Center for Early Relational Health

DC:0-5 Clinical Training
2024-10-11 09:00 - 13:00, 2024-10-18 09:00 - 13:00, 2024-10-25 09:00 - 13:00 UTC
Clinical training is designed to support mental health professionals in developing in-depth knowledge of the approach and content of DC:0-5™, understanding the multi-axial system, and utilizing the approach and system in their work with children birth through age five. Participants will receive a copy of the DC:0-5 manual.

(FREE) Turtle Talk: Collectively Raising Indige-babies
2024-10-18 12:00 - 13:30
Brazelton Touchpoints Center
We are excited to open registration for our first 2024 Turtle Talk: Collectively Raising Indige-babies free webinar series. Through conversations with parents raising Indigenous children and babies, we will think together about what it is like to parent in our world today. This series explores developing a Native identity, navigating systems of care and learning, and families’ connections with land.
The four-part series begins on Friday, May 24, 2024, and continues through October 18, 2024. Each webinar is 1 hour followed by a 30-minute Q&A session with our parent panelists. This series is convened through the Indigenous Early Learning Collaborative (IELC) with Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz, Ed.D., IELC Institute Director, Co-Founder and Principal Consultant at First Light Education Project.
Registration is free and live Spanish translation is offered at all conversations.
Episode 1: May 24, 2024
Episode 2: September 13, 2024
Episode 3: September 27, 2024
Episode 4: October 18, 2024

Promoting First Relationships
2024-10-21 09:00 - 12:30, 2024-10-23 09:00 - 12:30, 2024-10-28 09:00 - 12:30, 2024-10-29 09:00 - 12:30
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 to do so. The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

Promoting First Relationships can improve…

Parental sensitivity
Parental knowledge of child development
Parental confidence and competence
Child outcomes
Child Welfare outcomes

Because Promoting First Relationships is a positive, strengths-based model, caregivers are typically open to intervention and gain competence, and thus investment, in their caregiving.
Your fee covers tuition, all curriculum materials including the Promoting First Relationships manual, and a USB flash drive of reproducible parent handouts.
This workshop is approved for 13 Professional CEU’s
4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop
October 21, 23 & 28-29, 2024
9:00am – 12:30pm each day Pacific Time (SEATTLE)
via Zoom

Reflective Practice Supervision: Leading with Relationship
2024-10-22 09:00 - 12:00
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Barbara Stroud for our 3rd Annual Fall Reflective Supervision/Consultation workshop in October! Dr. Stroud is a clinician and reflective practitioner who shares her deep experience and wisdom from an anti-racist lens, with a focus on social justice, in the field of infant mental health. Dr. Stroud remains steadfast in her mission of ‘changing the world – one relationship at a time’.

In Person Expressive Arts Psychotherapy: Engaging in the Arts as Original Health and Healing Practices in Early Relational Health
2024-10-22 09:00 - 17:00
Expressive Arts Psychotherapy, grounded in a decolonized perspective, honors the arts not just as clinical tools but as intrinsic healing practices of many indigenous cultures. This training workshop merges cultural wisdom in expression with therapeutic Expressive Arts Therapy techniques, illuminating experiences that foster holistic healing and nurture parent-child relationships within family systems. Through a re-embrace of the healing arts, identification and application of clinical EXA principles, and experiential dialogue, participants will grasp the essence of a culturally responsive and intermodal expressive arts approach. This experiential workshop will provide all art materials for each participant.
Objectives
Understand Expressive Arts Therapy through a decolonized lens and apply arts interventions through a culturally connected, relevant, and meaningful approach;
Define at least 3 principles of Expressive Arts Therapy;
Apply at least 5 Expressive Arts Therapy interventions to work with children and their families;
Define the Expressive Therapies Continuum and apply EXA interventions through the framework
Experience and learn through the arts from a somatosensory, perceptive, affective and cognitive context.
Abigail Bocanegra, LMFT, is a second-generation Mexican-American/Chicana, rooted in her Nahua, Huastec, and Spanish heritage. As the founder of Creative Heart Therapies, Abigail integrates her roles as a bilingual Expressive Arts Psychotherapist, an Early Relational Mental Health Consultant, and a fervent advocate for culturally-centered healing arts across diverse communities. She is the co-author and co-developer of the Integrative Cultural Healing Model, a healing approach grounded in Tribal Traditional Knowledge for Indigenous families and their young children (0-7). At the Barnard Center within the University of Washington, Abigail holds a Leadership Fellow position, specializing in expressive arts psychotherapy for young children and providing Reflective Practice for bilingual IECMH professionals. In her private practice, Abigail centers her services on the rejuvenation of Latine and Indigenous health and healing traditions, partnering with families impacted by intergenerational-colonial and racial trauma. Her therapeutic stance is underpinned by the Nahuatl philosophy of In Ixtli In Yolotl, signifying wisdom of the heart, consciousness, and a purposeful life journey.
October 22, 2024
9:00am – 5:00pm
IN PERSON University of Washington
Early Bird — $350
Prices go up August 21 — $440

Somos Latine Families / Somos Familias Latine
2024-10-28 12:00 - 13:30, 2024-11-18 12:00 - 13:30, 2024-11-25 12:00 - 13:30, 2024-12-02 12:00 - 13:30
This free, 5-episode virtual conversation series offers a safe and welcoming space to hold conversations for and by Latine families. Explore what it means to be a parent as part of the Latine community, raising Latine children while navigating U.S. mainstream cultures, and connecting Latine cultural identities to physical and mental well-being. Join us as we create a Latine parent community of mutual learning and support. The series will be held on Mondays, from 3 to 4:30 PM ET / 12 to 1:30 PM PT. All webinars are 1 hour followed by a 30-minute Q&A session with our panelists.
Esta serie de conversaciones virtuales gratuitas de 5 episodios ofrece un espacio seguro y acogedor para mantener conversaciones por y para las familias latinas. Explore lo que significa ser padre como parte de la comunidad latina, criar niños latinos mientras navega por las culturas dominantes de EE.UU. y conectar las identidades culturales latinas con el bienestar físico y mental. Únase a nosotros para crear una comunidad de padres latinos de aprendizaje y apoyo mutuos. La serie se celebrará los lunes, de 3 a 4:30 PM ET / 12 a 1:30 PM PT. Todos los seminarios web duran una hora y van seguidos de una sesión de preguntas y respuestas de 30 minutos con nuestros panelistas.
Ep. 1: Lunes, 30 de septiembre de 2024
Ep. 2: Lunes, 28 de octubre de 2024
Ep. 3: Lunes, 18 de noviembre de 2024
Ep. 4: Lunes, 25 de noviembre de 2024
Ep. 5: Lunes, 2 de diciembre de 2024

Community Conversation: Cultivating the Garden of Reflective Capacity in Early Relational Health – Part 2
2024-10-30 11:30 - 13:00
Join the Center for Early Relational Health in our Community Conversation Series. We are excited to embark on this journey with you to explore ways that we can collectively advance Early Relational Health in our communities. Please reach out for more details on the Community Conversations series and other ways to engage with the Center for Early Relational Health.
Cultivating the Garden of Reflective Capacity in Early Relational Health – Part 2
Join us in the second part of our Community Conversations focused on Reflective Practice in Early Relational Health. The first part, The Power of Reflection will take place on Thursday, October 10th from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm. Stay tuned for more information!
Click here to register.
Facilitator: Dr. Ratnesh Nagda
Panelists: More information coming soon!

Using Assessment To Strengthen Support For Fathers And Families
2024-11-12 12:00 - 13:00
In order to better engage fathers, support their well-being, and promote their children’s health and development, organizations need to assess and understand their current level of father friendliness and the needs of the fathers and families they aim to serve. In this webinar, we will focus on assessment, including assessment of fathers’ own well-being, engaging fathers in assessments of their children’s health and development, and assessing organizational practices to include fathers.

DC:0-5 Clinical Training
2024-11-13 09:00 - 13:00, 2024-11-14 09:00 - 13:00, 2024-11-15 09:00 - 13:00
Clinical training is designed to support mental health professionals in developing in-depth knowledge of the approach and content of DC:0-5™, understanding the multi-axial system, and utilizing the approach and system in their work with children birth through age five. Participants will receive a copy of the DC:0-5 manual.
Training dates: 11/13 – 11/15 – 9:00 am – 1:00 pm.

Introduction to the Brief Parent-Child Early Relational Assessment (B-ERA): Supporting Strengths, Recognizing Challenges, and Engaging Parents in Assessing their Relationship with their Child
2024-11-18 08:00 - 17:00
Clinical Workshop: Introduction to the Brief Parent-Child Early Relational Assessment (B-ERA): Supporting Strengths, Recognizing Challenges, and Engaging Parents in Assessing their Relationship with their Child
Roseanne Clark, PhD, IMH-E® and Erica Anderson, PhD
Participants must attend the whole session and will receive a print copy of the B-ERA manual at no cost. Space is limited, so register soon!

Community Conversation: Reflecting Community & Cultural Wisdom in Our Practice
2024-11-18 11:30 - 13:00
Join the Center for Early Relational Health in our Community Conversation Series. We are excited to embark on this journey with you to explore ways that we can collectively advance Early Relational Health in our communities. Please reach out for more details on the Community Conversations series and other ways to engage with the Center for Early Relational Health.
Reflecting Community and Cultural Wisdom in our Practice
Stay tuned for more information!
Click here to register.
Facilitators: Cree Whelshula & Dr. Martina Whelshula

Nurture Connection Presents: Putting Trauma-Informed Pediatric Care into Practice: A Conversation with R.J. Gillespie, MD, MHPE, FAAP and Amy King, PhD
2024-11-21 09:00 - 10:00
R. J. Gillespie, MD, MHPE, FAAP and Amy King, PhD are the authors of The Trauma-Informed Pediatric Practice: A Resilience-Based Roadmap to Foster Early Relational Health, published by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Join Nurture Connection on Thursday, November 21st, 2024, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EST / 9:00 am to 10:00 am PST for a conversation with the authors about the book and how it can transform pediatric practice for clinicians and families.
Guest Speakers:
● R. J. Gillespie, MD, MHPE, FAAP
● Amy King, PhD
● David W. Willis, MD, FAAP, Founder, Nurture Connection
Learn more about the book here: https://www.aap.org/The-Trauma-Informed-Pediatric-Practice-Paperback Learn more about Nurture

Community Conversation: Centering Family Experience & Voice
2024-12-06 10:00 - 11:30
Join the Center for Early Relational Health in our Community Conversation Series. We are excited to embark on this journey with you to explore ways that we can collectively advance Early Relational Health in our communities. Please reach out for more details on the Community Conversations series and other ways to engage with the Center for Early Relational Health.
Centering Family Experience & voice
Stay tuned for more information!
Click here to register.
Facilitators: Shayla Collins and Tui Shelton
Panelists: Bryan Jordan, Chalon Ervin PSY.D., and Steven Thibert

Promoting First Relationships
2025-01-13 08:30 - 12:00
4 Half-Days Level 1 Workshop
January 13, 16, 21 & 23, 2025
8:30am – 12:00pm 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 to do so. The Promoting First Relationships evidence-based program integrates theory, practice and intervention.
In this 4 half-day learner’s workshop, participants learn a unique consultation and intervention strategy that they can integrate into their work whether in high-risk, special needs, child-care, or other early childhood fields.
In this workshop, you will learn . . .

Theoretical foundations of social and emotional development in early childhood (birth to 3 years)
Consultation strategies
Elements of a healthy relationship
Infants and the development of trust and security
Toddlers and the development of self
Understanding and intervening with children’s challenging behaviors
Developing intervention plans and individualizing the PFR curriculum

NW Children's Foundation Forum
2025-01-23 10:00 - 15:00
Child Well-Being and the New Science of Resilience
Practices to Heal Trauma and Nurture Hope
January 23, 2025 (Virtual Event) 10:00 AM—3:00 PM PT
Back by popular demand, Linda Chamberlain, PhD, MPH, and Abigail Bocanegra, LMFT, return to our 2025 Forum as featured speakers!
Developmental Scientist Dr. Linda Chamberlain has a renowned ability to translate science into practical strategies and tools. She will demonstrate techniques to balance the nervous system, highlight surprising facts about the hormone oxytocin, and discuss polyvagal insights for parenting – all with a focus on building collective resilience.
Expressive Arts Psychotherapist Abigail Bocanegra will share how she centers cultural wisdom and integrates the healing arts into her therapeutic work with children and families. Abigail’s approach revitalizes Indigenous health and healing practices through the arts, offering a holistic method for reconnecting with ancestral and innate healing capacities.
We also welcome back Dr. Ben Danielson, youth advocate, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington, School of Medicine, and Center Director of AHSHAY, to provide opening remarks and reflections. Participants will learn the latest research on the role of the nervous system in healing trauma and preventing burnout, develop an expanded understanding of a culturally responsive and expressive arts approach to healing, and gain practical tools and skills they can apply immediately to their own work.

Post-event on-demand viewing included with registration
Center for Early Relational Health: 4 CEUs available
MERIT Training: 4 STARS hours available
$50 standard, $25 reduced rate, and no-cost option available

Learning Series: Navigating Parenting in Times of Crisis
2025-02-02 12:00 - 13:00
Virtual Series: Navigating Parenting in Times of Crisis
WithinReach is hosting a 5-day winter learning series the final week of February, 2025. Join us for lunchtime virtual webinars to connect with thought leaders, share best practices, and champion a future where every family has the resources and support they need to thrive.
Dates: February 24–28, 2025
Time: Noon–1 p.m. (Pacific Time)
Format: Virtual webinars

Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) & Early Relational Health (ERH) in Washington: Referral & Care Coordination Overview
2025-02-03 12:00 - 15:00
This interactive workshop focuses on the IECMH field from a relationship-centered, diversity-informed, healing-forward, and developmentally-focused perspective. Participants will learn about influences on IECMH and indicators that IECMH services may be needed, as well as approaches to engage with families and assist them in anticipating and obtaining developmentally appropriate supports. This workshop is intended to encourage relationship-centered collaboration across infant and early childhood systems in supporting very young children and their families.
CEUs for mental health professionals and STARS hours (pending approval) will be provided.
Trainers:
Dr. Nucha Isarowong & Dr. Meyleen Velasquez

Parenting While Black: Nurturing Legacy, Love, and Liberation
2025-02-24 12:00 - 13:00
Episode 1: Black Parents and Love
Join us as we explore the importance of Black parental love as a source of care, compassion, and commitment within our families. At our February 2025 virtual conversation, we will discuss love and care in our culture as it has evolved over generations.
With
– Dr. Lauren Eldridge Stewart
– Dr. Billye Sankofa Waters
Parenting While Black: Nurturing Legacy, Love, and Liberation
A FREE dynamic four-part virtual conversation series by, for, and among Black parents. This is a welcoming space for sharing ideas, stories, and ways of knowing and being. We will explore our similar and different experiences and our many different ways of being Black parents. The series delves into mental health and wellness, acknowledging the unique pressures we, as Black parents, face while also offering concrete tools for self-care and emotional resilience. We will celebrate Black families as a cornerstone of cultural preservation and affirmation of our futures, exploring ways to strengthen bonds across generations and build lasting legacies. We will explore our similar and different experiences and our many different ways of being Black parents and/or raising Black children.
The 60-minute conversations begin on February 24th and run through April 7th. This free series is designed to create an authentic space for Black parents to share experiences and insights, and build community. The series will be moderated by Kimya Barden, Ph.D., Parenting Scholar; Associate Professor of Urban Community Studies, Northeastern Illinois University-Chicago; Co-creator, The Speaker Shop.
Each webinar includes live Spanish language translation and closed captioning.

Preschool Expulsion: Implications and Solutions
2025-03-04 10:00 - 11:30
The presentation will include discussion on why preschool expulsion is an important topic which reflects inequities in society, risk factors associated with preschool expulsion, current efforts to remediate the situation and the role of providers in eliminating preschool expulsion.

Everyday Clinical Ethics in the Care of Infants and their Families
2025-03-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Newborn Behavior International Leaders in the Field Webinar Series
Elaine C. Meyer, PhD, RN, MBE is a child and adolescent psychiatric nurse, clinical psychologist, and ethicist. She is senior attending psychologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, faculty at the Center for Bioethics, and associate professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard Medical School.
