For child care centers & family child care programs
The same children. The same hard moments. There's a reason the usual approaches aren't working.
When regulation is built into everyday care, and personalized to how each child's nervous system actually works, the hard moments get shorter and less frequent. Children build skills before they hit a meltdown. Less challenging behavior. More connection. The S.E.E.D. Certification® gives your whole program the framework to get there.
See it in action
Behavior is a clue. We help you decode it and support what's underneath.
Seed & Sew isn't another behavior program layered on top of what you're already doing. The S.E.E.D. Certification® is built on the Collaborative Emotion Processing (CEP) Method, a research-backed lens that reframes how you understand the children in your care, and each other.
The problem with most behavior programs
You're pouring everything into these kids. The tools aren't keeping up.
When behavior gets managed through time-outs and consequences rather than understanding, the same children keep cycling, and educators keep burning out.
A one-time training doesn't change how a program feels day to day. A shared framework, individualized tools, and ongoing support do.
The reactive cycle
same pattern
The same children cycling through
Reactive discipline moves a child away from the group but doesn't address what's driving the behavior.
Inconsistent support across the program
When every educator responds differently, children can't build the co-regulation they need to internalize skills.
Professional development that doesn't stick
A one-day workshop rarely shifts a program's culture. Educators need a framework they can grow into, not checkbox compliance.
Educators burning out
Without tools that address the nervous system, their own included, educators stay in reactive mode all day, and turnover follows.
Everything your program needs
The method. The workshops. The support.
Not one-off workshops. Not a program you buy and figure out alone. The S.E.E.D. Certification® is a partnership: three interlocking layers that build on each other across the year, for centers and family child care home providers alike.
The Method
The S.E.E.D. Certification® is built on the Collaborative Emotion Processing (CEP) Method, a research-backed approach to building emotional intelligence in children and the adults who care for them. Behavior is communication. When adults understand what a child is trying to say, everything shifts.
- Grounded in the Collaborative Emotion Processing (CEP) Method
- Researched by Alyssa Blask Campbell, Lauren Stauble & Angela Garcia with Brandeis University
- Replaces reactive discipline with emotion coaching and proactive support
- Supports adult regulation, not just child behavior
- Every teacher learns their unique nervous system, no two drain or recharge the same way, so they can care for their own capacity as intentionally as they care for the children's
What's Included
Affordable, sustainable professional development your whole team can actually use, whether you're a large center or a single family child care home.
- 8 asynchronous foundational workshops watchable anytime for your onboarding, professional development days, or staff meetings
- A growing catalog of over 100 workshops of professional development
- A digital toolkit of resources, from hitting, kicking, and biting guides to visuals for the classroom
- Ask Seed, a Seed & Sew trained AI chat available 24/7 for all of your classroom challenges
- On-demand access for as long as you stay certified, with new educators added free
- All families get access to workshops, resources, and their own Ask Seed AI agent, a place to turn for all parenting questions
Coaching & Community
Certification isn't a one-time training. Your team gets free, unlimited coaching all year, plus support from OTs, SLPs, and experts, so teachers can help every student, not just those who qualify for services.
- Ongoing free coaching from Seed & Sew's interdisciplinary early childhood experts
- Comprehensive coaching call report and resources shared after each call
- Ask questions and get answers anytime as you implement in the classroom
- Unlimited coaching for all new hires and current staff from experts, not a train-the-trainer
- Optional add on: communities of practice with a Seed team member
reported a positive impact on the quality of care they provide in the classroom.
are more likely to stay in the field of early childhood education.
gain tangible, applicable tools they readily implement in the classroom.
changed how they experience challenging behaviors, so they respond with intention.
From the programs doing this work
"I have resources and connections now. I feel thoroughly supported."
These are the words of educators, directors, and providers from S.E.E.D. Certified® programs, center-based child care and family child care alike. Real programs. Real support.
It is evident that the content of the S.E.E.D. Certification® was created by someone who has lived experience in a classroom with young children. It is rare to find a certification program that considers the unique challenges of early childhood education so completely.
I feel like Seed & Sew came into my life when I needed something to keep me in it after 30 years. I have resources and connections now. I feel thoroughly supported.
Our staff absolutely love the trainings they have taken as part of becoming Seed Certified. I have heard alot of positive feedback about the coaching/consultation sessions we have requested as well as the parent and teacher resources they have access to. Many teachers have said that this support has better enabled them to handle children with challenging behaviors and to work with their families.
I have a library of printable literature to handout to families [in real time] if a need arises. Being able to access peers and experts at the end of the day while experiences are still fresh has been reassuring.
Families notice the difference too. We speak the same language now, and children get consistent support whether they're with us or at home.
Built for your whole program community
Professional Learning That Reaches Every Adult in a Child's Day.
Regulation culture doesn't live in one room. Here's what classroom educators, directors and owners, and families each gain through the S.E.E.D. Certification®, and how it changes the way they show up every day.
Classroom Educators & Providers
Teachers walk in each day with tools that actually work, and the confidence to use them, so hard moments feel workable instead of draining.
- Respond to challenging behavior with intention instead of reacting in the moment
- Understand their own nervous system, so they can protect their energy and stay regulated
- Feel more connected to the children who challenge them most
- Build stronger partnerships with families and colleagues, with shared language for the hard conversations
- Experience less burnout and more reasons to stay in the field
Directors, Owners & Family Child Care Providers
Leaders gain a program-wide culture of regulation that sustains itself, so support doesn't rest on one person and doesn't disappear when a staff member leaves.
- Lead a consistent, regulation-first culture across every classroom
- Support challenging behavior without carrying the whole load themselves
- Retain educators by protecting their capacity and reducing burnout
- Onboard new hires into the same framework from day one
- Build internal capacity that lasts year over year
Caregivers & Home Partners
Families gain the same approach their child experiences all day, so support carries past pickup time and hard moments at home feel less overwhelming.
- Reinforce the same strategies their child knows from the classroom
- Feel more confident navigating meltdowns and big feelings at home
- Share a common language with their child's teachers
- Access tools that work at the kitchen table
What programs experience
The credential. The culture. The difference.
Schools Excelling in Emotional Development
A recognized mark that your program leads with regulation
Certification for child care centers and family child care home providers
Fewer hard moments
Programs shift from reactive to proactive. As educators gain tools to intervene earlier, the biggest behaviors become shorter and less frequent.
Clarity on the "why"
Educators understand what's driving behavior, and they know how to meet that need instead of managing the surface-level symptom.
A credential that stands out
S.E.E.D. Certification® signals to families that your program leads with emotional development, and your program is added to the S.E.E.D. Certified® database so families can find you.
Children stay engaged
Less time spent separating children from the group. More time playing and learning. A child who feels understood doesn't need to escalate to be heard.
One shared language
When families have access to the same tools and understanding as educators, collaboration gets easier and children receive consistent support at the program and at home.
Educators who stay
Practical tools and a coaching team that shows up all year help educators feel confident, not alone, and that supports retention in a field with high turnover.
Who we collaborate with
Center-based child care · Family child care · UPK · Individual educators · State agencies