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connected beginnings training institute

NURTURING THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL
WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AGES BIRTH TO FIVE
Connected Beginnings Training Institute addresses the need for research-based mental health training for professionals who interact with young children, ages birth to five. The Institute provides, coordinates and evaluates statewide mental health training to enhance the social and emotional well-being of young children within their families, their communities, and their early care and education programs.
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scholarship
program
Overview
Program Summary & Eligibility
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Connected Beginnings Scholars
Infant-Parent Program
NCAST Training
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Application Process
Requirements
Forms
  -Application & Agreement Form word doc
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contact us Connected Beginnings Training Institute
89 South Street Suite 601
Boston, MA 02111
Tel: 617-345-0545
 staff
Founder/Executive
Director
Libby
Zimmerman,
PH.D., LICSW
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Senior Director
Betsy Leutz, M.S.Ed.
Fellow
Mallary I. Swartz, M.S.

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Advisory Council
The Advisory Council is comprised of leading professionals dedicated to supporting Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health training for practitioners across a wide range of disciplines.
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Substantial new investments should be made to address the nation's seriously inadequate capacity for addressing young children's mental health needs.

– (Recommendation 3, from Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development by Jack Shonkoff and Deborah Phillips, editors, National Academy Press, 2000.)