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  • 09 Nov 2023 by Jamie Dolan

    For more information and to register click here.

    This is an annual gathering of perinatal and maternal behavioral health stakeholders throughout the state and beyond.  Attendees include:  physicians, clinicians, advocates, researchers, policy-makers,

    students and trainees, and persons with lived experience.  

     

    Please visit the website for more on our outstanding Keynote Speakers and conference content.  CME’s and CEUs will be offered, we also have

    student and group rates available as well!

  • 27 Apr 2023 by Christine Hughes

    Each baby in Florida needs a community that makes them feel loved and valued.

    Relationships are the foundation of our brain development, and it is the responsibility of every Floridian to make sure babies are healthy, safe, and loved.

    Supporting the adults around a child and building healthy relationships from infancy is the first step for kindergarten readiness and lifelong success.

    This year, The Movement and FAIMH remind our elected leaders that supporting parents, educators, and medical professionals can make Florida better for babies—and better for us all.

  • 27 Apr 2023 by Christine Hughes

    Each baby in Florida needs a highly trained professional who helps the family heal after hard times.

    Relationships are the foundation of our brain development and all babies deserve to have the care they need to heal after trauma.

    Supporting the adults around a child and building healthy relationships from infancy is the first step for kindergarten readiness and lifelong success.

    This year, The Movement and FAIMH remind our elected leaders that supporting parents, educators, and medical professionals can make Florida better for babies—and better for us all.

  • 27 Apr 2023 by Christine Hughes

    Each baby in Florida needs a specialist who supports them and their families when they need extra help.

    Relationships are the foundation of our brain development, and babies' growth and development happens in relationship with others.

    Supporting the adults around a child and building healthy relationships from infancy is the first step for kindergarten readiness and lifelong success.

    This year, The Movement and FAIMH remind our elected leaders that supporting parents, educators, and medical professionals can make Florida better for babies—and better for us all.

  • 27 Apr 2023 by Christine Hughes

    Each baby in Florida needs a child care teacher who helps them feel safe and cared for while their family is at work.

    Relationships are the foundation of our brain development and the relationship a baby has with their early learning teacher is an important one.

    Supporting the adults around a child and building healthy relationships from infancy is the first step for kindergarten readiness and lifelong success.

    This year, The Movement and FAIMH remind our elected leaders that supporting parents, educators, and medical professionals can make Florida better for babies—and better for us all.

  • 27 Apr 2023 by Christine Hughes

    Each baby in Florida needs a caregiver who knows their relationship is more important than any toy.

    Relationships are the foundation of our brain development and it's people babies need—not things.

    Supporting the adults around a child and building healthy relationships from infancy is the first step for kindergarten readiness and lifelong success.

    This year, The Movement and FAIMH remind our elected leaders that supporting parents, educators, and medical professionals can make Florida better for babies—and better for us all.

  • 27 Apr 2023 by Christine Hughes

    Each baby in Florida needs a doctor who checks up on their development and relationships.

    Relationships are the foundation of our brain development, and our relational health is essential to our physical health.

    Supporting the adults around a child and building healthy relationships from infancy is the first step for kindergarten readiness and lifelong success.

    This year, The Movement and FAIMH remind our elected leaders that supporting parents, educators, and medical professionals can make Florida better for babies—and better for us all.

  • 27 Apr 2023 by Christine Hughes

    Each baby in Florida needs a nurse who knows a parent's touch is critical for all newborns.

    Relationships are the foundation of our brain development and early skin-to-skin contact helps to build a strong bond from the start.

    Supporting the adults around a child and building healthy relationships from infancy is the first step for kindergarten readiness and lifelong success.

    This year, The Movement and FAIMH remind our elected leaders that supporting parents, educators, and medical professionals can make Florida better for babies—and better for us all.

  • 27 Apr 2023 by Christine Hughes

    Each baby in Florida needs a parent who is supported to be healthy—physically and emotionally.

    Relationships are the foundation of our brain development and parents are the first ones to make a baby feel safe, loved, and ready to learn.

    Supporting the adults around a child and building healthy relationships from infancy is the first step for kindergarten readiness and lifelong success.

    This year, The Movement and FAIMH remind our elected leaders that supporting parents, educators, and medical professionals can make Florida better for babies—and better for us all.

  • 27 Apr 2023 by Christine Hughes

    Each baby in Florida needs policymakers who hold them in mind when making decisions, and who invest in their wellbeing.

    Relationships are the foundation of our brain development, and the needs of Florida babies should be a top legislative and investment priority.

    Supporting the adults around a child and building healthy relationships from infancy is the first step for kindergarten readiness and lifelong success.

    This year, The Children's Movement and FAIMH remind our elected leaders that supporting parents, educators, and medical professionals can make Florida better for babies—and better for us all.

  • 27 Apr 2023 by Christine Hughes

    Each Baby in Florida Needs…

    During the 2023 Legislative Session, we want to remind policymakers that we need to support the adult to support the child. That's why we collaborated with The Children's Movement of Florida on a social media campaign focused on the parents, caregivers, and other supportive adults who help babies thrive.

    When children are in nurturing, supportive relationships, they are ready to learn and grow. Healthy relationships are the foundation for kindergarten readiness and lifelong success.

    Parents, educators, and medical professionals all play an important role to create safe, stable, and protective environments where babies can thrive.

    2 Things You Can Do:

    1. Contact your legislator

    Let your legislators know you care about this issue and want them to tackle family support, and health care access for children this session. Find yours here.

    2. Share this campaign on social media.

    Please share our messages with your followers to spread the word about the importance of health care access for all Florida children. Share, like, or retweet our posts to help these important messages reach more Floridians!

    How can we meet each baby's needs?

    Tag us @FloridaAIMH and @ChildMovementFL on Twitter and Instagram/ @ChildrensMovementFL on Facebook, and use the hashtag #ForFloridaBabies in your caption so we can amplify your post!

    Below is a sample caption for your use:

    Building healthy relationships from infancy is the first step for kindergarten readiness and lifelong success. We need policymakers to support the adults to support the child. Learn more via @FloridaAIMH & @ChildMovementFL #ForFloridaBabies https://bit.ly/ForFloridaBabies 

  • 17 Mar 2023 by Jamie Dolan

    Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator Training

    Hosted by Member Agency Center for Child Counseling

     

    Trainer: Neil Boris

    Training Date

    Start: 10 October, 2023
    End: 13 October, 2023

    Location: In-Person 

    Manatee Lagoon Eco Center

    6000 N. Flagler Drive West Palm Beach, FL

    Price (Standard Rate)

    $1000.00 USD

    Discounts

    • FAIMH Member— 10% off cost of training
    • Large group of 10 or more people — 15% off cost of training

     

    How to Receive the FAIMH Member Discount

    1. Email training@faimh.org to request the promo code. Once your membership has been verified, we will email you the promo code. 
    2. Register for Circle of Security's in-person event in October using the promo code at check out. 

     

    General Schedule

    9:00-4:30 each day.

    Please plan to arrive early on the first day for check-in. A full detailed schedule will be sent with the training confirmation details.

    Full attendance is required to receive a Certificate of Attendance, USB/DVD & access to online materials.

    It is not recommended for attendees to make any travel reservations that are not 100% refundable.

    If the training is not able to go forward on the currently scheduled dates, COSI is not responsible for any lost monies, cancellation fees, deposits, etc. for travel expenses.

    Masking during the training sessions is encouraged, but not required.

    If you have questions, email registration@circleofsecurityinternational.com.

    It is recommended that you add circleofsecurityinternational.com to your safe email list for future correspondence. Further communication will come via email and you will want to make sure you are receiving all messages.

     

    For more information about this event, visit Circle of Security's event page here

     

     

     

  • 08 Mar 2023 by Jamie Dolan

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    We encourage you to sit back, relax and listen! In this episode of the Heart of Supervision podcast, Mimi Choy-Brown (host) talks with Dr. Alyssa Meuwissen from the Reflective Practice Center at the Center for Early Education and Development at the UMN about the basics of what reflective supervision is and how it could be an important tool for the child welfare workforce. 

    Listen Now by Clicking Here!

  • 07 Mar 2023 by Dr. Harleen Hutchinson

    The Florida Association for Infant Mental Health (FAIMH) joins the disability community in mourning the loss of Judith “Judy” Heumann, who passed away on March 4, 2023. Known as the “Mother of the Disability Rights Movement,” Judy changed the course of history for young children with disabilities and their caregivers.

     

    In 1977 Judy led the “sit-in” protest about the long-delayed regulations to implement Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the first federal civil rights protection for people with disabilities. For almost a month, nearly 200 people with disabilities occupied the regional headquarters in San Francisco of the federal agency responsible for issuing regulations that would guide the implementation of Section 504. The sit-in was one of the longest occupations of a federal building in United States history. It inspired grassroots protests by people with disabilities and their allies from a broad spectrum of backgrounds across the country. This sit in directly led to the issuance of regulations embodying the concepts of inclusion of people with disabilities and protection from discrimination. Judy’s central role in the disability rights movement and in establishing 504 principles laid the groundwork for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Judy also assumed a major role in developing legislation that led to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

     

    Judy was the first director of the DC Department on Disability Services in the District of Columbia. Judy not only fought for inclusion and against discrimination in this country. She also brought together the disability community nationally and internationally by giving  hope to all who fight for equity and inclusion.

     

    Judy fought tirelessly for the self-determination of all people, and the right to direct one’s own life. She advocated for people with disabilities to be fully included and welcomed in all aspects of community life. Judy challenged people without disabilities to recognize and value the gifts that people who experience disabilities bring to their communities. 

     

    Today at FAIMH, we honor Judy and all that she brought to center the voices and needs of our disabled young children and their caregivers.

     

    Learn more about Judy by watching the documentary, Crip Camp, reading her memoir, Being Heumann, listening to her podcast, The Heumann Perspective, or visiting her website.

     

  • 31 Jan 2023 by Christine Hughes

    Today is the Last Chance to Save $$ on Training Registration for FAIMH's training with Dr. Neil Boris in February!

    Late Registration Opens tomorrow, Feb. 1st, when all tickets become $100.  Register now to save.


    Endorsed Professionals:  The Alliance extended the deadline for renewal to TODAY January 31, 2023. The option to renew will disappear tonight, and your Endorsement will become inactive if you do not renew today. The detail is in your email--we have sent several notices over the past 3 months, or contact Cindy at endorsement@faimh.org.

  • 20 Dec 2022 by Christine Hughes

    This year, the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health changed the Endorsement® renewal due date to December 31st!

     

    Cindy has reached out to every Endorsed Professional with a reminder of the new due date, a list of the requirements, and the link to EASy to complete your renewal.

     

    You must submit before Dec. 31st in order to avoid late fees--or worse, missing out on your renewal entirely! Don't wait - renew now.

     

    Questions? Contact Cindy at endorsement@faimh.org

  • 19 Dec 2022 by Jamie Dolan

    Customize Your Communications

    We hear you! Your time is valuable, and your inbox space is at a premium

    FAIMH wants to start the New Year off right by making sure we share opportunities and messages that are relevant and important to you--and sending less of what you don't want.

    To create this personalized messaging in 2023 and beyond, we need your help now. Please take 1-2 minutes to let us know more about yourself & what is valuable to you.

    Survey Link Here

  • 13 Dec 2022 by Jamie Dolan

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    This giving season, consider the gift of Hope and raise “spirits” while supporting FAIMH with a bulk wine gift order from OneHope Wine. Our fundraiser helps you both show appreciation to important people during this special time of year and give Florida's babies a future full of hope, with 10% of all sales being donated directly to FAIMH.

    Shop now!

  • 07 Dec 2022 by Christine Hughes

    Submit Your Nomination Now

    Take 5 minutes to nominate your Trusted Mentor

    FAIMH has created a new award specifically for professionals who have been a mentor, holding space and supporting your reflective capacity as an IMH professional.

    The Trusted Mentor Award will go to a trusted advisor & guide who has held protected space and supported the reflective growth of IMH professionals and made an impact on our community. Please submit a nomination today. Self-nominations will be accepted.

    The nomination form will close COB on Weds. 12/7/22. The recipient will be announced live at our 2022 Awards & Year-End Celebration on Dec. 15th. If you haven't yet, please RSVP now! We look forward to honoring the IMH mentors who have made a difference in your lives.

  • 17 Oct 2022 by Jamie Dolan

    **Seeking study participants who are professionals currently with infants, young children and their families in the fields of home visiting, psychotherapy, and early intervention and prevention fields who receive a minimum of twice monthly, individual reflective supervision or reflective consultation.**

    Dear Colleague,
     
    My name is Sarah Fitzgibbons. I am a Doctoral Student in Counselor Education and Supervision at the University of Rochester, Margaret Warner School of Education. My dissertation is focused on exploring possible relationships between reflective supervision (RS) and other factors including reflective capacity, and length of time receiving reflective supervision in the infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) field. 
     
    I am contacting you because of your affiliation with the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health.  I am seeking study participants who are professionals currently with infants, young children and their families in the fields of home visiting, psychotherapy, and early intervention and prevention fields who receive a minimum of twice monthly, individual reflective supervision or reflective consultation. 
     
    The study is all online, and focus on your experiences with reflective supervision, and your thoughts, feelings and perspectives about your professional service to others, as well as on the impact of reflective supervision on your work, experiences of power, and identity factor similarities and differences in your reflective supervision relationship. In total, it will take about 20-30 minutes to complete, and your responses will be anonymous. 
     
    Upon completion of the study, you will be eligible to be entered in to a raffle to win one of four, $30 gift cards. 
     
    To learn more about the study, and to participate, please click the link below. 

    Survey Link

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