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As you are likely aware, April is Child Abuse Prevention Month in Michigan. One of the ways that we celebrate that month together is by gathering in Lansing at the State Capitol Building for Prevention Awareness Day on April 19th.  This day includes a rally, procession and planting of a pinwheel garden for support of child Learn More →

Holly E. Brophy-Herb, PhD, IMH-E® IV, was selected as an Exceptional Master Leader 2015 in Early Childcare by the  Exchange Leadership Initiative Holly E. Brophy-Herb, PhD, IMH-E® IV, Professor, Michigan State University, and an Associate Editor of the Infant Mental Health Journal, was selected as an “exceptional master leader  in early childcare” by the  Exchange Leadership Initiative (ELI).  ELI undertook the Learn More →

This March 2105 report from the Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut features MI-AIMH’s Competency Guidelines® and Endorsement® .  The article is entitled, “The Infant Mental Health Workforce: Keys to Promoting the Healthy Social and Emotional Development of Children.”  In addition to feeling very proud about our working relationship with leaders from Connecticut, we are very pleased to Learn More →

The Brazelton Touchpoints Center offers a variety of resources for the infant mental health community, including parents and providers of many disciplines and systems.  Check out the provider/resources library today! http://www.brazeltontouchpoints.org/provider-resources/provider-library/

MI-AIMH is very pleased to officially announce that Ashley McCormick is the MI-AIMH Endorsement® Coordinator. This announcement is long overdue! Ashley formally took over this role earlier this year; her previous title was Workforce Development Specialist. Many of you know Ashley and have been receiving support from her as you navigate your own Endorsement® process. Learn More →

Check out the latest issue of Perspectives in Infant Mental Health from the World Association for Infant Mental Health.  Perspectives in Infant Mental Health Vol. 23 No. 1 (Spring 2015) Contents President’s Reflections, M. Keren From the Editors, D. Weatherston, H. Fitzgerald, M. Foley, J. Sparrow, A. Huber & A. McLaughlin The World in WAIMH, Learn More →

March 2015 In this issue: 2015 Board Slate Thank You for Your Continuted Support of MD-AIMH An Acrostic Poem by Carla Barron Read the entire issue here!

The latest Kids Count in Michigan Data Book reports that too many Michigan children are falling further behind as child poverty continues to grow and child abuse and neglect are on the rise. Michigan’s Children President & CEO Matt Gillard and Jane Zehnder-Merrell, Kids Count in Michigan Project Director, talk about investing in two-generation strategies Learn More →

Policy Update affecting the early care, education and wellbeing of babies, young children and their families.   This policy update  from Washington is extremely helpful to us in our work in Michigan, with infants, toddlers very young children and families.  President Obama’s proposed budget expands early care and education and home visiting programs. Especially heartening is the "two generation approach" for Head Start Learn More →

​MI-AIMH invites you to consider subscribing to the world renowned Infant Mental Health Journal, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the infant mental health field and an international focus through research articles, literature reviews, program descriptions, clinical studies, and book reviews.    For a limited time only, readers can download this one article as a sample of Learn More →

Kudos! to Paul Spicer, PhD, the new Editor-in-Chief of the Infant Mental Health Journal (IMHJ).  The January – February 2015 issue of the IMHJ has just been published and it is an exceptionally exciting one. Articles include  observational coding systems, follow-up of mother-infant psychoanalytic treatment with a focus on the children, intervention to reduce maternal Learn More →

It is with heavy hearts that we announce that our friend and colleague, Greg Proulx, passed away on Friday November 21, 2014 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident.  An obituary can be found at http://demo.piadvance.com/2014/11/dr-gregory-proulx/  And at http://www.bannanfuneralhome.com/index.php/obituaries/19-2014-obituaries/1729-proulx-dr-gregory    Notes of condolence can be sent on the Bannan Funeral Home website. If you Learn More →