CARE for Children is hosting training on Infant Mental Health on Thursday, August 15th, 2024 at the University of Pittsburgh Bradford, Mukaiyama University Room.
Topics for the training will include: the lifespan impact of infant mental health, trauma-sensitive and responsive care of young children and how to work with challenging behaviors, as well as culturally-sensitive practices.
Upon completion of the training, participants will be more readily able to understand and respond to the developmentally-informed relational needs of young children and their families. They will gain further understanding of why “trauma” is relevant to their work, have built awareness of trauma symptoms of young children, and know how to better develop a relationship-based understanding of how to respond to young children’s trauma expressions.
Attendees will also learn to build an evidence-based understanding of challenging behaviors and to fine tune responses to the challenging behaviors of young children in their programs and on their caseload.
Presenter Shashi KS DeHann, MSW, LCSW, MAS-IFP, IMH-E, CFTP is an Outpatient Therapist/ Psychological Evaluator and Past President of the Pennsylvania Association of Infant Mental Health. She earned her undergraduate degree in developmental psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Masters of Advanced Studies, Infant Family Practice from Arizona State University and Masters of Social Work from Marywood University. DeHaan has worked in the fields of Mental Health and Psychological services for over 15 years.
This workshop is especially geared for Social Workers, Educators, Early Childhood Professionals, Early Intervention Providers, and other professionals who work with children.
Registration includes workshop materials, lunch and light refreshments. Participants will earn 6 infant-toddler training hours, 6 Act 48 hours or 6 Social Work CEUs.
Attendee check-in is from 8:00am to 8:30am. The training is scheduled from 8:30am to 4:30pm.
To register for the professional training, contact CARE for Children by phone at (814) 362-4621 or email at reception@careforchildren.info. Registration fees for the professional training are $60 per professional with a $15 fee for Social Work CEUs if needed. The registration deadline is Friday, August 2nd, 2024.
The Infant Mental Health professional training is sponsored by the United Way of the Bradford Area, Inc., and the University of Pittsburgh Bradford Social Work Program.
The program is offered for 6 CE hours of social work continuing education through co-sponsorship of the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Social Work, a Council on Social Work Education accredited school and therefore a PA pre-approved provider of social work continuing education. These credit hours satisfy requirements for LSW/LCSW, LMFT, and LPC biennial license renewal.
