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Did you know the First 1000 Days of a child's life will shape what kind of person they turn into?

An informative and engaging training session on how our loving day-to-day interactions with children, significantly the first 1000 days, plays a critical role in defining later outcomes for our children and for their future.

In this sesssion, Nathan Wallis presents on how it’s not just about your genes and it’s not about learning alphabets, numbers or colours. It’s about being in a safe, loving and interactive environment. The more love and positive interaction you experience in your first 1000 days of life, the more developed your brain will be.

This ultimately impacts the life-long outcomes of all children and is of significant importance to children in care.   

Come along and a get a summary of the latest research to help you with the children and young people in your care.

Presented by: Nathan Wallis

Nathan Wallis is a grandfather of three, father of three and foster father to many more. His professional background includes early childhood teacher, child therapist, social service manager, university lecturer and neuroscience trainer.

He has developed a reputation as a lively and engaging speaker who uses humour and plain language to make this complex topic come to life.

Nathan is a regular on Radio and Television shows in New Zealand, sharing his expertise on child development. In 2010 he founded a private training consultancy, X Factor Education Limited, with the goal of facilitating easy to understand professional development training reflecting the latest neuroscience discoveries and their practical implications for everyday practice. Since then he has been in hot demand, delivering well over 200 presentations year in New Zealand Australia and internationally.