Spoiler alert - going for a 'walk and talk' with your child can help them to open up about how they're feeling. This year's theme for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2024 is movement and mental health, so let's get walking and talking!

Many thanks to the iHV for inviting me to join their Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Champions conference today. The enthusiasm for using the Department of Health and Social Care guide to support colleagues when talking about parent-infant relationships was inspiring. tinyurl.com/y2stssn9

Looking forward to being part of this discussion. Connecting research, policy, and practice is so important in this area. It’s especially exciting to be back at Cardiff University after all this time. Thanks for inviting me Merideth Gattis

This #WorldImmunisationWeek , prioritise your child's health with the MMR vaccine.

Guard against measles, mumps, and rubella.

Schedule with your GP today to protect them and our communities📆

Our colleagues over at Lancaster DClinPsy have produced a fantastic resource for aspiring clinical psychologists, explaining the application process, giving tips about applying and thinking about candidates well-being. The link to the website is here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/dclin-critical… 👏

Sometimes you get to have conversations that really put the wind in your sails. Chatting to Prof Merideth Gattis and Dr Liz Gregory Elizabeth Gregory about parent-infant relationship research, policy, and practice was definitely one of those conversations 👶🧠🤓

Did you know that Barnardo's Family Space can help with everyday parenting issues - whatever the age and stage of your child?
Moving into adolescence may be a particularly challenging time but help is at hand with our 24/7 expert advice, available online families.barnardos.org.uk/13-19-years

📢 Early intervention is vital. Many health inequalities begin in childhood.

🏅Barnardo’s has partnered with HSJ Awards to launch a new category: Early Intervention and Prevention for Children, Young People and Families Award.

Award entry Info 👉 bit.ly/49DpxFZ

Thank you for supporting this guidance Parent-Infant Foundation. And a big thanks to the other academics and practitioners who gave their time to support it's development too. Especially the brilliant Leeds Infant Mental Health team led by Gemma Chadderton 💙 #ParentInfantRelationships 👶

Great to see the infant parent relationship highlighted as a public health issue. nhs.uk/start-for-life…

I'm absolutely thrilled to share the launch of a new #StartforLife campaign, which raises awareness of the importance of parent-infant relationships. Giving a voice to babies & helping parents to connect with their baby. A privilege to support this work👶 independent.co.uk/news/uk/englis…

I feel so moved by our new video showing how Barnardo’s helps children and young people to feel like they belong, especially when life gets tough.

For anyone interested in how to talk to children about death, Genevieve Roberts's article is thoughtful, honest, full of top tips, and just the right amount of humour. Thanks for highlighting this important topic! More support is available from Barnardo’s tinyurl.com/bdfvsbca

Here Dr Matt Price talks about how to support the well-being of our tiniest citizens- by focusing on their feelings and prioritising their play!

This #childrensmentalhealthweek , we're shining a spotlight on #babies . Our experiences early in life have a big impact on our future wellbeing, including our mental health.

I’m proud to be part of the editorial board for the International Journal of Birth and Parent Education IJBPE. Join our conference in April to explore how we can help parents and carers with important topics including sleeping, feeding, & language development

Could you be one of our ATTENDANCE MENTORS?
Coop Academies with Barnardo's are delivering targeted, responsive, 1-2-1 support for persistently and severely absent pupils in Leeds, Manchester North Manchester & Failsworth.
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Holding parent-infant relationships in mind is essential to giving every baby the best #StartforLife . This is a great funding opportunity from NIHR Research to evaluate a new initiative to encourage better conversations about #babies and #relationships tinyurl.com/bdhnwcep