If you teach undergrad or A Level psychology….. We’re giving away one free copy of our book below, designed for students and new learners, to someone teaching Psychology. Retweet this post and we’ll choose one person at random on 2 September. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ…

Great reminder to celebrate the new movements your baby makes 🥳 Noticing when your baby does something new is a great way for you to bond, as you watching them as they learn and encouraging them along the way helps them feel cared for 🥰

Thought-provoking commentary on future directions for scalable parenting interventions aimed at promoting early child development across the globe. nature.com/articles/s4156…

NEW STOP AND SEARCH RESEARCH If we want to halve knife crime, we need to talk less about stop and search. A 🧵on what the largest research project on stop and search tells us. (1/17)

ICYMI - three of our members are featured in this article on the school readiness of babies born in lockdown thesun.co.uk/fabulous/30019… Great work Parent-Infant Foundation, Action for Children and Home-Start UK!

Colin Smy, Development Manager at Better Start, shares his insights on the work that has been done to reach and engage new fathers in Blackpool: buff.ly/3MbQRBY #ABetterStart A Better Start Southend Better Start @BetterStartBfd @LEAPLambeth @Ncitycare_ssbc The National Lottery Community Fund @NCBtweets

This is a fabulous TED Talks explaining 'How every child can Thrive by Five' where Molly explains brain development and how parents can actively and successfully support positive brain growth 🧠 Watch here👇 tinyurl.com/2ks6t7yd

UK kids are in crisis. The depth of their "happiness recession" is shown in this survey, with the UK bottom of 27 Euro nations. As schools & Govt prepare for a new year, action is needed. And they can start to address something right now. Culture. 🧵 theguardian.com/society/articl…

This time next week I’ll be shortlisting. Exciting! Thursday 5th September is the application deadline for our Clinical Director vacancy.

A lovely project to work on. FREE resource from Welsh Government to promote a relational approach in understanding and responding to children’s behaviour in the early years: gov.wales/sites/default/…

important study showing that parent child psychotherapy can reduce so many later problems, even cellular ageing..... So lets intervene early! zurl.co/C7wl

Thank you for sharing this research graham music It's great to know about the many ways in which intervening early with parent child psychotherapy can be so beneficial!🧬

Do you want to build a career in impactful research that makes a difference to babies, children and young people? The NSPCC is hiring a Research and Evaluation Assistant to support the running of our dynamic research team. Apply by 6th September: buff.ly/3T9FFtu

Depression and anxiety aren't single conditions. New research identifies 6 different biotypes that vary in brain circuit activation, symptoms, and reactions. Some respond better to therapy; others to medication. Mental health isn't one-size-fits-all. Neither are treatments.

Being able to self-regulate feelings and behaviour helps children to form relationships, take turns and share, concentrate and pay attention, and cope more easily with the ups and downs of everyday life (resilience). #PSED

Last chance to apply to be our Clinical Director - deadline is tomorrow! mailchi.mp/oxpip/work-wit…

If you're looking to equip your team this new term with an innovative, engaging, memorable and effective way to gently get the attention of parents when talking about bonding and attachment and the inputs needed from them to wire up a healthy brain in their 👶🏼👶🏾👶🏿- get in touch!

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I'm looking to learn from my wonderful parent-infant relationship network here 👶🤓 Does anyone have great practice examples of identifying potential bonding difficulties antenatally for mums and dads?