Attendance for this event is automated. A verification code will be given during the training and must be inputted in the corresponding box in the contents tab. Participants must attend the webinar AND input the correct verification code in order to receive your certificate of attendance.

For decades, the field of infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) has been guided by foundational underlying principles that recognize the importance of relationships, individual differences, and unique experiences. To advance social justice and equitable practices, the field must be responsive and proactive in the promotion and support of professionals providing services for infants, toddlers, young children and their families. ZERO TO THREE's IECMH Guiding Principles #1 through #4, center culture, equitable practices, and the importance of policy and public investment at the heart of IECMH work:  

1. Equitable practices and policies that consider all expectant families, infants/young children, and their families—and that honor the diversity of all who are served.  
2. Culture is foundational to caregiving beliefs, assumptions, values, and behaviors.  
3. Policy change and public investment in IECMH is critical to ensuring that the basic rights of infants, young children, and their families are upheld.  
4. Pregnancy, childbirth, and the arrival of the newborn represent a time of unparalleled change, vulnerability, and opportunity that impact the health and mental health of all members of the family.  

Learner Objectives: As a result of participating in this course, participants will be able to…   

• Recall the ZERO TO THREE's IECMH Guiding Principles #1 through #4.  
• Outline the importance of culturally responsive practices in IECMH.
• Articulate the need for policy changes and public investment to uphold and ensure the basic rights of infants, young children, and their families.  
• Identity strategies to center socially just and equitable practices and policies within their scope of work.

Access to this course will end October 6, 2025. After this date, you will no longer have access to any course materials. Please make sure to download any handouts you may need and complete all evaluations and quizzes (if applicable) needed to obtain your certificate and credit for the course.

Once you have completed all course requirements, you will have continued or ongoing access to your course certificate by visiting the Transcripts/Achievement section of your dashboard.

Attendance for this event is automated. A verification code will be given during the training and must be inputted in the corresponding box in the contents tab. Participants must attend the webinar AND input the correct verification code in order to receive your certificate of attendance.

Join this webinar to examine the foundational link between caregivers’ mental health and the overall health of infants, toddlers, and young children and discover ways to collaborate with and support caregivers. Dive deep into ZERO TO THREE's IECMH Guiding Principles #5 through #8, emphasizing the pivotal role of relationships, in children’s emotional, social, and developmental well-being:  

1. Infants, toddlers, and young children develop in the context of relationships that contribute to their emotional, social, and developmental well-being. 
2. Parents/caregivers want the best for their children. 
3. A key foundation for IECMH is the mental health of adults who care. 
4. Each infant is unique. The broad range of individual differences among children contributes to variability in the timing of developmental milestones. 

Learner Objectives: As a result of participating in this course, participants will be able to…   

• Recall the ZERO TO THREE's IECMH Guiding Principles #5 through #8.  
• Summarize how the broad range of individual differences among children contributes to a variability in the timing of developmental milestones. 
• Articulate the connection between caregivers’ mental health and the overall well-being of infants, toddlers, and young children. 
• Identify ways to collaborate with and support caregivers. 

Course Completion Requirements

• Attend live session (attendance verification code is given during the live webinar)
• Enter correct attendance verification code
• Complete Evaluation

Access to this course will end October 6, 2025. After this date, you will no longer have access to any course materials. Please make sure to download any handouts you may need and complete all evaluations and quizzes (if applicable) needed to obtain your certificate and credit for the course.

Once you have completed all course requirements, you will have continued or ongoing access to your course certificate by visiting the Transcripts/Achievement section of your dashboard.

Attendance for this event is automated. A verification code will be given during the training and must be inputted in the corresponding box in the contents tab. Participants must attend the webinar AND input the correct verification code in order to receive your certificate of attendance.

Brain growth during early childhood (from prenatal to 5 years old) is critical. These formative years lay the foundation for cognitive, emotional, and social development. Providing enriching and supportive experiences that are culturally responsive, accessible, and of the highest quality during this period is vital for infants, toddlers, and young children. Whether in direct services (such as clinical or educational roles) or non-direct services (like policy or administrative positions), professionals serving families with young children benefit from reflective practice because it enhances their ability to support families responsively. Join this webinar to explore ZERO TO THREE's IECMH Guiding Principles #9 through #12 related to quality, access and reflective practice in IECMH, and how you can apply these principles in your everyday practice:  

1. Early experiences matter—optimal brain growth occurs during early childhood (prenatal to 5 years old). 
2. Infants and young children have a right to high-quality, culturally responsive, and accessible treatment when experiencing significant stress, trauma, and demonstrated mental health and/or developmental disorders. 
3. Reflective practice is an essential tool to support those who serve families with infants and young children, through direct services (i.e., clinical, educational), and non-direct services (i.e., policy/systems/administrative positions). 
4. Multiple and diverse relationships are at the heart of quality services for families. 

Learner Objectives: As a result of participating in this course, participants will be able to…   

• Recall the ZERO TO THREE's IECMH Guiding Principles #9 through #12.  
• Describe the value of accessible high-quality and culturally responsive services when infants, toddlers and young children experience significant stress, trauma, and demonstrated mental health and/or developmental disorders. 
• Identify the network of multiple supportive and diverse relationships that can contribute to positive outcomes for infants, toddlers, young children and their families.  
• Summarize the benefits of reflective practice for professionals in direct and non-direct services, and the infants, toddlers, young children and families whom they serve.

Course Completion Requirements

• Attend live session (attendance verification code is given during the live webinar)
• Enter correct attendance verification code
• Complete Evaluation

Access to this course will end October 6, 2025. After this date, you will no longer have access to any course materials. Please make sure to download any handouts you may need and complete all evaluations and quizzes (if applicable) needed to obtain your certificate and credit for the course.

Once you have completed all course requirements, you will have continued or ongoing access to your course certificate by visiting the Transcripts/Achievement section of your dashboard.

Attendance for this event is automated. A verification code will be given during the training and must be inputted in the corresponding box in the contents tab. Participants must attend the webinar AND input the correct verification code in order to receive your certificate of attendance.

A child’s brain undergoes an amazing period of development from birth to three—producing more than a million neural connections each second. This session provides participants with an understanding of how brain development occurs within the context of relationships in infancy and early childhood. Participants will explore key concepts such as “mind-sight,” “serve & return,” experience dependency and expectancy, as they relate to neural development. Participants will learn how the limbic system and executive functioning are mediated through relationships and experience. Finally, participants will examine the impact of trauma and toxic stress on brain development.

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will learn about early brain development and the role of relationships and environment.
2. Participants will understand key concepts such as critical/sensitive periods, mindsight and serve and return.
3. Participants will learn how to support neuro-relational development in infants and young children and how to support those children who have experienced trauma or toxic stress.

Access to this course will end 30 days after the end of the webinar. After this date, you will no longer have access to any course materials. Please make sure to download any handouts you may need and complete all evaluations and quizzes (if applicable) needed to obtain your certificate and credit for the course.

Once you have completed all course requirements, you will have continued or ongoing access to your course certificate by visiting the Transcripts/Achievement section of your dashboard.

Attendance for this event is automated. A verification code will be given during the training and must be inputted in the corresponding box in the contents tab. Participants must attend the webinar AND input the correct verification code in order to receive your certificate of attendance.

The arrival of a baby whose development, physical or cognitive capacities are delayed or reflect disability can have a significant impact on the family. Many professionals across early childhood disciplines such as health, mental health, early intervention, and early childhood education play a key role in supporting the young child in reaching their optimal potential while also supporting the parents and family. Review and consider ways to identify developmental disorders and disabilities, provide early intervention, and foster family support and competence.

Learner Objectives:  As a result of participating in this course, participants will be able to…

1. Recognize the family’s emotional experience of diagnosis and care of very young children with developmental disorders or disabilities.
2. Identify key elements of communicating effectively with families.
3. Identify strategies to support families with very young children who have developmental disorders or disabilities.

Access to this course will end 30 days after the end of the webinar. After this date, you will no longer have access to any course materials. Please make sure to download any handouts you may need and complete all evaluations and quizzes (if applicable) needed to obtain your certificate and credit for the course.

Once you have completed all course requirements, you will have continued or ongoing access to your course certificate by visiting the Transcripts/Achievement section of your dashboard.

Understanding infants and young children is largely based on our ability to observe their behaviors, interactions and development. Early childhood professionals need to be aware of how best to use observations, screening, and possibly developmental or psychological assessment in their understanding of the child and intervention with child and family. This session will provide an overview of formal and informal means of observation and assessment.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the purpose, benefits and challenges of screening and assessment in infant and early childhood mental health
2. Describe the importance of observation and interview and gathering information from multiple sources.
3. Identify ways in which diversity, culture, and language should be considered in assessment.
4. Review a sample of current tools based on the population of infants, young children and families served.

Attendance for this event is automated. A verification code will be given during the training and must be inputted in the corresponding box in the contents tab. Participants must attend the webinar AND input the correct verification code in order to receive your certificate of attendance.

Access to this course will end 30 days after the end of the webinar. After this date, you will no longer have access to any course materials. Please make sure to download any handouts you may need and complete all evaluations and quizzes (if applicable) needed to obtain your certificate and credit for the course.

Once you have completed all course requirements, you will have continued or ongoing access to your course certificate by visiting the Transcripts/Achievement section of your dashboard.