https://www.rootsofresilience.co/home daily 1.0 2025-02-21 https://www.rootsofresilience.co/about daily 0.75 2025-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600a08ffb232b75f58bae195/dd7c585b-4215-4191-9bf7-e57b0244899e/_MG_0597-6.jpg About Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600a08ffb232b75f58bae195/76cd77d8-2a02-4ddb-90ee-bebeddd89bcd/1652159036253.jfif About Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600a08ffb232b75f58bae195/8386b53c-b7e5-4729-b512-eff80a8ae2b1/AltnfuAsz0qkKe.jfif About Us - Willow Kai Peanut Butter Enthusiast She has dedicated her life to bringing smiles wherever she goes. When she isn’t watching her mom work, she enjoys swimming, trail running, retrieving balls, and chasing her tail. She also is an astute observer of the world, staring out the window for hours on end. https://www.rootsofresilience.co/contact daily 0.75 2023-01-25 https://www.rootsofresilience.co/infant-massage daily 0.75 2024-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600a08ffb232b75f58bae195/d280f8aa-5a1a-47d5-b345-ce382c7b9170/pexels-natalie-bond-3341189.jpg In Person Classes - Infant Massage Birth to 8 months (or pre-crawling) In this four-week consecutive group class, we will gather is a circle and learn the benefits of nurturing touch through researched backed massage techniques. Infant massage promotes positive touch, increases bonding, stimulate baby’s senses, and increases communication with baby and caregiver. Each class will focus on learning new techniques and repeating the techniques learned in previous classes. At the end of the series caregivers will have learned an entire massage sequence that includes legs/feet, gas relief, stomach, chest, arms/hands, face and back. Other topics that are introduced, discussed, and taught in the course include: Infant behavioral states Infant development including social/emotional, cognitive, motor and language development Bonding and attachment Introduction to baby signs Understanding and responding to your baby’s cues You will also get a chance to connect with other parents in the same phase of life as you and ask developmental questions to you instructor. The instructor, Jenna, is an infant and early childhood mental health professor, developmental specialist and certified educator of infant massage. She has extensive experience providing infant massage education to parents in the community, children with special needs and hospital populations such as with premature infants. She has conducted over 5,000 developmental assessments and worked with over 1,000 parents in various setting from the neonatal intensive care unit, developmental clinics, homes, schools and more. *Please note, you will be massaging your baby. Our instructor models on a doll. Schedule: Welcoming & Connecting (5 minutes) Infant Massage Techniques and Practice (25-30 minutes) Parent/Child Developmental Activity (10 minutes) Closing & Connecting (5 minutes) Dates: January 18th @11 am January 25th @11am February 1st @11am February 8th @11am (family coffee & donuts at the end of the last class!) Cost: $180 for 4 weekly 50-minute classes. Only 8 infant spots available. Price is per one parent/caregiver and baby unit. Includes instruction, handouts, resources, & oil bottle. https://www.rootsofresilience.co/how-it-works-1 daily 0.75 2024-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600a08ffb232b75f58bae195/8a03e691-877a-4df7-b274-38f1732f4292/tilt-shift-lens-photography-of-woman-wearing-red-sweater-and-1027931.jpg How it Works - The Quality of Connection Matters The greatest predicator of academic success in kindergarten is a child’s social and emotional skills which develops in the early years. It’s how our brain is wired. 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We not only go over the science of early brain development, but we also equip you the tools to know how exactly you can promote a healthy attachment and brain development in the first few years of life. This is our foundational course! A one-time 60-minute class After completing this course, you will: Understand the importance of early attachment relationships, and the role of an attuned caregiver in buffering potential adverse outcomes. Learn how secure attachment is formed in infant & toddler years. Develop a deeper awareness of the impact of stress and the developing brain. Learn strategies in preventative overload of stressful experiences. Walk away with tangible tools and concepts to promote healthy attachment with your little one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600a08ffb232b75f58bae195/da7b8be7-e5b6-4d7f-b168-5b7350d30028/pexels-josh-willink-701014+-+smaller+size.jpg Virtual Classes - Connection before Correction Social and Emotional Development Young children have big emotions and little words. We believe that when adults understand how the brain is wired, it helps us to be more compassionate to ourselves, connected to our children, and equipped with the skills to handle behaviors that may be challenging. You will walk away will an understanding of: A one-time 60-minute class After completing this course, you will: Understand how healthy social and emotional skills develop in the infant and toddler years. Understand three different type of stress and how stress affects the brain and behavior in little ones. Three key steps to supporting emotional regulation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600a08ffb232b75f58bae195/1661648727861-E70W58ZLJBJBDKGZSFQT/unsplash-image-invemvSFXAM.jpg Virtual Classes - Infant Behavior Cues What are they saying? Infants are communicating with us from birth and most of that communication is nonverbal. Research shows responsive caregiving leads to healthy self-regulation, a biological necessity for learning, however, sometimes cues can be hard to read which can lead to feelings of frustration. We will dive into what engagement and disengagement cues look like and how to support attunement with very young infants. A one-time 60-minute class After completing this course, you will: Be able to define infants, all 6 infant states and infant behavior cues Name and identify engagements cues & when/how to intervene. Name and identify disengagement cues & when/how to intervene. Learn strategies to support cues and help bring child back into regulation. Practice these skills in real time with case scenarios and visuals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600a08ffb232b75f58bae195/4f9ca9ba-6b06-41d8-a3b4-c73da61e624d/pexels-vanessa-loring-5082643+%282%29.jpg Virtual Classes - Feeding Development What to Expect and How to Support Research shows feeling competent in parenting choices increases connection and bonding. Join us as we dive into research backed strategies and tools to support you in feeding transitions. Baby led weaning? Purees? Breastfeeding? There are so many options to make around feeding your baby/toddler. With so much information out there, it's easy to feel overwhelmed, especially when the information can be conflicting. Join us for an overview of the developmental progression of feeding and oral motor skills to help guide you in your decisions on how you can assist you baby or toddlers feeding skills! A one-time 60-minute class After completing this course, you will: Understand oral motor development and progression of skills. Develop a deeper awareness of bottle feeding. Learn the developmental transition to solids, including readiness skills and dilemma’s associated with the transition. Review baby led weaning versus traditional approach to introducing solids. Learn how to introduce cups, straws, and spoons, along with recommendations on therapist’s favorite systems Learn how to notice and follow feeding readiness cues Learn ways to make mealtime fun. Understand what to do when baby/toddler is refusing foods, and other strategies to deal with picky eating. https://www.rootsofresilience.co/research daily 0.75 2023-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/600a08ffb232b75f58bae195/60abff67-839a-4e5b-85bf-2b6c09ac5398/pexels-barbara-ribeiro-4885118.jpg Research - Positive Childhood Experiences of Blue Spaces Linked to Better Adult Well-Being. 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