Brain Development and Interpersonal Relationships: Implications for IMH Work
Training Description
In this 3-hour 15 minute FREE virtual seminar, participants will explore how the quality of a young child’s early relationships has a significant impact on brain development and infant/early childhood mental health. Knowing how the brain develops and manages stress is helpful for working with caregivers to maximize children’s social and emotional development. In addition, the brain is able to rewire itself through neuroplasticity, which means that positive relationships can help heal trauma and rewire the brain.
This training is for community behavioral health providers, CYFD staff, and other community stakeholders who work with children, youth, and families.
3 Social Work CEUs
Trainer:
Jane Clarke, Ph.D.
Trainer Bio:
Dr. Jane Clarke has a Ph.D. in Special Education with a focus on Early Childhood Language/Learning Disabilities, alongside master's degrees in Speech/Language Pathology and Learning Disabilities. She has completed post-doctoral work at Fielding University and fellowships in Infant-Parent Mental Health. Recently, she finished a fellowship in Reflective Supervision Consultation at UC-Davis. With extensive experience supporting high-risk infants and families, she is trained in various assessment procedures and interventions, and has developed innovative assessment tools such as DIAPER and DOVE. Currently, Jane serves as a statewide trainer and consultant for the NM-CYFD BHS – Infant Mental Health program and has been endorsed as an Infant Mental Health Mentor since 2007.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will understand how relationships shape neurobiology and brain development.
- Participants will understand the brain stem, limbic and cortical circuitries.
- Participants will learn how the hemispheres, memory and mirror neurons contribute to a child’s mental health.
- Participants will be able to discuss how a major component of our stress system is our arousal response.
- Participants will be able to describe how positive relationships affect neuroplasticity and can rewire the brain.
Funding
This training brought to you through a partnership with the State of New Mexico's Children, Youth, and Families Department.
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