Your thoughtful, compassionate and generous donations will contribute to the activities of the Center including support for current professional development programs like the UW Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health Capstone Certificate Program, which continuously require funds for much needed scholarships, and also enable us to expand our reach with education across the UW Campus and with new initiatives in partnership with Wisconsin communities. Together these programs support the growth and development of professionals working with families during the perinatal period and with children birth through five years of age. The most vulnerable babies and young children and their families need professionals who can develop effective therapeutic relationships and provide skillful assessment and supportive interventions!
Please give as generously as you are able.
With our deep gratitude,
Roseanne Clark, PhD, Professor Emerita & Center Co-Director
Sarah Strong, LCSW, UW Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health Capstone Certificate Program Director.
Kathleen Hipke, PhD, Assistant Professor, Center Co-Director & Capstone Certificate Faculty Director
Your donation will:
- • Develop educational opportunities for UW undergraduate and graduate students across multiple departments to learn about the field of Infant Early Childhood Mental Health much earlier in their journey toward a professional career.
- • Offer opportunities to UW graduate students for mentorship and small grants to pilot innovative projects to advance Infant Mental Health in Wisconsin.
- • Grow a diverse Infant Mental Health Informed workforce through scholarships for the UW Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health Capstone Certificate Program.
- • Increase access to evidence-based services for very young children and their parents who have experienced trauma through scholarships for the Trauma-Informed Child-Parent Psychotherapy Training Program.
- • Provide access to inspiring State and National Parent-Infant Mental Health Luminaries for fellows, graduates and the larger community.
If you would like your donation to support a specific initiative or program, like scholarships, please alert us via email (khipke@wisc.edu) at the time you make your donation.
Some of the Accomplishments of UW Certificate Program Participants:
Since the inception of the Certificate Program in 2010, Parent-Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health has grown in Wisconsin. A diverse group of over 400 fellows have made countless contributions following their year in the Certificate Program, including:
- Implementing Reflective Supervision/Practice in Programs state-wide
- Providing more relational, trauma-informed, culturally sensitive and developmentally appropriate services for families with very young children
- Integrating Mindfulness into Parent-Infant Mental Health work
- Providing Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation to Early Care and Education programs, Birth to Three Programs, Home Visiting Programs , Child Welfare and the Healthy Baby Court.
- Bringing the FAN, the Newborn Behavioral Observation System and the Parent-Child Early Relational Assessment into work with families in Home Visiting Programs throughout the state
- Increasing the relational focus in Birth to 3, along with new approaches to screening/assessment for Social Emotional Development/Functioning