Thank you to our 2025 Conference Sponsors and Individual donations!!
Annual Making Connections Conference
RIAIMH partners with various community and state agencies to offer an annual conference that builds on a specific topic of interest, presented by a nationally-known speaker. We use this opportunity to offer research-based information that serves to broaden our thinking and transform our practices. RIAIMH incorporates its work within the IECMH community to plan the specifics of this event, including intended audience, IMH-related topic, and links to ongoing initiatives in the State.
Babies in Crisis: Healing Practices for Families, Providers, and Communities
Thursday, May 15, 2025
8:30am-3:00pm
Virtual
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Slides and resources are posted on our Members page.
Description: Early relationships are foundational to infant and early childhood mental health, and recent reports have highlighted an epidemic of parenting stress and loneliness. This corresponds to reports from the field, as providers describe challenges they are facing as they strive to meet the needs of infants, families, and communities. In this presentation, drawing on research and practice-based examples, Dr. Rosenblum will explore both the challenges faced and factors that can contribute to healing and resilience, not only for infants and families, but also for the providers who serve and support them. The conference day will include a panel of local professionals who will share their perspectives about working with families under stress, followed by a collaborative strategy building conversation. The presenter will share tools and resources that providers can use to nurture infant and family healing, health, and wellbeing in their communities.
2025 Keynote Speaker:
Kate Rosenblum, PhD, ABPP, IMH-E® Professor, University of Michigan, Departments of Psychiatry, OB/Gyn, and Pediatrics Co-Director, Zero to Thrive
| Dr. Rosenblum is a clinical and developmental psychologist and is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Pediatrics at the University of Michigan. In the Department of Psychiatry she directs the Infant and Early Childhood Clinic, and co-directs Zero to Thrive (www.zerotothrive.org), a program focused on promoting the health and resilience of families with young children through research, training, and service. She has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and chapters and her research emphasizes early relational health and prevention and intervention for families facing adversity. She is a co-developer of the Strong Roots Programs, a suite of multifamily group interventions that include Mom Power, Fraternity of Fathers, Strong Military Families, and Strong Beginnings, as well as parent-led Strong Roots Parent Cafés. Many of the families she works with have experienced significant disruptions, including separations, trauma, and/or loss. In these contexts her work focuses on strengthening protective factors to enhance family resilience. In her free time she loves walks in nature, baking bread, and creative writing. |
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2025 Registration fee: $100 (member), $165 (non-member), $50 (student member), $75 (non-member student) - college email required when registering as a student. CEU fee - select/purchase during registration: NASW Continuing Education Units offered for fee: $90 ($15/hr.); CELP PD contact hours offered (no cost). IMH-Competency® hours offered - noted on Attendance Certificate. Suggested IECMH Competencies: Type: General. Theoretical Foundations: Attachment, Separation, Trauma, Grief, and Loss, Family Relationships/Dynamics; Direct Service Skills: Life Skills, Observation & Listening, Systems Expertise: Service Delivery Systems; Working with Others: Collaboration |
RIAIMH thanks the following organizations for their generous support of our Annual Making Connections Conference:
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Bari and Alan Harlam
RI Association for the Education of Young Children CMBGʒ LAW
Individual Donations
Registration and Cancellation:
Pre-registration is required. Cancellation requests emailed to the event manager prior to 11:59 pm 24 hours before, will receive a full refund. No refunds for cancellation requests received on or after the day of, regardless of the cause for cancellation including failure to join meeting on the day of the training. If the training cannot be held due to circumstances beyond the hosts’ control (natural disaster, strike, fire, severe weather, illness of speaker, speaker cancellation, etc.) the seminar will be rescheduled, if possible, and the registration fee applied to that date. If rescheduling is not possible or registrant cannot attend the rescheduled date, reimbursement will be provided less any actual costs accrued.
Instructions for Zoom will be included in the confirmation email sent to all participants upon completion of registration.
For questions, please contact Sheila Grant Orphanides, RIAIMH Professional Development Coordinator, info@riaimh.org
Continuing Education Credits:
Full attendance meets the qualifications for 6 hours of continuing education credit as required by the National Association of Social Workers, Rhode Island Chapter-NASW units and the Center for Early Learning Professionals (CELP)-credit for Rhode Island's Early Childhood Workforce.
Attendance also meets the requirements for 6 IMH-Competency® aligned training hours. See suggested competencies above.
In order to receive CE Credits, participants must purchase CE units ($90- $15/hr.) in addition to registration (CE unit price is NOT included in registration). Full attendance is required in order to receive CE units, and no partial credit will be offered. Failure to meet these requirements will prohibit RIAIMH from issuing CE certificates and no refund will be provided.
RIAIMH is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. RIAIMH is a founding member of the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health.
RIAIMH is an affiliate of the World Association for Infant Mental Health. |
