Presented by Kari Slinning, PhD

This webinar was presented live on Wednesday May 1st, 2024 at 4pm US Eastern time. Through the kindness of the presenter, a recording of the webinar is available here.

In this presentation Dr. Slinning will share some main findings from the ongoing Nordic Collaborative Project focusing on the mental well-being of infants, toddlers and parents in the first 1000 days of life in the Nordic countries.  The health care models in the Nordic countries are especially well-established with regard to primary and preventive healthcare and are often considered to be models by the outside world. Nevertheless, we have identified many areas that would profit from better standardization of health consultations, increased use of evidence-based interventions and more systematic data registration.  Dr. Slinning will describe some of the main strengths and weaknesses of the health care systems in the Nordic countries and share some ideas about how - by closer collaboration - the Nordic countries can improve evidence-based practice by better and more relevant research projects and more standardized and robust training, and by implementing programs that are easily available and affordable.

Kari Slinning is a clinical psychologist and has a PhD in the field of Developmental Psychology from the University of Oslo. She has more than 30 years' work experience in the area related to perinatal and infant mental health, combining research, clinical work, training and supervision. She is one of the editors of a Handbook of Infant and Toddler Mental Health, consisting of 40 chapters, published in 2010 (in Norwegian). Dr. Slinning holds the position of Head of Department for Infants’ and Toddlers’ Mental Health at a Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Oslo, Norway, which has the overall aim of strengthening evidence-based practice in all services that support expectant parents and families with children 0 to 5.  She has a burning commitment to early intervention in the first 1000 days in Norway as well as in the Nordic countries. An important element of this work is to support leadership development by implementing plans and strategies that contribute to building robust systems with highly educated multiprofessional teams who can deliver effective services based on a stepped care model. Dr. Slinning is Director of the Norwegian NBO Training Center since 2012.

A recording of the webinar is available here.