Exploring Caregiver–Child Synchrony and Early Development: Yared Getachew Presents Research at VU Amsterdam

Early caregiving relationships play a foundational role in shaping how children learn to regulate stress, making parent–child interactions a critical context for developmental research.

Yared Getachew recently presented work at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam), sharing research from the Teaching, Learning, and Development (TLD) Lab and Representations of Early Experiences Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi.

The presentation focused on caregiver–child synchrony in shared book reading interactions, highlighting research on mother–child synchrony among Syrian refugee families. The work examined both proximal and distal factors that shape interaction patterns within early caregiving environments and contribute to children’s developmental experiences.

This research contributes to a broader understanding of parent–child relationships as systems of co-regulation, with implications for how stress regulation develops across childhood and over time.