Elevate Your Early Childhood Programming
Build Stronger Supportive Networks Around Parents & Professionals
Jamesetta Ross Diggs
Early Childhood Consultant
Beyond Early Initiatives (BEI) is a bridge builder in early childhood consulting, dedicated to elevating the well-being of parents and professionals to create positive early experiences with young children and nurture healthy development from birth to five.
BEI offers professional development and culturally responsive training for early childhood professionals, parent empowerment programs, and trauma-informed resources that equip communities of early care and learning to build supportive connections around parents and professionals of young children.
Consulting services
For Employers
Parent Empowerment
Beyond traditional early care settings, parents can find support in the workplace to navigate children’s development, understand early care systems, and create healthy work-care alignment.
For Early Childhood Programs
Professional Development
Customized training and professional development workshops are facilitated with a focus on well-being and capacity building for professionals working with young children and their families.
For Diverse Communities
Training/Workshops
Support for diverse communities, designing inclusive, multicultural programs that engage families and strengthen connections. These efforts help build informed communities to nurture whole-child development.
Meaningful Early Experiences
Early Connections
Designed to promote early relationships, Early Connections Parent-child Interaction Cards (birth to five) support healthy development through everyday connections with young children.
Leading Change in Early CaRE
BEI has a commitment rooted in a rich foundation of child development, early relational health, cultural responsiveness, and family wellbeing to build thriving ecosystems around families of young children and early childhood professionals.
Strategies for An Inclusive Multicultural Classroom
Strategies for Creating an Inclusive Multicultural Classroom combines storytelling and reflective practice through the diversity, equity, inclusion, and cultural lens to enrich educators' experiences in embracing and supporting all children in the classroom.
Fostering Social Emotional Learning for Young Children
The workshop engages educators in practical session to explore brain connections and social emotional development in young children. This reflective workshop invites educators to self-access their triggers and personal values as they support young children's social and emotional learning.