Trauma and Resilience: Interventions for Young Children and Families

Target: Professionals and students in child mental health work, employees working with very young children and their families in specialized healthcare, family counseling centers, and social services, as well as other professionals and students interested in the topic.

Object: Strengthening expertise in mental health work with very young children.

This seminar is organized in collaboration with the World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH), Tampere University, and the Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa. The language of the seminar is English.

Program

12.30‒12.45          Opening of the seminar: Tampere University

12.45‒13.30          Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma: Bridging Research and Practice through Caregiver Online PsychoEducation (COPE): Sheri Madigan, Professor, Director of Clinical Training, University of Calgary, Canada 

13.30‒14.00          Coffee

14.00‒14.45          Indigenous led initiatives for infants and toddlers: the importance of community, culture, and collaboration: Warren Kapashesit, Program Manager, Child and Youth Milopemahtesewin Services, Canada

14.45‒15.30          Using Nature to Promote Young Children’s Mental Health and Development: Julia Torquati, Professor of Child, Youth and Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States

15.30‒15.45          Open discussion and final questions

15.45‒16.00          Closing of the seminar: Kaija Puura, Executive Director of WAIMH, Professor of Child Psychiatry, Tampere University

Registration

Join us live at Tampere University to meet the speakers and colleagues, or participate online. Please register by March 4, 2026 through the event webpage.

The seminar is free for Tampere University students. For members of Pirha staff, WAIMH, and/or Pirpana, there is a reduced registration fee available.

Welcome!
 

Organisers

World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH)
Kaija Puura, Professor, Child Psychiatry, Tampere University
Reija Latva, Head of Department, Tampere University Hospital,
Department of Child Psychiatry, Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa