Monitoring child development - principles, approaches and tools

During the first years of life child development is very intensive, dynamic, and complex, influenced by the interplay of a wide array of biological and environmental factors. Most children follow a typical trajectory of development across the domains of physical, social-emotional, and cognitive development. However, some children may be at risk of not developing to their full potential due to lack of nurturing care, health-related or biological conditions.

Launch | Early Childhood Matters 

The Wellbeing Issue: What does it mean for parents and other caregivers?

We need to reimagine support for caregivers. This message is at the heart of this edition of Early Childhood Matters where stories that centre the wellbeing of parents and caregivers — from Kenya to Brazil, from India to Ethiopia, and from New Zealand to the Netherlands — show what is possible when they are supported as humans first.

ISSA Conference, 2024

After a long-awaited return, the ISSA Conference is back in person in 2024! This year, we are thrilled to reconvene our community of Members, partners and like-minded peers, early childhood enthusiasts, experts, and advocates. 

Why should you attend?

Programming in Action: Nurturing Care integrated into National Health Systems 

This webinar will present examples of age-appropriate interventions where nurturing care approaches have been successfully integrated into health responses and systems in humanitarian settings, significantly shaping responsive caregiving, early learning, adequate nutrition, good health, and protection of children, which are critical for children's healthy development.

Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Early Childhood Development, 2024  

Investing in early childhood development (ECD): An effective pathway for building resilience and boosting sustainable development 

Webinar | National Child Tracking Systems: Successful Systems of Chile and Colombia

UNICEF and the RISE Institute invite you to a webinar on “National Child Tracking Systems: Successful Systems of Chile and Colombia” on 4 October 2023 from (15.00 - 16.00 CET (9:00-10:00 EDT). The event is a continuation of the series “From Fragmented Fields to a Unity of Effort for Early Childhood Development: The SDGs and Multisectoral ECD Monitoring and Evaluation Systems”.

Training | Applying a trauma - informed co-production of programs: Centring the lived experience 

Co-production refers to collaborating with the communities we are working with to design services together. It sets the foundation of acknowledging people as experts-by-experience, not just as recipients of care. Co-production promotes deeper collective healing based on people’s needs and interests, through which you can empower people to strengthen their sense of power, dignity, and belonging. 

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Training | Room full of stories: An introduction to working with stories and narratives

In this training you will dive into the art of storytelling and learn how to use narrative therapy techniques to promote emotional awareness, expression, and healing.
Our training will teach you how to facilitate this transformative process safely, cultivating personal growth and community connection.

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Training | Working with severe forms of collective adversity

This training is designed for anyone who wants to learn about Severe Forms of Collective Adversity (SFCA), which include involuntary dislocation due to oppression, violence and inequalities or due to natural disasters and climate change.

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