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Center for Innovations in Parent-Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
The Center for Innovations in Parent-Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health consists of multiple strong and growing Training, Research, Service and Outreach Programs in the University of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry focused on prevention of developmental psychopathology and promotion of emotional wellbeing and relational health during pregnancy, transition to parenthood and in families with children birth through age 5. Center leadership values opportunities to collaborate and partner with University of Wisconsin departments and schools and the wider community on initiatives aligned with its mission.
Mission Statement:
The mission of the Center is to drive innovation through professional development, dissemination of evidence-based practices, cutting edge research that informs practice and policy, and clinical and consultation services that promote the mental health of infants, young children and their families. The Center aims to develop a cadre of parent-infant and early childhood mental health professionals and leaders who have the capacity to provide developmentally appropriate, relationship-based, culturally relevant and trauma-informed services to infants/young children and their families, including those who have been marginalized or historically underserved in Wisconsin.
Current endeavors of the Center for Innovations in Parent-Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health includes the following:
- Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health Capstone Certificate Program
- Trauma-Informed Child-Parent Psychotherapy Training Program
- Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) System Training Site
- Parent-Child Early Relational Assessment and Brief Parent-Child Early Relational Assessment (B-ERA) Training Program
- UW Department of Psychiatry Parent-Infant and Early Childhood Training
- UW Health Parent-Infant Clinic
- Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Program
- Addressing Postpartum Depression in Wisconsin Home Visiting Programs Research Project funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Detailed information about many of these programs may be found under additional tabs on this website.
Activities of the Center continue to evolve and the Center welcomes invitation and/or inquiries regarding opportunities for collaboration with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), the broader campus community and other interested partners statewide.
