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Infancy Institute

This early childhood conference focuses on the care of infants through four-year-olds. Each year workshops focus on curriculum, infant and toddler development, challenging behaviors, working with families, and emotionally responsive practice highlighting cutting-edge developments in research, relationship-based practice, and family-centered care. The institute, founded in 1987, has educated thousands of infant/toddler specialists from around the world. We welcome caregivers, teachers, directors, trainers, home visitors, parents, early interventionists, developmental specialists, social workers, family childcare providers, and all who support young children in a variety of settings.

2025 Conference

Theme:
“Shared Power, Shared Healing: Attunement as Activism”

Date & Time:
Monday, June 23 – Wednesday, June 25

Monday, June 23 from 10:00 AM – 4:15 PM ET
Tuesday, June 24 from 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM ET
Wednesday, June 25 from 9:30 AM – 3:15 PM ET

Location:
On Site

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2025 Keynote: Nat Nadha Vikitsreth

Politicizing Care: Using Power Analysis to Deepen Attunement

What does it take to center liberation in our work with families and children so that radical care can bloom? This 90-minute workshop explores this question by inviting you to examine sites of oppression and sites of liberation in your infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) work. Together, we’ll reflect on our complicity in perpetuating oppression, especially when our intention is to “help” and “empower” families. Next, we’ll apply the liberatory strategy of power analysis to understand how we can replace oppression with liberation. Once we understand our power (specifically our power from adult supremacy), we can share it with families ethically and responsibly. We can enrich and deepen the relational skill of attunement and promote positive child and family outcomes. We will unpack these topics together using play, small group discussion, solo journaling/reflection, and a bit of didactic teach-in. You’ll walk away with political context that you can use to refine your relational skills.

History of the Infancy Institute

In 1987, Faculty and Graduate Students of the Bank Street Infant & Family Development and Early Intervention Program recognized the lack of professional development designed specifically to improve the practice of those working with infants and toddlers. The Infancy Institute was the answer to that interdisciplinary need in the many settings where infants, toddlers, and families interact with professionals. Highlighting cutting-edge research, development, relationship-based practice, and family-centered care, the institute has educated thousands of infant/toddler specialists from around the world.

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The presenters gave such interesting, concrete examples that I could bring to my center and really understood the reasoning behind the approach.

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Participant Experiences

I love the emphasis on culture, race and relationships and, of course, children!

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