Two-day Faculty Symposium                                            on Embedding Core Principles of                               Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health      into Curricula

              The Connecticut Association for Infant Mental Health (CT-AIMH)                       Is offering a FREE training opportunity for

             2-year and 4-year College Faculty from the following fields:                  Early care and education, special education, social work, child welfare, mental health, public health, nursing, early childhood and parent education, and early intervention (including Speech, PT, OT)

                                 Topics covered: Neurobiology, Relationships,                             Parent Growth and Development and  the Impact of Trauma 

August 12 and 13, 2019, 8:30am-4:45pm*
at Amarante’s Sea Cliff   62 Cove Street, New Haven, CT

                            Includes: Breakfast and lunch both days,                                    *and dinner on Monday, August 12^th, from 5-7pm*

At this interactive multidisciplinary workshop, attendees will: 

· Discover innovative strategies and resources for teaching IECMH principles and      practices;

· Learn how to integrate materials into their curricula across disciplines;  

· Receive information for teaching IECMH-related topics; and,               

• Learn how to introduce students to an infant mental health approach to two-generation work across disciplines.

                                        Attendees will also receive:                                                Printed materials, access to a website containing ten (10) modules with resources for embedding information on infant mental health topics that can be easily integrated into your existing curricula. 

There will be a keynote speaker each day and in-depth presentations by three of the creators of the curricula, from Minnesotta.

Sponsored by: Elm City Project LAUNCH and CT-AIMH