Participants have been selected. The series is in progress.

Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC) in collaboration with Jewish Family and Children’s Services is pleased offer this free workshop opportunity in service of supporting the MA Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health workforce and the families they serve.

Observing children, birth to three years old, is a powerful tool that can support and transform work with infants, young children and their caregivers. Through observation we learn to slow down, reflect upon our own experience, and build our awareness of the families’ experiences. The Learning to Look curriculum will utilize observation, readings, videos and discussion to support your learning.  This learning builds your foundations for early relationships, considering the young child’s development in the context of family and larger cultural context.

Learning objectives

• Establish and understanding for the observer role for children ages birth to three years old
• Elevate and shape observation skills
• Develop an understanding of the multiple levels for behavior and interaction
• Build dyadic (back and forth) communication capacities
• Advance knowledge of emotional regulation
• Explore and reflect upon the cultural context of children and their parents/caregivers
• Identify and examine our awareness for complexities associated with the positionality and reflexivity in personal experiences and its influence on our work

Participation Requirements:

1. Commitment to attend and complete 12-week series.
2. Be a Massachusetts Provider

Evaluation Information

The grant Connecting Communities: Support for the MA Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Workforce, funding this opportunity, includes an evaluation component administered by our partners at Boston University. 

As a participant, you are an integral part of the broader IECMH work reaching across Massachusetts representing the workforce and systems families and their young children engage with daily. Your perspectives drive future funding and understanding of IECMH for current and future, stakeholders, professionals and families. In light of the free learning our only request is a small one, we encourage you to participate in the evaluation process. We are hopeful for every participant across all the offerings in the Connecting Communities grant to share their voices with our evaluation partners at Boston University in service of understanding the impact of the training opportunities in building a system and workforce with the knowledge, cultural humility and understanding needed to best serve babies, young children and their families across the Commonwealth. 

Demographic Questions

These questions are asked in service of understanding more about you in support of your journey with us.

We are looking forward to walking alongside you on this journey.  Should you have any questions, please email MAIECMHtrainingcalendar@eliotchs.org .