Events
AiMH UK offers CPD events throughout the year, featuring expert speakers in infancy and early childhood. These events provide the latest insights, research, and practical skills for working with parents, babies, and toddlers.
Our CPD events are open to students and professionals in the field of infancy & early years. AiMH UK members enjoy exclusive benefits, including free or discounted access to Skills Box Sessions and Networking Events, as well as special rates for the AiMH UK Conference, #IMHAW Conference, and Spring Workshop.
AiMH UK Conference For #IMHAW23 Bonding Before Birth – Approaches for Supporting Early Parent Baby Relationships
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Supporting Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 - #IMHAW23 - Bonding Before Birth.
This conference focused on approaches for supporting early parent baby relationships, and supports all practitioners supporting parents in the antenatal period.
The recording took place on Thursday 15th June 2023.
AiMH UK Skills Box Session – ‘Calming Parents, Calming Babies’
Thursday 18th May 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Supporting Mental Health Awareness Week on the topic of Anxiety. Sarah Hodgkins, an Occupational Therapist and a trained Mindfulness Teacher who has developed the 'Baby Mindful' programme for parents and babies will share her practical tips for helping parents connect with their babies from a place of calm, particularly when things are stressful. AiMH UK Members Free, Non-members £15
AiMH UK London Hub Event – ‘Facilitating a psychoanalytic parent, baby and toddler group for refugee and asylum-seeking families’
Friday 5th May 1.50pm - 3.30pm
(British Summer Time - an online event)
A presentation and discussion about this group work which aims to enhance the attunement and attachment between the parent and their infant and toddler, with a view to strengthening their relationship, and facilitating separation and individuation, so that the toddler can manage growing independence and prepare for nursery and school.
AiMH UK Spring Workshop – ‘Facilitating Attuned Interactions: Enhancing Parental Engagement & Reflective Practice with the FAN technique’
Thursday 30th March 1.00pm to 4.00pm
(British summer time - an online event)
The FAN was developed by Linda Gilkerson, who we are delighted will be joining us to share the essence of the FAN technique. The FAN approach can be used by all professionals in the system around a baby: early years workers, parent-infant practitioners, health visitors, occupational therapists, nursery nurses, psychologists, medical and nursing practitioners and social workers.
RE-SCHEDULED – AiMH UK AGM and Awards Presentation including an interview with Dilys Daws
Friday 24th February 2023 11.30AM - 1.00PM
We are delighted to annouce that our founder and honorary trustee, Dilys Daws will be joining us at our Annual AGM and Awards to discuss her new book: 'Quietly Subversive: The Selected works of Dilys Daws'. Dilys will be interviewed by Alexandra de Rementeria, editor of the Journal of Child Psychotherapy, and co-writer of 'Finding Your Way With Your Baby: the emotional life of parents and babies'.
AiMH UK Lunchtime Skills Box with Caroline Guard
Thursday 9th February 2023 - 1.00pm to 2.00pm
'Hearing the baby’s voice in early years practice – establishing unhurried moments of connection with babies'
AiMH UK South East Launch Event; ‘Screened: Infant Mental Health in a post-pandemic world’
Tuesday 6th December 2022 9.00am - 11.00am
Launch event for the South East Hub including presentations from Robin Balbernie, clinical psychologist and AiMH UK trustee and Kerry Taylor Founder and Clinical Director of BrightPIP
AiMH UK National Conference ‘Transforming Parent-Infant Relationships’
Thursday 24th November 9.15am - 3.30pm
This conference has been created to enhance your work with infants and their parents, with talks by professionals across the spectrum of Infant mental health specialties. They will bring not only their wealth of experience, but something for everyone to take away, whether that is a different way of thinking about babies, or skills, ideas and approaches to working with infants and their parents.
AiMH UK Scotland Event – It’s never too early: working antenatally with the parent-infant relationship
Thursday 27th October 9.00am - 12.30pm
The morning will explore a range of interventions and approaches for supporting the parent infant relationship before the baby is born.
IMH Networking Event – ‘What we do: sharing practice and learning from each other’ Thursday 3rd November 1.00 – 3.00pm
Thursday 3rd November 2022 1.00pm - 3.00pm
An opportunity to hear about local practice and connect with people working in early years and infant mental health with short presentations from the Specialist Perinatal Health Visitors.
AiMH UK Tea Time Skills Box with Dr Barbara Stroud
Thursday 6th October 4.00pm - 5.00pm
Last chance to book!
Working With Infants & Their Families Through a Culturally Respectful Lens
North West Hub Event – Hush-a-bye baby Workshop
Tuesday 18th October 2.30pm - 4.30pm (an in-person workshop)
Debi Maskell-Graham is a play therapist and expert in the field of Infant Mental Health. Debi has designed specialist Attachment Play courses which she will discuss at this workshop.
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Sharing expertise on how we work with infants and their families increases the effectiveness of our work.
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