INfancy Onward

12/01/2025

📣 Call for Proposals is OPEN!

The 2026 Indiana School Health Conference is now accepting submissions!
🌟 Theme: Champions in Action: Empowering Healthier Hoosier Kids

📅 Proposal Deadline: January 9, 2026
https://www.ckfindiana.org/indiana-school-health-network-conference/

11/25/2025

📢 Free 1-Hour Webinar – December 12 at 1pm EST

Get an introduction to the Endorsement® credential—the global standard for professionals supporting infant and early childhood mental health.
Perfect for those in clinical, educational, advocacy, policy, home visiting, supervisory, and other IECMH roles.

Discover how Endorsement® can help you:
• Highlight your expertise
• Track competencies and career growth
• Connect with a global professional community

If you’re passionate about supporting infants, young children, and families, this session is for you!
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Join us for an engaging overview of the Endorsement® credential—the globally recognized standard for professionals committed to promoting infant and early childhood mental health across diverse scopes of practice. Who Should Attend:  Professionals working in infant and early childhood ment

11/24/2025

2025 IASN Conference Recap 🎉
We had a great time exhibiting at the Indiana Association of School Nurses Conference at the Embassy Suites in Noblesville! Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table, grabbed resources, and said hello. 💙🏫

11/19/2025

💻️ Webinar: Healing Play Strategies for Preschool Children Who Have Experienced Adversity
https://earlychildhoodwebinars.com/archive/webinar-old/healing-play-strategies-for-preschool-children-who-have-experienced-adversity-by-steve-gross-msw

In this engaging webinar, you will:
✔️ Discover the power you have as a caregiver in building life-changing relationships with the children you serve and feel validated & energized in the essential work that you do.
✔️ Deepen your understanding of the consequences of adverse childhood experiences on brain development, social-emotional development, and physical health.
✔️ Learn strategies, frameworks, and tools for creating corrective, healing environments & experiences that are safe/empowering, connecting, joyful, and engaging.

Register and watch on demand! Free certificate of attendance and CEUs for purchase available (follow instructions upon the conclusion of the webinar).

11/17/2025

‼️ Ongoing membership is required to keep your endorsed status! It’s almost the end of another year which means it’s time to login to EASy https://infancy-onward.myeasy.org/ to check your membership expiration date and if needed, purchase a new membership by December 31, 2025 to avoid being removed from the Endorsement registry and losing access to our virtual RSC groups. Consider purchasing a multiple-year option or talk to your organization about sponsoring you and your colleagues at a discount. (Endorsement renewal via attestation will not be due until 2027).

11/14/2025

As Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) expand nationwide, they are reshaping access to mental health care. ZERO TO THREE’s Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Financing Policy Project has released a new toolkit that equips infant and early childhood and behavioral health leaders to build strong, family-centered systems of care designed to:
✔️ Inform infant and early childhood leaders and practitioners about the CCBHC model.
✔️ Encourage engagement in shaping infant and early childhood service arrays.
✔️ Support CCBHC leaders in connecting with infant and early childhood systems and integrating IECMH services.

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics and IECMH
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | 1-2:30 PM EST
Join ZERO TO THREE for a national webinar where they’ll release the new toolkit and hear from:
👉️ The National Council for Mental Wellbeing, highlighting national CCBHC expansion and opportunities for IECMH integration.
👉️ State IECMH teams, sharing how their collaboration with CCBHCs increases access to high-quality services across the continuum, from promotion and prevention to assessment and clinical treatment for infants, young children (0-6 years) and their families.

Register now to attend and be the first to receive the toolkit! https://shorturl.at/Olgmi

11/13/2025

🎉 Please join us in congratulating our founder, Steve Viehweg, for his recognition as a pioneer in social work through the NASW Foundation! He is recognized for his extensive work in infant and early childhood mental health.

See his nomination here: https://shorturl.at/9OWku

11/10/2025

Join our friends in Elkhart County for their Building Strong Brains Annual Summit Tuesday, November 11, 2025 from 8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m at Goshen College Fellowship Hall, 1900 S. Main St., Goshen, IN 46526.

Register here:

Building Strong Brains Annual Summit by marshall@inspiringgood.org | Sep 30, 2025 | News The Building Strong Brains Coalition invites parents, partners, and community members to gather for our Annual Early Childhood Summit. Together, we’ll explore how positive experiences build resilience and shap...

11/10/2025

🧠 Join INfancy Onward virtually for “Creating Environments that Support Early Mental Health” on Mon, Nov 24, 2025, from 9 - 10 AM ET. Explore how the physical environment, daily routines, and clear expectations can all promote IECMH. Earn 1 CEU.
Register: https://shorturl.at/bHAwI

11/07/2025

📽️ A Special Announcement About the NAEYC Annual Conference 2025!

https://youtu.be/NyobLHx5IBA

11/06/2025

✨ We hope to see you at the 2025 IASN Conference: Building Bridges!
📅 November 10–11, 2025
📍 Embassy Suites, Noblesville, IN

11/05/2025

Join us this Friday! 🙌