Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health

We have some enriching events and opportunities for you coming up in August, September and October!

Share this post with your friends & colleagues, and see the links below to learn more about each opportunity:

1) August 14th Professional Development Event - Register here for An Overview of Reflective Supervision: https://form.jotform.com/241555823204149

2) In September there'll be a brand new Virtual Reflective Supervision Group (VRSG) provided by Kris Barnekow. Sign up today or learn more here: https://wiaimh.org/vrscgroup

3) October 28th & 29th is our annual fall conference! We're excited to bring best-selling author Tina Payne Bryson as the keynote along with esteemed professionals within the IMH field as presenters (stay tuned for our presenter announcement next week)! Join the 230 IMH professionals who have already registered for the conference! Click here: https://wiaimh.org/conference.

Check out these wonderful resources from a fellow AIMH organization! Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health is offering the chance to win one of its Social Emotional Development Stages Wheels for free. See their post to learn more!

Baby Stages

National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations has released a new resource to their Pyramid Model Resource Collection.

Their latest resource, "Program Implementation Coaching," provides program implementation coaches with selected tools to support their work with state, community, and program-wide leadership teams.

Visit their library at challengingbehavior.org/document/pyramid-model-resource-collection-program-implementation-coaching/.

WI Pyramid Model for Social Emotional Competence

We're still accepting members for our new VRSC Group with Kris Barnekow!

Sign up today, so you're ready to get started in September.

Benefits of Reflective Supervision/Consultation includes:
- building new connections among peers
- practicing self-care
- journeying into personal growth &
- deepening your practice as a professional within IECMH

Click here to learn more and register: https://wiaimh.org/vrscgroup

We're looking for more nominations! WI-AIMH wants to honor hardworking, passionate professionals in Wisconsin at our Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Conference this fall!

Check out each flyer for the Spirit and Lifetime Achievement awards, qualifications are listed on each flyer, and nominate a professional you admire and respect for their work.

You can visit us at https://wiaimh.org/conference to learn more!

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“When it’s going well, supervision is a holding environment, a place to feel secure enough to expose insecurities, mistakes, questions and differences.” ~ Rebecca Shahmoon-Shanok (1992)

Learn more about what makes Reflective Supervision unique and a value-add to your work. It's also a great way to feel supported through the work with babies, young children and their families that can be as challenging despite being meaningful and fulfilling.

Visit us at wiaimh.org/conference

HAPPY FRIDAY!
🚨 New groups and openings for Virtual Reflective Supervision/Consultation Group this September!

Share with friends and colleagues who could benefit.

Learn more about these opportunities online at wiaimh.org/vrscgroup.

Contact Sarah Bruhn at [email protected].

Congratulations Family Connections!

Thank you, Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation & WI Pyramid Model for Social Emotional Competence! 💞 We are stronger together!

Kudos to Watertown Family Connections for completing PIWI (Parents Interacting With Children) training with the Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health ... making them an even stronger community resource.

Mark your calendars for a new professional development virtual event on August 14th!

Click here (or copy & paste into your URL) to register: jotform.com/241555823204149

In this two-hour virtual session, participants will learn from two professionals: one representing the Early Intervention sector and the other Clinical Mental Health, about Reflective Supervision—what it is, what it isn’t, how it happens and most importantly, how it supports effective Infant Mental Health (IMH) practice and professional health and well-being. Nurture your brain, your heart, and your soul as you take in information while connecting and learning from others!

Wed., Aug. 14
9AM to 11AM CST
Virtual Event/Zoom

Cost:
FREE for WI-AIMH members
$15 for Non-members

Click here (or copy & paste into your URL) to register: jotform.com/241555823204149

Supporting babies mean supporting babies' families. Being mindful of the family culture of the littles you serve or support indirectly is essential to infant and early childhood mental health. Endorsement® teaches and strengthens the ability and capacity for the baby-family dynamic, care and awareness.

Infant and Early Childhood Endorsement for culturally sensitive, relationship-focused practice promoting infant mental health is a professional certification that empowers you as a professional to nurture and aid in the development of our most vulnerable population.

Learn more about Endorsement® at wiaimh.org/endorsement or contact us at [email protected] to discover if earning Endorsement® is a fit for you.

The momentum is building for our annual conference, and we're so delighted! Have you registered?

Here are just a few reasons why you should join us for the Wisconsin Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Conference in October:
👀 See Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D. in person!
📘 Receive a free copy of the “No Drama Discipline” book & workbook
👩🏼‍💼👨🏻‍💼 Connect with like-minded professionals
📝 Earn CEUs (from both UW-Madison and FTTI (Family Therapy Training Institute))

Price:
WI-AIMH Member - $300
Registration + Membership - $360
Non-Member - $385

Visit us at www.waimh.org/conference to register and learn more!

NCPMI (National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations) has shared some of its wonderful updated resources. If you find the following resources helpful in anyway, please visit the NCPMI links below to download them.

Get their new resource bundle for Guided Action Plans (that includes 15 customizable action plans templates and 5 sample action plans that focus on a variety of Pyramid Model practices) at: www.challengingbehavior.org/resources/.

New translated versions of the following documents are now avaialble on NCPMI's Community Contributions page:
Recommendations and Considerations for Positive Descriptive Feedback
Definition of Social-Emotional Development
The Developmental Continuum of Social & Emotional Indicators, and many more!

Discover more translated materials in Spanish and Hmong from their community at www.challengingbehavior.org/pyramid-nation/community/contributions/.

WI-AIMH would like to honor two outstanding professionals in the field of IECMH at our fall conference.

If you're planning to attend the Wisconsin Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Conference (and we hope you are!), please consider nominating a professional who works with or on behalf of babies, children and their families for an award! There are two awards available: the Donna Harris Spirit Award and the James R. Ryan Lifetime Achievement Award.

For more information on the awards and process, visit wiaimh.org/conference
To nominate a professional, click one of the links below:
Donna Harris Spirit Award: https://forms.gle/hB34T2ZHvFGX8XSFA
James R. Ryan Lifetime Achievement Award: https://forms.gle/QfFWNiZv6ePqoF9S6

"Nurturing relationships with caring adults that are built on safety and trust are core components of these developmental processes... Working together through these partnerships, with meaningful centering of families with lived expertise, we can change the trajectory of families with infants and toddlers who have experienced trauma."

Zero to Three has released a new report, "Foundations of Well-being: Policy Strategies for Integrating Infant and Early childhood Mental Health into Child Welfare."

Visit the link below to download your copy: https://www.zerotothree.org/resource/resource/iecmh-child-welfare-policy-brief/

Have you considered becoming an endorsed professional?

Endorsement® has many benefits that supports the whole cycle of infant and early childhood mental health: professionals-families-communities.

Visit us at wiaimh.org/endorsement or contact us at [email protected] to learn more about what Endorsement® means as a professional and why you should earn Endorsement®.

Join WI-AIMH this fall for our annual conference.

Visit us at www.wiaimh.org/conference to learn more and register!

For questions about the conference, contact Christina Davis at [email protected].

Thank you, Sonshine Learning Center and Academy- New Richmond! We love to see this! Yay, WI Pyramid Model for Social Emotional Competence! Keep up the great work!

… When you are so proud of your Sonshine Smile that you have to take it to nap with you 🙂

The time has finally arrived! Tomorrow, registration opens for the 2024 Wisconsin Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Conference at 8 A.M.

Visit us at the Conference Home page to learn more or register Saturday, June 1st: https://wiaimh.org/conference

All participants will receive free copies of the "No-Drama Discipline" book and workbook by our keynote speaker, Tina Payne-Bryson.

Scholarships are available through June 30th and are limited. Click here to see if you qualify: https://form.jotform.com/241136354306146

We hope to see you there!

In just TWO DAYS registration opens for WI-AIMH's Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Conference! 🤸🏽‍♀️🤸🏻‍♀️🤸🏼‍♀️🤸‍♂️

Best-selling author, Tina Payne Bryson, of the book "No-Drama Discipline" will be our keynote speaker!

Additionally, WI-AIMH is offering everyone who registers a free copy of the "No-Drama Discipline" book and workbook! 🙌🏼

Visit www.wiaimh.org for more information!

The Pyramid Model is a framework of evidence-based practices for promoting young children’s healthy social and emotional development. The program offers:

🔺 Intensive Intervention
🤝🏼 Targeted Social-Emotional Support
🔺 High Quality Supportive Environments
🤝🏼 Nurturing & Responsive Relationships
🔺 Effective Workforce

Learn more about the Wisconsin Pyramid Model: wiaimh.org/learn-about-the-pyramid-model

Dan Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson have two things in common: they are best-selling co-authors and both have been keynote speakers at WI-AIMH events! 😃 🙌🏼

As we continue to reflect on the beautiful moments from Dan's impressionable words at our virtual Spring Summit, we are excited to welcome Tina back as our keynote in person this year at WI-AIMH's Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Conference !

Our fall conference will take place on Oct. 28th & 29th, and registration will open on Sat., June 1st!

Visit www.wiaimh.org for more information and to sign up to our mailing list for updates!

4 Reasons to Consider Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation:

1) Better understand challenging behavior and improve social-emotional wellbeing
2) Support children and caregivers through a strengths-based approach.
3) Consultants help to deepen existing connections of those in your care by sharing resources and coaching support, all while promoting confidence and social-emotional learning.
4) Help identify the unmet needs behind young children’s behavior, which can reduce burnout, and improve outcomes for children and their caregivers.

Learn more about Healthy Minds Healthy Children: wiaimh.org/iecmhc

Enjoy a few photos of WI Pyramid Model for Social Emotional Competence in action at Team Week Launch where programs completed their first Benchmarks of Quality!

What a wonderful update from WI Pyramid Model for Social Emotional Competence! Congratulations to Cohort 21 - TenderCare, Milestones, Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau, and Canaland programs!

Congratulations to Cohort 21 - TenderCare, Milestones, Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau, and Canaland programs!! We welcome you as a Wisconsin’s program wide implementation site. Thank you for your inspirational reflection, collaboration and planning during Team Launch this week. Thank you for your commitment to do the big work necessary for young children, families and teachers to grow and thrive!!

A gentle reminder to be kind to your mind. 😇😌 And to...

Join us this fall at our annual conference to reset, relate and discuss ways to improve the social-emotional well-being for yourselves and the littles you care for.

Registration opens June 1st!

For updates and announcements, join our mailing list here: http://tiny.cc/wiaimhmailinglist, or bookmark our Conference page here: https://wiaimh.org/conference.

REPOST:
Join the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University on Monday, December 11 at 12:00 PM EST for a webinar: Understanding Racism's Impact on Child Development: Working Toward Fairness of Place in the United States.

Together with a panel of experts, they'll discuss the impact of racism on child development and lifelong health, strategize on solutions that promote healthy development, and think about ways to dismantle systemic barriers.

Register here: https://bit.ly/3sNMUxh