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The Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health has published its 2017 Annual Report. Check it out on the Alliance website. 

RIAIMH is seeking applications for a part-time Endorsement® Coordinator! The Endorsement® Coordinator will be responsible for promoting the Competencies and coordinating the process for Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant Mental Health in RI.

Please see the Job Posting for more details and information on how to apply. Applications will be accepted until 5pm on February 22, 2018. 

The next Infant-Parent Training Institute Remembering the “Forgotten Parent:” Lessons from Practice and Research About the Changing Roles and Needs of Fathers of Infants and Young Children. The class will be held on March 16, 2018 at the Jewish Family & Children’s Service Headquarters in Waltham, MA. Can’t attend in person? Participate virtually through a live webinar! Get more information and register. 

The University of Massachusetts in Boston offers a unique Infant-Parent Mental Health Postgraduate Certificate Program through its psychology department. Fellows spent 12 interactive intensive 3-day weekends meeting every other month to learn first hand from world luminaries and program faculty as well as each other.

The program prepares professionals from multi-disciplinary backgrounds for certification in infant–family and early childhood mental health specialists. Thenext cohort will begin in March 2018, and the program is still accepting applications on a rolling basis. For more information, and to print an application, please visit www.umb.edu/ipmh

Public policies create crucial context for children’s development! But what do voters know about the rapid brain development during the first three years that sets the foundation for future health, learning and behavior? To better understand awareness of and attitudes toward emotional development in infants and toddlers, ZERO TO THREE and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation commissioned a national survey of voters, including parents of young children. The resulting report, Public Perceptions of Baby Brain Development: A National Survey of Voters, explores awareness of the topic, voter attitudes and behaviors, and perspectives on policy ideas to support the healthy development of infants and toddlers.

As child care continues to get attention at the state and federal levels, Zero to Three has introduced this new toolkit that offers infant-toddler advocates the tools and materials to effectively share what you know with their policymakers and networks.