This event is for breastfeeding and pregnant families and maternal child health professionals (doulas, home visitors, peer counselors, childbirth educators, midwives, lactation providers, and others!) You will use what you learn with your own family and the families you work with!
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SO MUCH to learn at this workshop!
What fuels brain growth in an infant when at birth it's brain is 25% the size of an adult brain, doubles in size by age 1 year, and increases to three-quarter the size of an adult brain by age 3? What does a child need for secure emotional development? Does your child slouch or unable to sit still? Tummy time is important in babies for development of back stabilizing muscles, which are crucial in visual, oral-motor and speech development; development of vestibular and visual sensory systems, all of which contribute to good postural strength and orientation in space. How important is movement and reflex development in learning, coordination, and sensory perception? |
Register at: Babies, Bonding, and Brain Development
Heidi RoibalHeidi an Infant Mental Health Specialist with the Child Development Center Health Science Services at the University of New Mexico. Her topic is “Becoming a Circle of Security Jedi: Learn How to Master the Force of Attachment”. Circle of Security International seeks to build strong, resilient families by increasing attachment and security.
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Petra PircPetra is a licensed physical therapist working with the Los Alamos Public Schools for 15 years. Her topic, “If Children Came With a Manual: The Importance of Sensory Motor Development in the Early Years,” was inspired by the increasing number of young children she works with showing sensorimotor and cognitive developmental delays. Because movement is integral to brain development and impacts education, she works to integrate primitive movement reflexes, increase sensory organization, enhance low muscle tone, speech delays and behavioral and academic difficulties, using a Dynamic Systems Theory Approach.
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Schedule10am-noon "Becoming a Circle of Security Jedi"
Noon-1pm Lunch 1pm-2:30pm "If Children Came with a Manual: The Importance of Sensory Motor Development in the Early Years 2:30pm-3pm "How to Become an LLL Leader and Support Nursing Families in Your Community" |
LUNCH DETAILS: Lunch is on your own. You have the option of bringing your own lunch or ordering a meal through Panera (Address: 4300 The 25 Way NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109 (505) 600-4121 Menu: www.delivery.panerabread.com). Order and pay for your meal on-line or by phone. Request the order be part of the La Leche League of New Mexico lunch order, to be picked up by a workshop rep on Saturday, August 25 at 11:30am. To ensure your order is included in the pick up, please pre-order before August 23rd.