The Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC) is a leading, comprehensive, research-based professional development system designed to support the healthy development of infants and toddlers in early care and education settings. The program provides professional development and resources for caregivers and educators to create nurturing, responsive, and developmentally appropriate environments.
How We Help
PITC provides professional development and resources for infant/toddler providers and the communities they serve.
Professional Development
We tailor options to the needs of individuals, programs, or groups by delivering an actionable study of our philosophy and practices, enhancing your ability to provide high-quality infant and toddler care. View professional development opportunities.
Regional Support Network
The Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC) Regional Support Network (RSN) provides statewide, on-site professional development tailored for infant toddler educators and administrators working in family child care home- and center-based programs. Learn more about RSN.
Curriculum
The PITC Curriculum promotes relationship-based and individualized care, cultural and linguistic responsiveness, and meaningful partnerships with families. The PITC curriculum offers the guidance necessary to support learning and development. The curriculum resources are available in both English and Spanish. Explore the curriculum.
Program Quality
The PITC Program Assessment & Reflection System (PITC PARS) is a resource for observing, documenting, and reflecting on infant/toddler group care—from caregiving interactions to the physical environment to policies and administrative structures. Available in English, Spanish, and traditional and simplified Chinese. Learn more about the PITC PARS.
Service Delivery
- Online and onsite
Who Will Benefit
- Educators
- Program managers
- Infant/toddler program directors
- Site supervisors or educational coordinators
- Staff from child care resource and referral agencies who train family child care providers
- Infant/toddler curriculum specialists
- Community college, university, or college instructors who teach infant/toddler courses
- Independent trainers for infant/toddler care teachers or family child care providers
- Trainers who work in high school vocational, parent and teen education, early intervention, and special needs programs
This experience has reconfirmed my philosophy in care, my confidence, and has allowed me to grow in how I engage and set up my environment.
— Anna Gaither
Gaither Family Child Care
Featured Experts
Peter Mangione
Arlene Paxton
Amber Morabito
Kerry Kriener-Althen
Connecting Research With Practice
Developed collaboratively by WestEd and the California Department of Social Services, PITC is a comprehensive professional development system that promotes responsive, caring relationships for infants and toddlers, and employs evidence-based training materials and strategies for the early education field.
PITC has grown to become the major provider in the creation, distribution, and delivery of infant and toddler care professional development and resources. Our faculty members are renowned authors, researchers, evaluators, and speakers of national and international reach, familiar with Early Head Start (EHS) standards and challenges with years of experience as educators and advocates in the infant/toddler field.
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