Infant-Parent Training Institute:
What Can I Do with Training in Infant–Parent Mental Health?

The Clinical Fellowship trains professionals from diverse disciplines: psychiatry, psychology, social work, pediatrics, early childhood and parent education, physical and occupational therapy.

With training in Infant-Parent Mental Health you can:

• Integrate the new perspectives and skills into your current work with children, adults and families.
• Create or expand your private practice to include or specialize in infants and new parents.
• Provide parent-infant psychotherapy and related direct services within mental health, early childhood, health and hospital settings.
• Consult and supervise with providers and agencies involved in Early Intervention, Early Head Start, Healthy Families and child care.
• Develop and provide parent education programs for adult and teen parents and their children.
• Direct child welfare programs specific to foster care and protective services.
• Advocate at the local state and national levels for legislation and services for infants, toddlers and families.
• Teach Courses and workshops in early development and parent-infant work.

Some of the content of this page was taken from the Zero to Three website.