Supporting Parent and Caregiver Engagement in Early Childhood Care
Schedule
Sat, 08 Mar, 2025 at 09:00 am
UTC-04:00Location
236 Belcher St., Kentville, NS, Canada, Nova Scotia B4N 0A6 | Kentville, NS
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$30 | 3 PD hours | Register by February 28thhttps://www.nscc.ca/ecdsc/professional-development/details.asp?id=327
Supporting Parent and Caregiver Engagement in Early Childhood Care
Participants will explore the importance of parent/caregiver engagement in the early childhood caregiving environment, challenges to parent/caregiver engagement, and strategies for encouraging meaningful parental engagement in the early care setting.
Facilitated by Sesaly Davidson
Sesaly Davidson has been an adult educator for 12 years and has been working with children and their caregivers for 19 years. She is currently employed as a Family Support Worker where she shares information, knowledge and skills with parents and caregivers as it relates to attachment parenting, responsive caregiving, trauma, etc. and works with families to promote child development and positive mental health. Sesaly also facilitates professional development sessions for Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) on topics such as infant and early childhood mental health, supporting the development of executive functioning and engaging caregivers in the early care environment. She facilitates evidence-based programming for ECEs such as Circle of Security Parenting – Classroom (certified facilitator of COSP) and The Growing Brain: From Birth to Five Years Old (a curriculum in early brain development for Early Childhood Educators). Sesaly has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Acadia University, a certificate in Adult Education from Dalhousie University and a certificate in Infant Mental Health from The Toronto Hospital for Sick Kids. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Adult Education at StFX University.
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Where is it happening?
236 Belcher St., Kentville, NS, Canada, Nova Scotia B4N 0A6Event Location & Nearby Stays:
