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Join the National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety and Sesame Street in Communities for a three-part webinar series. The series supports early childhood staff in building young children’s social and emotional skills by talking about race and diversity. Join these webinars to learn more about celebrating identities, building community, and resolving conflicts with resources designed for young children, their families, and the staff who care for them.

Sept. 1, 2022: Celebrating Ourselves on the Inside and Out
In part one, we’re celebrating our differences on the inside and out. Explore developmentally appropriate ways to talk about race with young children and language that staff can use to respond to their challenging questions.

Sept. 8, 2022: Bringing Families Together to Build Community Well-being
In part two, we're learning ways to bring families together and build a strong sense of community. Discover ways to foster connections that improve community well-being and contribute to better outcomes for children.

Sept. 15, 2022: Using Respect to Develop Successful Relationships
In part three, we’re exploring resources to help develop social and emotional skills in young children. Supporting young children, their families, and staff in working together to make decisions and resolve conflicts is crucial to developing healthy, successful relationships.

These webinars are offered with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish.

Key Topics
In this webinar series, we’re discussing:

• Strategies that will help you talk with children, families, and staff about celebrating differences, building community, and resolving conflicts
• How to find and use Sesame Street in Communities’ racial justice resources
• Connections between social and emotional development in young children and racial justice

Target Audience

This webinar benefits:

• Head Start and Early Head Start program staff, families, directors, managers, and administrators
• Child care center directors and other early care and education program staff
• Infant and early childhood mental health consultants
• Child care health consultants
• Head Start federal staff
• Head Start TTA staff
• Head Start Collaboration Office directors

Certificates of participation will be available.

Related Resources
Explore related resources on the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC) to learn more.

• Talking to Children About Race
• Anti-bias Teaching and Learning Environments in Head Start and Early Head Start Programs
• Engaging in Conversations About Racial and Ethnic Equity

​​​​​​​All ECLKC pages are translated into Spanish. Select the Español button on the top right corner to see the Spanish translation.