Introduction to Educaring
Curious about Educaring?
In this 3-hour introductory course, you’ll receive an overview of the Educaring® Approach, learning how this work encourages adult caregivers to see young children as competent and capable humans from birth. The Approach seeks to help parents and professionals build stable, secure, healthy relationships with infants and toddlers, encouraging the children’s natural abilities from the very start.
Cost: $175
More info: classinfo@rie.org
Who is this class for?
This class is for any parent, caregiver or aligned professional who is interested in learning about Magda Gerber’s Educaring Approach to infant and toddler care that has profoundly influenced best practice in the childcare field.
Intro to Educaring® Class
The Educaring® Approach encourages adult caregivers to see young children as competent and capable humans from birth. The Approach seeks to help parents and professionals build stable, secure, healthy relationships with infants and toddlers, encouraging the children’s natural abilities from the very start.
- Trust in the child
- The guidelines of sensitive caregiving
- Facilitating optimal development through play
- Communicating respect through everyday interactions
“We not only respect babies, we demonstrate our respect every time we interact with them. Respecting a child means treating even the youngest infant as a unique human being, not as an object.”
Available classes
- This course in a single session, in-person or online. It is available at our Los Angeles and Pasadena RIE Centers, and worldwide from our RIE Associates . Classes are offered online and offered with a variety of days and times each month to accommodate different schedules.
- All RIE Certified classes currently scheduled are listed below. Please check back often as the offerings are continuously updated. For detailed class schedules, pricing and to register, click the Inquire/Register link for the class of interest to you.
IN-PERSON/HYBRID
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January 24 Saturday Anna Ruth Myers
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ONLINE
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January 23 Friday Ruth Anne Hammond
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February 28 Saturday Shannon Carr
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March 2 – 4 Mon – Wed Shannon Carr
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March 13 & 20 Fridays Talisa Hayes Tuman
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April 1 – 2 Wed & Thurs Shannon Carr
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Testimonials
Read what people have to say about taking our short Introduction to Educaring class.
FAQs about this Class
You will be in class with parents, childcare providers, and other aligned professionals who want to gain a basic understanding of Magda Gerber’s Educaring Approach. This mix of people in this class will provide multiple perspectives on how the approach can be used in caring for and interacting with infants and toddlers.
Classes are live and not recorded, so you’ll want to make sure you can attend all three hours.
