2025 Social Emotional Webinar Series
Pyramid Model Infant Toddler Webinar Series (Social and Emotional Health)
This is a Social and Emotional Webinar and Coaching Call Series Sponsored by Early On® & the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), Division of Mental Health Services to Children and Families.
Facilitator: Mary Mackrain, IMH (IV)- Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Mentor- MDHHS
More about the Webinars: This no-cost series offers 5 webinars on the typical and atypical social and emotional development of infants and toddlers, covering topics such as temperament, attachment, nurturing environments and more, using the National Pyramid Model modules enhanced with Devereux Early Childhood Assessment strategies. Additionally, coaching occurs within webinars to provide a peer-to-peer learning community for sharing successes, barriers and ideas for using information from the webinars.
Who should attend: Staff working with infants, toddlers and families in the home or caregiving setting (childcare, home visiting, playgroups, etc.) or administrators who want foundational information regarding social and emotional development to share with staff.
Each Module is 1 hour and 15 minutes and will include 55 minutes of content and interactive learning and 20 minutes of coaching on use of resources and interventions shared.
Information is sequential and those registering are signing up to attend the entire series as part of a cohort. If someone signs up for Tuesday sessions and misses one, they can join the other series to “make up” the session if possible or listen to the recording to stay in sequence.
Pyramid Model Infant Toddler Series
- Module 1: Understanding Social & Emotional Development
- Module 2: Understanding Behavior: Reading Cues
- Module 3: Forming and Sustaining Relationships with Young Children and Families
- Module 4: Creating a Positive Social and Emotional Caregiving Climate that Promotes Play Skills
- Module 5: A Relationship-Based Approach to Addressing Challenging Behavior
March 2025
March 04, 2025
Webinar
This two-part interactive training will introduce participants to a new parent-childinteraction guide and strategies to strengthen service providers’ observation andpractice skills to support critical relationship-based attunement between infants,toddlers, and the adults who care for them. This training was developed as part offollow-up to a 2021 survey completed by Early On coordinators and service providers inwhich over 90% of all respondents felt that access to pare... More
September 2025
September 08, 2025
Webinar
The Pyramid Model for Infant-Toddler Social-Emotional Development is an evidence-based framework designed to support the healthy development of young children byfostering social-emotional competence, promoting positive relationships, and preventingchallenging behaviors. During this 5-part training, participants will receive interactivelearning experiences, hands-on activities, real-world application strategies, and accessto resources that support implementation in their daily practice. Additiona... More
September 09, 2025
Webinar
This interactive training will introduce participants to a new parent-child interaction guideand strategies to strengthen service providers’ observation and practice skills to supportcritical relationship-based attunement between infants, toddlers, and the adults whocare for them. This training was developed as part of follow-up to a 2021 surveycompleted by Early On coordinators and service providers in which over 90% of allrespondents felt that access to parent-child ... More