BRITE ITMH Tips

Building Relationships in Infant Toddler Early Education (BRITE)

Check out a few tips cards that our Infant-Toddler Mental Health Consultants created to be used as a resource for Family Day Care and Group Family Day Care providers:

Tip 1: Connecting Language to feelings / Conectar el lenguaje con los sentimientos

Tip 2: Encouraging Socialization / Fomentar Socializacion

Tip 3: Relationship Building / Establecar Relaciones

Tip 4: Building Trust with Parents & Children / Fomentar Confianza con Padres y Hijos

Tip 5: Behavior is Language / El Comportamiento es Lenguaje

For more information, read about how Project BRITE supports child care providers, and helps them improve the social emotional environment for the children in their care.

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