I miss the days when there was understanding of the incredible benefits of properly supporting children and families. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

We're delighted to announce we've been awarded more than £1 million from The National Lottery Community Fund to create a new National Parent-Infant Relationship (PAIR) Framework! Working with delivery partners Ideas Alliance & Anna Freud, we can't wait to get started! Details👉 bit.ly/4jF3G75

Investment in early intervention and prevention services, including parent-infant relationship services, is vital. Statement from the BPS. www.bps.org.uk/news/investm...

We desperately need to develop infant & early childhood mental health curricula in all health and social care professional trainings. This new article from the University of Washington provides an example. But with NHSE going, who is going to do it now? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40044273/

Happy world book day. To celebrate, here is a free book all about our emotions for parents to enjoy with their little one www.gov.wales/sites/defaul...

A free resource by Welsh Government to support parents in understanding and responding to their child’s behaviour in the early years www.gov.wales/sites/defaul...

What works best during early years to improve children’s outcomes? 1. Reducing poverty 2. Protection from harm 3. Parent-child relationships This new report adds to the evidence www.betterpurpose.co/early-childh...

Been chatting with some valued colleagues. Our shared perspective is that even the very best parenting interventions have only limited impact (at best) unless we pay attention to the family's social and economic context, adopt a trauma-focus, work relationally and flexibly, and implement well.

Rhieni/gofalwyr yng Nghymru. Allwch chi sbario 5 munud i gwblhau plis?

Parents/caregivers in Wales. Can you please help us by completing this short survey.

This short film by the Blackpool Parent and Infant Relationship Service (PAIRs) is nominated for a Smiley Charity Film Award. Real people telling their story of parent-infant relationship difficulties and how a PAIRs team helped. smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/the-ca...

Fantastic to read that Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board are part of Phase Two of this study.

'We need to talk more openly about the impact our upbringing has on us in later life' Laura Mucha introduces her new book, 'Please Find Attached: How Attachment Theory Explains Our Relationships' (@BloomsburyBooksUK); plus a section on romantic relationships www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... #PsySciSky

What's the impact of parental #depression on a child's #mentalhealth? bit.ly/parental-dep... Dr.Vicky Powell, Cardiff University, highlights her work on understanding risk and protective factors for depression across different life stages and the epidemiology of depression.

I’m curious as to how Educational Psychologists would answer this question? @edpsy.bsky.social

‘Early relationships shape babies' social and emotional development and influence many key outcomes’

New study from Iceland finds that embedding the Neonatal Behaviour Observation (NBO) system in routine postnatal care improves maternal confidence and knowledge about infant. Outcomes assessed included videoed interaction coded using the EAS bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

A great conference and a pleasure to host a workshop to share the relationally informed books that psychologists from Cardiff Parenting wrote for Welsh Gov as part of their Parenting Give it Time campaign www.gov.wales/parenting-gi...