This two-hour training introduces the role and function of the infant mental health specialist and the use of relationship and reflection in work with families. Participants will reflect on their own careers and be challenged to determine how they can further define their roles with families.

Learning Objectives

• Key aspects of infant mental health  
• The theoretical and clinical underpinnings of infant mental health practice  
• The categories of service an infant mental health specialist might provide  
• Ways in which collaboration is used in infant mental health work  
• Strategies for actively acknowledging and taking into account the influence of culture in our perceptions and work and in the responses of our coworkers and the families we serve  
• Characteristics of good quality group child care  
• Features of relationship-based work with infants and their families  
• What reflective supervision is and why it is helpful in work with infants and families

Training Content

• What is infant mental health?
• The field of infant mental health
• Being an infant mental health specialist
• Listening toward understanding: a cornerstone of working with infants and parents
• Collaborations in infant mental health work
• Group care of infants and toddlers
• Relationship and reflection in infant mental health work
• Observation of infants

Instructor

Trainings are conducted by one of our qualified CEED Affiliated Faculty and Consultants.

Schedule a Training for Your Group

Complete the Training Services Request Form or contact Andrea Peterson at peter327@umn.edu or 612-625-1464.

Fees and Terms

Related Resources

• Take the online course: Introduction to Infant Mental Health

Questions?

Contact Andrea Peterson at peter327@umn.edu or 612-625-1464.

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