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Description:
Join Us for an Unmissable Learning Journey!
Are you a home visitor working with families from the perinatal stage to six years old? This virtual 10-day series is your chance to transform the way you engage with parents and families through cutting-edge, culturally sensitive, relationship-based practices. Together, we’ll dive deep into essential topics that elevate skills and confidence in supporting infants, toddlers, and their families.
Each day of this training series is packed with:
- Engaging, case vignettes that mirror relationship-based home visiting
- The experience of live reflective supervision sessions in a supportive group setting, where you’ll observe expert modeling and practice applying reflective skills to your own work. (Note:Attendees can count 10 Reflective Supervision Hours on their I/ECMH-Endorsement® Applications)
- Small group activities and discussion to foster collaborative learning and deeper reflection across models of home visiting such as: Early Head Start, Healthy Family America, Family Spirit, Parents as Teachers, Nurse-Family Partnership, PALS, Maternal Infant Health Program, and Infant Mental Health, Early Intervention, and more.
- Practical tools and techniques to strengthen your ability to support families, with a focus on culturally sensitive, relationship-based strategies.
- Interactive discussions and experiential learning activities bring key concepts—like attachment, trauma, and intentional interventions—to life, giving you actionable insights to apply immediately.
This series provides a unique opportunity to connect theory with practice, all within a safe and welcoming space where your growth as a professional is prioritized. Don't miss this chance to elevate your practice and make an even greater impact in the lives of the families you serve!
What to Expect
Day 1: Foundations of Relationship-Based Practice
Learn the essential principles of building strong, trust-based relationships with families.
Day 2: Informal Assessment Through Observation and Listening
Master observation and listening techniques to better understand and support family dynamics.
Day 3: Early Development and Parenthood (Pregnancy to 36 Months)
Gain insights into typical developmental milestones and the parent-infant relationship.
Day 4: Promoting Secure Attachment in Infants and Toddlers
Explore strategies for fostering secure attachment during critical early years.
Day 5: Identifying Atypical Development and Using Formal Assessments
Learn how to identify developmental concerns and apply formal assessment tools effectively.
Day 6: Understanding and Supporting Insecure Attachment
Deepen your ability to recognize and respond to signs of insecure attachment.
Day 7: Addressing Trauma, Separation, Grief, and Loss in Families
Build skills to support families facing adversity and its impact on parent-child relationships.
Day 8: Intentional Interventions and Tools to Support Families – Part I
Develop practical tools and strategies to support relationship-based interventions.
Day 9: Intentional Interventions and Tools to Support Families – Part II
Expand and refine your intervention toolkit with advanced strategies for family support.
Day 10: Reflective Supervision, Termination, and Integrating Practice
Conclude the series by exploring reflective practice, managing transitions, and applying your learning.
Proven Results for Home Visitors and Supervisors
Evaluated by Dr. Sarah Shea (Eastern Michigan University), this series has demonstrated a profound impact on participants, including:
- Enhanced Knowledge and Skills: Increased understanding of secure/insecure attachment, trauma, and separation, with practical tools to navigate rupture and repair in relationships.
- Improved Confidence: Strengthened ability to engage families, address relational challenges, and apply culturally sensitive, reflective practices.
- Impactful Practice Changes: Participants shifted focus to relationship-based IMH strategies, with intentional approaches to trauma and cultural contexts.Increased intentionality in offering culturally sensitive practices, focusing on the importance of understanding and addressing the cultural and racial context of work with families and using culturally sensitive strategies in their work.
Long-Term Benefits for Families:
- Stronger Parent-Child Relationships- Through the application of IMH strategies learned in the training, participants have been able to better support families in building secure, healthy relationships with their children.
- Increased Parent Engagement- Participants noted improvements in family participation and openness during home visits, attributing this to their enhanced skills in building trust and addressing family concerns.
What Participants Are Saying:
"This training has changed the way I think about my work. I feel more equipped to meet families where they are and truly understand their experiences.""I’ve gained tools to strengthen the parent-child relationship in ways I hadn’t considered before."
Suggested Participants:
We invite home visitors and supervisors from Michigan and beyond to join us for this impactful series! Please note that all event times are listed in Eastern Time.
This series is designed for professionals working with families with children aged 0-6 years. Ideally, participants should be actively working with at least one family with a child in this age range.
To fully benefit from this series, attendees must commit to attending all/most sessions to the best of their ability. Don’t miss this opportunity to grow your skills and confidence in relationship-based practice!
Training Materials:
This series offers a comprehensive curriculum, complete with articles and training materials to enhance your learning experience. Additionally, the IMH Home Visitor's Manual is required to participate in the series. If you need to purchase a copy, https://mi-aimh.org/store/imhmanual/. Handouts for all training days will be conveniently available on MI-AIMH RELATE.
Series 2026-2027 Virtual Dates - 3rd Tuesday
Day 1 - October 20, 2026
Day 2 - November 17, 2026
Day 3 - December 15, 2026
Day 4 - January 19, 2027
Day 5 - February 16, 2027
Day 6 - March 16, 2027
Day 7 - April 20, 2027
Day 8 - May 18, 2027
Day 9 - June 15, 2027
Day 10 - July 20, 2027
*Attendees are encouraged to attend all training days. This is a training series and each training builds upon the last.
Times (ET)
All training days will be from 9am-4pm with (two)15-Minute breaks & and an hour for lunch.
Access for all VIRTUAL sessions:
You will log into your MI-AIMH RELATE account and click the "JOIN" button when you're ready. Additionally, you will receive an email each training day with a link to join. These will be automatically sent to the email you used when you created your MI-AIMH RELATE account. Be sure to check your junk/spam folders for emails. You will need to be signed in MI-AIMH RELATE in order to JOIN the training via zoom.
Presenters
Brianne (Bri) Twombly, LMSW, IMH-E® & Kandice Moss, LPC, BC-DMT, IMH-E®
Bri Twombly, LMSW, IMH-E®, Infant Mental Health Specialist is a consultant specializing in Reflective Supervision and trauma-informed system development. With over a decade of expertise in early childhood trauma, toxic stress, and fostering positive childhood experiences, she guides organizations in integrating trauma-informed practices into policies and human resources processes.
Bri has many years of experience providing evidence-based home visiting services in Detroit Wayne County. With years of hands-on experience supporting families through relationship-based practices, Bri has been trained in several evidence-based interventions, including Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Components for Enhancing Clinician Experience and Reducing Trauma (CE-CERT). She also serves as a certified Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Interface Master Trainer and a facilitator for HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences).
An advocate for trauma-informed care and racial equity, she has contributed to numerous early childhood initiatives. She has presented nationally and internationally, including at the Zero to Three annual conference, the Michigan Association for Play Therapy conference, and the World Association for Infant Mental Health conference. In her free time, she enjoys skiing with her family and watching hockey.
Kandice Moss, LPC, BC-DMT, IMH-E® is a highly skilled trainer with extensive experience in evidence-based home visiting services in Detroit Wayne County. Drawing from her years of supporting families and strengthening parent-child relationships, Kandice now leads dynamic training sessions designed to prepare the next generation of home visiting professionals. Her training style is rooted in her experts in culturally responsive, relationship-based practices and her commitment to trauma-informed care. Kandice's ability to connect with her trainees and provide practical, real-world tools ensure that professionals leave her sessions ready to address the complex needs of the families they serve. She is passionate about fostering reflective practice and empowering home visiting professionals to make lasting impacts in their communities.
"Connection and relationships" are her motto. As a trained dance movement therapist, Kandice is passionate about helping individuals foster self-awareness and gain insight into their thoughts, feelings and behaviors by using movement as a modality to further integrate themselves into a while BEING--physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. In her free time, Kandice enjoys dancing, meditating and reading and most importantly, spending time with her 2 children and husband by having movie nights and trying new restaurants.
Continuing Education Information: 5.5 Clock Hours per session. This series has a total of 55.0 hours available.
Michigan Social Work - This training/event has been approved by the NASW-Michigan Chapter for synchronous General social work CEs
IECMH Endorsement® - Will count towards the requirements for the MI-AIMH Endorsement
Licensed Professional Counselors - NBCC Hours - Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health (MI-AIMH) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No.6867. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. MI-AIMH is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Fees and Payment:
Non-MI-AIMH Members - $1,200.00 ($120 per day or $22 per CE/training hour)
MI-AIMH Members - $1,000.00 ($100 per day or $18 per CE/training hour)
MI-AIMH Training Event Cancellation & Transfer Policy:
Registration for this 10-month training series reserves a space for the entire series. Because enrollment is limited and curriculum builds from session to session, the following cancellation policy applies.
Before the Series Begins
- Cancellations received 30 or more days before the first session will receive a full refund, less a $50 administrative fee.
- No refunds will be issued for cancellations received 29 days or fewer before the first session, or after the series has begun.
After the Series Begins
- No refunds or partial refunds will be issued for missed sessions, withdrawal from the series, or failure to complete the program.
- Participants remain responsible for the full registration fee regardless of attendance.
Registration Transfers
- Registration may be transferred to another individual up to the first session, pending capacity. Please contact us in advance to make arrangements. Last-minute requests may not be accommodated.
- Once the series has begun, registrations are generally not transferable, as participants receive cumulative instruction, materials, and continuing education credit based on individual attendance.
All eligible refunds will be processed within 30 days of the request.
Exceptions for illness or emergencies: While our policies are in place to ensure fairness and sustainability, we understand that unexpected situations happen. Please reach out to us directly if you experience illness or an emergency—we may be able to offer a MI-AIMH credit depending on the circumstance and timing.
Questions? Contact us at [email protected]
Payments: The only accepted payment option is via Credit Card: Visa, AMEX, Discover and Master Card. You will receive an immediate receipt for your purchase and registration via email. Training series must be paid for in full.
Registration:
- Click on the ADD TO CART below - to purchase the course and you automatically be registered for all 10 training days.
- If you are not seeing the Add to Cart option, you are likely not signed into MI-AIMH RELATE - you must be signed in.
- Emails (be sure to check your junk/spam folder if these are not in your inbox)
- You will receive an individual confirmation email for each training day.
- A reminder email 4 days before the first day of training.
- A reminder email 1-hour before the training begins EACH day - this email will have a "JOIN" button for you to use that morning if it's a virtual training.
Access and Participation for virtual sessions: You will be able to add the event to your calendar and access the zoom link there as well. In order to receive a certificate and/or Continuing Education. Attendees must keep their video on for the training as part of the requirement for CEC's. If you need to have your video muted for longer than 15-minutes, please reach out to the MI-AIMH host during the training via chat. If you have any questions, please email [email protected]