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Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network and MI-AIMH

Early Childhood Learning Series

Supporting Feeding Challenges through Relationship-Based Approaches

This training is sponsored generously by the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWHN). Therefore, training attendees need to be employed by a Detroit Wayne Infant Mental Health program and a coupon code is required to register.

Training Description: Children’s eating and feeding behaviors are incredibly complex. Infant Mental Health and Occupational Therapy disciplines can work together to support the complex needs of infants and toddlers associated with feeding disorders/concerns. Through a holistic lens and understanding of children’s eating behaviors, it can once again be highlighted that relationships are the foundation for all successful interventions.

Dates: June 21-22, 2021

Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, both days

Access: Trainings will be offered through Zoom.  A zoom link will be sent to registrants closer to the training. Be careful when entering your email address so that it is correct.

IMPORTANT – in order to receive a certificate and/or Continuing Education you will need to have a Zoom account (which is free) logged in to view the training.  We are able to export a report from Zoom which will track your attendance.  When you are signed in, your name appears along with the amount of time you were on the Zoom call.  Only those names that appear on the report will receive certificates with continuing education credits/clock hours.  Additionally, it is expected that attendees have video camera’s on for the majority of the training, this is how we can verify your presence and participation for continuing education. If you have any questions, please email tmartinez@mi-aimh.org

Presenters: Lindsey Biggs, LMSW, IMH-E® and Deborah Gershune, BS, MS, OTRL

Learning Objectives:

• Identify 1-3 ways professional collaboration is important in work with young children and their families
• Learn 1-3 intervention strategies for picking and problem eating to implement with young children and their families
• Recognize 6 areas of context to consider when working with children who have feeding/eating challenges
• Identify 2-3 ways IMH Core Strategies support feeding challenges in young children
• Reflect on on 1-3 ways your own relationship with food and cultural experiences have contributed to beliefs around eating/meals
• Understand 2-3 ways an OT supports feeding/eating challenges in young children

Continuing Education Information – 5.5 training hours:

Social Work – Approved for 5.5 Michigan SW CEU’s
IMH Endorsement® – Will count towards the requirements for the MI-AIMH Endorsement®
NEW! Licensed Professional Counselors – NBCC Hours – Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health (MI-AIMH) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No.6867.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  MI-AIMH is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Key MI-AIMH Competencies addressed include:

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Registration:

This training is sponsored generously by the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN). Therefore, training attendees need to be employed by a Detroit Wayne Infant Mental Health program and a registration code is required to register. If you work outside of Detroit-Wayne County and are interested in the training topic, please contact Tiffanie Martinez tmartinez@mi-aimh.org, MI-AIMH Communications and Training Specialist, about the possibility of bringing this trainer to your area.

Registration deadlines: Registration will close on June 15, 2021

For registration questions, contact Tiffanie Martinez at: tmartinez@mi-aimh.org or 734-516-0858