Join us for a free (virtual) cuppa and an afternoon with Sam Wass and NDNA’s Purnima Tanuku OBE, sponsored by Hope.
In this session titled ‘Two interacting brains – recent findings from neuroscience on the importance of responding individually to a child’s attention bids and communicative signals’, Professor Sam Wass, BabyDev Lab at the University of East London, will focus on funded childcare places and changes in child-practitioner ratios for two-year-olds.
We will explore:
- Funded childcare places
- Changes in child-practitioner ratios for two-year-olds
- The importance of practitioners responding individually to children
- Emotional development and self-regulation
- Dual brain and physio recordings – showing how child and adult brain activities and stress fluctuations react when interacting
- Lots of practitioner-facing tips!
When: 13 November 2024
Where: Virtual
Price: FREE
More about Sam
Sam’s research is funded by Research Councils UK, the European Research Council, and Medical Research Council and others to research how children and adults mutually influence one another during their early interactions, focusing on stress, attention and learning in typical and atypically developing children (including ADHD, ASD, anxiety and others). He is also a co-founder of Nest Kids, which provides education and support services for Early Years, and works with commercial organisations including Melissa & Doug, Disney+ and LEGO. He has fronted press campaigns promoting awareness about early child development for Public Health England and the Department of Education, and he appears regularly in the media as an expert in child development, including as an on-screen child psychologist in five series of the multi-award-winning Channel 4 show The Secret Life of 4- and 5-Year-Olds.
With thanks to our Afternoon With event sponsor
Hope
Hope is the home of everything you need for your early years setting. From role play and small world, to outdoor, furniture and maths, we’ve got you covered. Plus with endless inspiration and ideas to bring learning to life, gold star customer service and outstanding value, Hope really is all you need.
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