TITLE: NEUROAFFIRMING AND DEVELOPMENTALLY RESPONSIVE PARENT AND CAREGIVER SUPPORT FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS  
Date: June 16, 2026
Time: 11 am – 1 pm, AK time

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION:

This presentation explores how IECMH providers can effectively, and respectfully, support parents with a range of disabilities—including neurodivergent parents and those with intellectual and developmental disabilities—from pregnancy through early parenting. Topics include addressing ableism, delivering inclusive support, identifying strengths and support needs, and nurturing early relationships.

PRESENTER:

Kate Rosenblum, PhD, ABPP, IMH-E

Dr. Rosenblum is a clinical and developmental psychologist and holds dual appointments as a Professor in the University of Michigan’s Department of Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology. In the Department of Psychiatry she co-directs the Women and Infants Mental Health Program, the Infant and Early Childhood Clinic, and Zero to Thrive (www.zerotothrive.org), a program focused on promoting the health and resilience of families with young children facing adversity through research, training, and service. Dr. Rosenblum’s expertise in infancy and early childhood, parent-infant relationships, and parent mental health is broad. For example, in collaboration with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services she is the lead evaluator of a multi-site statewide evaluation of infant mental health home visiting services. Her expertise in parenting, maternal mental health, and infant-parent interventions is nationally recognized; she is a past President of the Board of the international organization the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health, and she is an Academy Fellow with the national organization ZERO TO THREE.


OBJECTIVES:

As an outcome of completing this webinar, participants will be able to:

  1. Understand the importance of recognizing disability and parent support needs in infant and early childhood mental health work.
  2. Describe the impact of ableism, intersectionality, and disparities in parenting experiences for parents with disabilities, from pregnancy through early childhood.
  3. Summarize 1-2 key research findings related to risk and protective factors for parenting and child outcomes when a parent has a disability.
  4. Identify at least 3 strategies for delivering inclusive, accessible, and supportive care to parents with disabilities.
Costs: $45.00 AK-AIMH Members
  $60.00 Non-members
  $0.00 Behavioral Health Clinicians funded
through the Division of Behavioral Health

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