Explore how young children’s conscious and subconscious minds develop, and how positive programming can support learning, confidence, safety and emotional security.
Overview
The Child’s Developing Mind is a specialist short course designed to help Early Years practitioners better understand how children’s conscious and subconscious minds develop.
Developed with insight from a clinical hypnotherapist, the course explores early brain development, positive programming, self-esteem, emotional security and the ways children absorb and respond to information in their formative years.
Who It’s for
This course is for Early Years practitioners, caregivers and team leaders who support children up to eight years old.
It is especially useful for teams who want to strengthen their understanding of children’s behaviour, emotional development, confidence, learning and safety.
Ideal for:
Nurseries, Early Years teams, childminders and childcare leaders
What You’ll Learn
Learners will build a stronger understanding of how young children think, absorb information and respond to the world around them.
Course Details
As a responsible caregiver or practitioner responsible for children up to eight years old, gaining essential knowledge about the conscious and subconscious mind is vital.
Throughout the course, learners explore the effects of positive and negative programming on a child’s future, both physically and psychologically.
The course also looks at the limitations young children face, how these can compromise safety, and how practitioners can use more supportive approaches in everyday practice.
Learning Focus
The course introduces key concepts in a practical way, helping Early Years teams understand how children process information and build confidence.
Build a basic understanding of the conscious and subconscious mind, negative programming and practical tools that support child safety.
Understand logic, analysis, short-term memory, verbal language and the role of the conscious mind as a guard to the subconscious.
Explore imagination, creativity, protective behaviours, literal thinking, long-term memory and the way children interpret the world.
Expertise
Alan Kennedy, Eden’s renowned clinical hypnotherapist and former executive at Road Safety GB, brings his expertise to this course.
With qualifications from the General Hypnotherapy Register and recognition by the NHS, he has developed a curriculum that enables childcare providers to positively shape young minds and instil safe practices across a range of environments, including road-traffic situations.
The course also emphasises collaboration with parents and carers, helping them understand the concept of positive programming and promoting a united approach to supporting children.
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At Eden Training Solutions, we understand that choosing a short course should feel practical, useful and relevant to your Early Years setting.
The Child’s Developing Mind is designed to give practitioners and childcare teams a clearer understanding of how children process information, build confidence and respond to their environment.
This course is designed for Early Years practitioners, caregivers, childcare teams and team leaders who support children up to eight years old.
The course covers the basic functions of the conscious and subconscious mind, positive and negative programming, child development, memory, multi-sensory learning and practical approaches that support child safety and confidence.
Positive programming can influence a child’s learning experience, self-esteem and emotional security. The course helps practitioners understand how children absorb messages and how adults can support healthier responses.
Yes. The course includes opportunities to develop resources and tools that support child safety, including safety in the road environment.
The course was developed with input from Alan Kennedy, a clinical hypnotherapist and former executive at Road Safety GB, bringing specialist insight into child development, subconscious processing and safety education.
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