Mental health professionals (RCW 71.05.020) who are responsible for clinical diagnosis and are contracted to provide mental health services to children birth through age five enrolled in Apple Health (either with or without managed care). This includes: Licensed psychologists, psychiatrists, and advanced psychiatric nurse practitioners Independently licensed clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health

oin this series of 2 half-day workshops to leverage existing program materials and wisdom for successful grant applications. This series is for anyone who is part of a team that contributes to grant writing or if you would like to learn more about how to support grant writing in your organization. Workshops will be hands

Being a father is hard and rewarding. That may be even more true when your child has special health care needs or disabilities. This session will explore the role of fathers and father figures in assuring good outcomes for children and youth with special needs. In this session, we will: Look at challenges and barriers

Social-emotional development lays the foundation for children's ability to learn, build relationships and succeed in school. We will both work to understand why a parent/caregiver may prioritize their child's pre-academic skills (e.g. knowing colors, numbers, etc.) in the context of their social location and cultural contexts, and practice together understanding and explaining how strong social

PFR is an evidence-based home visiting program for parents and young children, birth to five. We use a reflective parenting strategy that supports parents in their unique relationship with their child. We use video observation to facilitate reflection and provide strengths-based feedback. We help parents see how they can support their child’s emotional health using

Join this one-hour virtual session focused on community centered co-design. Pathways to Progress Alliance and Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services will share their experiences co-designing tools with community. Sharing will include what their process looked like, what worked, what they learned, and the key takeaways from their experiences. Meet Our Panelists: We’re excited to welcome Mardiya

Every child and caregiver entering a new environment is asking the same question, often without words: Do I belong here? Do you see me?  This interactive workshop is for anyone who works with children from before birth to age five and their families. We'll explore intersectionality as a tool for seeing children and families more

The talk will present our affiliative neuroscience perspective on resilience, which contends that for young mammals, who are born with immature brains and require caregiving do develop mechanisms of stress management and sociality, systems that participate in bonding are those that sustain resilience.  I show how the biology of love and its core process biobehavioral