The ITERS-3 is a program observation instrument used to assess the quality of care in environments for infants and toddlers, from birth to 36 months.Read More

Social-emotional development includes the ability to interact and have positive, meaningful relationships with others. It enables children to recognize, express, and manage their emotions and appropriately respond to others' emotions. Young children rely on adults to help them manage emotions and learn and practice these new skills.Read More

Leah Zabari Yesterday I was in a toddler classroom when two children slowly walked by me. One of the toddlers went up to the other and gently took hold of his friend’s hand. They proceeded to walk around the room together holding hands and interacting. It was such a sweet moment that was only captured...Read More

by Erin DelRegno “To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world.” – Dr. Seuss When discussing the importance of building positive relationships with children during training sessions, I usually ask providers if they ever heard that for every negative interaction, five positive interactions should occur. Interactions...Read More