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Training: Introduction to Infant Mental Health
1 Training Hour
1. True or False: Infant Mental Health is a therapeutic technique to be
practiced only by licensed mental health professionals.
2. Which of the following is not one of the roots of infant mental health
discussed in the training?
a. Infant characteristics
b. Caregiver-infant relationships
c. Infant bowel control
d. Environmental context in which the infant-parent relationship takes
place
3. Which of the following is an example of a Constitutional factor that may
affect the Infant Mental Health Matrix?
a. Genetic issues
b. Poverty
c. Neighborhood or family violence
d. Quality caregiver-infant relationship
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4. The 2nd writing reflection asked you to take 5 minutes to write down a list of
examples of constitutional, environmental, and relational factors from your
own professional experience. Please provide an example of one of the
items you listed.
5. True or False: “The Strange Situation”, in which an infant is placed into a
stressful, new situation while the caregiver shifts her/his availability to the
infant, is a highly reliable and valid measure of early relationship quality.
6. According the training, in which of the following ways do early
relationships not impact the developing mind?
a. the Content (the things we know, think, believe, and learn)
b. the Cooler (the “temperature” of the parent/child relationship)
c. the Container (the physical structure of the brain)
7. True or False: The neurobiological impact of a parent’s traumatic history
and struggles to cope with current stressors can interfere significantly with
the parent-child relationship.
8. The training describes 3 strategies to intervene in the parent-child
relationship. Which of the following is not one of the 3 strategies
discussed?
a. Teaching
b. Modeling
c. Showing
d. Parallel Process
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9. The training discussed 6 categories of infant mental health service. Which
of the following is not one of the categories discussed?
a. Early Relationship Assessment & Support
b. Advocacy
c. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
d. Developmental Guidance
10. True or False: Parent-Infant Psychotherapy pays attention to how parents’
past experiences, especially in childhood, may be expressed in the
present in relation to the baby and the parents’ experience of her/him.
Please attach your Action Plan and this completed Participation Check and
submit them to UNH CPE to the attention of Pam Seufert.
Fax #: (603) 271-4737
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