Expanding Quality in Infant Toddler Care is a professional development initiative that is relationship based on every level. It is administrated by the Colorado Office of Early Childhood. Instructors get intensive training and become members of the Infant Toddler Specialist network. Every level of the EQ Initiative uses an open framework called Respect (observe what others do and say), Reflect (on the intentions and needs of others and your own internal reactions), and Relate (determine and act on your most helpful response). It works wonderfully as an approach to relationships and interactions with infants and toddlers! It has become our framework—our way of being. (author abstract)