Please join us to explore this crucial subject with Joy Osofsky, Ph.D., and Miri Keren, M.D., of the World Association of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health. 

The World Association of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (WAIMH) Handbook takes us through an amazing journey including biopsychosocial factors affecting infancy and early childhood, the relationship world, and the broader social world of babies and very young children. A key theme throughout the volume is the importance of seeing infancy and early childhood within the context of community where the family and child live. It is important to recognize that much of the published research about infant and early childhood development comes from Western Developed Countries. However, the global majority of children in the world live in countries where family and social structure can be very different, resources for daily living are often sparse, and communities can be surrounded by civil conflict, poverty, or intermittent natural disasters. This volume draws on the diversity of development experiences for infants, young children, and families. In the two volume Handbook, the editors have intentionally joined scientific and clinical perspectives as well as policy issues. We are hopeful with the publication of these two volumes that we will provide further education from around the world to reflect the 48 countries and regions that are represented within WAIMH. WAIMH volume 2 provides an overview of the varying cultural contexts of parenting infants and young children. Further, and importantly, this volume includes the important Infants’ Rights Declaration: Its Relevance to Infant Mental Health.

Participants of this webinar were able to: 

• Develop foundational knowledge and new perspectives related to infant and early childhood mental health around the world as reflected through the World Association for Infant Mental Health
• Develop international awareness about the field of infant mental health and recognize the significant progress that has been made in understanding the field in the past 20 years
• Learn about the infant and early childhood mental health field in the United States and around the world
• Recognize and explain the importance of the rights of infants

This webinar is for all of those working in the perinatal period as well as children birth to 5 and their families.

Date and Time

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm 

Friday, March 7th, 2025