The Institute
Join your colleagues in the infant-family field for ZERO TO THREE’s 23rd National Training Institute (NTI) December 4-7, 2008 at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in Los Angeles, CA. The NTI offers more than 72 workshops and training sessions from leading experts in the field for professionals seeking to enrich their knowledge and practice.
Conference Attendees
The NTI
attracts multidisciplinary professionals working in mental
health, early intervention, early care and education, child
welfare, family support, social services and healthcare.
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here to find out more about who attends.
Upcoming 2008 Conference Highlights
- Dr. T. Berry Brazelton
will be the speaker for the opening plenary.
- The Emotional World of
Infants and Toddlers - This plenary will look
at research discoveries during the past two decades that
offer a vivid new portrayal of infants. Presenters will
explore profound early insights into mental states that
very young children achieve during the first two years
of life.
- Policy Initiatives to
Address the Needs of the Most Vulnerable Infants and
Toddlers - Presenters in this plenary will
describe ways in which we can design policies that
address the needs of both children living in poverty and
children of immigrant families that can also support the
healthy development of all children.
- Group Care in the US: Past,
Present & Future Opportunities to Improve Quality Care
- The third plenary will offer a lively dialogue among
leading voices in the field on the history of group care
for infants and toddlers, the obstacles we have faced
over the years in providing high quality group care and
current efforts and progress to overcome these
challenges.