In this webinar, Sally Hogg will be sharing a new framework setting out what it means to be mentally healthy in infancy and early childhood, developed by UNICEF-UK and the University of Cambridge. Sally will also talk through a new toolkit packed with resources to support the sector in the area of the mental health in young children.

In this session we will discuss:

• Why adults can find the concept of mental health in early childhood difficult to grasp
• How a shared understanding of mental health can support local action
• The role that different services and professionals have in supporting mental health
• The different risk and protective factors that influence mental health in the early years
• A socio-ecological model of mental health, and how this can help us to understand what is happening for babies and young children
• The skills, capacities and support needed to work with families in a way which promotes and protects babies’ mental health.

About the speaker

Sally is Senior Policy Fellow at the Centre for Research on Play, Education, Development and Learning (PEDAL) at the University of Cambridge. PEDAL is the Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development and Learning to help mobilise knowledge to help to improve children’s lives and life chances.

Sally is a specialist in early childhood, with a varied career including leadership roles in charities, national and local governments. Before joining PEDAL, Sally was Deputy Chief Executive at the Parent-Infant Foundation where she led work to raise awareness of the importance of the earliest years, and to drive change at a local and national level.

She has also held other influential roles in the early childhood sector including Strategic Lead at the Maternal Mental Health Alliance and Development Manager for Children Under One at the NSPCC, where she developed and implemented research-led interventions.

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