Other Trainings

Current Trainings

Center on Early Relational Health Community Conversations Series

• Centering Family Experience and Voice (Family Friday, December 6, 10:00 am – 11:30 am)
• Co-Designing for Early Relational Health in our Communities (Coming in 2025!)

Registration

Apply Now: Early Relational Health: From Theory to Practice – Remote Course
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Visit: ERH Website
Email: [email protected]
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Please note: Limited number of scholarships available for Massachusetts BIPOC professionals

Ongoing IMH Trainings

Trauma ScreenTIME Early Childhood Course Now Available!
This is a free online training course on how to screen young children ages 0-6 for trauma. The course is intended for anybody who works with young children, including classroom teachers, home visitors, clinicians, and others. It was developed by the Child Health and Development Institute in collaboration with families and national experts based on current research and best practices, and shows how to develop a screening process, conduct brief trauma screening, and connect families with their preferred supports and services. More information on the course is also provided in the announcement below. To take the course visit: www.traumascreentime.org.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Early Childhood Campaign Toolkit
The AAP offers a communication toolkit, including social sharables, posters, graphics, and videos to facilitate communicating with partners and legislators. You are encourages to download, share, and post in your networks.
Early Childhood Campaign Toolkit

Erikson Institute Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Certificate Program
The Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Certificate Program is designed for experienced practitioners who want to enhance their practice with an infant mental health lens. This online program is designed for clinicians and child development professionals from a variety of different disciplines. Admissions criteria for this program is a bachelor’s degree and 3-5 years of experience working with infants, young children and families or a clinical degree and experience working as a mental health practitioner. Coursework focuses on supporting the healthy social and emotional development of infants and young children through supporting the parent child relationship. If you want to enhance your skills in working with parents and young children this program is for you. We offer generous scholarships and the program qualifies for additional financial support through federal financial aid.
Questions: If you would like to talk with someone about the program please call Sarah Martinez at 815-302-4548 or email [email protected].
More Information and Online Application

University of Massachusetts Boston Infant- Parent Mental Health Postgraduate Certificate Program. The program is offered by the psychology department at UMass, Boston. This is an interdisciplinary fellowship program. See their website for more information.

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute offers a monthly training through Facebook Live Videos. The videos stream live on Thursdays at 1:45 PT/4:45 ET and the content will be available on Facebook afterwards.

Adelphi University Institute for Parenting offers a master’s program in Infant Mental Health and a post-master’s training in Parent-Infant Mental Health.

Montclair State University has a Graduate Student Certificate in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health.  The 15 credit Graduate Certificate in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health prepares educators, early childhood staff, mental health practitioners, counselors, clergy, pediatricians, nurses, early intervention professionals, maternal-child home visitors, child protective staff, occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech and language pathologists and allied professionals in the field of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, an interdisciplinary field concerned with the optimal physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development of the infant and young child (birth through 8 year old) within the context of his/her family. Apply now for the next class.

Portland State University Graduate School of Education has an Infant/Toddler Mental Health online one-year graduate certificate. The Infant/Toddler Mental Health (ITMH) graduate certificate is a fully online, 20-credit, graduate-level program designed for service providers who work with families with children age prenatal to 3 years old. Early childhood and early intervention educators, mental health providers, health care workers, social service workers and counselors, as well as home visitors and childcare providers will benefit from the interdisciplinary and relationship-based approach of the ITMH program. Our instructional team is comprised of faculty from the fields of psychology, special education and counseling who highlight the most current research and interventions throughout ITMH coursework. The program takes one year to complete. The ITMH program is aligned with the Michigan Infant Mental Health Association standards.

The Parent Infant Centre, School of Infant Mental Health in London, England offers online courses and a diploma in Parent Infant Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. This is a thorough professional training to become a psychoanalytic psychotherapist who works with parents and their infants. Graduates can become registered psychotherapists who are qualified to work either privately or within an organizational setting.

The Yale-Riggs Infant & Family Mental Health Training Program is dedicated to the exploration of development, attachment, trauma and the interaction of these topics within the parent-child relationship and family system. Adapted to be presented over the course of two weekend long seminars, the course continues to translate evidence-based theory into practice, drawing on neurobiological, psychoanalytic, attachment, adult mental health and family systems ideas, and to make the training relevant to the practitioners’ particular work contexts. The teaching emphasizes discussion and reflection as integral to the learning process. Limited enrollment allows attendees to actively participate in the exploration of the ideas presented at each meeting.

University of Minnesota Center for Early Education and Development (CEED) offers a range of online courses related to IMH. They also just opened a new Center for Reflective Practice.

Past Trainings

2024

Guiding Growing Minds Luncheon
Join The Tiny Miracles Foundation for a special luncheon and discussion on Guiding Growing Minds, focusing on building self-regulation through positive connection
Date: November 13, 2024 11am – 2pm
Location: Wee Burn Country Club, Darian, CT
Guest Speakers: Natalie Hiromi Brito, a Developmental Psychologist from NYU, and Erin O’Connor, a Professor at NYU’s Steinhardt School.
Focus on Strategies: The speakers will discuss practical strategies and techniques for parents and caregivers
Goal: The aim is to help foster strong and nurturing bonds between parents, caregivers, and children.

Infant Massage USA Annual Conference
Date: June 7-9, 2024
Theme: The Science of Nurturing Touch
More Information and Registration

NPEN’s First Virtual Conference
Date: April 5, 2024
Theme: Upskilling Parenting Educators: The Next Level
More information Coming Soon

Profectum 2024 Spring Conference
Date: Sunday April 7 & Sunday 14, 2024
Title: Communication, Language, & Speech through a DIR Lens: From the Cradle to the Classroom and Beyond!
Location: Virtual
Flyer and Full Brochure

2023

3-hour Reflective Supervision/Consultation Learning Opportunity
The Iowa Association for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health is pleased to be able to offer a 3-hour training opportunity that will meet renewal requirements for 2023.
Registration is not open yet, but those who are interested can contact Carol Young ([email protected]) to be advised when registration is open.

Foundations of Reflective Supervision/Consultation – 15 training hours
4-part series available through the Iowa Association of Infant Mental Health .
The series will be held in February/March 2023.

2022

An Introduction to Infant Mental Health Theory and Practice for Home Visitors (3-day Virtual Training)
Dates: Friday, November 4, 2022 9AM-4PM Presented by Carol Oleksiak, LMSW, IMH-E®
Monday, November 14, 2022 9AM-4PM Presented by Kassandra Maple, LMSW, IMH-E®
Monday, December 5, 2022 9AM-4PM Presented by Carol Oleksiak, LMSW, IMH-E® & Rebecca Wheeler, MSW, IMH-E®
Location: Virtual
Attendance to all 3 sessions is required.

Trauma Bonded Sistas Conference
This 3-day therapeutic conference will address traumatic stress in the black community that often lead to trauma bonding relationships between black women, and strategies that promote healing.
Hosted by: Ava M. Hart, LCSW
Dates: October 21-23 & November 4-6, 2022
Participants earn 15 NASW CEC’s & Cultural Competency Requirements
If interested in attending, please contact Ava M. Hart (860.638.9284)

Nurturing Healthy Development in the Earliest Months
The Center for Early Education and Development at the University of Minnesota is excited to offer Nurturing Healthy Development in the Earliest Months, the first part of a fully online, 2-part course sequence designed to support professionals working with parents of newborns, including preemies. Framed within infant mental health principles and grounded in current research of the seven developmental pathways of newborns, professionals will leave with innovative yet practical tools they can put to immediate use! Part 1 is being offered this semester, beginning October 4. Part 2, which focuses on the particular needs and differences of babies born prematurely, will be offered in spring semester 2022. Please note Part 1 is a pre-req for taking Part 2.

Matters of Equity Virtual Training
Date: May 3 and 10, 2022
Topic: This training aims to enhance an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) professional’s ability to use a social justice lens–based in critical consciousness, empowerment, and self-accountability–to inform anti-racist interventions.
Sponsor: North Carolina Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Association

FREE Circle of Security Parenting (COSP) Facilitator Training
Child First’s Center for Prevention and Early Trauma Treatment (CPETT), an NCTSN Category II center is excited to announce a free learning opportunity for practitioners working with infants, young children, and their families in Connecticut – Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator Training.  COSP Facilitator Training is available in various formats – In Person, 1-Week Online, 2-Week Online – and to best meet individual need you can choose the training that best suits you. To see what is available go to the COSP Facilitator Training Options Website. If you are interested in having Child First cover the expenses for this training, do not register immediately on the website. Rather, complete the COSP Preregistration Form. Once you have completed this form you will be contacted by Shannon Queiroga (squeiroga@childfirst) with information on how to register via the Circle of Security website. Filling out the preregistration form does not guarantee you a seat at the training as seats are limited. Training must be concluded prior to May 31, 2022 to benefit from this free training.

Understanding and Addressing Fathers’ Mental Health Webinar
Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 2-3pm EST/1-2pm MST
Presenters: Dr. Tova Walsh, Darryl Davidson, Dr. Sheehan Fisher, Dr. Daniel Singley
Cost: FREE
Sponsor: Wisconsin Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board and the Institute for Research on Poverty

2 1-hour Training Sessions via Zoom for Spanish-speaking Professionals hosted by the Florida Association of IMH
Date: March 29th and April 6th, 2022 at 7pm ET
Location: Zoom
Audience: Professionals who need a basic introduction to infant mental health and the impact of stress and ACEs.
Cost: $20 for one session or $40 for both

Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) Learning Collaborative hosted by Child First’s Center for Prevention and Early Trauma Treatment (CPETT)
Dates: Starting in February 2022
18-month learning collaborative includes 3 virtual/in-person trainings and bimonthly consultation calls

2021

Tackling Hard Conversations in the Reflective Supervision Relationship (via Zoom)
Date: December 9, 2021 9 am – 4pm
Presenters: Kristina Figaro, LMSW, IMH-E® and Chy’Leetzia Johnson, LPC, IMH-E®
Registration Fees: $80 for Non-Members, $65 for MI-AIMH/Alliance members, $10 for continuing education

(Alliance HQ) Live Virtual Training: Cultural Complexity from a IMH Lens
Speaker: Dr. Barbara Stroud
Date: Wednesday November 10, 2021
Summary: Culture is complex, dynamic, and present in caregiving interactions. Promotion of Infant Mental Health must be culturally informed.  This live virtual training has been designed to examine how culture impacts the developmental journey of the young child, birth to five. We will define constructs including race, culture, ethnicity, privilege, and systemic racism. From an understanding that culture informs identity, ego, and relationships, we will describe culturally informed relationship engagement practices. Furthermore, we will engage in a challenging review of our dominant culture developmental science expanding our lens to consider the perspectives of marginalized communities, disenfranchised individuals, and the groups that remain absent from our developmental constructs. This training is a must for agencies seeking to build a work force aligned with a vision of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Caring for the Caregivers for Early Childhood Educators Training
Sponsor: Northwest Regional Early Childhood Alliance
Dates: November 3, November 17, December 1
Location: Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Rd., Litchfield, CT 06759
Audience: Family Daycare and Center providers, other Early Childhood providers serving young children, and parents

Alaska AIMH and Project Compass are excited to announce two Perinatal Mental Health training opportunities with Elizabeth O’Brien, LPC PMH-C and Melissa Keane, LPC PMH-C

1. Navigating Perinatal Mental Health within the Family System (via Zoom)
   Date: Wednesday November 3, 2021
   Summary: Part one of this series provides a macro overview, education and understanding of the issues related to perinatal mental health
   Competencies Covered: Theoretical Foundations – Pregnancy and early parenthood; Systems Expertise – Service Delivery Systems
2. Best Practice for Integrating Perinatal Mental Health within Family Systems (via Zoom)
   Date: Wednesday November 10, 2021
   Summary: Part Two of this series drills down at a micro level to explore how early childhood providers can help improve the wellbeing of families suffering with perinatal mental health disorders.
   Competencies Covered: Direct Service Skills – Screening and assessment; Thinking – Maintaining Perspective

First Steps for BABIES © Training

Webinar: Supporting, Not Reporting; Revisiting CAPTA and Plans of Safe Care through Provider Practice and Patient Empowerment
Date: October 26, 2021
Target Audience: All healthcare professionals working with women and families impacted by trauma and addiction
This virtual webinar is a joint effort of the CT Hospital Association and the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Identity, Intersectionality, and Reflective Practice: Deepening Self-Awareness
An Advanced RSC Training via Zoom
Trainers: Dr. Mindy Kronenberg, ECMH-E® & Carmen Rosa Norona, LCSW
Date: September 30, 2021

Supporting Resilience and Mental Health for Young Children
Date: May 26, 2021
Presented by: Bethanne Vergean, UConn UCEDD and Shannon Frazer, DCF

March of Dimes Racial Disparities in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Virtual Conference
Date: May 11, 2021
The Conference is a joint effort by the UCONN HEALTH Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the March of Dimes, the Connecticut Hospitals Association, the Connecticut Perinatal Quality Collaborative, and the Connecticut Department of Public Health

Upcoming Webinars hosted by the ZERO TO THREE National Infant Toddler Court Program
Date: Friday April 16, 2021
Topic: ITCP Families Affected by Domestic Violence Webinar I
Presenter: Susan Blumenfeld
Date: Friday April 30, 2021 
Topic: ITCP Families Affected by Domestic Violence Webinar II
Presenter: Susan Blumenfeld
Date: Friday May 14, 2021 @ 12:00-1:30ET
Topic: ITCP Families Affected by Domestic Violence Webinar III
Presenter: Susan Blumenfeld
Link to Register Coming Soon

Minding the Baby Webinars
Date: April 28, 2021 1:00-2:30 pm
Topic: Enhancing Reflective Parenting: Practical Approaches

Minding the Baby Webinars
Date: March 3, 2021 1:00-2:30 pm
Topic: Infant Observation: What is the baby telling us?
Date: March 31, 2021 1:00-2:30 pm
Topic: Supporting Healthy Attachment: Dyadic Intervention Strategies with Infant/Toddlers & Caregivers

Make Room for Baby: Perinatal CPP to Repair Trauma and Promote Attachment Webinar
Facilitator: Alicia Lieberman, Ph.D.
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 1-2:30 PM

Race Equity Webinar IV: Next Steps: Implementing Tools to Promote Equity and Effective and Satisfying Working Relationships
Hosted by: Zero to Three
Date: February 12, 2021 11:00 AM EST
Speaker: Marva L. Lewis, PhD

Online Training – COVID 19: Helping Children and Families Manage Stress and Build Resilience
Provided by the Center for Children & Youth Child Training Institute
Date: Thursday, January 21, 2021 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Expert Trainer: Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD

Brazelton Touchpoints Center: Virtual Service Delivery Webinar Series
Brazelton Touchpoints Center is offering a series of 1-hour webinars and an online learning community that will explore how to manage the challenges posed by virtual service delivery and share strategies providers have found for building and sustaining strong relationships with families virtually. 
Date: Wednesday July 22, 2020 2pm ET
Training: Engaging Families Using a Strength-based Approach in the Virtual World
Date: Wednesday August 5, 2020 2pm ET
Training: Parenting with Families Virtually
Date: Wednesday August 19, 2020 2pm ET
Training: Providing Staff Support & Supervision Virtually
Dates: Wednesday September 2, 2020 2pm ET
Training: Developmental Screenings on your Screen
Dates: Wednesday September 16, 2020 2pm ET
Training: Challenging Conversations with Families Virtually
Dates: Wednesday September 30, 2020 2pm ET
Training: Take Care of Yourself as a Virtual Service Provider

2020

Brazelton Touchpoints Center: Supporting Everyone’s Mental Health Webinar Series
As we confront the dual crises of COVID-19 and systemic racism, we are all experiencing stressful and unfamiliar situations. As early care professionals working with families, we need to care for our own mental health and the mental health of our families. This webinar series will offer family-facing providers strategies they can use in their work that honor everyone’s experiences, build resilience, and nurture self-care. Each webinar is 1.5 hours and attendees will receive a certificate of completion. You can register for each webinar separately or all three – $30 a webinar or $70 for all 3.
Date: Thursday August 6, 2020
Topic: Honoring Each Persons Experience to Support Mental Health
Date: Thursday August 13, 2020
Topic: Building Resilience with Social Distancing: Parental Depression and Coping
Date: Thursday August 20, 2020
Topic: Nurturing the Nurturer: Self-care for Providers & Parents

2020 Breastfeeding Support Professional Scholarships
The Connecticut Breastfeeding Coalition (CBC) is currently offering financial aid to CT residents who wish to further their lactation/breastfeeding/chestfeeding education, training, or certification. To be eligible, residents must identify with one (or more) groups historically under-represented in the lactation field, including, but not limited to: Black/African American, LatinX, American Indian/Native American/Indigenous, Asian, Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander, or LGBTQIA/gender fluid. Recipients can receive up to $500 to cover a variety of costs associated with lactation education, training and education.

International Workshop on Early Attachment and Culture: Lessons from Around the World
A 3-part Global Learning Adventure! Presented Virtually through Zoom
Dates & Topics:
PART I – April 24-30, 2020, Individual, self-paced viewing period
Presentations by Dr. Abraham Sagi-Schwartz & Dr. Nana Esi Gaisie
Film by Jane West, the Two Lillies Foundation

PART II – Friday May 1, 2020 9:00-10:30 MT, Online Gathering
Overview of Global Early Childhood Mental Health by Jane West
Q & A Session with Dr. Abraham Sagi-Schwartz & Dr. Nana Esi Gaisie

PART III – Friday May 15, 2020 11:00-12:15 MT, Online Gathering
Reflecting Together: Implications for IECMH in CO (and your state)

EASTCONN 7th Annual Infant/Toddler Conference
Date: March 6, 2020
Location: EASTCONN Administration Building, 376 Hartford Turnpike, Hampton, CT 06247
Theme: Connecting with Families: Building Partnerships to Support Children’s Learning

2019

NJ-AIMH and Montclair State University 2-Day DC: 0-5 Training
Dates: October 29-30, 2019
Faculty: Dr. Gerard Costa and Dr. Kaitlin Mulcahy
Location: Center for Clinical Services, Montclair State University

EdAdvance 2019 Infant Toddler Institute
Date: Thursday October 10, 2019
Location: EdAdvance, 355 Goshen Rd., Litchfield, CT 06759
Keynote Speaker: Rebecca Parilla, PhD, IECMH-E®

Screening to Succeed: A Regional Call to Action
Five Regional meetings will be held as a follow-up to June “Screening to Succeed” Conference. They are a community call to action focusing on developing/supporting community-based systems for offering developmental screenings. The intended goal is to ensure that children enter kindergarten developmentally ready to learn.
Dates: April 15 (South Central Region), April 22 (Northwest Region), April 26 (Eastern Region), April 30 (North Central Region), May 20 (Southwest Region)

CT-DPH is offering a FREE Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) training
Date: June 24-28, 2019
Location: Gateway Community College, 20 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510
Application Deadline: April 24, 2019

2018

Autism Spectrum Disorder in the DC: 0-5 Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood
Date: Friday, December 14, 2018
Location: University of Massachusetts Boston, Campus Center
Presenter: Dr. Alice Carter, co-author  of Handbook of Infant, Toddler, and Preschool Mental Health Assessment

Series I Seminar: Adverse Childhood & Community Experiences & The Intersection of Equity, Disparities, and the Multi-Dimensions of Family and Youth Engagement
Host: OBCCS Professional Development & Enhancement Training Series
Presenter: Dr. Alice Farrell, President & CEO
Date: October 26, 2018 

Infant Massage (www.infantmassageusa.org) 
Location: Northampton, Mass 
Date: October 16-19, 2018

Parent Development Interview (PDI)/ Reflective Functioning (RF) Training
Location: Yale Child Study Center
Date: July 14-16, 2018

2017

Montclair University Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health is offering a
10-Month Advanced Intensive in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
Dates: 2nd Saturday of every month from October 2017 to July 2018
Cost: $300 a month
24 Hours of Reflective Supervision also Included

Brazelton Touchpoints Center Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities
Location: Boston, MA
Date: October 5-6/November 9-10, 2017
Training: Newborn Behavioral Observations Training
Date: October 26-27, 2017
Training: Facilitating the Brazelton Touchpoints Parenting Program
Date: November 17-18, 2017
Training: Family Connections Fall Institute
Date: December 5-6, 2017
Training: Brazelton Touchpoints Individual Level Training

Circle of Security for Parents Facilitator Training in Spanish
Date: September 18-21, 2017
Location: Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, West Hartford, CT

Brazelton Touchpoints Center
Dates: February 3-4, 2017
Training: Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale Training
Dates: February 6-7, 2017
Training: 2-Day Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBOs) Training
Dates: February 16-17, 2017
Training: 2-Day Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBOs) Training
Dates: April 3-5, 2017
Training: Brazelton Touchpoints Individual Level Training
Dates: July 24-28, 2017
Training: Summer Community Level Training
Location: Boston, MA

6th Annual Riggs-Yale Conference on Developmental Psychopathology, Family Process, and Social Context
Focus: Early Intervention with High-Need/Low-Resource Populations
Date: Saturday July 29, 2017 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: Austin Riggs Center, 25 Main St, Stockbridge, MA 01262

Minding The Baby Introductory Training Institute
Date: July 18-20, 2017
Location: Yale Child Study Center

Postpartum Support International (PSI) Annual Conference & Components of Care Training
Dates: July 14-15, 2017 with 2 day pre-conference workshops on July 12-13
Location: Philadelphia, PA

Official DC:0-5™ Regional Training Coming Soon to a Location Near You!
DC:0–5 TM: Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood enhances the professional’s ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat mental health problems in the earliest years by identifying and describing disorders not addressed in other classification systems
Date: June 15-16, 2017
Location: Center for Clinical Services Montclair State University

Treatment & Prevention of Traumatic Birth: Informed Clinicians Empowering Clients
Date: June 16, 2017
Location: Veteran’s Memorial Clubhouse, 100 Sunset Ridge Dr., East Hartford, CT 06118

Circle of Security 4-Day Training
Dates: April 18-21, 2017
Presenter: Bert Powell , Co-originator of Circle of Security
Location: Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center, West Hartford, CT

Connecticut Hospital Association Conference
Dates: Friday, April 21, 2017 8:15 AM – 4:45 PM
Keynote Speaker: Stephen W. Porges, PhD, Scientist and Professor
Topic: Promoting Safety and Connectedness: A Philosophy of Care for the High-Risk Infant and Family
Location: Connecticut Hospital Association, Wallingford, CT

The 1st Annual Social-Emotional Competence Assessment Design Challenge
Due Date: April 20, 2017 by 11:59 E.T.
The Establishing Practical Social-Emotional Competence Assessments of Preschool to High School students will award up to $5,000 for innovative direct assessments of social-emotional skills. Winners will also receive public recognition (featured pieces in blogs, websites, and other media outlets) and inclusion in a professional network dedicated to advancing SE assessment.
The aim of the design challenge is to stimulate the development and use of practical social-emotional competence assessments that support effective instruction and positive student development. You can help us broaden our reach to potential applicants by sharing this call for submissions with your networks. If you have questions about this exciting opportunity, please contact Lindsay Read at [email protected] or 312.690.5821.

Circle of Security® Intensive Training
Dates: March 20-24 & 27-31, 2017
Presenter: Bert Powell
Location: Klingberg Family Center, New Britain, CT

4th Annual EASTCONN Infant and Toddler Conference
Dates: Friday, March 17, 2017 9 AM – 3 PM
Topic: Integrating a Trauma Lens into Practice with Young Children and their Families
Location: EASTCONN Conference Center, Hampton, CT

Perinatal Support Group Facilitator Training
Date: March 11, 2017 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: Augusta Curtis Cultural Center, 175 East Main St., Meriden, CT

2016

Resilience Institute (DECA Tools and Family Resilience)
Location: Courtyard Marriott, Cromwell, CT
Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM January 25, 2017 and February 1, 2017

Brazelton Touchpoints Center Professional Development Opportunities
Dates: December 8-9, 2016
Training: Newborn Behavioral Observation (NBO) – 2 day Training
Location: Boston, MA

Infant Massage USA® Certificate Trainings
Watertown, MA – May 20-23, 2016
Hartford, CT – June 4-5 and 25-26, 2016
Eagleville, PA – June 20-23, 2016
Northampton, MA – August 16-19, 2016
Morristown, NJ – September 13-16, 2016
Pittsburgh, PA – November 15-18, 2016
Northampton, MA – November 29-December 2, 2016

Institute of Parenting at Adelphi University Professional Development Workshops

Brazelton Touchpoints Center Professional Development Opportunities
May and June 2016
15th World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health
Dates: May 29 – June 2, 2016
Topic: Infant Mental Health in a Rapidly Changing World: Conflict, Adversity, and Resilience
Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Annual Minding the Baby 3-day Training
Date: July 19 – 21, 2016
Topic: Focus is on the clinical strategies developed and applied within the MTB program
Location: Yale Child Study Center
Fee: $900 early bird special, $1000 as of June 1st

Giselle Institute of Child Development, The Latest Information in the Earliest Years: Social and Emotional Learning in Early Childhood
Date: May 6, 2016 8:15 – Noon
Presenter: Marc Brackett, Ph.D., Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
Location: Yale School of Management 165 Whitney Ave., New Haven, CT

1-Day Conference, Early Autism: Advances in Research and Clinical Practice Conference
Date & Time: April 7th, 9 AM – 4 PM
Topic: Screening, diagnosis, and treatment of toddlers with Autism & medical issues associated with the disorder
Location: Yale Child Study Center

2015

Circle of Security 3-Day Core Sensitivity Seminar in New Britain
Date: October 20-22, 2015

Circle of Security Parenting training in New Britain
Date: June 16-19, 2015

Roundtable Discussion on Infant Mental Health with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and CT Experts
Date: May 6, 2015
Topic: Infant Mental Health Workforce
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22nd Annual Together We Will Conference: Use a Framework for Social and Emotional Development Success
Date: March 25, 2015
Presenter: Tweety Yates, Ph. D., Univeristy of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Location: The State Education Resource Center (SERC) of CT, Cromwell, CT

Annual Infant Toddler Conference
Date: March 20, 2015
Topic: Healthy Beginnings for Infants and Toddlers – Supporting the Social/Emotional Health of Young Children
Presenter: Charlie Slaughter, MPH, RD, Primary Prevention Service Coordinator
Location: EASTCON

2014

Workshops on Attachment
Date: October 10, 2014
Topic: An Introduction to Group Attachment-Based Intervention (GABI)
Location: 66th Fifth Ave. New York, NY

3-day Seminar on Attachment Disorders
Date: October 23-25, 2014
Location: 80 5th Ave. New York, NY

Rhode Island Infant Mental Health Conference
Date: May 23, 2014
Presenter: Kristen Campagna, M.Ed, Rhode Island Dept of Health
Location: Crown Plaza at the Crossing

10-day Circle of Security Intensive Training for Clinicians
Date: May 5 – 16, 2014
Location: Yale Child Study Center

Certified Infant Massage Instructor 2-day Training
Date: April 24-25, 2014
Location: Cup of Praise Waterbury, CT

2013

Conference on Sensory Behavior Issues in Early Childhood
Date: October 25, 2013
Location: CREC Windsor, CT

Webinar: Learning the Infant-Toddler Development Assessment
Date: October 18, 2013

The 2013 Infant Toddler Institute
Date: September 27, 2013
Presenter: Janet Gongolez-Mena
Location: Norwalk Community College

Infant Mental Health Workshops for DCF/Early Head Start staff in New Britain and Meriden
Date: August 22 and 23, 2013
Location: Human Resource Agency 180 Clinton St. New Britain, CT

Infant-Toddler Developmental Assessment Live Webinar Trainings
Date: April 4, May 3, June 7

Free Professional Development Opportunity: Train-the-Trainer Sessions in Adult Learning
Date: April 19, 2013; May 24, 2013; June 14, 2013
Location: CT Chart-A-Course 2321 Whitney Ave. Suite 501 Hamden, CT

DCF/EHS staff workshop for those in the Hartford and Manchester area
Date: April 5, 2013
Topic: Using the ASQ and the Social-Emotional Questionnaire to screen for infant and toddler decelopmental growth
Presenter: Anne Giordano, MS, IMH-E

Preventing Bullying in the Lives in Young Children – One Day Conference
Date: Friday April 12th, 2013
Presenters: Dr. Ron Slaby & Dr. Kim Storey
Location: University of Connecticut Rome Ballroom Storrs, CT

The Connecticut Woman’s Consortium Trainings
Date: March 15, 2013
Topic: Promoting Maternal Mental Health: Addressing Perinatal Mood Disorders for Crisis Service; MotherWoman’s Community-Based Perinatal Support Model
Location: Hamden, CT

Circle of Security Training
Date: March 14-17, 2-13
Location: UConn School of Social Work – Library Building Auditorium 1800 Asylum Ave. West Hartford

Final Workshop for EHS providers in Manchester/Hartford Area
Date: February 7 and 8, 2013

Infant-Toddler Developmental Assessment (IDA) Live Online Training
Date: January 11, 2013
www.ida-institute.org

Training for EHS providers in Manchester/Hartford Area
Date: January 10 and 11, 2013

2012

Infant-Toddler Developmental Assessment (IDA) Live Online Training
Date: November 2, 2012
www.ida-institute.org

The 5th Annual State of the State Neonatal-Perinatal Conference
Date: Tuesday November 27, 2012
Topic: “It Takes a Village: Supporting Infant/Parent Mental Health”
Location: Hartford Hospital Campus Heublein Hall

The Second Convening of The First 1000 Days: Off to a Healthy Start\
Date: October 19, 2012
Presenters: Neal Halfon, MD, MPH; Paul Dworkin, MD; Judith Meyers, PhD
Location: State Capitol Hartford, CT