Become a Champion
Would you like to become a Building Babies' Brain Champion and join our vision to be part of a movement to get baby brain development information out to all the parents and carers you meet.
What does our Champion Training involve
The training totals around 15 hours, during this time we explore building responsive relationships, having supportive conversations and provide simple strategies that support the emotional wellbeing of babies/children and parents/ carers.
What we will explore
- Why Early Matters: build confidence in sharing the importance of early development.
- Baby Brain Development: How babies brains grow, shaped by relationships.
- Speech, language and communication and Child development
- Tools for relationships: Learn strategies for building responsive relationships.
- Understanding Stress: How stress affects us and ways to support regulation.
- Self-care and kindness
- Reflection and planning: creating space to reflect and plan next steps
Champions receive all the resources shared during training to use in conversations or pass on to others.
Workshop formats
Option 1:
4 face sessions 2hrs 15 mins each and 2 self learn sessions held over a 6 week period.
Option 2:
2 full days and 2 self learn sessions spread over a 5 week period.
Four weeks after the training champions reconnect online via Teams for 1hr 15mins.
Ongoing Support
We stay connected with our champions through:
- Regular Facebook updates
- A termly newsletter
- Continuing professional development (CPD) sessions
This ensures champions stay informed, inspired, and supported in their role.
Champions Voices:
" Training is usually about supporting your own practice, whereas this is about supporting as many people as possible, which people who are working in the community mostly all believe in. It’s a lovely refreshing way of working."
" I underestimated the number of people who would be interested in the information I had to share. "
"It really empowered me to go back and really support my staff and notice what they are doing well, the 'pass it on' model really fired me up to be purposeful in sharing and it has given me a lovely resource bank"
Keep the approach sustainable
Become a Facilitator
Who is eligible?
Anyone who has attended the Building Babies Brains champion training and understands the underpinning ethos of the approach. The individual will be passionate about getting easily accessible information out in their community.
You will need to:
- Attend the 1-day facilitator training
- Be confident in facilitating group approaches or have an experienced facilitator alongside you.
All resources required for delivering a BBB program are made available to you on completion of the training including a facilitators manual.
Cost on request
We remain in contact with facilitators and are available to provide ongoing support.
