Infant Parent Training Institute
The Infant-Parent Training Institute is for experienced professionals who wish to broaden their knowledge and develop skills specific to clinical work with infants and families. It offers an integration of neuro-developmental and psychodynamic approaches to parent-infant psychotherapy.
The Connected Beginnings Scholars meet regularly with the Executive Director of Connected Beginnings to integrate the training experience into practice. Each scholar provides pro-bono consultation applying the content of the supported training to a non-profit child and family-serving organization within one year of receipt of the scholarship. Past CB Scholars are already working to make a difference the field.
Three Connected Beginning Scholarships were awarded to support participation in a training program at the Infant-Parent Training Institute from September 2007 to June 2008:
Loraine Araujo is a native of Brazil, where she earned her degrees in the field of Psychology. She will soon complete her Master's Program in Mental Health Counseling. Loraine has been working as a Trilingual Clinician at The Parents Program at Newton Community Service Center (NCSC), serving primarily immigrant families from Latin America who have experienced trauma through abandonment, abuse and/or neglect. Loraine assists parents in mobilizing internal and external resources to break intergenerational patterns of vulnerability and promote a nurturing and wholesome relationship with their children. Loraine has also been working as a consultant for the infant/toddler day care programs at NCSC, supporting and enhancing relationships between parents, providers and children.
April Haefner Maloney, MS, CEIS, is currently the Assistant Director of Thom Mystic Valley Early Intervention, where she oversees services for infants, toddlers and families and supervises Early Intervention staff and clinical teams. Before entering the Early Intervention field, April worked with infants and toddlers in child welfare and childcare. April is dedicated to supporting infants' and toddlers' development within the context of their relationships.
Shelah R.E. Corey, MS, MSW, LCSW, is a social worker for Thom Springfield Infant Toddler Services, an Early Intervention program serving a wide range of children and families. Shelah has a background in child development, and brings to her work with families a focus on the ways in which all areas of development impact one another. As a clinical social worker, she is particularly attentive to the social-emotional well being of infants and young children. In addition to working with children and families in the EI program, Shelah works with her agency's Early Intervention Partnership Program, serving women experiencing high-risk pregnancies.
