Early Childhood Alliance (ECA) | TEAM UP for Children

TEAM UP Center Learning Community Event

Held virtually on the 2nd Tuesday of every month (6 months per round)
10:00am-11:00am
Next Round begins May 13, 2025

Participants: Any healthcare practitioner caring for children ages 0-5 and their families, recognizing the opportunities for dyadic work with families with young children and enhancing the unique contributions of each care team role.

The ECA is a collaborative learning space for clinicians that aims to:

Increase comfort and confidence in working with families with young children
Increase familiarity with a culturally responsive, relational approach to engagement and care
Explore the impact of trauma, stress, culture, and other factors on caregiver-child relational health

Facilitators

Sonia Erlich, LMHC, MFA, MA
Arth Hin, BLA
Emily Stewart, DSW, LICSW
Carmen Rosa Norona, LICSW, MS. Ed., IECHM-E

Agenda

Month 1: EC Alliance Kickoff (05.13.2025) Participants will build the foundation of their learning community and complete a competency assessment to determine their baseline knowledge of early childhood concepts.
Month 2: The Early Childhood Landscape: Building Awareness (06.10.2025) Concepts of structural oppression, marginalization, inequities, and intersectionality will be explored to support participants’ understanding of their work with children and families.
Month 3: Attunement and Attachment (07.08.2025) An overview of attachment styles and the impact on a child’s development in early childhood as well as recommendations for effective caregiving coaching strategies will be provided.
Month 4: Early Childhood Development (08.12.2025) Participants will build knowledge of the typical physical, neurological, social, and emotional milestones of children ages 0-5 and improve their ability to support caregivers in navigating developmental stages.
Month 5: Trauma & Chronic Stress (09.09.2025) Participants will review definitions of trauma and chronic stress as well as common manifestations of these conditions in children and families to understand the global impact on family health and well-being. A relational, multigenerational approach to trauma treatment will be introduced.
Month 6: Sociocultural Framework (10.14.2025) Differences in caregiving, discipline, family structure, and behavioral expectations will be explored to build understanding of the cultural, social, and experiential impacts on understanding child development and behavior.

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