Self-Care and Professionals & Infant/Toddler Resource Guide: Child Care Providers (Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance System, ECTTAS)
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Practicing Self-Care and Professionalism
People who take care of others often put their own needs last. Does that sound familiar? Caring for yourself is important for your health and wellness, and it is directly related to your ability to care for others and succeed at work. Although you can’t avoid all stress, too much stress can make it hard to provide care for others, especially infants and toddlers who depend on your physical and emotional availability. Taking care of yourself also protects you against the negative impact stress can have on your own physical and mental health.
Caring for Yourself: Foundational to Caring for Others
Part of the 2019 Hot Topic webinar series, this webinar focused on policies and strategies for use by technical assistance providers and child care professionals to increase mindfulness and self-care.
Infant/Toddler Resource Guide: Child Care Providers
People who take care of others often put their own needs last. Does that sound familiar? Caring for yourself is important for your health and wellness, and it is directly related to your ability to care for others and succeed at work. Although you can’t avoid all stress, too much stress can make it hard to provide care for others, especially infants and toddlers who depend on your physical and emotional availability. Taking care of yourself also protects you against the negative impact stress can have on your own physical and mental health. This newsletter from The Office of Head Start, The National Center on Health (2014) shares questions to help you think about the signs and symptoms of stress along with ideas for how to recognize stressors.