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WAIMH's mission promotes education, research, and study of the effects of mental, emotional and social development during infancy on later normal and psychopathological development through international and interdisciplinary cooperation, publications, affiliate associations, and through regional and biennial congresses devoted to scientific, educational, and clinical work with infants and their caregivers.
Next World Congress
12th World Congress
Infancy in Times of Transition
Leipzig, Germany
June 29 - July 3, 2010
The acceptance letters will be sent out by February 15th, 2010
View the Congress Call for Papers.
The electronic submission has been extended until November 15th, 2009.
For more information on Leipzig, registration and accommodation, please visit http://www.waimh-leipzig2010.org/
Print the 2010 Leipzig Flyer.
WAIMH affiliate announcements:
Colorado Association for Infant Mental Health
BI-ANNUAL TEACH-IN
Linda Gilkerson, Ph.D:
Being With: Supporting Families through Early Parenting Challenges
Friday, February 12th, 2010, Aurora
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Infant Mental Health
Defining infant mental health as the ability to develop physically, cognitively, and socially in a manner which allows them to master the primary emotional tasks of early childhood without serious disruption caused by harmful life events. Because infants grow in a context of nurturing environments, infant mental health involves the psychological balance of the infant-family system.
WAIMH Handbook of Infant Mental Health, vol 1, p.25
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