1. EARLY YEARS MENTAL HEALTH
Social Baby – The impact of parenting
Irma Shepheard
Early Years Mental Health Specialist
Early years mental health – Social Baby, the impact of parenting.

2. INTRODUCTIONS

3. To Explain; AIMS The role of the Early Years Mental health Specialist
Sensitive and responsive parenting
How sensitive and responsive parenting helps infants thrive and meet their full potential
How non sensitive and unresponsive parenting can impact negatively on the infant’s development.
How babies  communicate their needs right from birth.

4. Early Years Mental Health Specialist
Promote mental health and emotional well being of children up to 5 years of age.
Focus on the relationship between the parent and child.
Group work – Incredible Years, fun Friends, Dinosaur school.
Social Baby – Antenatal session – prevention

5. Sensitive and responsive parenting
What does this mean?
Why is it important?

6. SOCIAL BABY Support parents to emotionally prepare for parenthood.
Help parents understand how babies  can communicate their needs right from birth.

7. Baby Leo with his mum and dad

8. Baby Leo with his grandmother

9. References Crittenden P.M.1999 CARE Index teaching manual
Daws D Through the night.
Brazelton TB & Cramer BG the earliest relationship