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Thom Child & Family Services and the Mollie Hirshberg Fund to Offer Infant Mental Health Training to Boston Area Early Intervention Programs  

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Boston, January 2006 - The In-Time Infant Mental Health Training (In-Time) series, coordinated by Thom Child & Family Services and funded by the Mollie Hirshberg Fund and Thom Boston Regional Consultation Program, kicks off on Monday January 23, 2006. The series will offer ten, half-day workshops for staff members from Boston area Early Intervention Programs. Workshops will be held at Bay Cove Human Services Early Intervention Program in Dorchester.

In-Time training supports the science behind Early Intervention and relationship based Infant Mental Health practices. It addresses the gap between what we know, based on brain research, and the role parents and Early Interventionists play in shaping a child’s development during his/her earliest years. The training is designed to provide in-depth preparation and supervision to Early Intervention home visitors.

In-Time curriculum was developed by Libby Zimmerman, Ph.D., L.I.C.S.W. and Thom Child & Family Services, with funding from the Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation. In-Time training was piloted by Dr. Zimmerman, with Early Intervention staff, in Springfield, in 2004.

Dr. Zimmerman, a leader in the field of infant-toddler mental health, is again heading up the In-Time training team in Boston. Among the topics to be covered in the Boston In-Time series are: Early Brain Development and Early Detection of Mental Health Problems in Young Children, What Infants and Toddlers Bring to Relationships – Interpreting Infant-Toddler Behavior, What Parents Bring to the Relationship – Exploring Parental Mental Health Challenges and Sources of Resilience, and The Influence of Culture in Shaping Care-giving Beliefs and Values.

For more information about the In-Time training project and/or Thom Child & Family Services’ efforts to promote the social and emotional well being of infants, toddlers and the people who care for them, contact Gretchen Rowe.

 

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