Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – January 16-17 & 23-24, 2024
2024-01-16 08:30 - 2024-01-24 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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.
REGISTER HERE

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.
REGISTER HERE

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.

REGISTER HERE

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.”

Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy IN PERSON Workshop - June 20 & 21, 2024
2024-06-20 08:00 - 2024-06-21 16:30 | University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
June 20 & 21, 2024
8:00 am – 4:30 pm each day, in-person, Seattle
Workshop held near the University of Washington.

This workshop is approved for 15 Professional 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. Activities 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 Activities, and an assessment guide.
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® Level One IN PERSON Workshop – July 18 & 19, 2024
2024-07-18 08:00 - 2024-07-19 17:00 | University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
July 18 & 19, 2024
8:00 am – 5 pm each day, in-person, Seattle
Workshop held near the University of Washington.

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 level one 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 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.”

Introduction to Mindful Awareness in Body-oriented Therapy (MABT) - July 23, 2024
2024-07-23 09:00 - 10:30
July 23, 2024
9:00 am – 10:30 am Pacific Time (Seattle)
via Zoom
BARNARD CENTER FREE LECTURE SERIES
This webinar will introduce the evidence-based mind-body intervention called Mindful Awareness in Body-oriented Therapy (MABT), including experiential exercises based on MABT processes. MABT is designed to teach clients how to develop and deepen interoceptive awareness, i.e. awareness of internal body sensations, to promote self-care and emotion regulation. Dr. Cynthia Price developed MABT within the context of her clinical practice as a somatic therapist, and has been researching the effectiveness of this approach over the past 20 years. Her research is focused on the benefits of MABT in the treatment of substance use disorder, chronic pain, and for recovery from sexual trauma. This webinar will be focused on what clients/patients learn through engaging in MABT, the related increases in health and well-being, and the interoceptive skills that are integrated into patients’ lives post-intervention. We will also discuss the implications of this research for clinical care and nursing practice, as well as for clinician self-care to increase self-regulation.
Cynthia Price, PhD MA LMT is a Research Professor at the University of Washington and Director of the non-profit Center for Mindful Body Awareness. Her clinical and research expertise is focused on interoceptive awareness and its role in health and well-being. She developed Mindful Awareness in Body-oriented Therapy (MABT), a mindfulness-based approach designed to facilitate interoceptive awareness and related skills for self-care and emotion regulation. Dr. Price’s research is aimed at the study of MABT within community care, particularly for those in recovery from trauma, chemical dependency, chronic pain or other life stressors. She co-authored two scales to measure interoceptive awareness: the Scale of Body Connection (SBC) and the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA). Trainings for clinicians and therapists interested in learning how to integrative interoceptive awareness skills in their practice – for their own self-care and for the care of their clients – are available through the Center. Cynthia is committed to increasing access to integrative health care services, particularly for underserved populations, through her research, teaching, and service.
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Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Teaching Scale VIRTUAL workshop - August 21-23 & 28-30, 2024
2024-08-21 08:30 - 2024-08-30 13:00 | Zoom
Learn New Observation Skills to Transform Your View of the Parent-Child Relationship!

August 21-23 & 28-30, 2024
8:30am – 1:00pm 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

Understanding Infant Cues, Regulation, Behavior, and States - September 9, 2024
2024-09-09 08:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
September 9, 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.

Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy VIRTUAL Workshop – September 16-19, 2024
2024-09-16 08:00 - 2024-09-19 12:00 | Zoom
September 16-19, 2024
8am –12pm each day Pacific Time (Seattle)
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.”
Please email pcrp@uw.edu if you would like to be added to the waitlist if any spots open up.

Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – October 21, 23 & 28-29, 2024
2024-10-21 09:00 - 2024-10-29 12:30 | Zoom
4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop
October 21, 23 & 28-29, 2024
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.”

IN PERSON Expressive Arts Psychotherapy: Engaging in the Arts as Original Health and Healing Practices in Early Relational Health
2024-10-22 09:00 - 17:00 | University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
October 22, 2024
9:00am – 5:00pm
IN PERSON University of Washington
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 training workshop merges cultural wisdom in expression with therapeutic Expressive Arts Therapy techniques, illuminating experiences that foster holistic healing and nurture parent-child relationships within family systems. Through a re-embrace of the healing arts, identification and application of clinical EXA principles, and experiential dialogue, participants will grasp the essence of a culturally responsive and intermodal expressive arts approach. This experiential workshop will provide all art materials for each participant.
Objectives
Understand Expressive Arts Therapy through a decolonized lens and apply arts interventions through a culturally connected, relevant, and meaningful approach;
Define at least 3 principles of Expressive Arts Therapy;
Apply at least 5 Expressive Arts Therapy interventions to work with children and their families;
Define the Expressive Therapies Continuum and apply EXA interventions through the framework
Experience and learn through the arts from a somatosensory, perceptive, affective and cognitive context.
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, Abigail integrates her roles as a bilingual Expressive Arts Psychotherapist, an Early Relational Mental Health Consultant, and a fervent advocate for culturally-centered healing arts across diverse communities. She is the co-author and co-developer of the Integrative Cultural Healing Model, a healing approach grounded in Tribal Traditional Knowledge for Indigenous families and their young children (0-7). At the Barnard Center within the University of Washington, Abigail holds a Leadership Fellow position, specializing in expressive arts psychotherapy for young children and providing Reflective Practice for bilingual IECMH professionals. In her private practice, Abigail centers her services on the rejuvenation of Latine 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 of the heart, consciousness, and a purposeful life journey.
$440

Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) Instructor virtual workshop - October 31-November 1, 4, 6, 8, 14 & 15, 2024
2024-10-31 11:00 - 2024-11-15 16:00
October 31 from 11AM-4PM PACIFIC TIME (Seattle)
November 1 from 11AM-4PM PACIFIC TIME (Seattle)
November 4 from 11AM-4PM PACIFIC TIME (Seattle)
November 6 from 12PM – 5PM PACIFIC TIME (Seattle)
November 8 from 11AM-4PM PACIFIC TIME (Seattle)
November 14 from 11AM-4PM PACIFIC TIME (Seattle)
November 15 from 11AM-4PM PACIFIC TIME (Seattle)
via Zoom
Want to join our exclusive team of PCI Instructors from around the world?
The NCAST PCI Instructor Workshop is an 7 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.

NCAST PCI Feeding Scale Certification and Recertification VIRTUAL Workshops - November 2024
2024-11-03 09:00 - 2024-11-10 16:30
Has it been 1-3 years since your original Feeding Scale certification or last recertification? Are you interested in attending a certification/recertification workshop on weekend days?
Alissa Copeland will be offering a virtual Feeding Scales Certification on Sunday November 3rd, Saturday November 9th, and Sunday November 10th, 2024. All three dates will be delivered over Zoom and will run 9a-4:30p PST. Certification pricing is $500.
If you need Feeding Scale Recertification, you can register for Sunday, November 10 only. Recertification pricing is $250.
Participants will need to purchase their own learner materials from the PCRP Store. Please email alissacopeland417@gmail.com for additional details and registration information.

Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – November 4-5 & 7-8, 2024
2024-11-04 09:00 - 2024-11-08 12:30
4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop
November 4-5 & 7-8, 2024
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 copy 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 - January 9, 2025
2025-01-09 12:00 - 16:00
January 9, 2025
12:00PM – 4:00PM Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom

This training is eligible for 3.75 STARS credit.
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.

Promoting First Relationships® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – January 13, 16, 21 & 23, 2025
2025-01-13 08:30 - 2025-01-23 12:00
4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop
January 13, 16, 21 & 23, 2025
8:30am – 12:00pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom
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 copy 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 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy VIRTUAL Workshop – January 28-31, 2025
2025-01-28 08:00 - 2025-01-31 12:00
January 28-31, 2025
8am –12pm each day Pacific Time (Seattle)
via Zoom

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 Activities, an assessment guide, and 56 reproducible handouts/activities.
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® Level One VIRTUAL Workshop – February 3, 5, 7 & 10, 2025
2025-02-03 08:30 - 2025-02-10 12:00
4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop
February 3, 5, 7 & 10, 2025
8:30am – 12:00pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom
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 copy 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 – February 25-27 & March 3-5, 2025
2025-02-25 08:30 - 2025-03-05 13:00 | Zoom
Learn new observation skills to transform your view of the parent-child relationship!
February 25-27 & March 3-5, 2025
8:30am – 1:00pm PST (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

Preschool Expulsion: Implications and Solutions - March 4, 2025
2025-03-04 10:00 - 11:30 | Zoom
March 4, 2025
10:00 – 11:30am Pacific Time (Seattle) / 1:00 – 2:30pm Eastern
via Zoom
BARNARD CENTER FREE LECTURE SERIES
The presentation will include discussion on why preschool expulsion is an important topic which reflects inequities in society, risk factors associated with preschool expulsion, current efforts to remediate the situation and the role of providers in eliminating preschool expulsion.
Dr. P. Gail Williams is a board certified Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician at the Norton Child Development Center at the University of Louisville. .Dr.Williams participates in multidisciplinary diagnostic evaluations for children with a variety of developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders (ASD), ADHD, intellectual and learning disabilities, and behavioral problems. Dr. Williams also provides medical consultation and medication management to children with ASD and ADHD. She is a member of the Kentucky Advisory Council on Autism and chairs the Alliance for Pediatric Behavioral and Mental Health in Kentucky. She is director for the fellowship program in Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics at the UL School of Medicine.
Dr. Williams obtained her Medical Degree from the University of Louisville, School of Medicine, and completed her pediatric residency and fellowship in DBP at the University of Louisville. She is currently Professor of Pediatrics. She has published a number of research articles on autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities. She was a member of the AAP executive council for the Early Childhood Committee and was first author on two AAP policy statements on School Readiness and Preschool Expulsion. Shei s a reviewer for several pediatric journals.
REGISTER HERE

Insecure Attachment in the Clinical Setting: Understanding Strategies and Promoting Positive Change with Dr. Clark Baim
2025-03-07 09:00 - 2025-05-16 12:00 | Zoom
3 part lecture series: March 7th AND April 4th AND May 16th
9:00am – 12:00pm Pacific Time
via Zoom
$50
Insecure Attachment in the Clinical Setting: Understanding Strategies and Promoting Positive Change
The Barnard Center for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health and Parent-Child Relationships Program at the Barnard Center is pleased to offer a training series with Dr. Clark Baim. Dr. Baim is a clinician, author, and trainer in the development and function of child attachment strategies and how these strategies show up clinically.
To make this course more affordable the fee is being subsidized by the Dr. Kathryn Barnard Endowment for Infant Mental Health.
This training will be taught in English and will not be recorded.
Who is it for? The course will be relevant to professionals who work with children, adults, and families. The course is intended for professionals in the mental health, social care, criminal justice, educational and voluntary (NGO / not-for-profit) sectors. People in professions related to these can all benefit from the course. The course is suitable for post-qualified professionals and is also suitable for researchers and academics. Participants with experience of working directly with people are best suited to the course, because of their practical experience of listening and responding to spoken discourse.
AGENDA
Day One: Theory

Introduction to attachment theory, specifically Dr. Patricia Crittenden’s Dynamic-Maturational Model (DMM) of Attachment and Adaptation, which provides a strengths-based, function-focused alternative to symptom-based diagnosis.
Understanding why attachment theory is a key to understanding the development of psychological problems, personality disorders and offending behaviour.
How attachment theory signals the importance of relationship-based practice, self-awareness, and self-reflection on the part of the worker.
Understanding the relationship between psychological trauma, psychopathology, personality disorder diagnoses and attachment strategies: A bio-psycho-social approach.

Day Two: Assessment and Formulation

Introduction to discourse analysis: understanding how attachment strategies are expressed in speech and behaviour.
Introduction to integrating DMM attachment theory with a variety of treatment models and approaches.
Principles of purposeful eclecticism: adapting the intervention to the attachment strategies.
Introduction to family–systemic formulations and treatment planning based on the DMM model.

Day Three: Treatment Planning and Intervention

Introduction to: applying the theory to treatment planning and intervention.
Exploring different approaches to intervention and principles of treatment emerging from the attachment-based model. This includes purposeful adaptation when working with people with psychological trauma.
The LEARN Model for promoting narrative integration.
Tools and techniques for attachment-based interventions.

Trainer: The training will be led by Clark Baim, PhD, and is based on two of his co-authored books, Attachment-based Practice with Adults: Understanding Strategies and Promoting Positive Change (2023, 2nd edition, Pavilion. Available as an e-book or print version) and the Attachment-based Practice with Children, Adolescents and Families (Pavilion, 2022). Dr. Baim is a registered psychotherapist (UK Council for Psychotherapy) and a registered Senior Trainer and Clinical Supervisor with the British Psychodrama Association. He has worked in more than 35 countries and 300 organisations as a trainer, group leader, therapist, and supervisor. Dr. Baim has focused for twenty-five years on the study of attachment theory and the Dynamic-Maturational Model (DMM) of Attachment and Adaptation with Dr. Patricia Crittenden. He is on the faculty of the Family Relations Institute, the international training organisation for the DMM. He is a trainer and forensic-level coder of the DMM version of the Adult Attachment Interview.
