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BabyCues: How Babies and Young Children Communicate Their Needs Through Nonverbal Behaviors

Kimberlee Shoecraft, LICSW

This presentation will guide the audience to become better observers of infant and toddler non-verbal communication. Participants will also learn how to link baby-toddler communication with what the child feels inside their body and how that feeling leads to certain behaviors. Once adults understand the meaning behind non-verbal communications, their options for responding become more attuned with the child’s underlying emotional and physiological needs which result in improved caregiver-child interaction and better wellbeing for both.

Participants will:

• learn about state regulation for infants and young children.

• practice their observation skills watching video tapes of caregivers and children interacting.

• learn to identify the four broad forms of cues: displacement cues, assertive cues, regulatory cues, and engagement cues.

This training is being offered at no cost by the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Workforce Collaborative (IECMH-WC) to any professional whose role serves or supports children birth to five enrolled in Apple Health (Medicaid) and/or their families. Sign up for updates from the IECMH-WC about more training opportunities and workforce supports here.