Event Details
The Relationship is Everything: A Dyadic Approach to Mental Healthcare
This training explores the connection between perinatal mental health, infant mental health, and the caregiver-infant relationship. Participants will examine how caregiver well-being, infant development, and relationship health influence one another and why a relationship-based lens is essential when supporting caregivers and infants.
The training introduces a dyadic lens that expands attention beyond the individual caregiver or infant to include the relationship between them. Participants will explore how perinatal mental health challenges can affect interactions with an infant while also considering the strengths, connection, and protective factors within the caregiver-infant relationship.Through discussion and examples, participants will consider how they can bring the baby into their curiosity, notice the relationship, and recognize opportunities to support both the caregiver and the developing relationship.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
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Define infant mental health and perinatal mental health and describe key concepts within each.
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Explain how caregiver well-being, infant development, and the caregiver-infant relationship influence one another.
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Describe how a dyadic lens can expand practice by considering the caregiver, infant, and relationship together.
Christine R. Hughes, Ph.D., IMH-E® is a developmental psychologist in Miami, FL whose passion for supporting young children and their families has guided her career since her first job in a preschool classroom. She specializes in infant and early childhood mental health, with a focus on the critical years from pregnancy through age five. Working in early childhood systems at the local, state and national level, Dr. Hughes provides training and consultation on early development, stress, resilience, contemplative and reflective practices. Dr. Hughes proudly serves as the Executive Director of the Florida Association for Infant Mental Health, strengthening our infant & early childhood mental health workforce across the state.
Location: This training will be held online via Zoom.
Zoom link info will be sent to paid registrants several times beginning one week before the training begins.
Open to all FAIMH members and non-members especially Mental Health and Behavioral health clinicians and other therapeutic providers working with children birth–5.
Event Time:
January 19, 2027
1:00–2:00 PM Eastern | 12:00–1:00 PM Central | 11:00–12:00 PM Mountain| 10:00–11:00 AM Pacific
Endorsement:
This training may meet IMH Competencies that support your preparation to earn the Florida Infant Mental Health Endorsement.
Registration:
FAIMH Agency + Training members : Free Slots Available for more information to register email Training Coordinator Jamie Dolan at training@faimh.org
FAIMH Members: Free
Non-Members: $35
Need CEUs?
For $10 you can purchase an add on ticket for 1.5 CEU hours for Social Work, Marriage & Family, Mental Health or Psychology (see below for more CEU information)
Certificates
Certificate: Upon successful completion of full training a certificate of completion will be earned.
CEUs:
Continuing education (1 hour) will be awarded for each session attended in the What Every Child Needs series for licensed clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors who register with a CE ticket. Continuing education credits are provided by the Florida Association for Infant Mental Health, an approved continuing education provider for the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling (CE Provider #50-30846).
Continuing education (1 hour) will be awarded for each session attended in the What Every Child Needs series for psychologists who register with a CE ticket. Continuing education credits are provided by the Florida Association for Infant Mental Health, an approved continuing education provider for the Florida Board of Psychology (CE Provider #50-30846).
Technology Requirements:
To ensure the best possible experience for all participants, the program relies on online video conferencing, which has minimum requirements to work properly. You will need a desktop or laptop computer with speakers, microphone, and webcam, and a high-speed internet connection. Laptops work best because they come with all the necessary equipment and can easily be moved from room to room in your home or office to find a quiet place.
- Review the system requirements for the Zoom online meeting platform
- Try out a test meeting
- Test your audio and video in the meeting
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