Strong from the start: Resilience & Mental Health in Daycare

Daily life in daycare centers is becoming increasingly complex: larger groups, diverse challenges in interpersonal relationships, and a rise in mental health issues are shaping the lives of children and educators. This makes it all the more important to focus on the mental health of everyone involved in the daycare setting.

This digital event series offers practical insights into how to promote your own mental health and competently support children in their emotional and social development. Among other things, we will explore the role of emotional competence in children's mental health and how professionals can help children grow up resilient and healthy in a digital world.

Further information and registration

The event series consists of the following dates:

1.) January 28, 2027 | Promoting resilience and mental health of early childhood educators and children
2.) February 18, 2027 | Emotional development – ​​How children learn to regulate their emotions
3.) March 3, 2027 | How can we support children in growing up mentally healthy, even in a digitally shaped world?
4.) March 17, 2027 | School in sight – Safely supporting and strengthening families during the transition

1.) Promoting resilience and mental health of daycare staff and children

Fundamental – Building Blocks for Healthy Early Childhood Education Development:
Treasure Hunt – Promoting Children's Mental Health.
How can early childhood education centers be places where children can grow up strong, resilient, and mentally healthy – while at the same time ensuring that staff members are recognized and taken seriously with their resources and challenges? With practical insights, we will address the mental health of early childhood educators as a prerequisite for successful educational work. We will also explore how parents can be strengthened in their parenting skills and simultaneously sensitized to their children's strengths and needs. This workshop is for all those who want to actively develop their early childhood education center into a living and working environment of mutual respect and well-being.

• Approaches to promoting resilience in children
• Approaches to promoting the mental well-being of families and strengthening parental skills
• Approaches to strengthening individual stress management skills and organizational health resources

2.) Emotional Development – ​​How children learn to regulate their emotions

ReFaps – Regional Professionals for the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents:
How do children develop the ability to perceive, understand, and appropriately manage their emotions? This workshop focuses on the fundamentals of emotional development. Together, we will explore the connection between mental health and basic psychological needs, as well as the influence of temperament and attachment on emotion regulation. Furthermore, we will present key developmental phases, risk and protective factors, and strategies for specifically promoting emotion regulation skills. The workshop provides practical insights and scientifically grounded information for everyone involved in supporting children's development.

• Mental health and basic psychological needs
• Temperament and attachment
• Phases of emotion regulation and promotion of emotion regulation skills
• Risk and protective factors

3.) How can we support children in growing up mentally healthy in a digitally shaped world?

The Competence Center for Health Promotion in Daycare Centers (kogeki)
In the morning circle, videos from the weekend are discussed – in the afternoon, scenes from favorite series are reenacted: How do daycare children deal with media and how does media consumption affect their socio-emotional development and mental health? In this workshop, educators learn how children perceive and emotionally process media and how they can support them in growing up healthy in a digitally shaped world.

• Emotional processing of media content in kindergarten children
• Raising awareness about children's use of media
• Tips on how educators can support children

4.) School in sight – safely supporting and strengthening families during the transition

Treasure Hunt – School in Sight:
The transition from kindergarten to primary school is a significant milestone – for children, families, and the teaching team. This phase involves saying goodbye to familiar surroundings and facing new challenges. How can families be supported and competently guided during this challenging time? How can professionals and parents work together effectively? Using the parent program "Treasure Hunt – School in Sight," the workshop will discuss key questions about the transition to primary school and present and practice selected methods from the program.

• Resilience and mental well-being
• Supporting and empowering families during the transition from kindergarten to school
• Parent collaboration

Participation is free of charge. Registrations will only be accepted via the registration form.