Title: We are a team: Culturally Responsive Emotional Development
Date: Feb 20th, 2025
Time: 12:30pm- 1:30pm CST/ 1:30pm- 2:30pm EST
Description: More young children are entering early childhood education programs with limited social and emotional skills in recent years. This can lead to educator stress and compassion fatigue, negatively impacting the child's development. This presentation will highlight research-based, culturally responsive strategies that caregivers and teachers can use to support children's social and emotional growth, promoting a more thoughtful approach in the classroom.
Presenter(s): Flor Abarca, BA, EICMH-E
Flor Abarca BA, IMH-E®, is the Linguistic & Culture Advisor at the Association of Infant Mental Health in Tennessee. As a young immigrant child in the United States going to school was a challenge for Flor, learning a new culture, while also learning about where she was from made it difficult for learning. Ms. Abarca went on to complete her bachelor's at Southern Illinois University in psychology with a focus on Early Childhood Development to be able to help children gain skills to help them in life. Flor is trained in the Growing Brain Series by Zero to Three furthering her knowledge in brain development. Her role at AIMHiTN has given her the platform to be able to help with Linguistic & Culture trainings & resources to help provide culturally responsive environments that assist in learning for our multi-lingual professionals & communities.