Growing Healthy Kids from Birth and Beyond: What Nobody Tells You with Cook Children’s
This video on community resources will inform you about low/no-cost medical and dental clinics when to visit the emergency room and tips for when you go, tools to find local resources, as well as available financial resources.
Infant Massage Part 1 with Collaborative for Children
Participants through careful instruction will be trained to teach parents/primary caregivers how to massage their newborns and children through a hands-on demonstration approach using a doll.
Infant Massage Part 2 with Collaborative for Children
Participants through careful instruction will be trained to teach parents/primary caregivers how to massage their newborns and children through a hands-on demonstration approach using a doll.
Introductory Infant Massage with SJRC Parenting & Prevention Program
The perfect introductory class to learn massage for your baby. Learn to massage legs and feet, arms and hands. Dress comfortably, have a pillow or boppy, light blanket, diapers, change of clothes for baby, and anything else to keep your baby comfortable. Supplies: Edible Oil (Oil you can cook with olive oil, coconut oil, vegetable oil, almond oil, etc).
0 to 3 Developmental & Social-Emotional Milestones with Austin Child Guidance Center
This presentation will review the typical developmental and social-emotional milestones parents can expect at different ages and stages, as well as how parents can support their children in reaching those benchmarks.
Baby Brain Builders Session for Parents with Brain Builders Parenting Class
This presentation aims to empower mothers and pregnant women with the knowledge and skills necessary to optimize their child’s brain development in a safe, supportive environment. We will discuss the importance of brain building, and you will have the opportunity to engage in a discussion around this important topic
Baby Food Demo with Nutrition Q&A with SJRC Parenting & Prevention Program
Join the New Braunfels Food Bank to prep, make and store baby food in the fridge/freezer. Learn how to look for hunger cues, how to know when baby is full and create healthy eating habits as a family. Geared for parents with babies (6 months+). Supplies: Apple, Blender, & Plastic bag/container.
Caregiver Superpowers for Social and Emotional Development with Cook Children’s
Social and Emotional Development 0 to 3 years old: A discussion about infant mental health, barriers to healthy social and emotional development and strategies caregivers can use to help their children become socially and emotionally competent (or keep strong).
Coos, Babbles, Words – a guide to Identifying and supporting language milestones with Baby Brain Lab at UTD
Join the Baby Brain Lab for a caregiver info and Q&A session on early language milestones and tips for parents to support language.
Coping skills for kids with anxiety and worries with Mosshill Discovery Center PLLC (The Play Therapy Network)
In this segment, we will identify some takeaway coping skills for young children. We will discuss being afraid of the dark, what children can do for coping skills to reduce fears. Also, Emotional regulation and different scenarios, and how to regulate feelings. This segment will help parents with coping skills that they can use anywhere. For example starfish tracing, butterfly hugs, ice cubes, yoga, music, visualization, and communication.
CPR and Relief of Choking for Infants and Children with EZ CPR
Learn the life-saving skills of CPR for Children and Infants along with how to help a choking child or infant.
Eating Smart and Being Active During Pregnancy with Metrocare Early Childhood Intervention (ECI)
First-time moms or tenured moms, come join us for this class! Our Dietitian will share about healthy foods to choose to meet the special nutritional needs of pregnancy, how appropriate weight gain contributes to pregnancy, food safety practices to use during your pregnancy, and physical activity appropriate for pregnancy.
Engaging in Your Child’s Development with Help Me Grow North Texas
The focus will be on using resources to track and support child development and a very quick overview of developmental screening.
Enhancing Parenting Practices and Behaviors through Reflection with Safe Austin – Strong Start Program
In this session, parents will identify patterns in their parenting styles and will learn strategies to increase consistency in creating nurturing routines through praise and touch.
Get Parenting Tips and Resources! with DFPS/GetParentingTips
Prevention and Early Intervention Communications Team welcomes Baby Day caregivers to engage in an open dialogue session about digital prevention and early intervention resources for Texas families. This session will provide parents and caregivers the opportunity to explore the GetParentingTips.com website, find local support, connect with the Get Parenting Tips Facebook and Instagram pages, and provide input about supports caregivers are looking for on their parenting journey.
Gratitude with Parent Engagement for Active Child Enrichment (PEACE)
Participants will be able to practice mindfulness techniques involving gratitude to help in stress management.
Grief Loss and Pandemic for Kids with Mosshill Discovery Center PLLC(The Play Therapy Network)
This segment will focus on children coping with grief, loss, and the pandemic. Being able to identify and validate feelings and understand what a feeling looks like when we are grieving is important. This book talks about coping with loss. Being able to teach children that parents have feelings and that grief and loss is a real thing people go through is vital. Also, it’s good to teach them that pandemics are scary and that it’s ok to feel. Learning that feelings can be expressed, identified, and validated is a big topic covered in this book. This segment will focus on sharing feelings regarding grief, loss, and the pandemic. Building emotional literacy and attachment building with parent and child is also discussed. Big lessons learned are Emotional foundation building, emotional literacy and family connection on what grief, loss, and pandemic feelings look like.
Grow with Me! Tools for understanding children’s developmental milestones with Children’s Learning Institute
In this session, we will discuss and define developmental milestones. What are they? Why are they important? How can you use them with your child? We will also explore the FREE Developmental Milestones Checklist and Developmental Screening Roadmap offered by The Children’s Learning Institute which is utilized at home or in the classroom.
Helping Children Identify and Validate Feelings and Emotional Literacy with Mosshill Discovery Center PLLC (The Play Therapy Network)
This segment will focus on being able to identify and validate feelings as well as understand what a feeling looks like. It will teach children that parents have feelings too by learning that feelings can be expressed, identified, and validated. It will also focus on sharing feelings with others and how important it is for children to learn what feelings look like when we are sad, angry, scared, etc. Building emotional literacy and attachment building with parent and child is another topic discussed as well as Emotional foundation building, emotional literacy and family connection on what feelings look like.
Helping Children Learn Coping Skills when they are Sad Mosshill Discovery Center PLLC (The Play Therapy Network)
This segment will focus on coping skills when you are feeling sad, blah, or bored. Being able to identify and validate feelings and understand what a feeling looks like is important. As well as being able to teach children that parents have feelings too. Learning that feelings can be expressed by identifying and validating them. It will focus on copings skills and what to do when we feel sad, blah, or bored. This segment approaches what it’s like when we are sad and what types of coping skills we can use. It uses a gentle twist with a marshmallow and how to cheer up the marshmallow who suddenly feels sad and blah. An important lesson here is that this book teaches how important it is for children to learn what feelings look like when we are sad, blah, or bored and how to use coping skills to cheer up. Some of the coping skills used in the segment are, flips, giggles, lemonade, the beach, and a painting. Building emotional literacy and attachment building with parent and child is crucial. Emotional foundation building, emotional literacy, and family connection on what feelings look like and coping skills are huge takeaways here.
Helping families in their parenting journey with Bright By Text
Learn more about how Bright By Text can help families in their parenting journey
Importance of Exercise for Mom with FIT4MOM Austin
This session will help moms break down why they need to prioritize movement and different ways that they can do that in their busy schedule. We will also cover the various benefits to exercise through the different stages of motherhood (pregnancy, postpartum, etc)
Managing Meltdowns & Tantrums with Austin Child Guidance Center
Meltdowns and tantrums can be effectively prevented, managed, and treated. In this workshop, participants will learn how to tell the difference between a meltdown and a tantrum, will gain tools to respond to and prevent meltdowns and tantrums, and will be given guidelines for when to seek additional help.
Music and Brain Development: How Music in Early Childhood Promotes Neuroplasticity with Prelude Music Foundation & Houston Symphony
Led by Dr. Ana Trevino-Godfrey in Collaboration with Houston Symphony Community-Embedded Musicians. Did you know making music supports all learning and engages the entire brain? Learn how making music with your child will stimulate neuroplasticity during the most formative years of life.
Navigating the Child Welfare System with Law Office of Kimberly Dewey
Child welfare attorney Kimberly Dewey will provide an overview of the CPS case process from investigation to final hearing with a specific focus on the different types of placement and conservatorship.
Parent and Tot Movement/Exercise Class with FIT4MOM Austin
Join us for a Parent and Tot Movement/Exercise Class where we will utilize movements and engagement strategies use in our FIT4MOM classes to have mom or dad get up and moving with their little one. This would be ideal for walkers+.
Picky Eating & Promoting Children’s Independence with UT Dallas Center for Children and Families
Join the Center for Children and Families at UTD as they share tips and tricks for picky eaters and how to promote children’s independence
Safe Storage Tips for Household Cleaners and Medications with Cook Children’s
Safe storage is a key step in preventing accidental poisonings. Learn the top 3 tips for safe storage of medications and household products. Scan the QR code at the end of the video with your smart phone camera to receive a cabinet lock mailed to you while supplies lasts.
Strengthening Executive Function Skills with Parent Engagement for Active Child Enrichment (PEACE)
Children need executive function and self-regulation — able to focus, hold, and work with information in mind, filter distractions, switch gears and exercise self-control — for school readiness and academic success. In this session, parents, caregivers, and educators will learn strategies to foster children’s executive functioning growth.
The Challenges of Being a Dad with the Department of Family and Protective Services
Being a parent is a not an easy task. It can even be more challenging when one parent is deemed the expert and the other is seen as a secondary caregiver. That secondary role is usually occupied by dad. Research shows that a fathers is equally as important to mom and add tremendous value to his child during the first 3 years of life and beyond. However, dads face more challenges than the misplaced title of secondary parent. In this presentation, you will learn from a fatherhood panel of experts. Fathers of an infant and toddler will share struggles they have overcome. You will also hear from the 2 fatherhood programs that help to support these fathers through their journey of being a dad.
The Importance of Positive Childhood Experiences: An Introduction for Caregivers with Cook Children’s
This is a short training for caregivers will discuss Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs), how important they are to the emotional and physical well-being of a child, and also provide examples of how to nurture PCEs at home.
Understanding Challenging Behavior with Austin Child Guidance Center
This presentation introduces potential causes of challenging behavior and will help caregivers learn how to make observations rather than judgments, increasing their capacity to understand and empathize with their children.
Upside of Anxiety with Parent Engagement for Active Child Enrichment (PEACE)
We will take a look at what anxiety is, how it affects children, and how we can help our children work with their anxiety through a different lens in order to help them grow and be successful.
Using Strengths with Parent Engagement for Active Child Enrichment (PEACE)
Participants will be able to practice identifying personal strengths and problem solving skills
Thriving through Transitions and Tantrums with your Toddler with Center for Children with Autism at Metrocare
Transitions from one activity to another is a very common trigger for young ones (and their families) Behaviors can take the form of resistance, avoidance, distraction, negotiation, or a full-blown tantrum. In this session, you will discover ways to prepare you and your young one for transitions and navigate challenging behaviors, including tantrums.
