The life of infants and toddlers Part 4 - The peer relationships of infants and toddlers (online)

Date: 7th August 2024 - 4.00pm - 5.30pm

The session in the series looks closely at how infants and toddlers socialise with each other in peer groups across the first two years of life. This information will assist educators to recognise and promote the key behaviours and interactions that initiate infant-toddler social development in groups. This presentation will include:

1) Descriptions and video examples of the key behaviours and interactions that occur between infant-toddler peers and between infant-toddlers in peer groups.

2) Descriptions and video examples of the key behaviours and interactions that occur between infant-toddler peers and between infant-toddlers in peer groups.

3) Explanations about what each of these key behaviours and interactions mean for the infants and toddlers in terms of their social development.

Australian Professional Standards for Teachers – Standard 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning.

National Quality Standard – QA 1 Educational program and practice

QA 5 Relationships with children

Presenter

Dr Belinda Friezer

Belinda is a Psychologist and Art Therapist who has worked in the field of infant mental health for 25 years. She is co-founder of the Private Practice, Secure Beginnings, where she undertakes consultancy, supervision and training for early childhood educators, teachers, professionals and organisations working across the early childhood sector (birth to 8-years).

Belinda’s research focuses on infant sociality and social development. She received her PhD from Charles Sturt University, Australia, where she worked across several research projects involving infant behaviour in long day care, and in laboratory-based settings.

Prior to her involvement in early childhood, Belinda was as an experienced infant-parent psychotherapist, Guest Lecturer in the Infant Mental Health Program at the NSW Institute of Psychiatry, and Associate Lecturer in Art Therapy at the University of Western Sydney.