It is now widely recognised that the early years of a child's life matters enormously for their long term health and wellbeing. Many health and social care professionals are increasingly aware of the need to support new families right from the beginning, helping them to build bonds and promoting the creation of secure, healthy attachment relationships. Sling and carrier use can play a very significant part in this.
Rosie is a practising GP, and has been working in babywearing fields for many years, creating unaffiliated resources for NHS use, writing an evidence-based book on the topic, and has trained many health and social care professionals. This is includes health visitors, infant feeding teams, midwives, paediatricians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, perinatal mental health workers and many more.
Her courses aim to equip professionals with a thorough grounding in the science of infant and maternal mental health, and how slings and carriers promote health for a lifetime. She is very aware of the special considerations that arise when working with newborns or vulnerable children and families, and the particular challenges that may be encountered in clinical sessions. She can tailor courses for particular needs and focuses.
Courses can be simple online theory/safety courses to deepen understandings and encourage advocacy or peer supporter/consultancy courses to facilitate hands-on support for families.
Do get in touch if you have any queries or would like to arrange a bespoke course for your team.
Get in touch with Rosie here if you would like to schedule a course for a HCP group you have set up (this can be online and cover several trusts)
