These
workshops were originally developed for the Univerisity of
Wisconsin-Extension for home visitors from health and community-based
agencies who provide information and support to families with
infants to promote healthy development, parent-child interaction
and family functioning. Amy still teaches these workshops
for them. However the knowledge and principles presented are
applicable and useful to almost any professional working with
postpartum families throughout the first months or year of
the child's life.
Workshop format: For audiences who
are unfamiliar with childbirth, infant development throughout
the first year AND attachment, the two day format is probably
best.
For childbirth, lactation and postpartum professionals familiar
with birth and infant development, the workshop can be fine
tuned to be a longer one day workshop. This workshop
material is also appropriate for parents.
Please contact me to see what would work best for your community
or group.
Parent-Infant Interaction: The Foundation of the Attachment Relationship In
this workshop, participants will learn the nuts and bolts
of parent-infant interaction, focusing on the specifics
of infant characteristics and parental communication strategies.
This workshop focuses primarily on the early infant period
from labor and birth through the first five months. Objectives: After
taking this workshop, participants will be able to:
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Describe how the infant contributes to and influences the parenting relationship |
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Review infant states and temperaments |
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Recognize a wide range of communication signals between infant and parent |
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Deepen their understanding of their role as a guide for parents during infancy |
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Learn strategies to help parents empathize and respond more sensitively to their baby |
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Outline how appropriate responses by parents leads to an effective attachment relationship |
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Examine how the beginnings of attachment are rooted in parent-infant interactions and communications |
Topics
covered include:
Attachment and bonding; parental sensitivity;
the importance of rhythm and ritual of daily life; infant sleep
patterns; different perspectives and support for handling infant
crying; understanding infant state; a detailed examination of
subtle and overt infant cues; infant temperament; feedings;
developing key abilities in parents.
Length: Five and half hours classroom time, not including
breaks (6.5 ceus).
Parent-Infant Interaction, Part II: Enhancing Positive Attachment and Understanding The Family
PII-Part II builds on the foundation knowledge of the importance
of interactions as the basis for successful relationships and
positive attachment. It extends that knowledge from to
cover other influences on the parent infant relationship during
the entire first year.
Objectives: After taking this workshop, participants will be able to:
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Enhance the positive interactions of parents that lead to a secure attachment relationship. |
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Assist
parents to empathize and cognitively understand their
baby's developmental needs. |
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Outline specific strategies to help parents cope with challenging infant/child behavior |
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Examine
the lifelong impact of the infant's first year, especially
on emotional development |
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Learn strategies to help parents empathize and respond more sensitively to their baby |
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Gain familiarity with techniques to help parents understand their own childhood experiences and consciously make decisions about how they want to parent |
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Increase awareness of sleeping arrangements, birth experiences, lifestyle choices, extended family and cultural differences and their implications for parent-infant interaction |
Topics covered include attachment theory; giving birth and being
born; insightfulness and sensitive parenting; parenting styles;
baby's temperament and parenting challenges; postpartum depression;
co-sleeping and separate sleeping, helping families find out
what's right for them; swaddling, 5 S's and Happiest baby principles;
realistic expectations of baby; viewing baby as a separate person;
infant massage as a strategy to increase sensitivity; and the
importance of the parents experience of being parented.
The relevance of the topics to the participants really depends
on the population they are supporting and other resources available in the community, as well as the participants training and
background. Please
call or email to fine tune the workshop for your group.
Length: Five and half hours classroom time, not including
breaks (6.5 ceus).
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Basic Doula Training Workshops
Advanced Doula Training Workshops
and
Continuing Education Workshops for Birth Professionals
Parent-Infant Interaction and Attachment Workshops
Talks for Physicians
Research Sessions for Scholarly and Professional Conferences
Testimonials |
