Professional Development & learning collaboratives

RIAIMH sponsors many professional development opportunities every year to educate professionals about the latest infant mental health research and policy developments, and help professionals apply evidence-based principles in their practice. 

If you work with pregnant women, infants, young children, or their families—whether they join you in a pediatric or primary care office, classroom, courtroom, or child care center—we encourage you to take advantage of these programs.

Continuing education units are available for many of our workshops and trainings. RIAIMH members qualify for discounted rates at all RIAIMH-sponsored events.

To find upcoming professional development opportunities, see our Calendar

Foundations of Infant and Toddlers Social Emotional Health and Development

During this time of virtual work, we have made our virtual trainings even more available. 

RIAIMH partnered with Bradley Hospital to give our members and other professionals access to online training in infant mental health principles and best practices.

Online courses from CEED (Center for Early Education and Development)

University of Minnesota

Classes aligned with Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant Mental Health® include: 

Introduction to Infant Mental Health, RIOS 1 and RIOS 2

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Online courses from the Alliance (the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health) - Training Hub

This site is intended to serve as a curation of trainings that were developed and owned by members of the Alliance. If you are interested in participating in a training, please feel free to contact the trainer or register with the links provided in the chart. Please note: The Alliance does not claim responsibility for content provided in trainings. All trainers have verified that the training is compliant with Alliance standards. If you find the training to be inappropriate or inaccurate, please email the Alliance at info@allianceaimh.org.

All courses aligned with Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant Mental Health®

We invite all RIAIMH members to attend our RIAIMH Annual Members Meeting to celebrate all those who care for babies, young children and their families and hear about the work RIAIMH has been doing to help support our amazing Infant & Early Childhood professionals! 

This year our Members meeting will be held in February 2023. 

We invite all RIAIMH members and professionals in our community to attend our RIAIMH Annual Celebrating Babies Event in the fall. At this event we come together to Celebrate Babies, celebrate those who care for them and provide a report of our work over the past year.

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We hold a series of six  "Community Conversations" each year. The Community Conversation series is open to college students and the professional community.  RIAIMH members can attend at no cost.

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2022 RIAIMH Annual Making Connections Conference

Racial Equity and Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health in RI: The Power of Cultural Routines 

Friday, September 23, 2022 Virtual

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Members can visit our Members page to access presentations and other resources from past trainings.

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Infant-Parent Mental Health Postgraduate Certificate  Program

A two-year, hybrid in-person and remote-learning program, including quarterly intensive three-day weekends in Boston, with remote learning content in between in-person sessions. A part-time learning experience, including approximately 300 learning hours over the course of two years, supports professionals to integrate their learning into their current work settings. This program fulfills the Alliance for Infant Mental Health Training and Reflective Supervision/Consultation requirements for the credential: Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health® as an I/ECMH Specialist (Category III) and the I/ECMH Mentor  (Category IV).  In addition, fellows earn a Postgraduate Certificate in Infant-Parent Mental Health from the University of Massachusetts.

For more info and to download an application visit www.umb.edu/ipmh or contact iphm@umb.edu

Brazelton Touchpoints Center

Professional Development System

The Brazelton Touchpoints Center has collaborated with partners nationwide to establish scalable and sustainable, low-cost, low-tech interventions that propel children’s healthy development and build the internal capacity of – and strengthen the collaborative relationships among – families, parents, caregivers, providers, and communities.

the Alliance Training Hub

This site is intended to serve as a curation of trainings that were developed and owned by members of the Alliance. If you are interested in participating in a training, please feel free to contact the trainer or register with the links provided in the chart. Please note: The Alliance does not claim responsibility for content provided in trainings. All trainers have verified that the training is compliant with Alliance standards. If you find the training to be inappropriate or inaccurate, please email the Alliance at info@allianceaimh.org.

Request for your organization's I/ECMH learning opportunities to be posted here by sending email to program@riaimh.org