Nicola Canale
@drnicolacanale.bsky.social
Psychologist with a special interest in parent-infant relationships and early child development and wellbeing.
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Nicola Canale
@drnicolacanale.bsky.social
· Feb 12
Parents/caregivers in Wales. Can you please help us by completing this short survey.
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I miss the days when there was understanding of the incredible benefits of properly supporting children and families. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I miss the days when there was understanding of the incredible benefits of properly supporting children and families. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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We're delighted to announce we've been awarded more than £1 million from The National Lottery Community Fund to create a new National Parent-Infant Relationship (PAIR) Framework!
Working with delivery partners Ideas Alliance & Anna Freud, we can't wait to get started!
Details👉 bit.ly/4jF3G75
Working with delivery partners Ideas Alliance & Anna Freud, we can't wait to get started!
Details👉 bit.ly/4jF3G75
May 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We're delighted to announce we've been awarded more than £1 million from The National Lottery Community Fund to create a new National Parent-Infant Relationship (PAIR) Framework!
Working with delivery partners Ideas Alliance & Anna Freud, we can't wait to get started!
Details👉 bit.ly/4jF3G75
Working with delivery partners Ideas Alliance & Anna Freud, we can't wait to get started!
Details👉 bit.ly/4jF3G75
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Investment in early intervention and prevention services, including parent-infant relationship services, is vital. Statement from the BPS.
www.bps.org.uk/news/investm...
www.bps.org.uk/news/investm...
www.bps.org.uk
March 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Investment in early intervention and prevention services, including parent-infant relationship services, is vital. Statement from the BPS.
www.bps.org.uk/news/investm...
www.bps.org.uk/news/investm...
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We desperately need to develop infant & early childhood mental health curricula in all health and social care professional trainings. This new article from the University of Washington provides an example. But with NHSE going, who is going to do it now?
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40044273/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40044273/
Training and Curriculum Development in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health - PubMed
Infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) is an important field within psychiatry and related disciplines. Historically, IECMH has been absent from mental health training and curricula. However...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
March 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We desperately need to develop infant & early childhood mental health curricula in all health and social care professional trainings. This new article from the University of Washington provides an example. But with NHSE going, who is going to do it now?
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40044273/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40044273/
Happy world book day. To celebrate, here is a free book all about our emotions for parents to enjoy with their little one www.gov.wales/sites/defaul...
March 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Happy world book day. To celebrate, here is a free book all about our emotions for parents to enjoy with their little one www.gov.wales/sites/defaul...
A free resource by Welsh Government to support parents in understanding and responding to their child’s behaviour in the early years www.gov.wales/sites/defaul...
March 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A free resource by Welsh Government to support parents in understanding and responding to their child’s behaviour in the early years www.gov.wales/sites/defaul...
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What works best during early years to improve children’s outcomes?
1. Reducing poverty
2. Protection from harm
3. Parent-child relationships
This new report adds to the evidence
www.betterpurpose.co/early-childh...
1. Reducing poverty
2. Protection from harm
3. Parent-child relationships
This new report adds to the evidence
www.betterpurpose.co/early-childh...
Early Childhood Outcomes Report | Better Purpose
www.betterpurpose.co
February 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
What works best during early years to improve children’s outcomes?
1. Reducing poverty
2. Protection from harm
3. Parent-child relationships
This new report adds to the evidence
www.betterpurpose.co/early-childh...
1. Reducing poverty
2. Protection from harm
3. Parent-child relationships
This new report adds to the evidence
www.betterpurpose.co/early-childh...
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Been chatting with some valued colleagues. Our shared perspective is that even the very best parenting interventions have only limited impact (at best) unless we pay attention to the family's social and economic context, adopt a trauma-focus, work relationally and flexibly, and implement well.
February 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Been chatting with some valued colleagues. Our shared perspective is that even the very best parenting interventions have only limited impact (at best) unless we pay attention to the family's social and economic context, adopt a trauma-focus, work relationally and flexibly, and implement well.
Rhieni/gofalwyr yng Nghymru. Allwch chi sbario 5 munud i gwblhau plis?
February 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Rhieni/gofalwyr yng Nghymru. Allwch chi sbario 5 munud i gwblhau plis?
Parents/caregivers in Wales. Can you please help us by completing this short survey.
February 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Parents/caregivers in Wales. Can you please help us by completing this short survey.
Reposted by Nicola Canale
This short film by the Blackpool Parent and Infant Relationship Service (PAIRs) is nominated for a Smiley Charity Film Award. Real people telling their story of parent-infant relationship difficulties and how a PAIRs team helped.
smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/the-ca...
smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/the-ca...
The Caring Connection
A film to raise awareness of what the NHS Blackpool Parent-Infant Relationship Service (PaIRS) offers to workforce, parents and infants.
smileycharityfilmawards.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This short film by the Blackpool Parent and Infant Relationship Service (PAIRs) is nominated for a Smiley Charity Film Award. Real people telling their story of parent-infant relationship difficulties and how a PAIRs team helped.
smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/the-ca...
smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/the-ca...
Fantastic to read that Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board are part of Phase Two of this study.
Thanks to continued support of The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, iHV is delighted to announce the start of Phase Two of the ADBB study which seeks to evaluate the impact of the tool in more sites across the UK
https://buff.ly/3WwXjJc
#HealthVisiting
https://buff.ly/3WwXjJc
#HealthVisiting
January 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Fantastic to read that Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board are part of Phase Two of this study.
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'We need to talk more openly about the impact our upbringing has on us in later life'
Laura Mucha introduces her new book, 'Please Find Attached: How Attachment Theory Explains Our Relationships' (@BloomsburyBooksUK); plus a section on romantic relationships
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
#PsySciSky
Laura Mucha introduces her new book, 'Please Find Attached: How Attachment Theory Explains Our Relationships' (@BloomsburyBooksUK); plus a section on romantic relationships
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
#PsySciSky
www.bps.org.uk
January 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
'We need to talk more openly about the impact our upbringing has on us in later life'
Laura Mucha introduces her new book, 'Please Find Attached: How Attachment Theory Explains Our Relationships' (@BloomsburyBooksUK); plus a section on romantic relationships
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
#PsySciSky
Laura Mucha introduces her new book, 'Please Find Attached: How Attachment Theory Explains Our Relationships' (@BloomsburyBooksUK); plus a section on romantic relationships
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
#PsySciSky
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What's the impact of parental #depression on a child's #mentalhealth?
bit.ly/parental-dep...
Dr.Vicky Powell, Cardiff University, highlights her work on understanding risk and protective factors for depression across different life stages and the epidemiology of depression.
bit.ly/parental-dep...
Dr.Vicky Powell, Cardiff University, highlights her work on understanding risk and protective factors for depression across different life stages and the epidemiology of depression.
Effects of parental depression on their offspring's mental health
bit.ly
January 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
What's the impact of parental #depression on a child's #mentalhealth?
bit.ly/parental-dep...
Dr.Vicky Powell, Cardiff University, highlights her work on understanding risk and protective factors for depression across different life stages and the epidemiology of depression.
bit.ly/parental-dep...
Dr.Vicky Powell, Cardiff University, highlights her work on understanding risk and protective factors for depression across different life stages and the epidemiology of depression.
I’m curious as to how Educational Psychologists would answer this question? @edpsy.bsky.social
Social workers reminded us today that they typically get about 2 hours teaching on parent-infant relationships as part of their Masters.
Sounds paltry but is it any better for midwives, health visitors, clinical psychologists??
Sounds paltry but is it any better for midwives, health visitors, clinical psychologists??
January 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I’m curious as to how Educational Psychologists would answer this question? @edpsy.bsky.social
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‘Early relationships shape babies' social and emotional development and influence many key outcomes’
November 24, 2024 at 7:34 PM
‘Early relationships shape babies' social and emotional development and influence many key outcomes’
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January 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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New study from Iceland finds that embedding the Neonatal Behaviour Observation (NBO) system in routine postnatal care improves maternal confidence and knowledge about infant. Outcomes assessed included videoed interaction coded using the EAS
bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
The newborn behavioural observations (NBO) system embedded in routine postpartum care in at-risk families in Iceland: a randomised controlled trial - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Background The Newborn Behaviour Observation system (NBO) is a flexible relationship-based intervention designed to sensitise parents to their newborn’s capacities, to increase parental confidence and...
bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
New study from Iceland finds that embedding the Neonatal Behaviour Observation (NBO) system in routine postnatal care improves maternal confidence and knowledge about infant. Outcomes assessed included videoed interaction coded using the EAS
bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
A great conference and a pleasure to host a workshop to share the relationally informed books that psychologists from Cardiff Parenting wrote for Welsh Gov as part of their Parenting Give it Time campaign www.gov.wales/parenting-gi...
September 27, 2024 at 5:57 AM
A great conference and a pleasure to host a workshop to share the relationally informed books that psychologists from Cardiff Parenting wrote for Welsh Gov as part of their Parenting Give it Time campaign www.gov.wales/parenting-gi...