Photo above: This is the first generation of ICDP facilitators in Germany.
Update by ICDP trainer Rita Crecelius:
Certification took place on the 24th of August, 2025. The final presentations by trainees were exceptionally good, and their answers to the 14 test questions showed that each trainee developed deep and individual understanding of ICDP, some with noticeable passion.
The next Facilitator Training will start in February 2026 – registration is now open. There will be a maximum of 10 participants. 6 women (daycare-experts) are already registered, 4 are strongly interested.
I am working on a booklet (about 40 pages), title “The emotionally healthy daycare with ICDP”, which will be published and distributed by Nifbe-Institute in their Daycares in the Lower Saxony. And I will use it as material for Facilitators.
I am invited to a Conference in Berlin in November, in connection with the BRISE-Project, which is a longitudinal study (more than 10 years) on the effects of support programs in early childhood development. Numerous scientific and neurobiological experts in the field of early childhood education will be attending this event. I will present the ICDP program together with one of the facilitators I trained, the paediatrician Jörn Blume. He will talk about the first ICDP parent training that he conducted in Germany. It is a great opportunity to introduce ICDP to this network. It is an exciting prospect and we want to maintain an open space to allow ICDP to grow and develop.