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Farhana Ferdous Luna is the Founder and CEO of Parenting Journey and a full-time faculty at the Department of Population Sciences, University of Dhaka. She completed both her Bachelor & Master in Sociology from University of Dhaka. As a Commonwealth Scholar, she completed her 2nd master (MSc in Gerontology) from the University of Southampton (UK). She was also awarded Merit Assistantship for PhD program in USA where she completed one-year full-time PhD coursework in Human Development and Family Science from Syracuse University (NY, USA) and gained there hands-on experiences teaching young children with multicultural backgrounds at BMW Child Development Laboratory School, Syracuse University (NY, USA). Luna worked as a Teaching Assistant (TA) at Syracuse University, (NY, USA) where her assigned courses were: (1) Play & Child Development, and (2) Interpersonal Communication. She completed several trainings on Early Childhood Development, and Child Protection from NY State Office of Children and Family Services (USA). Currently, she is pursuing her PhD research in Early Childhood Parenting field at the University of Dhaka. Her field of interest includes marriage and family, parenting, early childhood development, cross-cultural childhood, fatherhood and fathering, mindfulness, and aging. Luna is a member of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA).
At Parenting Journey, our parenting education training is thoughtfully designed to strengthen the knowledge, skills, and practices of those involved in nurturing and supporting infants and young children that includes a diverse audience from parents at family level to teachers, child daycare professionals, early childhood professionals working in govt. and non-govt organizations. All are united by a shared commitment to advancing the development and well-being of infants and young children.
It is a 45 hour training thoughtfully structured to reflect the depth and rigor of a 3 credit academic course.
This training will be led by Farhana Ferdous Luna who is a full-time faculty at the University of Dhaka, and an expert in parenting and early childhood development. Trained in USA, Luna gathered both the theoretical knowledge through coursework and hands-on experiences at Syracuse University, NY, USA. With her unique blending of theoretical knowledge and practical experiences, she is committed to educating parents and relevant child-life professionals about parenting and early childhood development to improve the life and well-being of infants and young children and their families.
Parenting is multidisciplinary that includes human development, psychology, neuroscience, biology, sociology, environment, etc. To better understand how children grow and thrive, it is essential to understand parenting and child development through this integrated lens. Here, training participants will gain valuable knowledge, skills, tools, tips, techniques, and insights through a multidisciplinary lens. This parenting and child development education empowers parents and caregivers to respond effectively to their children’s developmental needs from pregnancy through childbirth, early childhood (infancy, toddlerhood, and preschool), the preteen years, and adolescence.
We offer in-persion class at this moment.
To deepen the understanding of our training participants, Parenting Journey practices a dynamic and learner-centered teaching methodology (that goes beyond traditional lectures): guided class-discussions, video watching and analysis, role-play, personal storytelling, and observational activities that make learning engaging, enjoyable, and more impactful. Parenting Journey is committed to provide its training in a supportive and engaging manner so that the contents are easily digestible for its participants.
A certificate will be issued only to the training participants who achieve at least 80% marks in the assessment tests held at the end of each lesson, plus a final test at the end of the training. To get a certificate, a participant must sit for all assessment tests including the final test and achieve at least 80% marks.
At Parenting Journey, we believe that parenting is a shared responsibility where the role of a father is vital in shaping a child’s development. As a mark of support and inclusivity, Parenting Journey offers a complimentary 4-to-5-hour special session exclusively designed for the husbands of its female training participants.
Parenting is one of the most powerful influences on a child’s development, and when guided by proper knowledge, skills, and intention, it becomes a transformative force that shapes not only individual lives, but families, communities, and entire societies.
At parenting Journey, we are deeply committed to enhancing the parenting capacity of parents, child daycare professionals, preschool teachers, and child life professionals (especially Govt. & non-Govt. Officials Dealing with Infants & Young Children) by providing a rich, evidence based, developmentally informed, parenting educational experience that bridges the sciences and art of parenting.
