how to support caregiver-child relationships that promote safety, connection, and regulation.
This engaging session will provide practical strategies that professionals can immediately apply when supporting infants, young children, and families impacted by adversity. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of relational neuroscience and tools to strengthen attachment, promote healing, and build more trauma-responsive communities.
Training Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Presenter: Mary Vicario, LPCC-S, CTS – Finding Hope Consulting, LLC
Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Building the Foundation: Early Childhood Development
Info: Discuss prenatal, neonatal, infant, and early childhood development in context and how interactions between the child and their environment impact social, emotional, and behavioral development.
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Understanding Development Through a Trauma-Informed Lens
Info: Examine early childhood development through a trauma-informed lens.
🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Break
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Recognizing Trauma in Infants and Young Children
Info: Identify and address how trauma presents in infants and very young children.
🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:00 AM
Trauma and Developmental Delays
Info: Compare and contrast behaviors related to trauma with those related to developmental delays.
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch - Provided
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
Parent and Infant Relationships
Info: Identify and address how preverbal/early childhood trauma impacts parent and infant relational health.
🕑: 01:45 PM - 02:30 PM
Supporting Families Through Trauma and Attachment
Info: Engage caregivers' curiosity about how prenatal trauma and substance exposure influence the brain, the body, and attachment while exploring strategies to address their impact.
🕑: 02:30 PM - 02:45 PM
Break
🕑: 02:45 PM - 04:00 PM
Promoting Safety, Regulation, and Connection
Info: Work collaboratively with parents and caregivers to develop and implement strategies to support felt safety and regulation to strengthen the caregiver-child bond.
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