Bridging the Gap: Infant Mental Health & Early Intervention

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Bridging the Gap: Infant Mental Health & Early Intervention

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In this special joint episode, The Odyssey: Parenting. Caregiving. Disability. teams up with Meaningful Moments to explore the vital connection between infant mental health and early intervention. Hosts Erin Croyle and Lisa Terry bring together the personal journey of parenting children with developmental delays with the systems designed to support it. This episode covers: The Power of Lived Experience: How personal journeys with disability shape the way families navigate early childhood systems. Defining Infant Mental Health: Moving beyond clinical terms to focus on the emotional connection and well-being of both the child and the caregiver. Early Intervention: Why "being present in the moment" during home visits is the cornerstone of effective developmental services. SHOW NOTES/RESOURCES: Meaningful Moments Podcast The Odyssey Podcast Center for Family Involvement Virginia Early Intervention Professional Development Center (VEIPD) Partnership for People with Disabilties Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Meaningful Moments Podcast The Odyssey Podcast Center for Family Involvement Virginia Early Intervention Professional Development Center (VEIPD) Partnership for People with Disabilties Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to a special joint episode of The Odyssey: Parenting. Caregiving. Disability, and Meaningful Moments connecting infant mental health to early intervention. Both podcasts are brought to you by the Partnership for People with Disabilities at Virginia Commonwealth University. Meaningful moments is a collaborative effort with the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, brought to you through a contract with the Partnership. 01;00;33;00 - 01;00;42;09 The Odyssey is part of my work with the Center for Family Involvement. My name is Erin Croyle. I'm a journalist who's worked for National Geographic and Al Jazeera English, both in the states and overseas. When my first child was born with Down syndrome in 2010, my life changed in so many unexpected ways, including a career shift that brought me here working with the center for Family Involvement, where staff and volunteers with lived experience provide emotional and information support to people with disabilities and their families. 01;01;05;02 - 01;01;10;19 I started the Odyssey podcast to share the struggles and triumphs that families like ours face, as well as resources, because I know all too well how different this journey is through life. When you have a loved one with a disability. 01;01;18;22 - 01;01;27;22 Thanks, Erin, I'm so excited to collaborate with you. And my name is Lisa Terry and I really bring a lot of different experience and early intervention. 01;01;27;23 - 01;01;51;18 I've been a service coordinator, a supervisor, and provide developmental services. I still do that actually still go into the homes as a developmental services provider, which I love, being there and being present in the moment with the families. I am endorsed as an infant mental health mentor and research and faculty, and I co facilitate the Division of Early Childhood and Fit Mental health, community of practice. 01;01;51;21 - 01;02;21;12 And really my professional purpose I feel like has just been unwavering. I am so passionate about just fostering that connection and nurturing the emotional well-being of all families through meaningful and collaborative support. So I'm so excited to be here with Erin today, so we can really join our podcast together and really have a great discussion around infant mental health in the center for Family Involvement. 01;02;21;14 - 01;02;24;03 And, Lisa, I want to start right off; and I gotta ask, think about mental health, I think about my own. I think about adults, I think about older kids. But what exactly is infant mental health? Yeah, and that is a great question because I feel like there's really this huge stigma around the word right, even for mental health every time we talk about it. 01;02;43;01 - 01;03;04;27 So we're talking about young children and infant mental health. Like what does that mean. And people ask us that all the time. And first and foremost, I just want to say the foundation of infant mental health is all about relationships, right? It's that connection between the caregiver and that child. It's those meaningful bonds with all relationships that we want. 01;03;04;28 - 01;03;28;09 So even if I'm going in as a provider, that relationship is still just as important because we want to make sure that they're trusting relationships that are surrounding that family. Right. And we're all born to connect. We need those supportive, those nurturing relationships to truly thrive in our environments. And for me, I guess one of the most important aspects is supporting the social emotional well-being of all families. 01;03;28;09 - 01;03;31;25 And that's how I ...

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