⛄️ Day 5 ⛄️ Parent-infant relationships advent calendar 2024 The Rare Jewels report (2019) by was ground-breaking. It laid out the compelling case for parent-infant relationship services & is stuffed like a Xmas stocking with gems of useful info parentinfantfoundation.org.uk/our-work/cam...

🎄Day 4🎄of the parent-infant relationships advent calendar 2025 @EmergingMindsAU (Australia) are a fabulous bunch, and they do lots of free online courses incl infant MH, child MH & much more. They have 5 online courses relevant to PAIRs learning.emergingminds.com.au/pathway/infa....

🎄Day 3 🎄 of the PARENT-INFANT RELATIONSHIPS Advent Calendar 2024 I’ve done @BrazeltonUK NBO training so know how useful it is for anyone working with parents & new babies (up to 3 months). (Some pre-requisites required: see website) brazelton.co.uk

⛄️Day 2⛄️ PARENT-INFANT RELATIONSHIPs Advent Calendar Watch Me Play! Is a brilliant intervention to support parent-baby relationships. The manual is free to download & you can book a 2-day training. Pre-requisites apply. tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/our-models-o...

🎄Day 1🎄 Parent-Infant Relationships Advent Calendar (training, resources & reports) Solihull Approach 2-day foundation is a great gateway training for anyone interested in supporting PARENT-INFANT RELATIONSHIPS (PAIRs). solihullapproachparenting.com/solihull-app...

Info on Government’s school readiness commitments is here: www.gov.uk/missions/opp... It does mention parents, health visiting, start for life etc. so is broader than education. (Babies are there!) But it also, at this point, mainly about the goal. The strategy/policy/spending will follow.

Work to do…

Busy day today, lots of highlights! Great to see the fab BabyZone charity in West London. Lovely to have Christmas celebrations with patrons & advisors at the Centre for Emotional Health. & ended on Christmas drinks at Dept for Education where SoS said early years are her “no 1 priority”!

Comfort, counsel, connection and love. The Princess’ letter for this week’s carol concert is not specifically about early years, but this describes so much about what babies & young children need from caring adults, & what those adults need from those around them. news.sky.com/story/kates-...

This made me remember the times in Lockdowns when our neighbours alerted the street WhatsApp groups to any big boxes they had received which could be donated to local toddlers. Never under estimate the joy of a box!

Evidence based programmes are great, but they don’t always replicate or scale effectively. Alongside programmes, we need find other flexible and creative ways to scale evidence-based practice. Common elements approaches can help with this. This is a great short explainer. youtu.be/oMOvKuSNPk0

@karenjbateson.bsky.social @salhogg.bsky.social @jamesedpsych.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/e-learning...

Interesting to read this report from @timewise.bsky.social about flexibility in the early education and childcare workforce & its role in helping recruitment & retention. Good to see that children and parents’ needs for continuity & relationships are woven through it. timewise.co.uk/wp-content/u...

“Following the first 1000 days… the next 1000 days of a child's life from 2–5… offer a window of opportunity to promote nurturing & caring environments, establish healthy behaviours, & build on early gains to sustain or improve trajectories of healthy development” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Hello. Someone told me this was the place to be, so I’m giving it a try! Keen to connect & reconnnect with friends from the worlds of early childhood, infant mental health, dev psych, perinatal, family support, child poverty etc. Please do connect & let me know who I should be looking out for.