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I am passionate about enabling adults to make those early, formative experiences for babies and children as nurturing and meaningful as possible. It is those interactions and relationships as part of these experiences, that shape brain development and subsequent emotional responses, across the life trajectory.

Harnessing reliable evidence provided by neuroscience can strengthen understanding of how the brain develops and grows in response to these experiences – and what we need to change for the sake of the child’s immediate and long-term wellbeing.

My point? If parents and practitioners alike, have accessible information concerning the impact of their behaviour and responses on children’s brain development and holistic well-being, perhaps they could do a few things differently.

Neuroscience provides us with cutting-edge data that when used appropriately, can support parents – and those working with our youngest citizens – to consider the whole child: how their earliest experiences and relationships impact at the level of the brain, their consequent behaviour and ultimately, their ability to survive and thrive in life.

“Every child deserves a champion: an adult who understands the power of connection and insists they become the best they can possibly be.”

– Rita Pierson, Educator

Mine Conkbayir, Doctor of Philosophy, specialises in neuroscience. An award-winning author, lecturer, trainer and researcher, she has worked in early childhood education and care, for over twenty years. Mine is passionate about bridging the knowledge gap between neuroscience and Early Years. She designed the new Cache Neuroscience in Early Years qualifications and accompanying textbooks as part of this endeavour and her latest award-winning book, Early Childhood and Neuroscience: Theory, Research and Implications for Practice, is now in its second edition.

She is the winner of the Nursery Management Today Top 5 Most Inspirational People in Childcare Award. She is the founder of the award-winning Cache Endorsed Learning Programme, Applying Neuroscience to Early Intervention and the two times award-winning online training programme, Self-regulation in Early Years. She designed the NCFE CACHE Neuroscience in Early Years courses at both Level 2 and Level 4, as well as writing the textbook for the Level 2 qualification. She is the designer of the two times award-winning free self-regulation app, the Keep Your Cool Toolbox and has contributed to the development of the Birth to Five Matters non-statutory guidance for the Early Years Foundation Stage, on the subject of self-regulation. Trained in trauma-informed approaches, Mine regularly delivers training on behalf of local authorities and fostering organisations, as well as various Early Years providers in achieving trauma-informed care. Mine is a frequent main stage speaker and has spoken at the Ofsted Big Conversation events, as well as hosting three sold-out Funzing lectures and Q&A on the subject of adverse childhood experiences and the long-term impact of trauma.