Promoting First Relationships in Pediatrics VIRTUAL Workshop - April 18 & 19, 2023
2023-04-18 08:30 - 2023-04-19 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
April 18 & 19, 2023 | 8:30AM – 12PM PACIFIC TIME via Zoom
What is Promoting First Relationships in Pediatrics?
An interactive workshop to learn how to nurture and support the parent-child relationship during everyday clinic interactions with families and children.
Who Should Attend?
Members of the multidisciplinary primary care team—front desk staff, care coordinators, medical assistants, pediatricians, family medicine providers, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, therapists, allied health professionals, and navigators.
You Will Learn How To:

Observe and support responsive caregiving during clinic visits by understanding the foundations of early childhood social-emotional development and elements of safe, stable and nurturing child-caregiver relationships.
Approach well child-care through a relationship focused lens including feeding and sleeping by learning developmental timing of key changes and their impact on the parent-child relationship.
Reframe challenging behaviors for families by helping caregivers recognize the unmet social and emotional needs that underlie their child’s behavior.
Apply specific skills that translate principles of trauma-informed care, cultural humility and strengths-based approaches into everyday clinic interactions ensuring that families feel safe, valued and effective in raising their young children.
Experience a renewed sense of meaning and joy during your interactions and visits using the relationship-based framework and skills.

Ongoing Support:
For participants interested in ongoing training after the workshop to support implementation and continuation of the Promoting First Relationships approach, we provide additional online content and mentored monthly consultation sessions led by master Promoting First Relationship trainers.
What Have Past Participants Said About The Workshop?
“I wanted you to know how much PFR has changed the focus of my conversations with families suffering from trauma or SUD. Actually, it has altered the focus of my entire practice from problem-driven to strengths-driven.”—Pediatrician
About the Trainer:
JEANNIE LARSEN, MD has extensive expertise in pediatric primary care and early childhood and infant mental health. She has over 30 years of clinical practice and building relationships with families. She has trained hundreds of health care providers and team members in Promoting First Relationship across the country.

SOLD OUT -- Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – April 18-21, 2023
2023-04-18 13:00 - 2023-04-21 16:30
4 Half-Days Learner Workshop
April 18-21, 2023
1pm – 4:30pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom

This workshop is approved for 13 Professional CEU’s
Professionals who work with caregivers and young children (0-5) often see the need to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children. Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies to do so. The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

Promoting First Relationships can improve…

Parental sensitivity
Parental knowledge of child development
Parental confidence and competence
Child outcomes
Child Welfare outcomes

Because Promoting First Relationships is a positive, strengths-based model, caregivers are typically open to intervention and gain competence, and thus investment, in their caregiving.
Your fee covers tuition, all curriculum materials including the Promoting First Relationships manual, and a USB flash drive of reproducible parent handouts.
What participants are saying . . .

“I loved the video examples which really helped illustrate the principles.”
“Straightforward and doable, lots of real life examples and opportunity to reflect in groups.”
“I liked how the case studies cemented the concepts.”
“I particularly liked the group discussions, latest research information and the handouts.”

“Texting, TV, and Other Forms of Maternal Digital Media Use during Infant Feeding: Should We Be Worried?” - April 26, 2023
2023-04-26 09:00 - 10:30
Dr. Alison K. Ventura, PhD, CLEC
April 26, 2023
9:00 am – 10:30am Pacific Daylight Time (Seattle) via Zoom
BARNARD CENTER FREE LECTURE SERIES
Digital technologies and mobile devices are now a mainstay within family life. There is increasing concern that parents’ use of these technologies may negatively impact parenting, parent-child interactions, and child outcomes, but are these concerns valid? Within this talk, we’ll review the research in this field and discuss the current evidence for potential influences of parent digital media use (e.g. watching TV, using a smart phone or tablet) on the quality of parent-child interactions. Of primary focus will be whether maternal digital media use during infant feeding and care affects the quality and outcome of these interactions. We’ll also discuss the potential benefits of digital media during the transition to parenthood to provide a balanced perspective on this topic. Implications for further research and clinical practice will be discussed.
Dr. Alison Ventura, PhD, CLEC, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Public Health at the California Polytechnic State University. She is also Director of the Cal Poly Healthy Kids Lab and Associate Director of Research Training and Fellowship for the Cal Poly Center for Health Research. Dr. Ventura received a BS in Psychology with an emphasis in Biology and a minor in Community Nutrition from the University of California, Davis. She then earned two Master’s degrees from the Pennsylvania State University: one in Nutritional Sciences and the other in Human Development and Family Studies. In 2008, she earned her PhD in Human Development and Family Studies from the Pennsylvania State University. From 2008-2011, Dr. Ventura was a NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award postdoctoral fellow at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, a taste and smell research institute in Philadelphia, PA. For the past decade, Dr. Ventura’s research has primarily focused on infant feeding interactions and understanding how these interactions affect the development of dietary preferences, eating behaviors, and growth trajectories during infancy and early childhood. She is particularly interested in the bidirectional influences between parents and children – that is, how parents’ beliefs and practices affect children’s behavior and development, as well as how children’s characteristics and behaviors affect parents’ beliefs and practices. Much of Dr. Ventura’s recent work focuses on promotion of responsive feeding during breastfeeding, bottle-feeding, and the introduction to complementary foods and beverages.

SOLD OUT -- Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – May 2, 3, 4 & 10, 2023
2023-05-02 09:00 - 2023-05-10 12:30
4 Half-Days Learner Workshop
May 2-4 & 10, 2023
9:00am – 12:30pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom

This workshop is approved for 13 Professional CEU’s
Professionals who work with caregivers and young children (0-5) often see the need to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children. Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies to do so. The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

Promoting First Relationships can improve…

Parental sensitivity
Parental knowledge of child development
Parental confidence and competence
Child outcomes
Child Welfare outcomes

Because Promoting First Relationships is a positive, strengths-based model, caregivers are typically open to intervention and gain competence, and thus investment, in their caregiving.
Your fee covers tuition, all curriculum materials including the Promoting First Relationships manual, and a USB flash drive of reproducible parent handouts.
What participants are saying . . .

“I loved the video examples which really helped illustrate the principles.”
“Straightforward and doable, lots of real life examples and opportunity to reflect in groups.”
“I liked how the case studies cemented the concepts.”
“I particularly liked the group discussions, latest research information and the handouts.”

Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Feeding Scale VIRTUAL Workshop – June 5-8 & 12-13, 2023
2023-06-05 08:00 - 2023-06-13 12:30
Learn new observation skills to transform your view of the parent-child relationship!
June 5-8 & 12-13, 2023
8:00am – 12:30pm PDT (Seattle) EACH OF THE 6 PARTIAL DAYS
Price includes:
Feeding manual, scale pad, and certification
What: Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Assessment Scale – Feeding

A valid and reliable assessment for measuring parent-child interaction
A set of observable behaviors you can use to describe caregiver/parent-child interaction
Excellent pre and post measures to document intervention effects for clinicians and researchers, the PCI scales have been employed in over 100 published research studies.

Why:

Learning PCI observation skills will provide you with a new lens which will transform your view of the parent-child relationship
You will see the strengths and challenges in the parent-child relationship
Will give you concrete areas to guide intervention and encourage positive parent-child interaction

Who: Public health nurses, researchers, social workers, infant mental health specialists, occupational and physical therapists, early intervention workers
LEARNING THE FEEDING SCALE meets the following competencies for certification in Infant Mental Health:

Competencies:
– Infant/Very Young Child Development & Behavior
– Observational Skills
– Screening and Assessment
– Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood
What participants are saying:

“I developed a new perspective and enhanced insight into everyday interactions and their consequent impact on children’s developmental potential.” Early Parenting Consultant & Instructor
“I will never look at parent-child interaction in the same way again. This training has taught me to leave my biases at the door and focus on the positive. I am forever changed.” RN, NYC

Healing Relationships - JUNE 20, 2023 In-Person FREE event in Spokane, WA
2023-06-20 09:00 - 12:00
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 | FREE In-Person Event
Location: The Lair Student Center – Building 6, Bigfoot-Sasquatch Rooms, Spokane Community College, 1810 N Greene St Spokane WA 99217
Healing Relationships – 9:00am to 11:00am
Come join the conversation about facilitating healing relationships with the children and families we serve and for ourselves. As infant and early childhood mental health professionals, we believe that healing is rooted in relationships with ourselves, with others around us, and with our communities. To support families caring for young children in their process toward healing relationships, we must form healing relationships with them, and to do this well, we also need healing relationships.
ACT Program Information Session – 11:00am to 12:00pm
Stay for an information session about the Barnard Center’s Advanced Clinical Training (ACT) Program in infant and early childhood mental health at the University of Washington

Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – June 21, 23, 28 & 29, 2023
2023-06-21 09:00 - 2023-06-29 12:30
4 Half-Days Level One Workshop
June 21, 23, 28 & 29, 2023
9:00am – 12:30pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom
This workshop is approved for 13 Professional CEU’s
Professionals who work with caregivers and young children (0-5) often see the need to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children. Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies to do so. The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

Promoting First Relationships can improve…

Parental sensitivity
Parental knowledge of child development
Parental confidence and competence
Child outcomes
Child Welfare outcomes

Because Promoting First Relationships is a positive, strengths-based model, caregivers are typically open to intervention and gain competence, and thus investment, in their caregiving.
Your fee covers tuition, all curriculum materials including the Promoting First Relationships manual, and a USB flash drive of reproducible parent handouts.
What participants are saying . . .

“I loved the video examples which really helped illustrate the principles.”
“Straightforward and doable, lots of real life examples and opportunity to reflect in groups.”
“I liked how the case studies cemented the concepts.”
“I particularly liked the group discussions, latest research information and the handouts.”

Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – July 17-20, 2023
2023-07-17 08:30 - 2023-07-20 12:00
4 Half-Days Learner Workshop
July 17-20, 2023
8:30am – 12:00pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom
This workshop is approved for 13 Professional CEU’s. There is a separate cost of $45.
Professionals who work with caregivers and young children (0-5) often see the need to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children. Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies to do so. The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

Promoting First Relationships can improve…

Parental sensitivity
Parental knowledge of child development
Parental confidence and competence
Child outcomes
Child Welfare outcomes

Because Promoting First Relationships is a positive, strengths-based model, caregivers are typically open to intervention and gain competence, and thus investment, in their caregiving.
Your fee covers tuition, all curriculum materials including the Promoting First Relationships manual, and a USB flash drive of reproducible parent handouts.
What participants are saying . . .

“I loved the video examples which really helped illustrate the principles.”
“Straightforward and doable, lots of real life examples and opportunity to reflect in groups.”
“I liked how the case studies cemented the concepts.”
“I particularly liked the group discussions, latest research information and the handouts.”

Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Teaching Scale VIRTUAL workshop - July 25-28, 31 & August 1, 2023
2023-07-25 08:00 - 2023-08-01 12:30
Learn New Observation Skills to Transform Your View of the Parent-Child Relationship!

July 25-28, 31 & August 1, 2023
8:00am – 12:30pm PDT (Seattle) EACH OF THE 6 PARTIAL DAYS
via ZOOM
Price includes:
teaching manual, scale pad, administration kit, and certification
What: Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Assessment Scale – Teaching

A valid and reliable assessment for measuring parent-child interaction
A set of observable behaviors you can use to describe caregiver/parent child interaction
Excellent pre and post measures to document intervention effects for clinicians and researchers, the PCI scales have been employed in over 100 published research studies.

Why:

Learning PCI observation skills will provide you with a new lens which will transform your view of the parent-child relationship
You will see the strengths and challenges in the parent-child relationship
Will give you concrete areas to guide intervention and encourage positive parent-child interaction

Who: Public health nurses, researchers, social workers, infant mental health specialists, occupational and physical therapists, early intervention worker
What participants are saying:

“I developed a new perspective and enhanced insight into everyday interactions and their consequent impact on children’s developmental potential.” Early Parenting Consultant & Instructor
“I will never look at parent-child interaction in the same way again. This training has taught me to leave my biases at the door and focus on the positive. I am forever changed.” RN, NYC

Refund Policy: If you register for this workshop but are unable to attend, you may send a substitute or obtain a refund of the fee less $35.00 for handling. Requests must be made via email (pcrp@uw.edu) and received prior to September 30, 2022. Materials must be returned, unused to PCRP.

Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – September 13, 15, 20 & 22, 2023
2023-09-13 09:00 - 2023-09-22 12:30 | Zoom
4 Half-Days Learner Workshop
September 13, 15, 20 & 22, 2023
9am – 12:30pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom
This workshop is approved for 13 Professional CEU’s
Professionals who work with caregivers and young children (0-5) often see the need to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children. Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies to do so. The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

Promoting First Relationships can improve…

Parental sensitivity
Parental knowledge of child development
Parental confidence and competence
Child outcomes
Child Welfare outcomes

Because Promoting First Relationships is a positive, strengths-based model, caregivers are typically open to intervention and gain competence, and thus investment, in their caregiving.
Your fee covers tuition, all curriculum materials including the Promoting First Relationships manual, and a USB flash drive of reproducible parent handouts.
What participants are saying . . .

“I loved the video examples which really helped illustrate the principles.”
“Straightforward and doable, lots of real life examples and opportunity to reflect in groups.”
“I liked how the case studies cemented the concepts.”
“I particularly liked the group discussions, latest research information and the handouts.”

NCAST PCI Feeding and Teaching Scale Recertification VIRTUAL Workshops - Sept 2023
2023-09-23 08:30 - 17:00 | Zoom
Alissa Copeland will be hosting virtual PCI Feeding Scales and Teaching Scales Recertification Workshops in September 2023. If it has been 12-36 months since your original certification or last recertification, consider refreshing your skills and maintaining your reliability for use of the PCI Feeding and Teaching Scales with a recertification workshop. Both workshops will provide a review of the scales, an opportunity to practice scoring a dyad, and completion of the five reliability videos for recertification. Both workshops will meet on Zoom and will include eight hours of instruction/reliability recertification and 30-minute mid-day break.
· Feeding Scales Recertification Workshop – 8:30a-5p PDT Saturday September 23, 2023 $225.00
· Teaching Scales Recertification Workshop – 8:30a-5p PDT Saturday September 30, 2023 $225.00
The registration deadline for the Feeding Scales Recertification is Friday September 15, 2023 and the registration deadline for the Teaching Scales Recertification is Friday September 22, 2023. The fee for each workshop is $225.00 per person, with the opportunity to negotiate a group registration rate. Workshop payments can be made via Paypal, CashApp, Venmo, or Zelle. Please email alissacopeland417@gmail.com with any questions, and for additional details about group rates, payment, or registration.

Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy VIRTUAL Workshop – October 2-5, 2023
2023-10-02 08:00 - 2023-10-05 12:00
October 2-5, 2023
8am –12pm each day Pacific Time via Zoom

This workshop is eligible for 15 CEU’s
This workshop addresses the importance of helping the pregnant woman achieve a healthier mental and emotional state during pregnancy in order to improve the chances that she and her child will experience a healthier relationship. Interventions allow for individualized and creative approaches that capture your client’s interest.

Research has shown that a mother’s mental health and emotional state during pregnancy has an immediate and direct impact on her lifelong relationship with her infant.
In turn, the health of the mother-child relationship directly impacts the child’s quality of life, possibly throughout the lifespan.
By helping the pregnant woman improve her mental and emotional state during pregnancy, we are able to increase the chances that she and her child will experience a healthier relationship.

Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy training covers issues critical to the development of the early mother-child relationship including . . .

High-risk pregnancies
Unresolved grief or loss
Normal, typical course of pregnancy
Domestic violence
Women experiencing depression or other mental health disruptions

Your fee covers tuition and all curriculum materials including two Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy books, one covering Theory and Practice and one on Interventions, an assessment guide, and a USB flash drive with 56 reproducible handouts/interventions.
What participants are saying . . .

“Excellent. Fantastic. I love that I’m leaving with real, simple interventions that I can start using tomorrow. A very practicial application to help Mom through all aspects of pregnancy.”

“The presenter was good at connecting the concepts in a personal and positive way.”
“I feel more confident in being able to help my families.”

Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Instructor virtual workshop - October 16-19 & 23-26, 2023
2023-10-16 08:00 - 2023-10-26 14:00
October 16-19, 2023 8AM-2PM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME (Seattle)
AND
October 23-26 8AM-2PM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME (Seattle)
via Zoom
Want to join our exclusive team of PCI Instructors from around the world?
The NCAST PCI Instructor Workshop is an 8 partial days intensive workshop to prepare professionals for the role of training others in the NCAST Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Feeding & Teaching Scales. All participants must complete the prerequisites before they attend. This workshop is designed for professionals working with families with infants and young children who have a role in the ongoing training of community health care service providers. Those planning to use the PCI Feeding and Teaching Scales in research are encouraged to attend.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Prerequisites must have been completed (achieved reliability in both scales)
Attendance at all sessions is required
Required reading assignments
One case study required after completion of all class time
Tuition includes: All virtual instructional time, Feeding manual and scale pads, Teaching manual and scale pads, the Beginning Rhythms manual, Keys to Infant Caregiving Study Guide, and each Personal Environment Assessment scales manual.
The Instructional videos used to teach PCI are a separate cost of $2,500
Refund policy—two weeks before the first day of the course, a refund, minus a $200 fee, will be issued. All materials must be returned, unused, and in sellable condition within two weeks of cancellation. Any materials not returned will be charged to the refund. If cancellation occurs within two weeks of the first day of class, no refunds will be given.

FAQs:
Q: Do I need to attend the full workshop?
A: Yes, in order to receive your certificate of completion and be eligible to be a certified NCAST Instructor, you must be present for all 8 partial-training days and appropriate hours and complete the full agenda.
Q: I only want to teach the Feeding scale (or Teaching). Can I just attend for that?
A: All of our trainers must learn both scales. All NCAST PCI trainers are certified to teach both Feeding and Teaching scales. No exceptions are made. You may choose to teach only one, but will meet all the same qualifications as all PCI trainers.

Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – October 23-25 & 27, 2023
2023-10-23 08:30 - 2023-10-27 12:00 | Zoom
4 Half-Days Learner Workshop
October 23-25 & 27, 2023
8:30am – 12pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom
This workshop is approved for 13 Professional CEU’s
Professionals who work with caregivers and young children (0-5) often see the need to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children. Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies to do so. The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

Promoting First Relationships can improve…

Parental sensitivity
Parental knowledge of child development
Parental confidence and competence
Child outcomes
Child Welfare outcomes

Because Promoting First Relationships is a positive, strengths-based model, caregivers are typically open to intervention and gain competence, and thus investment, in their caregiving.
Your fee covers tuition, all curriculum materials including the Promoting First Relationships manual, and a USB flash drive of reproducible parent handouts.
What participants are saying . . .

“I loved the video examples which really helped illustrate the principles.”
“Straightforward and doable, lots of real life examples and opportunity to reflect in groups.”
“I liked how the case studies cemented the concepts.”
“I particularly liked the group discussions, latest research information and the handouts.”

KtIC: Understanding Infant Cues, Regulation, Behavior, and States - October 23, 2023
2023-10-23 13:00 - 16:00
October 23, 2023
1:00PM – 4:00PM Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom

Keys to Infant Caregiving is a research-based program for professionals that provides essential information on newborn and infant behavior. Participants will learn about infants and their captivating ability to interact and engage in relationships with their parents, caregivers, childcare providers and how that impacts the care they receive. Participants will learn about how infants’ internal states influence their behavior and how to help infants regulate. They will learn how to read the very young infant’s cues and how to foster relationships in the childcare setting that promote the infant’s social, emotional, and cognitive growth while completing routine tasks like feeding and diapering an infant.
The course will be a mixture of video observation of infants, powerpoint, and discussion to help participants define, observe, and reflect on ways to understand and support how infants in their care are growing and developing within the daily interactions they are engaging in.
This course will help you:

Describe the observable behaviors of the six infant states and how that impacts the care they receive
Identify state-related behaviors during routine caregiving activities
Demonstrate your knowledge of the infant’s regulatory capabilities through the identification of cues- both engagement and disengagement
Identify ways of interacting with infants to support emotion regulation, language, and social development

KtIC: Understanding Infant Cues, Regulation, Behavior, and States - October 25, 2023
2023-10-25 09:00 - 12:00
October 25, 2023
9:00AM – 12:00PM Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom

Keys to Infant Caregiving is a research-based program for professionals that provides essential information on newborn and infant behavior. Participants will learn about infants and their captivating ability to interact and engage in relationships with their parents, caregivers, childcare providers and how that impacts the care they receive. Participants will learn about how infants’ internal states influence their behavior and how to help infants regulate. They will learn how to read the very young infant’s cues and how to foster relationships in the childcare setting that promote the infant’s social, emotional, and cognitive growth while completing routine tasks like feeding and diapering an infant.
The course will be a mixture of video observation of infants, powerpoint, and discussion to help participants define, observe, and reflect on ways to understand and support how infants in their care are growing and developing within the daily interactions they are engaging in.
This course will help you:

Describe the observable behaviors of the six infant states and how that impacts the care they receive
Identify state-related behaviors during routine caregiving activities
Demonstrate your knowledge of the infant’s regulatory capabilities through the identification of cues- both engagement and disengagement
Identify ways of interacting with infants to support emotion regulation, language, and social development

Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – November 20, 21, 28 & 30, 2023
2023-11-20 09:30 - 2023-11-30 13:00
4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop
November 20, 21, 28 & 30, 2023
9:30am – 1pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom
This workshop is approved for 13 Professional CEU’s
Professionals who work with caregivers and young children (0-5) often see the need to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children. Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies to do so. The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

Promoting First Relationships can improve…

Parental sensitivity
Parental knowledge of child development
Parental confidence and competence
Child outcomes
Child Welfare outcomes

Because Promoting First Relationships is a positive, strengths-based model, caregivers are typically open to intervention and gain competence, and thus investment, in their caregiving.
Your fee covers tuition, all curriculum materials including the Promoting First Relationships manual, and a USB flash drive of reproducible parent handouts.
What participants are saying . . .

“I loved the video examples which really helped illustrate the principles.”
“Straightforward and doable, lots of real life examples and opportunity to reflect in groups.”
“I liked how the case studies cemented the concepts.”
“I particularly liked the group discussions, latest research information and the handouts.”

Expressive Arts Psychotherapy: Engaging in the Arts as Original Health and Healing Practices in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
2023-11-27 11:00 - 12:30
Abigail Bocanegra, LMFT
November 27, 2023
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Pacific Standard Time (Seattle)
via Zoom
BARNARD CENTER FREE LECTURE SERIES
Expressive Arts Psychotherapy, grounded in a decolonized perspective, honors the arts not just as clinical tools but as intrinsic healing practices of many indigenous cultures. This presentation merges cultural wisdom in expression with therapeutic EXA techniques, illuminating the potent synergies that foster holistic healing and nurture parent-child relationships. Through a re-embrace of the arts, clinical EXA principles, and dialogue, participants will grasp the essence of a culturally responsive and intermodal expressive arts approach.
Abigail Bocanegra, LMFT, is a second-generation Mexican-American/Chicana, rooted in her Nahua, Huastec, and Spanish heritage. As the founder of Creative Heart Therapies since 2018, Abigail integrates her roles as a bilingual Expressive Arts Psychotherapist, an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant, and a fervent advocate for culturally-centered arts across diverse communities. She is a co-author of the Integrative Cultural Healing Model, merging Tribal Traditional Knowledge with Western therapeutic approaches for Indigenous families, and the Family Play Group Curriculum for Spokane’s Rising Strong Program. At the Barnard Center within the University of Washington, Abigail holds a Leadership Fellow position, specializing in expressive arts for young children and providing Reflective Practice for bilingual IECMH professionals. In her private practice, Abigail centers her services on the rejuvenation of Latinx and Indigenous health and healing traditions, partnering with families impacted by intergenerational-colonial and racial trauma. Her therapeutic stance is underpinned by the Nahuatl philosophy of In Ixtli In Yolotl, signifying wisdom, consciousness, and a purposeful life journey.
REGISTER HERE

Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – January 16-17 & 23-24, 2024
2024-01-16 08:30 - 2024-01-24 12:00 | Zoom
4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop
January 16-17 & 23-24, 2024
8:30am – 12:00pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom
This workshop is approved for 13 Professional CEU’s
Professionals who work with caregivers and young children (0-5) often see the need to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children. Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies to do so. The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

Promoting First Relationships can improve…

Parental sensitivity
Parental knowledge of child development
Parental confidence and competence
Child outcomes
Child Welfare outcomes

Because Promoting First Relationships is a positive, strengths-based model, caregivers are typically open to intervention and gain competence, and thus investment, in their caregiving.
Your fee covers tuition, all curriculum materials including the Promoting First Relationships manual, and a USB flash drive of reproducible parent handouts.
What participants are saying . . .

“I loved the video examples which really helped illustrate the principles.”
“Straightforward and doable, lots of real life examples and opportunity to reflect in groups.”
“I liked how the case studies cemented the concepts.”
“I particularly liked the group discussions, latest research information and the handouts.”

Promoting Infant Mental Health in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
2024-01-29 09:00 - 10:15 | Zoom
Soudabeh Givrad, MD
December 11, 2023 January 29, 2024
9:00 am – 10:15 am Pacific Standard Time (Seattle)
via Zoom
BARNARD CENTER FREE LECTURE SERIES
Promoting infant mental health in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
The environment and caregiving relationships in the early postnatal period are critical to an infant’s development, with implications for physical, social-emotional, and neurocognitive development. Premature and medically vulnerable infants hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) are biologically and neurologically more vulnerable and go through many stressors including some degree of separation from their parents, an intrusive and unnatural environment, and painful and distressing procedures. their parents, in turn, experience higher rates of psychological distress and can face challenges in establishing an optimal relationship with their babies in this setting. In this talk, Dr. Givrad will point out some of the ways we can think about promoting premature and medically vulnerable infants’ wellbeing.
Soudabeh Givrad, MD is a perinatal and infant psychiatrist and an Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine. She is the director of the Maternal-Infant Psychiatry Program at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Perinatal and Infant Psychiatry Fellowship. She has expertise in treating psychiatric disorders during pregnancy and the postpartum period and works with families of infants and young children in parent-infant psychotherapy when families face issues with attachment, bonding, medical traumas, or other regulatory disorders of infancy and early childhood. Academically, she has been working on bringing increased attention to psychiatric disorders during pregnancy and the postpartum period, and to increase awareness of the critical importance of supporting families of young infants to optimize their development and bringing a continuum of care from pre-conception to age 3 for families. She has also been working on increasing training opportunities in perinatal and infant mental health for mental health clinicians.
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Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy VIRTUAL Workshop – February 6-9, 2024
2024-02-06 08:00 - 2024-02-09 12:00
February 6-9, 2024
8am –12pm each day Pacific Time via Zoom

This workshop is eligible for 15 CEU’s
This workshop addresses the importance of helping the pregnant woman achieve a healthier mental and emotional state during pregnancy in order to improve the chances that she and her child will experience a healthier relationship. Interventions allow for individualized and creative approaches that capture your client’s interest.

Research has shown that a mother’s mental health and emotional state during pregnancy has an immediate and direct impact on her lifelong relationship with her infant.
In turn, the health of the mother-child relationship directly impacts the child’s quality of life, possibly throughout the lifespan.
By helping the pregnant woman improve her mental and emotional state during pregnancy, we are able to increase the chances that she and her child will experience a healthier relationship.

Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy training covers issues critical to the development of the early mother-child relationship including . . .

High-risk pregnancies
Unresolved grief or loss
Normal, typical course of pregnancy
Domestic violence
Women experiencing depression or other mental health disruptions

Your fee covers tuition and all curriculum materials including two Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy books, one covering Theory and Practice and one on Interventions, an assessment guide, and a USB flash drive with 56 reproducible handouts/interventions.
What participants are saying . . .

“Excellent. Fantastic. I love that I’m leaving with real, simple interventions that I can start using tomorrow. A very practicial application to help Mom through all aspects of pregnancy.”

“The presenter was good at connecting the concepts in a personal and positive way.”
“I feel more confident in being able to help my families.”

Promoting First Relationships in Pediatrics VIRTUAL Workshop - February 6 & 7, 2024
2024-02-06 08:30 - 2024-02-07 12:00
February 6 & 7, 2024 | 8:30AM – 12PM PACIFIC TIME via Zoom
What is Promoting First Relationships in Pediatrics?
An interactive workshop to learn how to nurture and support the parent-child relationship during everyday clinic interactions with families and children.
Who Should Attend?
Members of the multidisciplinary primary care team—front desk staff, care coordinators, medical assistants, pediatricians, family medicine providers, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, therapists, allied health professionals, and navigators.
You Will Learn How To:

Observe and support responsive caregiving during clinic visits by understanding the foundations of early childhood social-emotional development and elements of safe, stable and nurturing child-caregiver relationships.
Approach well child-care through a relationship focused lens including feeding and sleeping by learning developmental timing of key changes and their impact on the parent-child relationship.
Reframe challenging behaviors for families by helping caregivers recognize the unmet social and emotional needs that underlie their child’s behavior.
Apply specific skills that translate principles of trauma-informed care, cultural humility and strengths-based approaches into everyday clinic interactions ensuring that families feel safe, valued and effective in raising their young children.
Experience a renewed sense of meaning and joy during your interactions and visits using the relationship-based framework and skills.

Ongoing Support:
For participants interested in ongoing training after the workshop to support implementation and continuation of the Promoting First Relationships approach, we provide additional online content and mentored monthly consultation sessions led by master Promoting First Relationship trainers.
What Have Past Participants Said About The Workshop?
“I wanted you to know how much PFR has changed the focus of my conversations with families suffering from trauma or SUD. Actually, it has altered the focus of my entire practice from problem-driven to strengths-driven.”—Pediatrician
About the Trainer:
JEANNIE LARSEN, MD has extensive expertise in pediatric primary care and early childhood and infant mental health. She has over 30 years of clinical practice and building relationships with families. She has trained hundreds of health care providers and team members in Promoting First Relationship across the country.

Substance Use and Mental Health in the Perinatal Period: Challenges, Opportunities, and Treatment Approaches
2024-02-08 09:00 - 10:15
Nadejda Bespalova, MD
February 8, 2024
9:00 am – 10:15 am Pacific Standard Time (Seattle)
via Zoom
BARNARD CENTER FREE LECTURE SERIES
Substance Use and Mental Health in the Perinatal Period: Challenges, Opportunities, and Treatment Approaches
I will provide an overview of the epidemiology of substance use in pregnancy and comorbidity with mental health conditions, review available literature on the risks of substance use to the birthing parent and offspring, and discuss best practices for screening and treatment of substance use disorders in pregnancy. In particular, I will focus on what is known about use of the medications we commonly use for substance use disorders (such as methadone, buprenorphine, etc) in pregnancy and lactation.
Nadejda Bespalova, MD is a perinatal and addiction psychiatrist at the University of Washington. She completed medical school at Baylor College of Medicine, general psychiatry residency at the NYU School of Medicine, and then an addiction psychiatry fellowship at the University of Washington. She splits her clinical time between the Maternal Infant Care Clinic and the Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic at the University of Washington and the Madison Clinic at Harborview Medical Center. Her scholarly interests include substance use disorders in the perinatal period and medical education.
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Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – February 21-22 & 28-29, 2024
2024-02-21 14:00 - 2024-02-29 17:30 | Zoom, United States
4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop
February 21-22 & 28-29, 2024
2:00-5:30pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom
This workshop is approved for 13 Professional CEU’s
Professionals who work with caregivers and young children (0-5) often see the need to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children. Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies to do so. The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

Promoting First Relationships can improve…

Parental sensitivity
Parental knowledge of child development
Parental confidence and competence
Child outcomes
Child Welfare outcomes

Because Promoting First Relationships is a positive, strengths-based model, caregivers are typically open to intervention and gain competence, and thus investment, in their caregiving.
Your fee covers tuition, all curriculum materials including the Promoting First Relationships manual, and a USB flash drive of reproducible parent handouts.
What participants are saying . . .

“I loved the video examples which really helped illustrate the principles.”
“Straightforward and doable, lots of real life examples and opportunity to reflect in groups.”
“I liked how the case studies cemented the concepts.”
“I particularly liked the group discussions, latest research information and the handouts.”

Understanding Infant Cues, Regulation, Behavior, and States - March 11, 2024
2024-03-11 08:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
March 11, 2024
8:00AM – 12:00PM Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom

This training is eligible for 3.75 Professional CEUs and STARS.
Keys to Infant Caregiving is a research-based program for professionals that provides essential information on newborn and infant behavior. Participants will learn about infants and their captivating ability to interact and engage in relationships with their parents, caregivers, childcare providers and how that impacts the care they receive. Participants will learn about how infants’ internal states influence their behavior and how to help infants regulate. They will learn how to read the very young infant’s cues and how to foster relationships in the childcare setting that promote the infant’s social, emotional, and cognitive growth while completing routine tasks like feeding and diapering an infant.
The course will be a mixture of video observation of infants, powerpoint, and discussion to help participants define, observe, and reflect on ways to understand and support how infants in their care are growing and developing within the daily interactions they are engaging in.
This course will help you:

Describe the observable behaviors of the six infant states and how that impacts the care they receive
Identify state-related behaviors during routine caregiving activities
Demonstrate your knowledge of the infant’s regulatory capabilities through the identification of cues- both engagement and disengagement
Identify ways of interacting with infants to support emotion regulation, language, and social development

Your fee covers tuition and Keys to Infant Caregiving study guide.

Strategies to Prevent Parent-Child Separation and New Approaches in Child Welfare - April 2, 2024
2024-04-02 09:00 - 10:30
The First Clinic
April 2, 2024
9:00 am – 10:30 am Pacific Time (Seattle)
via Zoom
BARNARD CENTER FREE LECTURE SERIES
This lecture is an engaging session on the transformative efforts of the Family Intervention Response to Stop Trauma (FIRST) Clinic, a notable medical-legal partnership in Washington State. This clinic is at the forefront of providing essential legal representation to new and expecting parents facing Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement, with a steadfast goal to prevent the separation of families.
In this presentation, participants will gain comprehensive insights into the key outcomes and benefits that the FIRST Clinic has achieved. From preventing the unnecessary removal of children from their homes to creating unlikely partnerships with Department of Children, Youth, and Families, our discussion will cover the tangible impacts of these efforts on keeping families together and fostering stable, supportive environments for children’s growth.
Furthermore, we will delve into the personal experiences of parents who have engaged with the FIRST Clinic. Through the lens of a Parent Ally—a crucial figure within our team who combines legal advocacy with lived experience—attendees will hear firsthand accounts of the clinic’s role in transforming lives. This narrative will underscore the importance of empathy, empowerment, and community in navigating the challenges posed by CPS involvement.
Participants will leave with a deep understanding of:

The foundational goals and achievements of the FIRST Legal Clinic in safeguarding family unity.
The multifaceted benefits of legal representation and advocacy provided by the clinic.
The profound impact of the FIRST Clinic’s work as experienced by parents, illustrated through real stories of resilience and support.

This session is designed not just to inform but to inspire action and collaboration among professionals and community members alike, highlighting how legal advocacy, coupled with compassionate support, can create lasting positive change for families across Washington State.
Bios:
Adam Ballout: Adam has been a public defender for 13 years working to help reunify families. Frustration and disappointment with how the legal system treated families and separated infants and new mothers led him to help create the FIRST Clinic and its medical-legal partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Adam is a former board chair of the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV) and the Domestic Violence services of Snohomish County (DVS).
Taila AyAy: Taila AyAy is a graduate of Seattle University School of Law. She has dedicated her career since 2009 to championing the rights of families. Her practice focuses mainly on representation of parents and children in dependency litigation, administrative law, and family law. She also has experience in tribal representation and has worked as guardian ad litem. She is passionate about social justice and increasing equitable access to resources for her clients, their families, and the community. Taila has worked remote from her home in California ever since moving from Washington a few years ago. This arrangement works well for her number one boy, a sweet golden retriever, named Dax.
Neil Weiss: Neil is a passionate attorney who has contributed hundreds of pro bono hours for FIRST client representation and program development. While he has a background in accounting, his legal practice includes parent and child representation in juvenile dependency, criminal defense, family law, protection orders, civil litigation, and administrative law. He has experience as a commissioner and judge pro tem in King County Superior Court, Snohomish County District Courts, and Monroe Municipal Court. He has presented at multiple statewide training programs regarding representation in child welfare cases. He enjoys cooking and plays ice hockey in local leagues.
Jennifer Justice: Jennifer Justice is a dedicated parent with previous involvement in the child welfare system. She initially entered the system in 2015 due to struggles with substance use disorder and unaddressed mental health issues. Her journey through the dependency system ultimately concluded with the termination of her parental rights. Nevertheless, Jennifer has maintained a strong and nurturing connection with her children, as they found placement with caring relatives. In 2020, Jennifer faced a family voluntary case, but thanks in part to the exceptional support of the F.I.R.S.T Legal Clinic Team, she promptly addressed her parenting style. Remarkably, her family voluntary case was resolved and dismissed within a mere six months. Jennifer’s profound personal experiences within the child welfare system have ignited a passionate commitment to preventing new mothers from encountering similar challenges. In 2021, she joined the WSPAC (Washington State Parent Advisory Committee) and took her dedication a step further by obtaining her Associate of Applied Arts Degree in Legal Administrative Assisting in 2022. August 2022 marked a significant milestone in Jennifer’s journey as she embarked on her career as a Parent Ally with the F.I.R.S.T Legal Clinic, continuing her impactful work within the realm of child welfare.
Gina Wassemiller: Gina Wassemiller is the founding Parent Ally for the FIRST Legal Clinic. She contracts with the Washington State Office of Public Defense, Parents Representation Program, as a Social Service Worker and facilitates the Life During & After CPS parent support group. Gina has many years of experience working directly with families involved in the child welfare system to overcome obstacles and reach a positive outcome. Gina has a history of contributing to meaningful work that positively impacts families on a larger scale as a former member of Snohomish County’s Table of Ten and Snohomish Parent Ally Committee, as well as launching and leading her local Parents for Parents program. She is an active alumnus of the Washington State Parent Ally Committee. Gina brings true passion and hope to the work she does with families because she has firsthand experience. She is a survivor of domestic violence and a recovering addict. Her first child welfare case ended in relinquishment of her parental rights, followed by a subsequent voluntary case that ended in family preservation. Gina embraces her belief that a positive outcome is one a parent can live with forever. She meets parents where they are and instills hope into each parent she works with. Gina is living proof that People Change and Families Reunite.
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Attachment, Neurodevelopment & Psychopathology with Dr. Patricia Crittenden
2024-05-06 09:00 - 2024-05-22 13:00 | Zoom
May 6 – 8 and 20 – 22, 2024
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. PDT (Seattle time)
via Zoom
This course focuses on the development, prevention and treatment of psychological disorder from infancy to adulthood. It weaves together theory, human development, assessment, case examples and treatment applications to reframe maladaptive behavior in terms of strategies for self-protection. The course emphasizes the process of adaptation and developmental pathways that carry risk for psychopathology. The course is aimed at professionals who work with troubled families or individuals, including, psychiatrists, psychologists, lawyers, social workers, teachers and nurses.
The aspects of neural development to be covered are chosen to enhance treatment of psychological maladaptation of adults and children (including families with child maltreatment, psychiatric disorder, and criminality). The course emphasizes adaptation and ways that professionals can change to increase the probability that clients will change. Reorganisation and building resilience are treated as central to successful intervention. General and Family Functional Formulations will be introduced to highlight DMM Integrative Treatment.
The model used is the Dynamic-Maturational Model (DMM) of Attachment and Adaptation. The DMM is a strength-based model that is relevant to individuals who are at-risk, have been exposed to danger, display disturbed or maladaptive behaviour, or are diagnosed as having a psychiatric disorder. Emphasis is given to how early and current attachment relationships explain maladaptive behaviour and how these tied to culture and dangerous conditions.
Patricia M. Crittenden, PhD is a developmental psychopathologist with many years’ experience as an academic and practitioner in child maltreatment, attachment theory and family therapy. She was taught by Mary Ainsworth and was on the Faculties of Psychology at the Universities of Virginia and Miami. She held visiting positions at the Universities of Helsinki and Bologna, the Clark Institute of Psychiatry (Canada), San Diego State University (USA) and Edith Cowan University (Australia). She developed the Dynamic-Maturational Model (DMM) of Attachment and Adaptation and is one of the founders of the International Association for the Study of Attachment (IASA). In 2004, she received a Career Achievement Award from the European Family Therapy Association. She has published more than 150 scientific papers and several books.

Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – May 13, 16, 20 & 23, 2024
2024-05-13 09:00 - 2024-05-23 12:30 | Zoom
4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop
May 13, 16, 20 & 23, 2024
9:00am – 12:30pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom
This workshop is approved for 13 Professional CEUs
Professionals who work with caregivers and young children (0-5) often see the need to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children. Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies to do so. The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

Promoting First Relationships can improve…

Parental sensitivity
Parental knowledge of child development
Parental confidence and competence
Child outcomes
Child Welfare outcomes

Because Promoting First Relationships is a positive, strengths-based model, caregivers are typically open to intervention and gain competence, and thus investment, in their caregiving.
Your fee covers tuition, all curriculum materials including the Promoting First Relationships manual and electronic reproducible parent handouts.
What participants are saying . . . “I loved the video examples which really helped illustrate the principles.” “Straightforward and doable, lots of real life examples and opportunity to reflect in groups.” “I liked how the case studies cemented the concepts.” “I particularly liked the group discussions, latest research information and the handouts.”

"Promoting Connections between Children with Significant Support Needs and their Caregivers” - June 4, 2024
2024-06-04 09:00 - 10:15 | Zoom
June 4, 2024
9:00 am – 10:15 am Pacific Time (Seattle)
via Zoom
BARNARD CENTER FREE LECTURE SERIES
The presentation follows the journey and experiences of a birth to three teacher of Blind Low Vision Learners participating in the Promoting First Relationships program. We’ll explore the connection between best practices in teaching young children with Blind Low Vision and supporting their social emotional needs through their relationships with their caregivers. Attendees will gain insights into the dynamics of early childhood development in children with unique needs, as well as tools to integrate early relational health consultation strategies into their own practice.
Join us as we embark on a journey of empowerment and transformation both in practice and in caregiving.

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Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – June 17, 18, 26 & 27, 2024
2024-06-17 09:00 - 2024-06-27 12:30 | Zoom
4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop
June 17, 18 , 26 & 27, 2024
9:00am – 12:30pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom
This workshop is approved for 13 Professional CEUs
Professionals who work with caregivers and young children (0-5) often see the need to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children. Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies to do so. The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

Promoting First Relationships can improve…

Parental sensitivity
Parental knowledge of child development
Parental confidence and competence
Child outcomes
Child Welfare outcomes

Because Promoting First Relationships is a positive, strengths-based model, caregivers are typically open to intervention and gain competence, and thus investment, in their caregiving.
Your fee covers tuition, all curriculum materials including the Promoting First Relationships manual and electronic reproducible parent handouts.
What participants are saying . . . “I loved the video examples which really helped illustrate the principles.” “Straightforward and doable, lots of real life examples and opportunity to reflect in groups.” “I liked how the case studies cemented the concepts.” “I particularly liked the group discussions, latest research information and the handouts.”
