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The course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.

What Modern Neuroscience Tells Us About Parenting and Child Development

This course translates modern neuroscience, attachment theory, and developmental psychology into compassionate, practical parenting guidance.

Course Overview

In this self-paced online course you’ll learn to understand children’s behaviour as a reflection of brain development, nervous system regulation, and felt safety - moving beyond rewards and punishment toward a relationship-based, brain-informed approach that supports lifelong wellbeing.

Course Information

The What Modern Neuroscience Tells Us About Parenting and Child Development course was developed by Clinical Psychologist and Paediatric Neuropsychologist - Megan Fowler, of the Hand to Heart Project. The Hand to Heart Project works with both parents and health professionals to enable a deeper understanding of the scientific underpinnings of a child’s neurodevelopment, and subsequent psychological and emotional growth.

  • Format: Self-paced online learning
  • Approach: Neuroscience-informed, attachment-focused, relationship-based
  • Suitable for: Parents of infants, children, and adolescents; caregivers and whānau; educators and support workers
  • Focus: Translating science into calm, confident, everyday parenting responses
  • Prerequisites: None - plain-language, accessible neuroscience

What you will learn

  • How children’s behaviour and emotions are driven by the nervous system
  • The role of safety, stress, and attachment in brain development
  • The difference between survival-mode (bottom-up) and intentional (top-down) behaviour
  • How co-regulation builds lifelong emotional regulation skills
  • Why children can’t learn when overwhelmed, and how to support regulation first
  • How early experiences shape the brain, and why change and healing are always possible
  • Brain development across infancy, early childhood, and adolescence
  • The neuroscience of play, neuroplasticity, mirror neurons, and learning through connection
  • How to read behaviour as communication and respond with curiosity and empathy
  • Why “good enough” parenting - not perfection - builds resilience and emotional security
  • How to adapt strategies to your child’s unique temperament, sensitivity, and development

Course Features

  • Narration & voiceover
  • Interactive content
  • Quizzes
  • Practical strategies
  • Links to external resources
Course Price
$99.00

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$99.00The course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.

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Course Price
$99.00

You'll be taken to checkout to complete your purchase.

  • Full lifetime access
  • Self-paced learning
  • Secure checkout powered by Stripe
  • Visa, Mastercard, Amex, and more
$99.00The course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.

You'll be taken to checkout to complete your purchase.

Secure checkout powered by Stripe. Visa, Mastercard, Amex, and more accepted.

The course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.