Registration is now open for Breakfast for Babies – “Self-Awareness and Liberating Infant Mental Health” – A reflective conversation about THE TENETS:  Diversity- Informed Tenets for Work with Infants, Children, and their Families.  ...

Three more IECMH Basics courses have been added for 2021 due to high demand for this training. July 29/30, Sept. 13/14, and Nov. 8/9.  Course capacity has also been increased to 50.

If you know someone who is making a difference in the life of a young child, regarding their mental or physical health, self-esteem or overall care and well-being, please nominate them for Project Bright Lights. 

The Strong Starts Court Initiative workshop on April 14th was a great success. NYS-AIMH would like to thank Kiran Malpe, LMSW, and Susan Chinitz, PsyD, for their wonderful training. We would also like to thank all participants who made this event truly memorable. For more information and if you would like to learn more please follow this link https://www.courtinnovation.org/programs/strong-starts-court-initiative 

These are extraordinary times, and there is no better time to remind ourselves of the importance of our families, friends, co-workers, and community. We’re glad you are here! We welcome you to consider this website a place to come together and let our shared work on behalf of children and their caregivers nourish us – now, and in the future. Click the banner above to access our COVID-19 Resource Page.

Thanks to the generosity of The New York State Council on Children and Families, through a Preschool Development Birth Through Five Renewal (NYSB5-R) grant, which originates with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration of Children and Families. The New York State Association for Infant Mental Health is very pleased to announce: Infant/Early Childhood (IECMH) Basics Course free of charge in 2021! Visit our events page to register today!

NYS-AIMH is a statewide organization created to support multidisciplinary professionals whose work enhances the relational, emotional and cognitive development of 0-5 year olds in their family context.

Endorsement^® recognizes and documents multidisciplinary professionals’ participation in reflective supervision, attainment of specified levels of education and knowledge to promote and deliver high quality, culturally sensitive, relationship-focused services to 0-5 year olds, their parents and other caregivers.