Training for professionals

Develop your understanding of infant neurodevelopment and consider the importance of sensitive, attuned, caregiver-infant relationships.

What is this training?

Babies, brains and bonding provides a comprehensive understanding of infant neurodevelopment from conception to age 2, alongside the role of sensitive early relationships within this critical period.

Underpinned by attachment theory and developments in neuroscience, we consider how you can apply this knowledge in your everyday work, alongside equipping you with evidence-based strategies to support responsive caregiving and encourage healthy brain development. This interactive, face-to-face training aims to help you:

• understand brain development during infancy and how experiences can shape this
• consider current models of attachment theory and how these can be applied within your everyday work.
• enhance your awareness of infant-caregiver interactions.

We recommend that you first complete our babies, brains, and bonding training prior to attending our other training days.

Note: This training is only open to professionals in Leeds working with families in NHS healthcare services including adult mental health, Leeds City Council and third sector services. Please only register with your work professional email address.

What previous attendees have said about this training

“Very engaging. Enjoyed the theory in the beginning and then doing activities to deepen understanding”.

“Really useful…bringing to life the theories on attachment learnt a long time ago”.

“So much relevant information, it’s Great to understand what feeds into behaviours and then how to help parents”.

Toddler and beyond focuses on the emotional development of toddlers and the under-fives in relation to the caregiver-child relationship.

What is this training?

Taking you through the journey of the life of a toddler, we examine the emotional development, alongside the brain, social and cognitive development and consider how to optimise this critical stage by supporting the parent-child relationship, so that toddlers and pre-schoolers can develop into emotionally healthy children and adults. We explore the everyday challenges of being and raising a toddler and consider how we can use relational-based approaches in our work with toddlers and their families. This interactive, face-to-face training aims to help you:

• understand brain development during infancy and how experiences can shape this
• consider current models of attachment theory and how these can be applied within your every-day work
• enhance your awareness of infant-caregiver interactions.

Note: This training is only open to professionals in Leeds working with families in NHS healthcare services including adult mental health, Leeds City Council and third sector services. Please only register with your work professional email address. *

What previous attendees have said about this training

“I enjoyed the pace of the day and the lovely flow of information presented between the facilitators. The scenarios, pictures and videos helped aid my understanding. ”

“Every session and module was significantly helpful… A good range of interaction, excellent trainer knowledge and training style. Thank you.”

“Very informative and useful knowledge. It was very helpful to cover rupture and repair and circle of security. The case studies and group work was good as well.”

What is this training?

Caregivers who have a more attuned understanding of their infant’s behaviour respond more sensitively. This helps infants experience the world as a safe, predictable, and reliable place. In turn this makes life easier for parents and increases their feelings of confidence and competence. This interactive, face-to-face training aims to help you:

• improve your understanding of infant cues, states, and behaviours.
• feel confident sharing this knowledge and information with caregivers and families.
• support sensitive, responsive, and attuned relationships.

Note: This training is only open to professionals in Leeds working with families in NHS healthcare services including adult mental health, Leeds City Council and third sector services

Understanding your baby: Short course for caregivers facilitator training

The UYB short course facilitator training is to equip family outreach workers to deliver this 4 week course to parents and caregivers across Leeds. The UYB short course covers brain development, ways of connecting with your baby, early relationships, baby cues and behaviours. This course is hoped to equip caregivers and parents to respond more sensitively and responsively to their babies to help them get off to the best start in life.

We require that you first complete our babies, brains, and bonding and understanding your baby training for professionals training, prior to attending this facilitator training.

Note: This training is only open to family outreach workers from within the children’s centres in Leeds who will be delivering this course to families

What previous attendees have said about this training

“There was a good mix of professionals and the mix of group activities and information provides by trainers I found very useful.”

“I really enjoyed learning about the different states and different cues of a baby.”

“The videos and group work is always good”

Throughout the year we offer short 90 minutes virtual masterclasses and light bite short courses for our colleagues in children’s social work services, Leeds City Council’s legal department and healthcare staff in midwifery and neonatal care. Previous topics covered include:

• stress in infants
• stress in utero
• supporting infants and toddler during family time
• hearing the infants voice

How to access training

To find out more about our training and book your place please visit:

• LCH infant mental health service events: 7 upcoming activities and tickets on Eventbrite

For additional queries or if you have any accessibility or communication requirements, please contact our training email lcht.training.imh@nhs.net.