INfancy Onward

02/27/2026

🌱 Roots of Resilience: Strengthening Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Conference 🌱

📅 Friday, May 1 · 8 AM - 4 PM EST
📍 South Bend City Church, South Bend, IN

INfancy Onward invites early childhood professionals from across Indiana to attend Roots in Resilience: Strengthening Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, a dynamic conference dedicated to supporting our youngest children, their families, and the professionals who serve them. 🙌

Featuring learning tracks in Early Education & IECMH, Policy, and Reflective Supervision—along with an inspiring keynote—this event offers practical strategies, policy insights, and tools to enhance your work and strengthen the workforce.

Connect with colleagues statewide as we advance resilient systems and promote healthy beginnings for Indiana’s children. 💚

https://mhai.givevirtuous.org/Event/roots-of-resilience-strengthening-infant--early-childhood-mental-health-conference

02/25/2026

Apply to be a Zero to Three Fellow Today!

The ZERO TO THREE Fellowship has been cultivating leaders in early childhood for four decades and counting. The fellowship program is an intensive professional development program that brings together early childhood professionals from around the globe. For 40 years, our fellows have completed the program and taken what they’ve learned back into their fields to benefit infants and toddlers.

https://www.zerotothree.org/our-work/zero-to-three-fellowship/

02/24/2026

DC:0—5™: Clinical Training
Dive into the latest scientific findings and clinical research in infant and early childhood mental health.

Price: $549 | Member Price: $524

Deepen your understanding of the DC:0–5™ Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood with a comprehensive review of the indispensable guide, straight from the source.
Join a cohort of clinicians, pediatricians, early interventionists, nurse practitioners and other professionals to:

-Analyze the importance of using a developmentally sensitive, relationship-based and contextually grounded and empirically supported system of diagnostic classification with children from birth through 5 year old through real-world scenarios and case examples

-Uplevel your ability to approach diagnosis from an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health perspective

-Closely examine the significance of a multiaxial approach for children with mental health and developmental disorders in infancy and early childhood

👉️ Register here: https://www.zerotothree.org/our-work/learn-professional-development/upcoming-trainings/ -5

02/20/2026

🤝 Recently, the concept of mattering—the feeling that we are valued and have value to add to the world—has gained momentum among scientists and practitioners as a key ingredient for lifelong well-being. And, while mattering is important to us all, our sense of whether or not we matter—to our loved ones, our communities, and the world at large—begins in the earliest days of infancy.

Check out this working paper from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University titled "Mattering in Early Childhood: Building a Strong Foundations for Life" to learn more about why mattering MATTERS!

👉️ https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/working-paper/mattering-in-early-childhood/

02/19/2026

02/17/2026

💊 ACF Expands Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder for At-Risk Families

Buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone now eligible as “well-supported” interventions to increase access to evidence-based substance use disorder treatment for families at risk.

👉️ Learn more: https://shorturl.at/erVpT

02/05/2026

The Pyramid Model has thousands of resources for early educators, families, and early interventionists, to name a few! Check out their extensive resource library https://challengingbehavior.org/resources/. Use the drop down to filter and find resources to support your work with families & children!

01/30/2026

There’s no single path in infant & early childhood mental health. 💛 Whether you work directly with families, supervise, teach, research, there’s an IECMH Endorsement® pathway for you. This visual shows how different roles connect—no perfect fit required.

01/27/2026

📚✨ Deepen Your Skills Supporting Young Learners with ASD!
Join the HANDS in Autism® 3-Day Early Childhood Training — an intensive, interactive experience designed for early childhood educators, preschool teachers, service providers, and professionals working with young children with autism and developmental disabilities. Across three days, you’ll dive into essential topics including visual structure, educational and behavioral assessment, skills teaching, task adaptations, behavior intervention, and social skills strategies — all rooted in the evidence-based HANDS Model.

👥 Learn through hands-on activities, live observation, video examples, scenario-based discussions, coaching, and real-world practice.

🗓️ 2026 Dates: February 25–27 & August 12–14 (9 AM–4 PM EST)
📍 Offered virtually and in Bloomington, IN ✈️
💼 Earn up to 27 contact hours

👉 Get details & register: https://handsinautism.iu.edu/training-services/training/training-options-list/three-day-childhood.html

01/26/2026

📣 The 2025 Impact Report from the Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance is here!
See how MMHLA is driving real change — from advocating for stronger federal support and funding to expanding access to maternal mental health resources and lifting up voices across the country. 🙌
View full report: https://shorturl.at/9CUy9

01/22/2026

💻️ February Foundations with INfancy Onward

Join INfancy Onward Director of Outreach and Training, Cassie Eberly, for foundational training in infant and early childhood mental health. This four-part series covers the basics of IECMH and is perfect for educators, staff, and parents new to the field or curious to learn more. Join us on Fridays in February at 1 pm. Receive 1 CEU and training certificate per webinar attended.

👉️ Register: https://shorturl.at/D54SA

01/17/2026

👶 The ABC's of IECMH: Attachment, Brain-Building, & Community
Join INfancy Onward Director of Outreach, Cassie Eberly, for a discussion around the foundational principles of infant and early childhood mental health. Review the foundations of attachment, the value of "brain-building", and the role of community in the mental health of young children. Receive 1 CEU and training certificate upon completion of webinar and survey.
👉️ Register: https://tinyurl.com/3c3b6nt3