
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.

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

Journey Toward Connection and Understanding: Story of Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN)
Presented by Linda Gilkerson, Ph.D., LSW


Narrative Analysis of Parent-Pediatrician Discourse in Well-Child Visits
Presented by Constance Keefer, MD

Black Babies are Beautiful: Let’s talk about Skin Color
Presented by Eurnestine Brown, Ph.D.
Panelists: Dr. Aaron Doctor & Mr. Chidiebere Ibe
Reviving ‘Amae’ and Intuitive Parenting in the Therapeutic Relationship:Being Available to the Baby-Parent Relational Capacity
Presented by Hisako Watanabe, M.D., Ph.D.


From Research to Clinical Care: 25 Years of ADHD Research and the Development of a New Practice Guideline
Presented by William J. Barbaresi, MD


Children's Development In Contexts: Theoretical shortcomings and advances
Presented by Cynthia García Coll, Ph.D.

Infant Intentions as the Origin of Shared Meaning
Presented by Prof. Jonathan Delafield-Butt

Child Health in America – Why the US needs child health leadership NOW!
Presented by Judy Palfrey

Origins of Aggression in Infancy and Early Childhood: Fathers and Sons
Presented by Hiram Fitzgerald

Integrity and Integration in Infant Mental Health: Lessons Learned through Newborn Behavioral Observations
Presented by Jayne Singer, PhD, IECMH-E®


Infants have their own personalities: The Influence of Temperament Across Child Development
Presented by Nathan Fox

Interrogating the Sleeping Fetal and Infant Brain
Presented by William (Bill) Fifer, Ph.D.

The Relational Foundations of Reflective Practice and Reflective Parenting
Presented by Arietta Slade, Ph.D.

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).