In celebration of Infant Mental Health Awareness Week and 10-years of the Speaking for the Baby Campaign
The Speaking for the Baby Conference celebrates 10 years of the Speaking for the Baby campaign and will be held during 2027 Infant Mental Health Awareness Week, an international event focused on the social and emotional development of infants.
The Speaking for the Baby campaign, originated by Dr Bronwyn Leigh, is a novel approach to infant mental health advocacy and intervention. Using a collection of illustrations and handouts, the campaign gives voice to the experiences of pre-verbal infants. Influenced by Selma Fraiberg’s psychoanalytic work, speaking for the baby also serves as a therapeutic method, helping parents tune into their infant’s inner world. Since its launch in 2018, the campaign has been embraced by clinicians and parents worldwide. Its resources encourage parents to explore and wonder about their baby’s internal experiences.
The event will be held online for maximum accessibility.
The purpose of our conference is to bring together professionals from various fields who care for infants and their families. The event is designed to help health care providers guide parents in understanding and reflecting on their baby’s inner experiences, thereby enhancing parents’ ability to interpret and respond to their child’s needs.
All health professionals interested in the emotional and social development of infants or those wishing to assist parents to better understand their baby.
We support multidisciplinary perinatal and infant mental health practitioners through our professional development opportunities.
Based in Australia with global reach, our Mission is to provide quality, accessible education and training in PIMH with a focus on developing strong, reflective therapeutic skills.
Our infant mental health conference Speaking for the Baby runs annually; our Neurodivergence conference runs every two years.
Online training programs in Perinatal & Infant Mental Health, Perinatal Loss, Reflective Supervision.
Our webinars explore contemporary issues within PIMH.
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Meet our Conference Speakers, bringing clinical infant mental health wisdom to speaking for the baby.
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Your Conference Host, Dr Bronwyn Leigh is a Clinical Psychologist dedicated to perinatal and infant mental health. She is the Founding Director of the Perinatal Training Centre and the Centre for Perinatal Psychology.
The conference will open with a free webinar on the Speaking for the Baby campaign, presented by Dr Bronwyn Leigh. New resources will be revealed, and Bronwyn will share the theoretical underpinnings to the illustrations and explore how they might be used to help parents curiously wonder about the internal experience of their baby. This webinar will be recorded and all conference ticket holders will gain access to the recording.
Tickets can be purchased to gain access to Sessions 2 & 3 of the conference.
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Sessions 1-3 will be held on three consecutive days: June 7-9 2027. This optimises learning and engagement in an online format.
Monday 07 June 2027 12:00noon-1:30pm AESTThe Speaking for the Baby campaign, originated by Dr Bronwyn Leigh, is a novel approach to infant mental health advocacy. Using a collection of illustrations and handouts, the campaign gives voice to the experiences of pre-verbal infants. Influenced by Selma Fraiberg’s psychoanalytic work, speaking for the baby also serves as a therapeutic method, helping parents tune into their infant’s inner world. Since its launch in 2018, the campaign has been embraced by clinicians and parents worldwide. Its resources encourage parents to explore and wonder about their baby’s internal experiences.
New resources will be revealed, and Bronwyn will share the theoretical underpinnings to some of the illustrations and explore how they might be used to help parents curiously wonder about the internal experience of their baby.
Dr Bronwyn Leigh – HostSubscribe to our Newsletter to stay connected and keep up with all our activities.