Our Heartfelt Mission

Enhancing infant and early mental health across Canada and around the world.
Click each link below to explore how we are creating an impact through collaboration.

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Enhance Capacity

Discover our initiatives and learn how we’re making a difference in the communities we serve nationwide.

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Advance Knowledge

Explore our learning opportunities designed to support multidisciplinary service providers working with young children and their caregivers.

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Share Resources

Discover tools, discussion guides, community supports, materials to inform policy, family-friendly resources, and more.

Nurturing the Seed (NTS): Indigenous-led Model for Developmental Screening and Support: Fall 2026

LearningRooted in Indigenous knowledge and relationship‑based practice, the Nurturing the Seed model supports practitioners in promoting infant and early mental health through culturally responsive developmental screening and support. Registration open from now until October 16, 2026!

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Introducing From the Heart: Strengthening Family Engagement in the NICU

ResourcesFrom the Heart is a parent-facing resource that translates infant mental health and developmental care principles into practical, accessible guidance families can use every day.

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Developmental Screening and Support Plan Training: Fall 2026

LearningThis training introduces the Hand in Hand (HIH) model, an infant and early mental health promotion, prevention, and early intervention approach that utilizes the science of infant and early mental health, Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQs), and Developmental Support Plans (DSPs). Registration open from now until October 30, 2026

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