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International Training School for Infancy and Early Years coming soon
23 August 2011
We are pleased to announce a unique international collaboration between the Anna Freud Centre, The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and Yale University Child Study Center, to open an International Training School for Infancy and Early Years (ITSIEY).The three organizations are internationally acclaimed contributors to the clinical, academic and research knowledge and skills of practitioners in the field of infants’ and young children’s mental health. ITSIEY draws on the expertise of these Centers of Excellence to set evidenced, expert-agreed standards of knowledge and skills that the broad range of professionals and practitioners need in order to work competently with infants, young children and their families.
The training curriculum is based on a competence framework that delineates the spectrum of knowledge and skills required for Infancy and Early Years work, developed by ITSIEY and which will sit alongside other practice frameworks for defining competent therapists and other health professionals (see www.ucl.ac.uk/clinical-psychology/CORE). The competence framework has been used to evidence the ITSIEY curricula and training materials, and will be used as a basis for assuring the quality of courses.
The ecological model, which focuses on the child and his family within the context of the wider communities in which they live, is at the heart of the School’s vision and teaching. The course also aims to translate evidence based theory into practice, drawing on neurobiological, psychoanalytic, attachment and family systems ideas, and to make the training relevant to the practitioners’ particular work contexts. The teaching emphasises discussion and reflection as integral to the learning process.
With six modular courses, ITSIEY will offer tiered continuing professional development to all practitioners working with parents and young children, and future dedicated specialisms for those wishing to develop expert standards in the field.
Find out more
ITSIEY will be launched in January 2012 with sites in London and New haven. If you would like to register your interest in the school or receive detailed curriculum information, please download the form and return to sara.mitchell@annafreud.org
