Unit 6: Understanding Behavior is part of the ZERO TO THREE Growing Brain Participant Manual series and explores how brain development influences behavior in infants and toddlers. This 42-page digital manual includes presentation highlights, guided reflections, and interactive prompts to help early childhood professionals understand and respond to challenging behaviors in developmentally appropriate ways.

Unit 4: Cognition and Executive Function is part of the ZERO TO THREE Growing Brain Participant Manual series and supports early childhood professionals in understanding how young children develop thinking skills, memory, and self-control. This digital workbook includes presentation summaries, discussion prompts, and interactive activities designed to deepen learning and support application in real-world settings.

Unit 3: Communication and Language Development is part of the ZERO TO THREE Growing Brain Participant Manual series. This 32-page digital manual helps early childhood professionals understand how communication and language skills develop from birth and how adult interactions can support this growth. It includes key content summaries, reflection prompts, and discussion tools designed to enhance professional learning during the training experience.

The Growing Brain Participant Manual is a workbook designed to deepen your learning throughout the ZERO TO THREE Growing Brain curriculum. Organized into seven interactive units, it highlights key concepts, reflection prompts, and space for personal notes across topics including brain basics, factors that shape development, communication and language, cognition and executive function, social-emotional growth, understanding behavior, and everyday play. Use it during training and beyond to reinforce practical strategies that support healthy brain development in infants and toddlers.

This downloadable handout set explores how babies and toddlers develop a sense of self through everyday interactions and affirming messages, such as: You’re clever, You’re good at figuring things out, You’re loved, You make me laugh, and I enjoy being with you. Each handout highlights age-based social-emotional milestones and offers practical guidance for parents and caregivers to build secure relationships, support healthy development, and honor each child’s cultural identity.

Baby is engaging in play time, gaining control of their movements, and interacting with others at a deeper level. Babies at this age put anything and everything in their mouth. This kit includes items and activities to deepen connections and build coordination.

Your toddler is turning 3 years old and may begin to explore on their own. They may begin to understand time concepts (past, present, and future) in addition to differentiating between letters and numbers from written squiggles. This kit focuses on differentiating objects and recognizing patterns.

The ZERO TO THREE Critical Competencies for Infant-Toddler Educators™ Online Micro-Course, Area 1: Supporting Social-Emotional Development helps infant-toddler educators build skills to support healthy social-emotional development through everyday interactions. Designed for educators working in home- or center-based settings, the course uses observation and reflection to strengthen practice across six focused modules.

The ZERO TO THREE Critical Competencies for Infant-Toddler Educators™ online course and micro-courses support infant-toddler educators in building knowledge and skills that nurture social-emotional, cognitive, and language and literacy development. Designed for educators working in home- or center-based settings, the courses use a scenario-based approach that encourages observation, reflection, and application of best practices across all areas of the Critical Competencies.

Young children and families impacted by immigration often experience stress and uncertainty that can affect development, relationships, and a sense of safety. This session explores practical, culturally responsive strategies to support young children and caregivers in this context. Grounded in a relationship-based and trauma-informed approach, participants will learn how these experiences may influence development and attachment, how to recognize signs of distress, and how to respond in ways that strengthen connection and support well-being. Through real-world examples, the session will highlight strategies to build on families' strengths and communicate with young children about fear, separation, and uncertainty in developmentally appropriate ways.

Presenters: Vilma Reyes, PsyD, UCSF Child Trauma Research Program; Carmen Rosa Noroña, LICSW, MSW, MSEd, IECMH-E®, Center for Excellence in Immigrant Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, Boston Medical Center& Patricia Parada, PhD, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Access for 1 year from date of purchase. Learn at your pace, on your schedule, without worrying about missing out.

Earn One contact hour (.1 CEU) with completion of CEU quiz and Evaluation.

Recordings will be uploaded following the 2026 LEARN Conference, with all sessions expected to be available by December 1, 2026. We’ll be sure to notify you as soon as the recordings are ready so you can watch or revisit the sessions at your convenience.

Dive into findings from the 2026 ZERO TO THREE National Parent Survey! Discover how today's parents approach child-rearing and what beliefs guide them. Learn what challenges and questions they face. Hear about the services and supports they want. What's the story with today's parents? Join us to listen and learn!

Presenters: Presenter: Rebecca Parlakian, MAEd, ZERO TO THREE

Access for 1 year from date of purchase. Learn at your pace, on your schedule, without worrying about missing out.

Earn One contact hour (.1 CEU) with completion of CEU quiz and Evaluation.

Recordings will be uploaded following the 2026 LEARN Conference, with all sessions expected to be available by December 1, 2026. We’ll be sure to notify you as soon as the recordings are ready so you can watch or revisit the sessions at your convenience.