Leaders in the Field
We are very pleased to invite you to join our Webinar series on the first Wednesday of each month. Check out our upcoming speaker below or watch previous webinars here.
In 2025, the following speakers have graciously agreed to present: January: No Webinar; February: Karen Adolph (Julius Silver Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, New York University); March: Elaine Meyer (Faculty, Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School; Senior Attending Psychologist Boston Children’s Hospital; Adjunct Professor, College of Nursing University of Rhode Island); April: Nicki Dawson (Ububele Educational and Psychotherapy Trust, City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa and University of Stellenbosch); May: Kerim Munir (Division of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School); June: Claudia Passos-Ferreira (Assistant Professor of Bioethics at New York University's School of Global Public Health); July: Betty Hutchon (Honorary Consultant Neurodevelopmental Occupational Therapist for University College London Hospital, co-chair of the Ei SMART Management Board and NBAS & NBO Master Trainer, Brazelton Centre UK); August: No Webinar; September: Ndidiamaka Nneoma Amutah – Onukaga (Julia A. Okoro Professor of Black Maternal Health in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts University); October: Aditi Subramaniam (Director, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Policy, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC); Faculty, Brazelton Institute and University of Massachusetts Boston Infant-Parent Mental Health); November: Claudia Gold (Infant-Parent Mental Health Specialist and Author; Faculty, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Early Relational Health.; December: Susan Nicolson (Royal Women's Hospital, Centre for Women’s Mental Health, Melbourne; Honorary Fellow in the Department of General Practice and in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne).
Centering Critical Consciousness, Critical Self-Reflection, Racial Equity and Inclusion in Reflective Supervision/Consultation
Nucha Isarowong and Carmen Rosa Noroña
From Social Withdrawal Behavior to Shared Pleasure
Professors Kaija Puura and Antoine Guedeney
Conceptual and empirical advances in our understanding about the relationship with the unborn baby, and their implications for practice
Presented by Professor Jane Barlow
How Cultures Care for Young Children, and Why It Matters
Presented by Professors Charles Super and Sara Harkness
Infant Care and Development: Historical change and cross-cultural value conflict in pathways to attachment and family relationships
Presented by Dr. Patricia Marks Greenfield
Revitalizing How We Serve: Sitting at the Feet of the Storyteller
Presented by Dr. Dominique Charlot-Swilley
Neglect in Young Children: Effects on Infants, Caregivers and Providers
Presented by Paula D. Zeanah and Charles H. Zeanah
Beyond Mental Health: Child Development in Evolutionary Perspective
Presented by Jay Belsky, Emeritus Professor
In 2025, the following speakers have graciously agreed to present: January: No Webinar; February: Karen Adolph (Julius Silver Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, New York); March: Elaine Meyer (Faculty, Center for Bioethics, Harvard Medical School; Senior Attending Psychologist Boston Children’s Hospital; Adjunct Professor, College of Nursing University of Rhode Island); April: Nicki Dawson (Ububele Educational and Psychotherapy Trust, City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa and University of Stellenbosch); May: Kerim Munir (Division of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School); June: Claudia Passos-Ferreira (Assistant Professor of Bioethics at New York University's School of Global Public Health); July: Betty Hutchon (Honorary Consultant Neurodevelopmental Occupational Therapist for University College London Hospital, co-chair of the Ei SMART Management Board and NBAS & NBO Master Trainer, Brazelton Centre UK); August: No Webinar; September: Ndidiamaka Nneoma Amutah – Onukaga (Julia A. Okoro Professor of Black Maternal Health in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts University); October: Aditi Subramaniam (Director, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Policy, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC); Faculty, Brazelton Institute and University of Massachusetts Boston Infant-Parent Mental Health); November: Claudia Gold (Infant-Parent Mental Health Specialist and Author; Faculty, Brazelton Institute and University of Massachusetts Boston Infant-Parent Mental Health); December: Susan Nicolson (Royal Women's Hospital, Centre for Women’s Mental Health, Melbourne; Honorary Fellow in the Department of General Practice and in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne).