The 4 Things Infants Need for Healthy Brain Development
On-Demand Class · Emotions & Behavior
- Language: English
- Sessions: 1
- Duration: 41 minutes
- Child age: 0 M - 3 Y
- Price: $35 USD (included with BabySparks Premium)
- 9 people have enrolled in this class
The needs of infants and toddlers go beyond just food, sleep, and countless diaper changes. For healthy brain development, infants need four essential things. Join this class to learn what they are!
Class Description
In this session, you will learn the four essential ingredients for healthy infant brain development, including the importance of presence and tips for interpreting nonverbal cues.
Class Materials
A notebook and a pen
Your Instructor
Bibiana Giraldo is a mother, wife, and teacher with a Bachelor’s degree in education and 22 years of experience in the education field. She is the founder of BePresent, an organization that educates individuals, parents, adolescents, children and educational institutions about parenting challenges, emotional wellbeing, and mental health, through the practices of Conscious Parenting, Conscious Discipline and Mindfulness. Some of her goals include promoting Mindfulness in Education, and helping parents reduce stress and strengthen their relationship with their children through Mindfulness in Conscious Discipline and Parenting. She facilitates the Mindfulness in Education course at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. In addition, she creates personalized sessions for individuals, parents, adolescents and children, in which she teaches strategies for reducing stress, coping with anxiety and trauma, cultivating resilience and emotional intelligence, and improving general emotional, mental and physical lives.
Degrees and Certifications
Mindfulness instructor certified by the Awareness Training Institute and the Greater Good Science Center of the University of California, Berkeley. Certified to teach Mindfulness in education and parenting by the American organization Mindful Life™
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