Seeding Great Starts: Nature and Early Relational Health
The Children & Nature Network and the Center for Early Relational Health are partnering together to elevate the importance of nature for young children and families. This event will explore how nature connection supports early relational health, mental health and child development.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe how nature supports early relational health, including its role in regulation, stress reduction and caregiver-child connection.
- Identify ways that nature-based environments and experiences can strengthen relationships between children, caregivers and practitioners.
- Explore real-world examples of how nature is being integrated into practice across early childhood, healthcare and community settings.
- Identify at least one practical strategy or entry point for incorporating nature into their own work with children and families.
This event is FREE but registration is required.
WATCH RECORDINGSpeakers
Dr. Cathy Jordan
Children & Nature Network, Professor of Pediatrics & Principal Scientist at Masonic Institute for the Developing
Brain, MN
Cholpon Rosengren
MPH
Senior Director, Family Support
United Way of Tucson & Southern Arizona
Nature Everywhere, AZ
Jennifer Salinas
MS
Program Manager
Children & Nature Network, NM
Facilitator
Dr. Pooja Tandon
MPH
Pediatrician
Health Director, Trust for Public Land Researcher at Seattle Children’s
Professor at UW
Project Nature, WA
Steven Grilli
Senior Director
Casey Family Programs, WA
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