Babies In Our Minds (BIOM)

Course details:

Babies In Our Minds (BIOM) is a 3-day interactive online training in building specialist knowledge and skills to support the parent-infant relationship.

BIOM is for practitioners working in health visiting, perinatal and parent-infant services, Family Hubs, and the early years. 

BIOM training supports the Best Start for Life government strategy to improve child development.

BIOM enables practitioners to be the voice of the baby/child. The training contributes to more effective assessment, safeguarding and therapeutic intervention with parents and babies to promote secure infant attachment and parental mentalization.

Rachel Pardoe (Child Psychotherapist) and Dr. Fionnuala Stuart (Child Psychiatrist) are two highly experienced parent-infant specialists with years’ of experience in CAMHS and perinatal services.

BIOM includes:

• Key concepts and information from research (neuroscience, attachment, parental attunement & mentalization, babies/children’s communication through play, intergenerational transmission)
• Guidance on detailed observation and recording of parent-infant interaction
• In-depth group discussion linking theory to practice
• Key steps in parent-infant interventions
• Reflective practice – participants bring their cases for small group discussion

BIOM is delivered to groups of 20-25 participants. Joint commissioning by services (eg Health and Local Authorities) is welcome.

Cost:  £450 pp (minimum 20 practitioners)
For more information, contact:
Rachel Pardoe
[email protected]