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DWMHA Birth-6 Early Childhood Learning Series: Using Reflective Supervision to Make Space For Change- Topics Related to the Parallel Process. Series topics include making the most of the collaborative relationship for growth and retention, helping staff manage secondary trauma, use of self, and the parallel process. This session will focus specifically on the paralell process. Attendance at all sessions is recommended, but not required. **FOR DWMHA SUPERVISORS ONLY Time: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm Registration for this training can be found at:…

Presented by: Carol Oleksiak, LMSW, IMH-E®​  (IV), Karol Wilson, LMSW, IMH-E®​ (IV), and Rebecca Wheeler, MSW, LLMSW, IMH-E®​ (III) This training provides infant mental health professionals the opportunity to share observations, discuss practice, and consider new ways of working with infants, toddlers, and families. An overview of Infant Mental Health theory, practices, and history will be provided. **Please note, participants are required to attend ALL THREE days of training** Dates: Friday, September 18, 2015 Monday, September 21, 2015 Wednesday, September 30, 2015…

Co-Sponsored by:  Upper Peninsula Association for Infant Mental Health and Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health Presented by:  Maria Muzic, MD, MSc and Katherine L. Rosenblum, Ph.D. Presenters are faculty at the University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry. This training is targeted towards clinicians, school staff, early childhood professionals, nurses, child welfare staff and others who regularly have contact with young children and their families. Description:  Attendees will learn about the concept of reflective functioning (RF) as a foundation for a…

TRAINING IS FULL Preparing to Parent: The Psychological Worlds of Expectant Mothers and Fathers Co-sponsored by MI-AIMH and the IMH Statewide Committee, this training will review the psychosocial processes that mothers and fathers experience as they prepare to parent a new baby. Data from ongoing research with expectant mothers and fathers will be presented and existing empirically supported IMH interventions with mothers and fathers will be reviewed. Attachment and ecological theories that inform our understanding of adjustment during the perinatal…

Theraplay: Building Strong Families and Emotionally Healthy Children and Adults Theraplay® focuses on improving children’s behavioral and emotional challenges through the parent-child relationship. Parents and children are guided through playful games, challenging activities, and nurturing interactions. Theraplay helps children experience previously difficult interactions in new ways, helps overcome fear and increase trust, and creates a positive change in sense of self. Theraplay helps parents be attuned to children, understand the motives of behavior and underlying needs, manage environmental stimuli, and carefully challenge…

Hosted by the SW chapter, this training will highlight the translation of research into practicality and field application as they're applied to relationships and practice. This training will break down the concept of inter-generational relationship trauma and representation using Alissa Huthbock's research findings. Attendees will gain a greater depth of understanding about the effects of relational trauma on mothers and their infants during the transition to parenthood. They will understand different components of the caregiving system (e.g., representations, behavior) and how historical attachment…