# Event Details - **Event Name**: Infant Mental Health - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 04 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 04 Nov, 2025 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: This seminar will use a case example to illustrate infant mental health what it means to view clients through an infant mental health lens.About this EventWhen you hear the phrase “infant mental health,” what comes to mind? Does it conjure ridiculous images of a baby sitting on a couch across from a therapist’s chair? If you primarily work with children, do you wonder, “How does one conduct therapy with a client who cannot yet talk...or even support the weight of his own head? What does play therapy look like with a child this young?” If adults are your primary client population, have you thought, “How can I support parents to raise emotionally healthy children?” As clinicians, haven’t we all felt, “This person would be completely different today if only support had been provided sooner.”In this seminar, a case example will be used to illustrate the foundations of infant mental health. We will examine what it means to view clients through an infant mental health lens and identify common sources of difficulty. We will discuss how to leverage relationships, both the relationship between the clinician and family and those within the family system, to promote healing and attunement. We will explore ways to support families with babies, arming them with strategies and concepts that will promote their children’s socioemotional development across the lifespan. Join us to expand your knowledge on how to keep our littlest and most vulnerable clients in mind!Learning ObjectivesBy attending this event, attendees will learn:Ways to promote the socioemotional development of babies and young childrenCommon sources of difficulty in the infant-parent relationshipHow to conceptualize cases taking multiple family members’ needs into accountStrategies to support parents in order to support the growth of their childrenThe role of the infant mental health clinician in a family systemTeaching PlanPresenter will present a (de-identified) case focused on infant mental healthAs infant mental health concepts are presented, the case will be used to illustrate what concepts look like in practiceThe presentation will be primarily lecture-based, although there will be opportunities and pauses for questions and discussionThis free in-person event is sponsored by Maine Township's MaineStay Youth & Family Services and Chicago Behavioral Hospital. It is appropriate for parents, educators, students, community members, and professionals and includes 1.5 free CEUs for social workers, professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, and nurses. Check in will be from 6:30-7:00 pm. Advance registration is requested as seating for this event is limited.Attendees are encouraged to bring personal hygiene products (soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, etc.), paper products, or diapers to donate to the Maine Township Food Pantry.Presenter BioJoanna Villacorta Griffin is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in infant and early childhood mental health, attachment trauma, and family systems. She also works with many first and second generation immigrants, exploring the intersection between mental health and immigration and culture. In addition to providing direct services therapy, she is a mental health consultant for an Early Head Start / Head Start Program, supporting home visitors and teachers in their work with children and families. Across all of her work, she believes that exploration of family systems is crucial to understanding the individual, and that healing is most often accomplished within relationships. She also teaches graduate school courses related to family systems, infant mental health, and play therapy. This program is recognized by IDFPR as providing CEUs for LPC/LCPC and LSW/LCSW under license number 159.001334, LMFT under license number 168.000223, LCP under license number 268.000070, and RN/LPN/APN under license number 236.000127. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/park-ridge/infant-mental-health/100001786835014629 - **Event Categories**: health-wellness, Nonprofit, Workshops - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Park Ridge - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: Maine Township Town Hall - **lat**: 42.044018 - **long**: -87.84889599999997 - **full address**: Maine Township Town Hall, 1700 Ballard Road, Park Ridge, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Infant Mental Health - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/67402439597f175c89a23074fde9f66e7c86e11bfdb34c21caefb02548627762-rimg-w1200-h800-dca89378-gmir.jpg?v=1760613114 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Infant Mental Health being held? - **A:** Infant Mental Health takes place on Tue, 04 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 04 Nov, 2025 at 08:30 pm at Maine Township Town Hall, 1700 Ballard Road, Park Ridge, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Infant Mental Health? - **A:** Infant Mental Health is organized by MaineStay Youth & Family Services | Chicago Behavioral Hospital. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Infant Mental Health", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/67402439597f175c89a23074fde9f66e7c86e11bfdb34c21caefb02548627762-rimg-w1200-h800-dca89378-gmir.jpg?v=1760613114", "startDate": "2025-11-04", "endDate": "2025-11-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/park-ridge/infant-mental-health/100001786835014629", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Maine Township Town Hall", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "1700 Ballard Road", "postalCode": "60068", "addressLocality": "Park Ridge", "addressRegion": "IL", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "42.044018", "longitude": "-87.84889599999997" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "This seminar will use a case example to illustrate infant mental health what it means to view clients through an infant mental health lens.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-19", "availabilityEnds": "2025-11-04", "validFrom": "2026-04-19", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/park-ridge/infant-mental-health/100001786835014629" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-19", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-19", "url": "https://allevents.in/park-ridge/infant-mental-health/100001786835014629", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "MaineStay Youth & Family Services Chicago Behavioral Hospital", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/mainestay-youth-and-family-services-|-chicago-behavioral-hospital/17636516", "description": "MaineStay Youth & Family Services, located in Park Ridge, provides affordable strength-based counseling in English and Spanish, psychiatric services, programs for at-risk youth, psychoeducational groups, and restorative justice initiatives. 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