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WONDERbabies 2nd Annual Stakeholders' Community Forum

Risk, Resiliency, and Resources for Babies, Young Children, and their Families


Wednesday, December 2, 2009
8:30am - 4:00pm

University of Colorado Denver
Anschutz Campus
Education 2 South Building, Room 1102
13121 East 17th Avenue
Aurora, CO 80045

Keynote Speaker - Evelyn Wotherspoon



Evelyn Wotherspoon is a social worker and Zero To Three fellow who is an infant mental health consultant for the Calgary Health Region. She has spent over 25 years working with high risk families as a child welfare investigator, supervisor and clinician. She has contributed to the development of a framework for infant mental health consultation with the high risk environment of a child protection service. Ms. Wotherspoon will share insights on the social-emotional development of infants and toddlers in foster care, emotional trauma in infancy, and infant mental health consultation in child welfare.

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Presentations Note: You must have a Partner login and password to access the presentations below.
Infant Mental Health & Early Intervention: Changing Practice Changing Lives, Evelyn Wotherspoon, MSW
Colorado's Medical Home, Eileen Forlenza and Gina Robinson

Other Handouts
Forum Agenda
Assessing Emotional Neglect in Infants
Meeting the Emotional Needs of Infants and Toddlers in Foster Care: The Collaborative Mental Health Care Experience
Supporting the Social-Emotional Development of Infants and Toddlers in Foster Care
Infant Mental Health and Family Law: Questions Every Lawyer Should Ask About Infants in Child Protection Hearings
Emotional Trauma in Infancy
In the Best Interests of the Infant
Collaborative Care: Infant Mental Health Consultation in a Child Welfare Setting
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