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Parent-Infant Foundation @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Today we've launched new research which shows a growing number of parent-infant relationship teams across the UK. But in many areas, specialist support is still not available. Find out more & help us ask #Whoisholdingthebaby?’ this #IMHAW2025 👉bit.ly/43ys30y

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Institute of Health Visiting @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

It’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week. With 1 in 10 babies living in fear, confusion and distress, it has never been more important to ask the question ‘Who is holding the baby?’ Get involved and find out more bit.ly/4mC14bY #IMHAW2025 #Whoisholdingthebaby

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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Good luck Karen! We’ll be rooting* for you Please do support Karen if you can. All money raised is being doubled by a matched funder. (* niche pun for those who know babies 😎)

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Institute of Health Visiting @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

New report from @CentreforMH and @nhsconfed’s Mental Health Network highlights six key areas of mental health where investment could boost mental health and represent good value for money: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications... #InvestInMentalHealth #HealthVisiting

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Maternal Mental Health Alliance @mmhalliance.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Introducing the Perinatal Mental Health Symptom Checker, a tool developed with women with lived experience and clinical experts to help parents - and those around them - recognise the signs of perinatal mental illnesses. 💜 Please download and share: maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/parents #MMHAW25

Understanding starts with awareness. Download the MMHA's Perinatal Mental Health Symptom Checker.

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Parent-Infant Foundation @parentinfantfdn.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

We're delighted to announce we've been awarded more than £1 million from The National Lottery Community Fund to create a new National Parent-Infant Relationship (PAIR) Framework! Working with delivery partners Ideas Alliance & Anna Freud, we can't wait to get started! Details👉 bit.ly/4jF3G75

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Institute of Health Visiting @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

iHV is delighted to celebrate the launch of the Wales Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Delivery Plan. Published yesterday, the 10-year plan outlines ambitions to ensure people in #Wales live in communities that promote and support #MentalHealth and #wellbeing ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...

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Martha Sercombe @marthaserc.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Well here it is, great to see a focus on improving support of the F1000 days in a baby’s life including support for parent-infant relationships 🙌 www.gov.wales/mental-healt...

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Mental health and wellbeing strategy: strategy and delivery plan | GOV.WALES

What we are doing to improve mental health and wellbeing in Wales.

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Institute of Health Visiting @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

#iHVMembers - join us at our next iHV Research Networking event on 2 April, 9:30-11:30am. Louisa Clifford-Taylor, iHV Health Visitor Research Associate, will be sharing her PhD research - find out more and book your place here:

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iHV Research Networking Event - IHV

Join us at our next iHV Research Networking event on 2 April. Louisa Clifford-Taylor, iHV Health Visitor Research Associate, will be sharing her PhD research ‘Inhabiting the Liminal Space: Exploring…

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Institute of Health Visiting @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

It is great to see our Feasibility and Acceptability study of the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB) published in BMJ Paediatrics Open buff.ly/gdfEYhQ #HealthVisiting

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Institute of Health Visiting @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The Health and Social Care Committee has launched a new inquiry on the first 1000 days of life, the period from a child’s conception to age 2 – widely recognised as a critical period for development which fundamentally shapes long-term health, well-being, & life outcomes. ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...

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James McTaggart @jamesedpsych.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

It can be tricky to assess parent-infant relationships without resorting to checklists, or risking them feeling bad about themselves or their baby We're working on developing a strengths-based, infant voice centred self assessment - here's progress so far, comments very welcome!

A wheel describing key features of parent-infant positive relationships

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Platfform @platfform.org · 18/03/2025

We're hiring! Are you a passionate communicator, have experience of public sector procurement & an understanding of community services & development work? Apply by 30 March for this exciting, newly created role as Head of Service for a new Hope and Healing project. ❤️ Read more 👉 buff.ly/SKsZrTB

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Dr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

We desperately need to develop infant & early childhood mental health curricula in all health and social care professional trainings. This new article from the University of Washington provides an example. But with NHSE going, who is going to do it now? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40044273/

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Training and Curriculum Development in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health - PubMed

Infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) is an important field within psychiatry and related disciplines. Historically, IECMH has been absent from mental health training and curricula. However...

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Martha Sercombe @marthaserc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

So excited to see this launched, amazing work by a great team 🙌 ctmuhb.nhs.wales/news/latest-...

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CTM Baby and Toddler Voice Statements Launched

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Dr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Recommendations please. I’m looking for something to read about why teenage rebellions went out of fashion. What societal changes mean teens are getting sad more than mad? Somebody must have written about this. @profatarrant.bsky.social

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Martha Sercombe @marthaserc.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Great to be a part of this alongside some incredible colleagues in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 & across the UK www.brazelton.co.uk/champions/

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Platfform @platfform.org · 05/03/2025

We are delighted to contribute to Ferdinando & Luigi Innocenti Foundation's ambitious vision through our report Sparking Joy: Creating thriving environments for young people to thrive, written by Dr Jen Daffin fli.foundation/news/sparkin...

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Sparking Joy - Creating environments for young people to thrive | F&LI Foundation

A review of the evidence-base and need to create the conditions for young people to spark joy and thrive.

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Dr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

A reminder that every baby is harmed when there is domestic abuse, either directly (physically/ emotionally by the perpetrator) or indirectly by the family stress, dynamics and other impacts such as poorer parental mental health. www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...

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Exclusive: Nearly 50,000 babies referred to social services every year due to domestic abuse

Freedom of Information requests showed that an estimated 48,067 babies, aged 0-2, were subject to referrals to children’s services in England due to specific fears over domestic abuse.

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Suzanne Zeedyk @suzannezeedyk.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

As we watch political-systems earthquakes, it is useful to be reminded that the capacities for democracy are instilled in childhood. The sense of emotional 'securefulness' embedded in young childrn's stress systems shapes everything that follows, including voting. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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In the global clash between democracy and oligarchy, the US is switching sides | Robert Reich

As Trump empowers Russia and the far right, he is laying the foundation for undermining democracies around the world

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Martha Sercombe @marthaserc.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

This new framework from The Royal Foundation, Centre for Early Childhood is excellent. Social & Emotional skills that develop in early childhood play such an important part in our health across the lifespan. 👀 👇 centreforearlychildhood.org/our-work/res...

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The Shaping Us Framework - CFEC

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Martha Sercombe @marthaserc.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

We at CTMUHB are very excited to be part of this next phase of the ADBB study. 🙌

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Platfform @platfform.org · 21/01/2025

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Young Person’s Senior Participation Lead for Wales to join our team and be part of our journey! Apply by 29 Jan online (platfform.org - search 'Current Opportunities') or email peopleteam@platfform.org for a detailed job spec.

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Alison Morton @alison-morton.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Read our @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social response to this important research from the team at UCL NIHR Children’s Policy Research Unit on what parents and professionals want from child development reviews 👶🏾👶🏼👶🏿- spoiler alert🚨- pretty much the same things👇

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Dr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

⛄️Day 20⛄️ parent-infant relationships advent calendar 2024 @artatthestart.bsky.social are exploring the opportunities that art brings to supporting and strengthening parent-infant relationships youtu.be/Ow5ga30cAI8

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Parents Voices in Wales CIC #Neurodiversity #Families @parentsvoiceswales.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Hello Blue Sky We are Parents Voices in Wales CIC. A social enterprise company based in Wales supporting and advocating for neurodivergent families. Please share our handle so we can reconnect with our previous Twitter Family. Thank you ☺️ #neurodiversity #mentalhealth #uncrc #inclusion

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Laura (she/her) 🍉 @midwifehippie.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Watched MBRRACE published today re perinatal loss and dedicated section to supporting those who may need language support. We have co-produced a resource for commissioners, managers and clinical staff in maternity www.mamaacademy.org.uk/wp-content/u... 1/5

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Martha Sercombe @marthaserc.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Check out this brilliant TEDxNHS talk by the wonder Breathe Arts Health Research youtube.com/watch?v=CU7Y...

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Dr Matt Price @drmattprice.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

ICYMI (which I did!) - Here's a brilliant review paper from @scottishgovernment.bsky.social about #Dads and their #PerinatalMentalHealth. This is a topic that doesn't receive lots of attention so it's great to see this inequality getting much needed consideration. www.gov.scot/publications...

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Paternal perinatal mental health: evidence review

This evidence review explores paternal perinatal mental health, including the factors affecting paternal perinatal mental health, those most likely to be affected, sources of support used by men durin...

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Dr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

⛄️ Day 5 ⛄️ Parent-infant relationships advent calendar 2024 The Rare Jewels report (2019) by was ground-breaking. It laid out the compelling case for parent-infant relationship services & is stuffed like a Xmas stocking with gems of useful info parentinfantfoundation.org.uk/our-work/cam...

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Rare Jewels - Parent-Infant Foundation

Our Rare Jewels report: Specialised parent-infant relationship teams are like rare jewels in the mental health system Executive Summary Full Report In June 2019, at the start of Infant Mental Health A...

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Dr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

🎄Day 4🎄of the parent-infant relationships advent calendar 2025 @EmergingMindsAU (Australia) are a fabulous bunch, and they do lots of free online courses incl infant MH, child MH & much more. They have 5 online courses relevant to PAIRs learning.emergingminds.com.au/pathway/infa....

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Dr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

🎄Day 3 🎄 of the PARENT-INFANT RELATIONSHIPS Advent Calendar 2024 I’ve done @BrazeltonUK NBO training so know how useful it is for anyone working with parents & new babies (up to 3 months). (Some pre-requisites required: see website) brazelton.co.uk

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Brazelton Centre UK – Understanding baby behaviour

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Institute of Health Visiting @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

We are delighted to launch our latest Annual Report detailing the progress and many highlights of the Institute over the last year - showcasing the breadth of work supported by our members and the wide range of partners we have been privileged to work with. buff.ly/49eMFfm #HealthVisiting

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Dr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

⛄️Day 2⛄️ PARENT-INFANT RELATIONSHIPs Advent Calendar Watch Me Play! Is a brilliant intervention to support parent-baby relationships. The manual is free to download & you can book a 2-day training. Pre-requisites apply. tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/our-models-o...

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Watch Me Play!

Watch Me Play! is a simple way for parents and caregivers to support their baby or young child. The approach can be helpful in a range of family contexts. This fantastic free resource will help…

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Dr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

🎄Day 1🎄 Parent-Infant Relationships Advent Calendar (training, resources & reports) Solihull Approach 2-day foundation is a great gateway training for anyone interested in supporting PARENT-INFANT RELATIONSHIPS (PAIRs). solihullapproachparenting.com/solihull-app...

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Solihull Approach training for practitioners - Solihull Approach | Parenting

Solihull Approach Training for practitioners Fundamental training in children's emotional development The Solihull Approach has been delivering evidence-based training to professionals working with ch...

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Martha Sercombe @marthaserc.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

‘Early relationships shape babies' social and emotional development and influence many key outcomes’

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ZERO TO THREE @zerotothree.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

We won't lie - we're still figuring out BlueSky. In the meanwhile, want to be our friend? We love everything early childhood and nerd out on baby brain science.

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Martha Sercombe @marthaserc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

It’s like being surrounded by all my favourite people again!

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