PITC Webinar Series Part 2: From Early Empathy to Acts of Kindness by WestEd published on 2023-08-04T00:19:23Z The California Department of Social Services, Child Care and Development Division (CDSS-CCDD), in partnership with WestEd’s Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC), hosted a webinar series that focuses on updates from the book, Infant/Toddler Caregiving: A Guide to Social-Emotional Growth and Socialization, now in its third edition. The series highlighted the significant work of infant/toddler care providers and teachers in developing relationships with individual children and their families, an important first step in supporting the children’s social-emotional growth and socialization. The second in a two-part series, this archived webinar explores the earliest foundations of empathy formed during the infant and toddler years and introduces one of the new chapters from the Infant/Toddler Caregiving book, “From Early Empathy to Acts of Kindness.” Presenters discuss why empathy is important for infant and toddler caregivers and young children. The webinar focused on a set of skills that make up empathy and how young children’s empathy develops over time. The presenters describe how caregivers can support empathy development of infants and toddlers in their programs. Webinar Moderator: Elizabeth Crocker Presenter: Jennifer Marcella-Burdett and Tatiana Hill-Maini Read the Transcript https://www.wested.org/pitc-webinar-series-part-2-from-early-empathy-to-acts-of-kindness/ Session Resources: PowerPoint Presentation (PDF) https://wested.ent.box.com/s/o5ehtcffswcav55s996689kf4e41prxu Empathy Handout (PDF) https://wested.ent.box.com/s/08h1cbtov8fqx6zjq6cwvwh0vfn8r0vb For more information about the PITC, visit us online at www.pitc.org. Genre Learning