EXTERNAL Roots of Resilience: Parent-Child Synchrony

Presented by Nebraska Resource Project for Vulnerable Young Children

Join our Fall Webinar Series exploring key topics in early childhood development. Featuring insights from Nebraska experts, you will gain practical knowledge on recognizing early signs of developmental concerns, understanding the impact of trauma, and supporting healthy growth and development.

All sessions will be held virtually via Zoom from 12-1 p.m. (CT).

Continuing Education: Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance, agenda, and handouts, which can be used for submitting and requesting CE credit on their own.

Registration is free and open to all professionals!

The qualities of young children's interactions with their caregivers have profound implications for their development. This presentation will discuss the concept of synchrony, the smooth turn-taking between children and caregivers that helps children better cope with challenges in life. Attendees will learn how these synchronous interactions help children understand themselves, others, and the world around them.

Objectives:

In this webinar, we will:

• Define relational synchrony and describe how it is distinct from other caregiving or relationship qualities
• Summarize research on developmental outcomes of early relational synchrony
• Illustrate how developmental outcomes of early relational synchrony are associated with children's resilience

Audience: 

Professionals who work with young children and their families.

Speaker: Dr. Julia Torquati, Professor, UNL Department of Child, Youth, & Family Studies & Buffett Early Childhood Institute

Dr. Julia Torquati, Professor and Buffett Community Chair in Infant Mental Health conducts research on how caregiving relationships and natural environments influence young children’s social and emotional development. Current research focuses on synchrony in mother-infant relationships, early childhood teacher attachment as a predictor of practice with young children, the role of teacher-child relationships in supporting children’s development of self-regulation, and exposure to greenspace and children’s well-being. Dr. Torquati teaches classes on parent-child relationships, infant mental health, and methods for working with infants and toddlers.

Additional Sessions:

• 9/8/26: Childhood Development: A Review of Normal
• 9/22/26: Childhood Development: Recognizing Delays
• 10/14/26: Untangling Trauma: Navigating Diagnostic Complexity to Differentiate PTSD, Autism, & ADHD in Young Children