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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP)

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Free parent-infant therapy for any parent/carer and baby in Oxfordshire, from conception to two years. We also provide professional training, consultation and supervision. Find out more at oxpip.org.uk

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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
💪The easiest good deed you’ll do today! With your help, OXPIP could win £5,000 to reach more families across Oxfordshire with lifechanging support 🩵 Nominating is free and quick. Just enter OXPIP’s Charity Number 1109956 on the form below: movementforgood.com/draws/specia... ⏳Closing soon!
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We could receive a £5,000 donation with your help through the Movement for Good Draw.
We could receive a £5,000 donation with your help through the Movement for Good Draw.
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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I am very much looking forward to my @oxpip.bsky.social online lecture on #Attachment and #Child #Development: From #Myths to Modern #Neuroscience. 📅 03 October 2025, 13:00-15:00 🎟️ Tickets are still available: tickets.sheepcrm.com/.../67ee7a6a... It would be a great pleasure to see you there.
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Her boots are made for walking and that's what they're going to do! Please do consider sponsoring our CEO this weekend
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Dan Wuori @danwuori.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Pick me up, please! (Thread 🧵)
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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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Dr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
It's nearly time to get my hiking boots on for a massive mountain walk I'm doing to raise money for Oxford Parent-Infant Project . @oxpip.bsky.social does amazing work & every £ raised will be doubled by the Big Give, so please do pledge if you can. Pledge form here: forms.office.com/e/bMjXZcdW3k
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
📣Free webinar 📣 Join us to hear about the free @nspcc.bsky.social Look, Say, Sing, Play resources which support interaction between babies & adults. For everyone who cares for/works with babies, including parents & practitioners. June 10th 1-2pm. Sign up here: app.sheepcrm.com/oxpip/events....
Information about a free webinar for Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2025
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
📣Free webinar 📣 Join us to hear about the free @nspcc.bsky.social Look, Say, Sing, Play resources which support interaction between babies & adults. For everyone who cares for/works with babies, including parents & practitioners. June 10th 1-2pm. Sign up here: app.sheepcrm.com/oxpip/events....
Information about a free webinar for Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2025
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Alison Morton @alison-morton.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
This year, I am especially delighted that our Chief Nursing Officer for England has chosen to draw attention to the vital work of health visitors for #IND2025 🌟Duncan was full of praise for their professionalism, dedication & skills👏 Happy International Nurses day from @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social 👇
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
We provide psychotherapy to parents and carers in Oxfordshire who want some help to feel closer and more connected to their new baby. Getting feedback from parents we work with is the best part of our job.
Photo of dad holding his young child in his arms
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
You can now get 10% off our short courses using an early bird discount code: EARLYBIRD25 Browse our courses on Attachment, Assessing Parent-Infant Relationships, Working with intergenerational trauma (ghosts in the nursery), and An Introduction to Watch Wait & Wonder at oxpip.org.uk/training
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
We have a few places left on our Watch, Wait and Wonder (an introduction) training day on May 2nd (online, £271) Learn about WWW theory and understand how to facilitate parents' capacity to observe, recognise and understand their baby's cues Info/book: app.sheepcrm.com/oxpip/events...
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Dr Sarah Blower (she/her) @sarah-blower.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Fantastic research job opportunity here 👇🏻 working with the lovely and brilliant @ruthndwrites.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
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Jobs - The University of York
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Institute of Health Visiting @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Mental health problems can cast a long shadow over a child's life. But this isn’t inevitable. We’re backing @centreformh.bsky.social advice to the Government so that every child has the best chance of good #MentalHealth buff.ly/dPgjrvp #InvestInChildhood
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
5 days left before we choose a winner to receive a free copy of Sue’s book. Re-post this item to be in with a chance.
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
We’re giving away one free copy of Sue Gerhardt’s new book. Re-tweet the post below to be in with a chance. Winner will be chosen at random on April 8th. Good luck!
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
We’re giving away one free copy of Sue Gerhardt’s new book. Re-tweet the post below to be in with a chance. Winner will be chosen at random on April 8th. Good luck!
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
We have a few places left on our Watch, Wait and Wonder (an introduction) training day on May 2nd (online, £271) Learn about WWW theory and understand how to facilitate parents' capacity to observe, recognise and understand their baby's cues Info/book: app.sheepcrm.com/oxpip/events...
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Another large, longitudinal study, this time the ECHO study, finds that higher scores on measures of early parent-child relationships are linked to better child health & well-being. #TheBig3 risk factors are Poverty/ACEs/PAIRS Study data available on request for secondary analysis bit.ly/4hnZoPq
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Early Relational Health: A Foundation for Healthy Development Across the Lifespan
We grow up in the context of our relationships with others. This concept is central to early relational health, the notion that safe, stable, and nurturing relationships (SSNRs) in early childhood bui...
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International Congress of Infant Studies @infantstudies.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Babies learn best from those who respond to their babbling! 👶✨ @juliaavenditti.bsky.social, @mikehgoldstein.bsky.social et al. (2025): infants form stronger social expectations when their babbling gets a timely response—even from a robot car! 🤖🚗 #infancypapers #EarlyYears doi.org/10.1111/infa...
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Contingency enables the formation of social expectations about an artificial agent
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Today, OXPIP's founder Sue Gerhardt launches her new book "1001 days: How Our First Years Shape our Lifelong Health". We're giving away one free copy chosen at random from the people who retweet one of our social media posts by 8th April. Available to purchase from today.
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Martha Sercombe @marthaserc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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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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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
OXPIP supports the British Psychological Society’s call for more investment in parent-infant relationship teams. Parents want vastly better access to advice, support & help if their relationship with their baby has gets derailed. @bpsofficial.bsky.social
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
New paper confirms that we haven't yet cracked the issue of finding a reliable, valid, frontline, cheap/free, quick and easy way to assess parent-infant relationships which can also be used as a pre and post measure. The search continues! Full paper out soon bit.ly/4il9ulo
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Frontiers | Assessing the parent-infant relationship: A two-stage, COSMIN-informed systematic review evaluating clinician-rated measures
Background: The parent-infant relationship is important for healthy infant development. Parent-infant assessments can aid clinicians in identifying any diffi...
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Suzanne Zeedyk @suzannezeedyk.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
On 26 Feb, Mind in Mind is hosting an event on the Still Face Procedure. This procedure has been crucial for psychologists' understandng of the relational dynamics of trust &distrust. Here is my own video on it, filmed 30 years ago. (Gosh!) @garethkthomas.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJRV...
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Disconnection and the Still Face Paradigm
YouTube video by Suzanne Zeedyk
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Our Head of Training Jo Chapman was delighted to meet HRH Prince Edward during his visit to The Branch this week. We very much value our partnership with this amazing hub in Chipping Norton which does so much for integrated support for local communities.
Photo of HRH Prince Edward meeting a group of staff from varied community services who work from The Branch in Chipping NortonHRH Duke of Edinburgh celebrating The Branch in Chipping Norton
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
We fully support the @ihealthvisiting.bsky.social call to Rebuild Health Visiting. Children and their families need high-quality, universally available support from conception onwards and a well-resourced health visiting service is an essential part of that. ihv.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Front cover of new report by Institute of Health Visiting outlining the case for rebuilding health visiting
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Perinatal Mental Health Social Research @perinatalresearch.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Interested in interventions that might reduce perinatal loneliness? Read our scoping review here! We summarise the types of interventions we found in the published research, and identify some common mechanisms that influence social outcomes. #perinatalmentalhealth #loneliness rdcu.be/d8V27
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Interventions that prevent or reduce perinatal loneliness and its proximal determinants: a restricted scoping review
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Dan Wuori @danwuori.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
What is the most beautiful sight in the world? To your baby, the answer is YOU. (Thread 🧵)
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Dr Karen Bateson @karenjbateson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
What works best during early years to improve children’s outcomes? 1. Reducing poverty 2. Protection from harm 3. Parent-child relationships This new report adds to the evidence www.betterpurpose.co/early-childh...
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Early Childhood Outcomes Report | Better Purpose
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Great to see research of father/non-birthing partners and the parent-infant relationship. Study of 312 partners shows if they find the birth traumatising & develop PTSD symptoms, they are more likely to experience the baby as "intrusive" later on bit.ly/42FCoYz
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Potentially traumatic childbirth experience, childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, and the parent-infant relationship in non-birthing parents - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background Non-birthing parents are typically present for the birth of their infants. Evidence suggests that some non-birthing parents may experience witnessing childbirth as traumatic, with some goin...
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
As awareness of the importance of parent-infant relationships increases, so do referrals to our therapy service. We accept self & practitioner referrals via our website. All our therapy is free of charge, funded by charitable donations, trusts & grants. www.oxpip.org.uk
Oxford Parent-Infant Project website landing page
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
We very much welcome the Royal Foundation’s Centre for Early Childhood launching this new framework for lifelong health. At the heart of it, “knowing ourselves”, a product of ‘becoming known’ by our parents, carers & others through attuned relationships. centreforearlychildhood.org/our-work/res...
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The Shaping Us Framework - CFEC
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
We're delighted that our CEO Karen Bateson will be joining such a fabulous group of First 1001 Days champions. Thanks to The Parent-Infant Foundation for their continued secretariat of the steering group.
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Please consider a regular donation this payday to improve the lives of families in Oxfordshire. Thank you!
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Your monthly gift could make a life-changing difference for Oxfordshire families. We are very grateful for any regular donation (no matter how small) that you are able to make. ​Please visit our website to set up your regular donation: app.sheepcrm.com/.../6758726c... Thank you for your support!
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Could your new year's resolution be a direct debit to a charity you care about? app.sheepcrm.com/oxpip/donati... We at OXPIP give hope to hundreds of Oxfordshire families every year by providing free parent-infant therapy. On behalf of Oxfordshire families in need - thank you!
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Could your new year's resolution be a direct debit to a charity you care about? app.sheepcrm.com/oxpip/donati... We at OXPIP give hope to hundreds of Oxfordshire families every year by providing free parent-infant therapy. On behalf of Oxfordshire families in need - thank you!
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
New study from Iceland finds that embedding the Neonatal Behaviour Observation (NBO) system in routine postnatal care improves maternal confidence and knowledge about infant. Outcomes assessed included videoed interaction coded using the EAS bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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The newborn behavioural observations (NBO) system embedded in routine postpartum care in at-risk families in Iceland: a randomised controlled trial - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background The Newborn Behaviour Observation system (NBO) is a flexible relationship-based intervention designed to sensitise parents to their newborn’s capacities, to increase parental confidence and...
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Make your 2025 New Year's resolution to support a cause you care about through a regular monthly donation. Oxford Parent-Infant Project gives hope to hundreds of families every year by providing free parent-infant therapy to create strong, loving bonds. app.sheepcrm.com/oxpip/appeal...
Infographic showing high-impact outcomes by Oxford Parent-Infant Project in 2024
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Make your 2025 New Year's resolution to support a cause you care about through a regular monthly donation. Oxford Parent-Infant Project gives hope to hundreds of families every year by providing free parent-infant therapy to create strong, loving bonds. app.sheepcrm.com/oxpip/appeal...
Infographic showing high-impact outcomes by Oxford Parent-Infant Project in 2024
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Dan Wuori @danwuori.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
There once was a time that you didn’t yet realize you had hands. It’s a funny thought, but 100% true. In fact it’s not until somewhere between 2-4 months of age that babies fully “discover” their hands. (Thread 🧵)
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Kicking off 2025, this high profile journal has a new article calling for "a comprehensive research agenda to identify gaps & actionable steps to prioritise infant & early life mental health care globally" (Fig. 1 is open-access) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Prioritizing infant mental health: a research-driven pathway for action - Nature Medicine
A comprehensive research agenda is needed to identify gaps and actionable steps to prioritize infant and early life mental health care globally.
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Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) @oxpip.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Looking for a hybrid job, north Oxford? 🌟Varied role 🌟Interesting & fulfilling work 🌟25 hrs/wk, maternity cover 🌟Supportive, friendly team Apply via our website. oxpip.org.uk/oxpip-operat...
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OXPIP Operations Manager (Maternity Cover) | OXPIP
OXPIP Operations Manager (Maternity Cover) An exciting opportunity has arisen to take on OXPIP's role of Operations Manager for Maternity Cover.   The purpose of this role is to ensure the smooth r...
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