Connecting With Meaning

Building relationships that matter, with infants and toddlers in early childhood settings.

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    Course Guide

    • A guideline to "Connecting With Meaning"

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    Week One - Beginning Well

    • Week One Workbook

    • Laying the foundation - getting it right from the start

    • The Attachment Theory How Childhood Affects Life - Video

    • Week One - Beginning Well - Slide Deck
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    Week Two - Showing Up

    • Week Two Workbook

    • Showing Up - The power of our authentic, attuned presence

    • Brene Brown on Empathy - Video

    • Michael shares his feelings - Video

    • Week Two - Showing Up - Slide Deck
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    Week Three - Making Meaning

    • Week Three Workbook

    • Week Three - Making Meaning - Putting it all together and making it count

    • Week Three - Making Meaning - Slide Deck

    • The Caregiving Situation

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    Thank You!

    • I'd love your feedback! Please share a little about how you've found Connecting with Meaning.

Join us for this exclusive web event where infant and toddler specialist, Helen Armstrong will discuss and walk through the theory, science and practice of developing relationships with infants and toddlers. Week by week we will explore an approach that will equip and empower you to build solid, deeply respectful attachment relationships and help children thrive in all early childhood contexts.

  • 1

    Course Guide

    • A guideline to "Connecting With Meaning"

  • 2

    Week One - Beginning Well

    • Week One Workbook

    • Laying the foundation - getting it right from the start

    • The Attachment Theory How Childhood Affects Life - Video

    • Week One - Beginning Well - Slide Deck
  • 3

    Week Two - Showing Up

    • Week Two Workbook

    • Showing Up - The power of our authentic, attuned presence

    • Brene Brown on Empathy - Video

    • Michael shares his feelings - Video

    • Week Two - Showing Up - Slide Deck
  • 4

    Week Three - Making Meaning

    • Week Three Workbook

    • Week Three - Making Meaning - Putting it all together and making it count

    • Week Three - Making Meaning - Slide Deck

    • The Caregiving Situation

  • 5

    Thank You!

    • I'd love your feedback! Please share a little about how you've found Connecting with Meaning.

You will learn

Not just inspiration, which eventually can fizzle out, but real life, practical and applicable strategies and knowledge to transform your practice

  • The art and science of relationship

  • Research behind what truly matters to infants and toddlers in ECE settings

  • What relationship should look and feel like for both adults and children

  • Real examples of every day practice that will change your approach for good

  • How to become self aware and remain self regulated

  • Ways of developing attachment relationships built on trust, security and deep respect

Recorded Zoom meetings

Recorded and available any time on your learning platform

If you can't be with us live, no problem! All trainings will be recorded and kept right here on your learning platform, available to you at any time you need. You can move through the course workbook and other materials at your own pace and from anywhere in the world!

Journey through the weeks

  • Week One

    An in-depth look at what we know to be biologically true about the child and their need for relationship during the all important first years. We will explore the theory and science of relationship and look deeply at why attachment matters for infants and toddlers. This is also the beginning of some course long self reflection for us as the adult in the relationship.

  • Week Two

    Now that we have developed an understanding of WHY relationship matters so much, it's time to look at the HOW. This week is all about us and how we are, first with ourselves and then with the child. We will explore ways of showing up - fully, respectfully and authentically, no matter what challenges we face in the day to day demands of our work.

  • Week Three

    Time to integrate and apply the learning! This week is all about the practical application of the ideas, theories and knowledge. We will dive back into our reflective work and focus on developing strategies and approaches for building and maintaining relationships that matter. You will leave equipped to transform your practice and the lives of the children you spend your days with.

About your facilitator

Lead Facilitator

Helen Armstrong

I am an infant and toddler specialist working with families and professionals towards lives that embody peace, respect and simplicity. With relationships at the heart of my approach, I am guided by the work of Dr Emmi Pikler and Magda Gerber’s Educaring® Approach. It is my passion to inspire and empower caregivers and educators of young children with these principles and practices. My mission is to help adults to see the child in a new way and develop deeply respectful, reciprocal and authentic relationships. Through this understanding, adults will experience the joy that will come from this way of being with children. Offering knowledge and experience from 14 years of working with children, families and professionals, I am a fully qualified, (B.Ed (Tchng) ECE) registered early childhood teacher. I work from a holistic, inclusive approach that embraces individual needs, settings and requirements. I care deeply about every person that I connect with, giving you a personal, meaningful learning experience.