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Infant Mental Health Awareness Week Infant Mental Health Awareness Week 2026 Infant Mental Health Awareness Week (IMHAW) 2026 will take place from 8th-14th June 2026. The theme will be announced in early 2026. Keep an eye on this page and our other channels for further details. What is Infant Mental Health Awareness Week? Infant mental…

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Bibliography Chapter contents Clinical Guidance Policy Reports and Documents Referenced text books Review Papers and Texts on Clinical Interventions Training organisations Professional bodies UK charitable/Not-for-profit organisations Overseas/International organisations Downloads Clinical Guidance NICE guideline [NG26] Children’s Attachment: attachment in children and young people who are adopted from care, in care or at high risk of going…

Chapter 6

6 Operational Delivery: Moving from Set-Up to Sustainability Chapter contents Finding families to work with Start by screening for suitability Managing a waiting list Typical referral management process Allocation within the team Trauma Informed Approaches Making first contact The first appointment Agreeing further work Letters Interventions Managing endings Follow up Sharing information with others Recording…

Chapter 5

5 Setting up a specialised Parent-Infant Relationship Team: preparing for operational delivery Chapter contents Developing a service within the local context Different operating contexts Preparing for operational delivery The overall aims of the team Establishing a strategic board Agreeing a training, consultation and direct delivery plan across all partners Free at the point of delivery…

Chapter 1

1 Introduction and Key Concepts Chapter contents What is this toolkit and who is it for? Navigating the Toolkit What are specialised parent-infant relationship teams? Characteristics of specialised parent-infant relationship teams Specialised teams are part of the parent-infant relationships ecosystem Why do we need specialised parent-infant relationship teams? The importance of a shared language from…

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1 Introduction and Key Concepts Chapter contents What is this toolkit and who is it for? Navigating the Toolkit What are specialised parent-infant relationship teams? Characteristics of specialised parent-infant relationship teams Specialised teams are part of the parent-infant relationships ecosystem Why do we need specialised parent-infant relationship teams? The importance of a shared language from…

Who is holding the baby?

Who is holding the baby? The development of parent-infant teams in the UK Full Report Five years on from our Rare Jewels report, in which the definition of a specialised parent-infant relationship team was first developed, ‘Who is holding the baby?’ provides an up-to-date picture of the growth of specialised parent-infant relationship teams across the…

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8 Managing Data and Measuring Outcomes Chapter contents The purpose of measuring outcomes Defining outputs, outcomes and impact Sourcing evidence about outcomes and impact An example of a system-level Theory of Change: the impacts of specialised parent-infant relationship teams on a local system An example of a clinical-level Theory of Change Gathering local data and…

A letter to Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer: The future of Start for Life and services that support babies

1 March 2024 RE. The future of Start for Life and services that support babies Dear Chancellor, Ahead of next week’s Budget, we urge you to provide certainty over the future of the government’s Start for Life programme. We sincerely hope that funding for the programme will not end in a year’s time, as currently…

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We are a small team with an expert advisory group and a strong board of trustees Staff Keith Reed CEO Bio Keith brings a vast amount of experience and expertise in helping families, including spending over a decade as CEO at leading multiple birth family charity, Twins Trust. Keith has also previously worked in public affairs…