The reception of babies and children in crèches and kindergartens: policies and practices for a harmonious welcome

Trainer

Daniela Silva

She is a scholar of childhood and issues of childhood education and pedagogy. PhD student in Child Studies at the University of Minho, dedicated to the issue of childhood pedagogy in the context of education from zero to six years old.

Post-graduate of the Baby and Family Sciences Training Course run by the Brazelton/Gomes Pedro Foundation for Baby and Family Sciences with the scientific sponsorship of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon Trainer in the areas of early childhood education, pedagogy and coordination.

She works as technical and pedagogical director at Associação Gerações, in Vila Nova de Famalicão. In 2014 she was in Reggio Emilia to take part in the Reggionarra and Remida Day events and to take part in training at the Loris Malaguzzi International Center, visiting nurseries and kindergartens in the region. In January 2015, she took part in the “How to work with the Pikler approach in day-care centers” training course at the Pikler-Lóczy Association
France, and in recent years she has been studying the Piklerian approach in greater depth with various specialists, namely the Pikler Brazil Association, the Pikler-Lóczy France Association and the Pikler Institute in Budapest.
In February 2020, she returned to Italy, this time taking part in lectures and visits to nurseries, kindergartens and educational centers in the San Miniato region, Pistoia and returning to Reggio Emilia, where she once again visited the exhibitions and documentation center of the Loris Malaguzzi International Center.

Trainer and consultant in the field of education and pedagogy for children and mentor of the +Infância project: inspiring pedagogical practices for children.