Current Course Schedule

Infancy Institute: Boundless Beginnings: Liberation in Care for Infants and Toddlers

This early childhood conference focuses on the care of infants through four-year-olds. Each year workshops focus on curriculum, infant and toddler development, challenging behaviors, working with families, and emotionally responsive practice highlighting cutting-edge developments in research, relationship-based practice, and family-centered care. The institute, founded in 1987, has educated thousands of infant/toddler specialists from around the world. We welcome caregivers, teachers, directors, trainers, home visitors, parents, early interventionists, developmental specialists, social workers, family childcare providers, and all who support young children in a variety of settings. Early bird rates apply through May 31st.

Course Number
EDUC612N
Focus On
Birth - 3 years
Category
Career Development, Credit-bearing Courses, Early Childhood, On Campus, Online
Registration Options and Cost
$250 12.0 CTLE or 1.2 CEU
1.0 Credits

Sections

Summer 2 2024

Section On-Site:
Date(s)
June 20-21 | On Site

Day and Time
Thursday 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM and
Friday 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Registration Deadline
Jun 19, 2024

Register
- Yasmin Dorrian
  Yasmin Dorrian, MS, is the co-director of the Infancy Institute and an advisor and course instructor at Bank Street Graduate School of Education, where she also obtained an MSEd in Infant and Family Development and Early Intervention. She is certified in early childhood special and general education from birth – grade 2. Yasmin also owns and operates a consulting company for parents and early childhood centers. Her work focuses on meeting her clients where they are in their own development and then guiding their growth to best meet the needs of the children and their families. Yasmin draws on a wide range of experiences to inform her practice; she has worked as a teacher, a director, and consultant in a number of early childhood settings across the United States and abroad. Her undergraduate degree is from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY, where she focused on child development and cultivated her passion at the renowned Early Childhood Center.
- Marjorie Brickley
  Margie Brickley, MSEd, IMHE® IV, is the co-director of the Infancy Institute and on the faculty at Bank Street Graduate School of Education in the Infant and Family Development and Early Intervention Program. She supports graduate students in the field and teaches classes focused on child and adult development. In addition, she is a staff developer and consultant supporting early childhood teachers and home visiting staff in Brooklyn, NY. Her recent publications include: “Honoring Knowledge and Experience: Highlighting Caregiver Voices in a Professional Development Curriculum,” Issue #42, Bank Street Occasional Paper Series, and contributions to the “Families” chapter of Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves, In L. Derman-Sparks, J. Edwards & C. Goins (Eds.) (Washington, DC: NAEYC. 2020). She earned her MSEd in Infant and Family Development and Early Intervention from Bank Street Graduate School.
Section Online:
Date(s)
June 26 - 27 | Online

Day and Time
Wednesday and Thursday 12:00 - 4:00 PM ET

Registration Deadline
Jun 25, 2024

Register
- Yasmin Dorrian
  Yasmin Dorrian, MS, is the co-director of the Infancy Institute and an advisor and course instructor at Bank Street Graduate School of Education, where she also obtained an MSEd in Infant and Family Development and Early Intervention. She is certified in early childhood special and general education from birth – grade 2. Yasmin also owns and operates a consulting company for parents and early childhood centers. Her work focuses on meeting her clients where they are in their own development and then guiding their growth to best meet the needs of the children and their families. Yasmin draws on a wide range of experiences to inform her practice; she has worked as a teacher, a director, and consultant in a number of early childhood settings across the United States and abroad. Her undergraduate degree is from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY, where she focused on child development and cultivated her passion at the renowned Early Childhood Center.
- Marjorie Brickley
  Margie Brickley, MSEd, IMHE® IV, is the co-director of the Infancy Institute and on the faculty at Bank Street Graduate School of Education in the Infant and Family Development and Early Intervention Program. She supports graduate students in the field and teaches classes focused on child and adult development. In addition, she is a staff developer and consultant supporting early childhood teachers and home visiting staff in Brooklyn, NY. Her recent publications include: “Honoring Knowledge and Experience: Highlighting Caregiver Voices in a Professional Development Curriculum,” Issue #42, Bank Street Occasional Paper Series, and contributions to the “Families” chapter of Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves, In L. Derman-Sparks, J. Edwards & C. Goins (Eds.) (Washington, DC: NAEYC. 2020). She earned her MSEd in Infant and Family Development and Early Intervention from Bank Street Graduate School.
Section Online and On-Site:
Date(s)
1 Credit or CTLE
June 20, 21, 26, 27 | Online & On Site

Day and Time
6/20 9am-4:30pm
6/21 9am - 3pm
6/26-27 12-4pm ET

Registration Deadline
Jun 19, 2024

Register
- Yasmin Dorrian
  Yasmin Dorrian, MS, is the co-director of the Infancy Institute and an advisor and course instructor at Bank Street Graduate School of Education, where she also obtained an MSEd in Infant and Family Development and Early Intervention. She is certified in early childhood special and general education from birth – grade 2. Yasmin also owns and operates a consulting company for parents and early childhood centers. Her work focuses on meeting her clients where they are in their own development and then guiding their growth to best meet the needs of the children and their families. Yasmin draws on a wide range of experiences to inform her practice; she has worked as a teacher, a director, and consultant in a number of early childhood settings across the United States and abroad. Her undergraduate degree is from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY, where she focused on child development and cultivated her passion at the renowned Early Childhood Center.
- Marjorie Brickley
  Margie Brickley, MSEd, IMHE® IV, is the co-director of the Infancy Institute and on the faculty at Bank Street Graduate School of Education in the Infant and Family Development and Early Intervention Program. She supports graduate students in the field and teaches classes focused on child and adult development. In addition, she is a staff developer and consultant supporting early childhood teachers and home visiting staff in Brooklyn, NY. Her recent publications include: “Honoring Knowledge and Experience: Highlighting Caregiver Voices in a Professional Development Curriculum,” Issue #42, Bank Street Occasional Paper Series, and contributions to the “Families” chapter of Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves, In L. Derman-Sparks, J. Edwards & C. Goins (Eds.) (Washington, DC: NAEYC. 2020). She earned her MSEd in Infant and Family Development and Early Intervention from Bank Street Graduate School.