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Welcome to AAIMH

AAIMH is a national organisation of professionals from many fields who work with infants, young children and their families. Our mission is to work towards  improving professional and community recognition that infancy and early childhood is a critical time for the development of emotional, physical and mental health.

AAIMH is affiliated with the World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH) and contributes to international developments and initiatives.

AAIMH organises regular national conferences as well as workshops and seminars to enhance knowledge about social and emotional development in 0 to 3-year-olds and develop skills to assist families and communities to build nurturing and strong relationships with their infants and young children.

AAIMH works with other agencies on advocacy and educational initiatives, responds to Government inquiries and reports relating to infancy and provides information to members through its website and newsletter.

AAIMH also develops position statements and guidelines to support Infant Mental Health professionals and parents.

                                                                                                                                                               

Infant Mental Health: Building Awareness

Infant mental health matters now more than ever. Protecting and promoting infant mental health is particularly important during this difficult time. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis on families is putting some babies’ emotional wellbeing at risk and limiting the ability of vital services to support them. 

To assist in building awareness, understanding and promotion the Parent-Infant Foundation UK website provides a wide range of free resources including the Infant First 1001 Days Movement Stakeholder Tool Kit: 2020. The Tool Kit can be downloaded here

                                                                                                                                                                                        

Resources for Practitioners and Families Affected by COVID-19

The Australian Association for Infant Mental Health recognises the distress, strength and courage of families with infants, toddlers and young children affected by the current global COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis is not over and many are facing continued uncertainty and anxiety. The families of medical and healthcare workers, families who have lost family members, have been or currently are unwell, lost their job or income, have recent experience of bushfires, alongside families currently in social isolation, quarantine and social distancing communities, are living with high levels of stress now for sometime. For many people, the hardest thing about this pandemic is being physically isolated from family and friends. The members of the AAIMH Board, along with AAIMH State and Territory Branch Management Committees hold you all in mind during these very challenging times.

See Resources here.

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WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH CONGRESS 2021

scheduled for

23-27 June 2021

Brisbane, AUSTRALIA

Early Bird registration before 31 March 2021

Call for Abstracts is now open. Closing date is Monday 12 October 2020 (11:59pm AEST, Brisbane time).

For information regarding the 2021 WAIMH congress, please see the congress website here

[Note: the 17th World WAIMH congress was postponed from 2020 to 2021]
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Infant Mental Health Journal

The Infant Mental Health Journal is the official publication of the World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH). It is published bimonthly and is dedicated to interdisciplinary approaches to the optimal development of infants and their families. 

Activate your 60 days of FREE access to Infant Mental Health Journal - here

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Early Relationships Matter

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We would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of Australia and pay our respects to the Elders past, present and future

for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Indigenous Australia.