Build My Brain
A child’s brain is born ready to learn and grow. We all have a role to play in making reading a reality for every child. See how you can make every moment an opportunity to build children’s language and literacy skills.
- Cost
- 100% Free
- Time to complete
- 1.5 Hours
- Provides a
- Certificate of Training
Recommended for
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Infant/Toddler educators
- Preschool/Pre-K educators
- Nonprofit Staff and Volunteers
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Policy makers
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Social service professionals who work with young children
By the End of This Course You’ll Be Able To
- Describe how brain development unfolds and how early experiences affect this process
- Explain how interactions between adults and children form and strengthen neural connections
- Understand how toxic stress responses can negatively impact a child’s ability to learn
Why It Matters
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All of us play an important role in constructing children’s brains or supporting those who do so directly
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The early years are critical years
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Supporting families, teachers, caregivers and all who work with young children is important for children’s well-being and for the future of our communities.
How it Works
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Learn at Your Own Pace
You don’t have to finish the course all in one sitting. In fact, we recommend you take this course a little bit at a time, incorporating what you’ve learned in the classroom.
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Earn IACET CEUs
In order to pass and receive IACET CEUs for this course, you will first need to complete all the lessons, then complete the end of course assessment with a score of 80% or higher.
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Free Guided Resources
As you go through a course, we’ll introduce you to free resources that will help you implement what you’re learning.
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Never Learn Alone
Have a question on what you’re learning in the course or how to use a resource? Reach out to the Cox Campus community for advice or to lend a helping hand to others.
Lessons
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Lesson 1
BMB Lesson 1: Let's Build a Brain Together
Duration 23 minutesIn this lesson you will learn how brain development unfolds and how early experiences play a major role in this development. You will see how brains are built one word and one hug at a time and how all of us play a role in building the nurturing ecosystem children need to thrive. -
Lesson 2
BMB Lesson 2: The Secret to Strong Brain Architecture
Duration 32 minutesIn this lesson you will see how there’s a lot more to the daily interactions adults have with children. Serve and return, or back and forth interactions between adults and children form and strengthen the neural connections that build a foundation for all future learning and behavior. -
Lesson 3
BMB Lesson 3: Toxic Stress Derails Brain Development
Duration 39 minutesHealthy brain development can be derailed when a child experiences conditions that trigger the stress response too frequently and/or for long periods. In this lesson you will learn how the toxic stress response can have damaging effects on learning, health, and behavior and most importantly, how a responsive caregiver can act as a buffer. -
Lesson 4
BMB Lesson 4: End of Course Assessment
Duration 16 minutesIn this lesson, you will take the end of course assessment and post course survey. You must score 80% or higher to pass the assessment and receive your certificate of completion.
Your Facilitator
Shaquita Gates
Rollins Center Facilitator
Shaquita is a facilitator at the Rollins Center. She is a member of the Rollins’ Content Development Team for online learning courses for Cox Campus and provides online coaching on Cox Campus practices.
Success Stories
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"I love the Cox Campus courses because I am able to log on at my convenience and learn a little more information to help me be a better teacher/caregiver and even a better parent."StaceyInfant/Toddler Teacher
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"I have experienced more meaningful conversations with my students and have seen them flourish in literacy due to the incorporation of strategies I’ve learned."KatiePre-K Teacher
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"I have learned so much to take back to my classroom. I’m using these learning experiences to help strengthen the language of each child and I see a difference each day in the children’s language."DeborahTeacher
FAQs
The Cox Campus is the digital outreach platform for the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy. Our team is composed of experienced teachers, early learning and language experts, neuroscientists, school leaders, speech language pathologists and authorities in adult learning and curriculum design to give all children access to the Science of Reading to change the odds for all children.
When you sign up for the Cox Campus, you'll get access to interactive, video-based courses, hundreds of free printable resources, virtual workshops and webinars from early childhood development experts, and a community of child-pacing professionals and families.
The Cox Campus is for all child-facing adults to work to improve child outcomes and positively impact learning. We have courses and content designed for educators, school district leaders, medical professionals, childcare providers, families, and more.
Everything on the Cox Campus is available at no cost – ever. Thanks to generous partner investments and grant funding, the Cox Campus creates online courses and resources for child-facing adults so literacy is a reality for every child.
All the resources and courses on Cox Campus are created based on the latest research and science in early childhood development. Childhood development experts at the Rollins Center for Language and Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School create all of the content based on strategies they implement in real classrooms.
New courses, resources, and teaching guides are released frequently. All of the content on Cox Campus is designed to help teachers, families, and community leaders with challenges they may be facing right now.
The Rollins Center, of the Atlanta Speech School, in some cases, may allow an instructor, facilitator, content editor or a subject matter expert or consultant with proprietary interests to conduct professional development activities at Rollins events, provided that appropriate disclosure of such interest is made. Disclosure of proprietary interest will be made on course material and at the beginning of the course/learning event, when applicable.
