Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health

Trainings on Additional Theoretical Foundations Competencies

Below you will find a list of trainings offered by MI-AIMH Faculty Members.  Each topic is listed under the primary competency that the training addresses (many trainings will cover more than one competency).  In some cases, multiple faculty members cover the same topic, so it may be helpful to consider where the faculty member is located.  Most faculty members indicated a willingness to travel to provide their services.  The trainings are listed in alphabetical order by the last name of the trainer. 
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Relationship-Based Therapeutic Practice

.      Home Visiting - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

.      IMH services with & on behalf of Child Welfare/Courts involved infants/toddlers and families - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E(IV)

.      Intervening to support early relationship development in child care settings - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

·       Reflective Supervision—Melissa Copenhaver, IMH-E (III)

·       Relationship-Based Practice: Why and How it Works—Judy Darling, IMH-E (III)

·       Infant/Toddler Psychotherapy—Douglas Davies, IMH-E (IV)

·       Working with Traumatized Young Children in Foster Care—Douglas Davies, IMH-E (IV)

·       Intervention Strategies with Toddlers for Childcare and Preschool Teachers—Douglas Davies, IMH-E (IV)

·       Focusing on the Relationships Between Parents and Infants/Toddlers and the Parallel Process—Bonnie Daligga, IMH-E (IV)

·       Theory and Application of Infant Mental Health Strategies (Supportive Counseling, Developmental Guidance, Parent/Infant Psychotherapy)—Sheryl Goldberg, IMH-E (IV)

·       Principles of Infant Mental Health Introduction—Jeri Lea Kroll, IMH-E (IV)

·       Building Relationships with Parents—Jeri Lea Kroll, IMH-E (IV)

·       Relationship-Based Consultation with Child Care—Jeri Lea Kroll, IMH-E (IV)

·       Assessing and Addressing Challenging Behaviors in Young Children—Jeri Lea Kroll, IMH-E (IV)

·       Infant Massage—Jeri Lea Kroll, IMH-E (IV)

·       Filial Play Therapy and Floortime—Diane Kukulis, IMH-E (III)

·       Relationship-Based Interventions—Diane Kukulis, IMH-E (III)

·       Parallel Process—Carol Oleksiak, IMH-E (IV)

·       Reflective Supervision—Carol Oleksiak, IMH-E (IV)

·       Infant Mental Health Home Visiting—Nichole Paradis Pangburn, IMH-E (IV)

·       Meeting Families Where They Are: Family Centered Practice and Home Visiting—Gregory Proulx, IMH-E (IV)

·       It’s All About the Relationship: Defining and Illustrating the Core of Our Practice—Mary Beth Reimer, IMH-E (IV)

·       Using Parallel Process to Understand and Respond to Infants and Their Families—Julie Ribaudo, IMH-E (IV)

·       Parallel Process—Bill Schafer, IMH-E (IV)

Family Relationships and Dynamics

.      Attention to cultural and individual differences in observation, assessment & support of early family relationships - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

·       Parents Relationships as Impacting the Infant and Toddler—Bonnie Daligga, IMH-E (IV)

·       Parenting with a Mental Health or Cognitive Impairment—Sheryl Goldberg, IMH-E (IV)

·       Parenting a Child with a Developmental or Health Condition—Sheryl Goldberg, IMH-E (IV)

·       Central Issues in Adoption—Barry Kaufmann, IMH-E (IV)

·       Engaging Fathers to Nurture Their Young Children—Barry Kaufman, IMH-E (IV)

·       Best Practices for a Father Friendly Environment—Barry Kaufman, IMH-E (IV)

·       Parenting Together or Apart—Barry Kaufman, IMH-E (IV)

·       Understanding How Attachment Templates Affect Relationships—Janice Proudfoot, IMH-E (III)

·       Best Practice Psychotherapeutic Theories of Change—Mary Beth Reimer, IMH-E (IV)

·       Managing Living in Two Families and/or Balancing Life Between Home and Child Care—Kathryn Sims, IMH-E (IV)

·       Blended Families: Assessment and Treatment of Family Needs—Lisa Velez, IMH-E (IV)

·       Single Parenthood—Debra Wolffis, IMH-E (III)

Attachment, Separation, Trauma & Loss

.      Recognizing & responding to the needs of infants/toddlers in foster care - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

.      IMH intervention with parents whose early experiences include severe childhood abuse/trauma/loss - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

·       Attachment: Early Developing Relationships—Rene Beyette, IMH-E (IV)

·       Effects of Early Trauma—Douglas Davies, IMH-E (IV)

·       Effects of Early Trauma on Brain Development—Douglas Davies, IMH-E (IV)

·       Impacts of Witnessing Domestic Violence on Infants and Toddlers—Douglas Davies, IMH-E (IV)

·       Supporting Developing Attachment Relationships—Sheryl Goldberg, IMH-E (IV)

·       Coping with Loss—Sheryl Goldberg, IMH-E (IV)

·       Children and Trauma—Leslie Griffith, IMH-E (III)

·       Attachment and Reactive Attachment Disorder—Leslie Griffith, IMH-E (III)

·       Children and Death—Leslie Griffith, IMH-E (III)

·       The Intersection of the Infant Attachment System and Mother’s Caregiving System—Alissa Huth-Bocks, IMH-E (IV)

·       Risk Factors for Insecure Infant Attachment—Alissa Huth-Bocks, IMH-E (IV)

·       The Role of Maternal Trauma on Disrupting the Mother-Infant Attachment Relationship—Alissa Huth-Bocks, IMH-E (IV)

·       Helping Children and Their Parents Cope with Grief and Loss—Barry Kaufman, IMH-E (IV)

·       Trauma in Early Childhood: Trauma-Based Interventions—Diane Kukulis, IMH-E (III)

·       Using Daily Routines to Enhance Parent-Child Attachment—Marian Orihel, IMH-E (III)

·       Effects of Trauma, Loss and Separation on Children’s Emotional Development—Janice Proudfoot, IMH-E (III)

·       Introduction to Attachment: How it Happens and Why it is Important—Gregory Proulx, IMH-E (IV)

·       Secure and Insecure Attachment: How Trauma and Loss can Define the Attachment—Mary Beth Reimer, IMH-E (IV)

·       Normative Development of Attachment—Julie Ribaudo, IMH-E (IV)

·       Helping Infants and Young Children in Foster Care and Adoption—Julie Ribaudo, IMH-E (IV)

·       Grieving Infants and Toddlers—Julie Ribaudo, IMH-E (IV)

·       When a Parent Dies: Helping Little Ones and Those Around Them Deal with the Trauma—Kathryn Sims, IMH-E (IV)

·       Trauma and Loss in Infants and Toddlers—Lisa Velez, IMH-E (IV)

·       Attachment, Separation and Trauma in Infancy and Early Childhood—Erin Werth, IMH-E (III)

·       Assessment and Intervention: How We Can Help Traumatized Children—Robert White, IMH-E (III)

·       Theoretical Underpinnings of Infant Mental Health—Robert White, IMH-E (III)

·       The World According to DBT: An Overview of Dialectical Behavior Treatment—Robert White, IMH-E (III)

·       Principles of Infant Mental Health Attachment Theory and the Adult Attachment Scale—Karol Wilson, IMH-E (III)

Disorders of Infancy/Early Childhood

·       Autism: Early Detection and Intervention—Rene Beyette, IMH-E (IV)

·       Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders—Rene Beyette, IMH-E (IV)

·       Working with Families with Children with Special Needs—Beverly Davidson, IMH-E (III)

·       Assessment and Treatment of PTSD in Infancy and Early Childhood—Alissa Huth-Bocks, IMH-E (IV)

·       Overview of Developmental Trauma Disorder—Alissa Huth-Bocks, IMH-E (IV)

·       Fetal Alcohol Syndrome—Denise Weckesser, IMH-E (IV)

·       Reactive Attachment Disorder and Order Attachment Disorders—Erin Werth, IMH-E (III)

Cultural Competence

.       Recognizing & honoring differences in thinking, beliefs & perspectives of professionals across systems:  IMH, Education, Child Welfare/CourtsR- Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

.       Guiding professionals in multi-ethnicity/racial/cultural work - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

·       Working with LGBT Families—Beverly Davidson, IMH-E (III)

·       Working with High-Risk Families—Beverly Davidson, IMH-E (III)

·       The Impact of our Personal Cultural Lens on our Work with Families—Bonnie Daligga, IMH-E (IV)

·       Respectful Approach to and Exploration of Family Culture and Its Impact on the Functioning of the Family—Bonnie Daligga, IMH-E (IV)

·       Approaches to Challenging Interactions—Bonnie Doligga, IMH-E (IV)

·       Culturally Competent Approaches to Community Based Evaluation and Systems Change Efforts—Hiram Fitzgerald, IMH-E (IV)

·       Building Cultural Awareness/Sensitivity in Home Visiting and Toddler Educational Settings—Marian Orihel, IMH-E (III)

·       Embracing Families and Honoring Differences—Karol Wilson, IMH-E (III)