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Uzbekistan Introduces a Play-Based Curriculum for Preschools
Early childhood education professionals in Uzbekistan are embracing a more playful approach to learning! From August 26 to 30, 2024, International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI) delivered an intensive 5-day training focused on socio-emotional skills, early literacy, and numeracy to 31 preschool methodologists (master trainers). These trainers will now pass on their knowledge to over 100,000…
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Training on New ‘Meaningful Youth Participation Toolkit’ by ICDI and DCI
ICDI and DCI recently had the pleasure of facilitating a training session for KPZ on the newly developed Meaningful Youth Participation (MYP) Toolkit. This toolkit, a collaborative effort between ICDI and DCI, was specifically commissioned by KPZ to enhance child and young people engagement within the organisation and its global partner network. The training focused…
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Training of Trainers ‘Fostering Resilience in Young People in Times of Adversity Toolkit’ by ICDI
Last week, ICDI delivered a half-day Training of Trainers on the newly developed ‘Fostering Resilience in Young People in Times of Adversity’ Toolkit for Kinderpostzegels (KPZ) staff. The Fostering Resilience in Young People in Times of Adversity Toolkit was developed by ICDI, commissioned by KPZ, and covers information about resilience in children and young people.…
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Resilience
Brief description: Children and youth can experience many forms of adversity. Sometimes mild, like not being understood by adults when trying to express their needs, sometimes severe, like being exposed to poverty, domestic violence, and war. Faced with heightened adversity, some children will develop negative outcomes whereas other children will stay on a healthy course…
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Reflective Practices
Brief description: Reflective practice is the cycle of ongoing learning that occurs when early childhood professionals take the time to stop, think, challenge, and change their practices in order to incorporate new understandings and advance children’s learning and development. Reflection in action and reflection after the event achieves the best outcomes for children. To provide…
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Playful Learning in Early Years
Brief description: The Power of Play and its impact on Early Childhood Learning and Development. Play is an essential part of childhood and stimulates children’s psychosocial and cognitive development, and it is also a right as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Play is what children need to do to…
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Parenting Skills
Brief description: This training workshop provides professionals with knowledge, skills, and tools to support parents and carers of young children in their parenting role. Parental support in the first years of life is pivotal for the healthy and happy development of young children. A nurturing environment for very young children is also very important to…
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Cross-sectoral cooperation and integration of services in ECD
Brief description: Early years services and services in general tend to specialize in specific issues in social, educational- and health-related domains. As these issues faced by families are often intertwined with each other, services need to create synergies and work together to addressthem and to ensure the holistic development of children. It is pivotal to…
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Cybersafe: preventing online child abuse
Brief description: Online violence is a growing concern. In an increasingly digital world, young people across Europe are socially interacting online more and more. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed children’s daily lives even further online and the amount of (unsupervised) time spent online has increased substantially due to lockdowns worldwide. While access to the digital…
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Importance of Early Years
Brief description: Early child development sets the foundation for lifelong learning, behavior, and health. Experiences from birth to age 8 affect the development of the brain’s architecture and a strong foundation helps children develop the skills they need to become well-functioning adults. A child’s brain undergoes an amazing period of rapid development from birth to…
