Early childhood and infant mental health services are critical programs supporting very young children's cognitive, social, and emotional development, and help give them an equitable start in life. The earlier families start engaging with these programs, the more...

Thanks to the Fair Start for Kids Act, financial assistance for child care has been expanded to include more families across Washington State.  Co-payments have been eliminated for some families and considerably lowered for others. More information can be found here.

We are announcing a job opening, an opportunity to join our team at Parent-Child Relationship Programs (PCRP)! Our colleague and long-term Parent-Child Interaction Scales Instructor, Denise Findlay, is retiring after serving PCRP for over 20 years. We are very sad to...

Family time provides a crucial opportunity for young children in foster care and their parents to have meaningful interactions and to form positive healthy connections. Because no other period of development is more important than the early years, and because the...

Since 2016, a growing number of pediatricians in Washington State have been trained on Promoting First Relationships in Pediatric Primary Care (PFR-PPC), a manualized program for pediatricians to help them support stable and secure relationships between parents and...

A new study published in Developmental Psychology shows a brief home visiting program Promoting First Relationships®, effectively supports caregiving practices of mothers who received mental health treatment during pregnancy and were at an increased risk of postnatal...

Learn how to support women with substance use disorders—and their newborns. This FREE 45-minute video is narrated through a trauma-informed lens and supports the Eat, Sleep, Console model of care.  Also, listen for the impact that a strengths-based practice can have...

Dr. Nicole Letourneau from the University of Alberta offers good advice for childcare providers and policy makers about the use of masks during a pandemic. Children learn language and emotions from observing our faces. Wearing a clear mask enables a child to observe...

Parent-Child Relationships Program at the Barnard Center is very excited to announce that Dr. Nucha Isarowong has joined the Barnard Center to lead an Advanced Clinical Training Program to support  the infant mental health workforce. In this position, he will lead the...