Special Initiatives

Pathways to Professional Development (PPD)

Foundational Webinars

To register for an upcoming training, click on the title of event. You will be directed to the McSilver Institute registration system.
Information on learning modules, including the recordings of past webinars, are available below.

Module 6: Helping in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health 

Module 6.1: The Helping Relationship in Infant and Early Childhood Practice
Dr. Gerard Costa
Friday, June 20, 2025
9:30 - 11:00 AM

Module 6.2: The Helping Relationship in Infant and Early Childhood Practice
Dr. Gerard Costa
Thursday, July 10, 2025
9:30 - 11:00 AM

Module 5: Specific Disorders: A Closer Look

Module 5.1: Current understandings of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Neurodiversity
Dr. Corrine Catalano
Thursday, April 3, 2025
3:30 - 5:00 PM
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Please check back for the link to our LMS module recording of this event.

Module 5.2: How Do Children Learn to Understand and Use Language? And Why Do Some Children Struggle With This Developmental Capacity?
Dr. Sima Gerber
Monday, April 14, 2025
12:30 - 2:00 PM
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Module 5.3: An Introduction to Sensory Processing, Sensory Processing Disorders and Applications in Infant and Early childhood Mental Health (IECMH)
Dr. Gil Foley and Dr. Susan Stalling-Sahler
Friday, May 2, 2025
9:30 - 11:00 AM
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Module 5.4: Disorders of Attachment, Anxiety, Activity, and Attention
Dr. Gil Foley and Dr. Gerard Costa
Friday, June 6, 2025
9:30 - 11:00 AM

Module 4: Through the Lens of Family, Community and Culture 

Module 4.1: Social Determinants of Health, Poverty, Systemic Discrimination and Their Impact on Development
Dr. Obianuju Berry
Friday, February 14, 2025
9:30 - 11:00 AM
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Module 4.2: Beyond Awareness: DC:0-5 Cultural Formulation as a Path to Equity-Informed Infant Mental Health
Carmen Rosa Noroña, LICSW, IECMH-E and Dr. Patricia Lakatos
Friday, March 21, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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CLICK HERE to access the "Reflections Towards a Cultural Formulation" resource.
Please check back for the link to our LMS module recording of this event.

Module 3: Risk, Stress, Protection, and Resilience

Module 3.1: The Impact of Stress and Trauma on Brain Systems, Relationships, and Infant/Child Development
Dr. Gerard Costa
Friday, January 3, 2025
9:30 - 11:00 AM
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Module 3.2: Child Abuse and Neglect: Impact, Assessment and Responses that Support Children within their Caregiving Systems
Dr. Gerard Costa and Dr. Susan Chinitz
Friday, January 17, 2025
9:30 - 11:00 AM
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Module 2: Assessment, Diagnosis, Formulation and Professional Development

It is encouraged (but not required) that the second, third, and fourth webinars of this module be completed as a series in order to gain the most well-rounded understanding of assessment. 

Module 2.1: Becoming An Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Professional: Professional Formation - Ways of "Knowing," "Doing," and "Being-With"
Dr. Gerard Costa
Friday, November 15, 2024
9:30 - 11:00 AM
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LMS module available

Module 2.2: Interviewing, Screening, and Assessment: The Art and Science of Knowing and Understanding Infancy and Childhood 
Dr. Gil Foley
Thursday, November 21, 2024
1:00 - 2:30 PM
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LMS module available

Module 2.3: Developmental Screening with the Ages and Stages Questionnaire-3 (ASQ-3): Administration, Scoring and Interpretation 
Dr. Gil Foley
Friday, December 6, 2024
9:30 - 11:00 AM
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LMS module available

Module 2.4: Developmental Screening with the Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social Emotional-2: (ASQ:SE-2): Administration, Scoring and Interpretation
Dr. Gil Foley
Friday, December 20, 2024
9:30 - 11:00 AM
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LMS module available

Module 1: Developmental and Psychodynamic Foundations of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Module 1.1: Guiding Principles in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
Dr. Gerard Costa
Friday, September 13, 2024
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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LMS module available

Module 1.2: Central Role of Attachment and Relationships in Development and Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH)
Dr. Gil Foley
Friday, September 27, 2024
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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LMS module available

Module 1.3: The Interpersonal Nature of Brain Development and Need for Safety
Dr. Gerard Costa
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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LMS module available

Module 1.4: Pregnancy and the Perinatal Period
Dr. Susan Chinitz
Friday, October 11, 2024
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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LMS module available

Module 1.5: Infant and Early Childhood Development: A Cross Domain/Cross Disciplinary Perspective
Dr. Gil Foley
Friday, October 18, 2024
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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LMS module available

Module 1.6: Typical and Atypical Social-Emotional Development in Infants and Young Children
Dr. Gerard Costa
Friday, November 1, 2024
9:30 - 11:00 AM
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LMS module available

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