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 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
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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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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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.
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This workshop will be run by a team of two or three faculty members with an emphasis on interactive exchange and hands-on practice. It will
include new enhanced videos and case studies, small group discussions and role-playing using Zoom.
As this live online training is quite intense, we have developed this workshop to be held across three shorter days, with breaks and a
variety of learning activities.
Pre-Training: Study including reading, videos and questions.
Day One: Sunday 9 August 2020, 1:30pm to 5pm
Day Two: Monday 10 August 2020, 9:15am to 3:15 pm
Day Three: Tuesday 11 August 2020, 9:15am to 3:15 pm
Post-Training: Record five interventions on the 'NBO Recording Form' (including one videoed intervention) for review by the
faculty.
Attendance to all three days is required.
Presented from Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Online via Zoom and Talent Learning Management System.
Ticket Prices: General Ticket $440 (including GST) Also available is the Recommended Book $80 (postage of $15) -
"Understanding Newborn Behaviour and Early Relationships - the Newborn Behavioral Observations System Handbook" (soft cover) by J.
Kevin Nugent, Susan O'Brien, Constance H. Keefer.
All Bookings via: http://nbo-australia.eventbrite.com
International two- hour live seminar (via Zoom) led by AAIMH in partnership with AAIMH UK the Parent-Infant Foundation (UK) and
WAIMH LOC. “2020 Vision: Seeing the world through babies’ eyes”.
Presenters: Sally Hogg, UK, Dr Elisabeth Hoehn, Australia, Professor Jane Barlow, UK
Time: 4pm West Australia, 5.30pm South Australia & Northern Territory. 6pm New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania &
Australian Capital Territory. 9am United Kingdom.
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