About Us

Our Vision

All children and families in California experience relational health, resilience, and overall well-being.

Our Purpose

To bring together as a common voice organizations and individuals who promote caregiver-child relational approaches to both prevent and heal adversity in young children prenatally to age five.

Our Mission

CalAIMH’s mission is to bridge and connect a transdisciplinary, relationally-informed community across California that collaborates and advocates on behalf of children and families prenatally to age five.

Core Functions

Our primary function is promoting professional development, including:

Promoting relationally-Informed Practices

Promoting California endorsement in infant and early childhood mental health (to include reflective practice)

Integrating Neuro-Biological Science

Transdisciplinary collaboration, infusion and integration of infant mental health core principles

Our secondary function is advocating for policies and practices that support relational health (on behalf of families, young children and providers).

Organizational Guiding Principles

Relationally-informed
Developmentally sensitive caregiving
Culturally-attuned caregiving
Trauma-informed
Neuro-biologically based

CalAIMH Committees

We meet our goals through work in Committees, formed of CalAIMH members who come together to develop and implement projects and help to realize the mission of CalAIMH.