About WI-AIMH
The WI-AIMH Mission:
WI-AIMH strives to promote infant mental health through building awareness, promoting professional capacity, fostering partnerships and supporting policies which are in the best interest of infants, young children and their families.
The WI-AIMH Vision:
All Wisconsin infants and young children will reach their fullest potential through nurturing and consistent relationships within the context of family, community, and culture.
What Is WI-AIMH?
Established in 2001, the Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health is a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of social-emotional learning and relationship-based practices through raising public awareness, providing resources for professional development, and advocating for policies that are in the best interest of infants, young children, and their families.
What Is Infant Mental Health?
Infant mental health is synonymous with healthy social and emotional development, all within the context of family, community, and cultural expectations for young children, and defined as the developing capacity of a child from birth to age 5 to:
Experience, regulate and express emotions
Form close and secure interpersonal relationships
Explore the environment and learn
Healthy Minds Healthy Children—Year in Review
Click the links below for facts, updates and reporting on HMHC’s inaugural program year!
Events + Updates
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New Book Available through WI-AIMH: “Playing for Keeps” by Carol Noddings Eichinger
Learn more about the book study & purchase the book here:
https://wiaimh.org/resources
State of Early Childhood in Big Ten States
Wisconsin is one of 14 institutions of higher education participating in the Big Ten Academic Early Learning Alliance (ELA). Read more to learn about the policy benchmarks and the characteristics of children ages 0 to 5 years in the Big Ten ELA states. Click here!
Get Involved!
IMH-Endorsement®
Interested in obtaining Infant Mental Health-Endorsement®? Sign up to learn more about which Endorsement® category may be right for you, or get connected with our Endorsement staff!
Become a Member
Members receive discounts on registration to our annual conference and news and updates about professional development and training opportunities throughout WI.
Make a Donation
WI-AIMH is a registered 501(c)3 organization. Help support healthy social and emotional development for all Wisconsin children by making a donation today!
