• Expansive Possibilities of Attachment/Relational Health: Indigenous (Navajo) Connection and Relationships within Traditional Practices of Caregiving

    Virtual

    Presenter will center Indigenous (Navajo) Attachment and Caregiving through Storytelling and Life Wonder-ing. The importance of spirituality and honoring self in intergenerational healing...  (story is still being told) Facilitated by Dawn A. Yazzie, MA, NCC  - Founding Director Dził Nitsaa Consulting and Services, LLC Register now

  • Raising Children Who Are Accountable and Empowered

    Virtual

    This episode’s conversation will be delivered in English with live Spanish translation. In this episode, we explore machismo and traditional beliefs about masculinity — where these ideas come from, how they’ve shaped our culture, and how they impact the way children grow, learn, and relate to one another. We’ll look at how these cultural norms

  • “Why do they do that?!” – Behaviors in Relationships​ (Virtual)

    Virtual

    Parents and caregivers seek support with and for their young children most often due to children’s challenging behaviors. While we know that behaviors have meaning, how the behaviors make us feel and how we understand them can prevent us from staying present and attuning to the needs of children who are exhibiting challenging behaviors. This

  • PICCOLO Refresher

    Virtual

    Refresher - Building on Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes (PICCOLO) Audience: This refresher course is a high-level review of the 3/4-part training. It is designed for home visitors or supervisors who have completed the full PICCOLO training within the last five years. Learning objectives: After completing this training, participants will

  • Applying Ubuntu in IECMH: From Intention to Implementation

    Virtual

    In the field of IECMH we acknowledge the importance of community in our work with young children and their families, but what does it really mean to truly embody and practice authentic community connections as a central part of our Healing Justice work in IECMH? In this workshop: We will introduce and discuss how community mental

  • Perinatal Mental Health in Practice-Extended Learning Opportunity

    Virtual

    Perinatal Mental Health in Practice: Extended Learning Opportunity (ELO) is open to all home visitors and supervisors who carry a caseload. In this one-hour session, facilitated by Mia Edidin LICSW, home visitors and supervisors receive real-time support and learning opportunities. Participants will have the opportunity to take part in case consultation and resource sharing, ensuring

  • Home Visitor Peer Connections

    Virtual

    Home Visitor Peer Connections provide an open space for home visitors across the state to connect with each other about their work. During this time there will be a focus on the Washington state Home Visiting Core Competencies. Competencies are observable actions that require a combination of knowledge, skills, and attributes necessary to perform a

  • Practicing Decolonized Parenting When You’re Triggered & Tired

    Virtual

    How do we stay true to our values in justice and liberation as caregivers in this moment of uncertainty and chaos? Surviving under systemic oppression might leave you with so little bandwidth to be intentional in raising your little ones even when you know all too well that “liberation starts at home.” How do we

  • Weaving Our Medicines – Ancestral Somatics and Perinatal Mental Health as a Pathway to Collective Liberation

    Virtual

    This workshop introduces the Weaving Our Medicines resource, an offering that centers the lived experiences, stories, and ancestral wisdom of Black, Indigenous, and birth workers of color. We view birth workers expansively, including all people and practitioners who directly and indirectly support the ceremony of birth. We will explore a primer in perinatal mental health

  • Learning Collaborative: Perinatal Care & Maternal Support

    Virtual

    According to the Perigee Fund Maternal Mental Health report, millions of mothers, pregnant women, and birthing people experience mood disorders, anxiety, depression, or trauma-related challenges each year. These issues affect not only the parent, but also children’s social-emotional, cognitive, and physical development. This Learning Collaborative will highlight innovative programs and statewide efforts to better support

  • “Why do they do that?!” – Behaviors in Relationships (In Person, King County)

    Parents and caregivers seek support with and for their young children most often due to children’s challenging behaviors. While we know that behaviors have meaning, how the behaviors make us feel and how we understand them can prevent us from staying present and attuning to the needs of children who are exhibiting challenging behaviors. This