Past Events

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…