Calendar

Delighting in Children: Reframing Infant Mental Health Through Positive Emotion

Virtual

August Circle Time Event! Join us over the lunch hour to deepen your strengths-based approach. Receive practical tools for observing joy in children understand the impact of mutual delight Cultivate delight strategies in your work CEUs available for Mental Health Providers. Register now. Circle Time is a monthly midday gathering inspired by the many circle

DIR Certificate Level 1 Course

Virtual

Certificate Level 1 is the first level of Profectum’s professional certification courses. This online course introduces DIR®, explores how it works within an interdisciplinary team, and covers how to guide assessment and intervention. The DIR® model builds upon establishing relationships and engagement at any point in development, respecting individual differences from the perspective of occupational

Promoting First Relationships

4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop September 15, 18, 24 & 25, 2025 9:00am – 12:30pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE) via Zoom Professionals who work with caregivers and young children (0-5) often see the need to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children. Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies

Fatherhood Summit: Celebrate Dads the Continuing Journey – Creating Our Path Forward

Join in person for the 2025 Fatherhood Summit. This year’s theme celebrates fathers and invites us to create our path forward for the Washington Fatherhood Council. The afternoon promises to be full of powerful insights and thoughtful discussion. Some support for travel costs is available for dads to attend the event, including mileage, childcare expenses,

Frightening and Anomalous Material Behavior in the First Two Years of Life and its Impact on Children’s Development

Virtual

This talk will explore how a mother’s unresolved trauma stemming from abuse or the loss of significant others can affect the quality of care she provides for her child. Specifically, we will describe frightening and anomalous caregiving behaviors over their child’s first two year of life and  show video examples. We will then discuss how

DC:0-5 Clinical Training

Virtual

DC:0-5 Clinical Training Register now: September 30 – October 2 | 9:30 am – 2:00 pm CEUs and DC:0-5 manuals provided at no cost! Trainers: Christopher Heckert, DSW, LICSW, CMHS Sharon Shadwell, MS, MPA, LMHC

Zero to Three Conference

Baltimore, MD

LEARN 2025 is for everyone supporting infants, toddlers, and families—educators, healthcare providers, mental health professionals, researchers, advocates, and policymakers. Whatever your role, you belong here! Held in Baltimore, MD on October 8 & 8th. Register now. Cutting-edge professional development information and research, discussion focused on innovations in the early childhood field and a chance to

Engaging with Families in the Wiikwedong ECD Collaborative: Indigenous Visiting

Virtual

We invite Native parents, teachers, and caregivers, along with those working with Native children and families and those interested in the work of raising our Indigenous children, to join us for the second season of Turtle Talk: Collectively Raising Indige-babies, a BTC Family-to-Family Real Talk virtual conversation series! All are welcome! This season, we will have

Promoting First Relationships

4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop October 13, 16, 21 & 23, 2025 9:00am – 12:30pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE) via Zoom Professionals who work with caregivers and young children (0-5) often see the need to support and guide caregivers in building nurturing relationships with children. Promoting First Relationships workshop gives professionals the knowledge, tools, and strategies