Session 3: The art and science of reflective practice
Infant/toddler care is some of the most emotional labor that can be done. It involves crying and biting and parents! Learn more about reflective practice and how it can be the key to our adult mental health and create more authentic partnerships with adults. Together we will discover how things affect us and why. We will also learn strategies to manage the natural stress of working with very young children.
Facilitated by Margie Brickley
Margie Brickley, MSEd is a graduate of the Infant and Family Development and Early Intervention program at Bank Street College of Education where she teaches courses in development and assessment and engages in reflective supervision as an advisor to fieldwork students. She is an experienced infant/toddler teacher and early interventionist. Margie holds an Infant Mental Health Endorsement (Level IV Research/Faculty). Current research projects focus on examining the developmental interaction approach in different contexts, understanding ACEs and resiliency in teachers, and applying recent research about gender.