The First 1000 Days in the Nordic Countries

15/07/2022

✨ The entire programme from our inspiring conference on and the , The First 1000 Days in the Nordic Countries: Supporting a Healthy Start in Life, can now be viewed on youtube! 👉 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZNmAPcu_sk... Slides from all presentations and workshops can also be found here: https://first1000days.is/slides-recordings/ Check it out and feel free to share!! 👶👣🧸🌿

16/06/2022

📣 The registration deadline for online attendance at our upcoming conference is fast approaching!!
👉 Don't miss the chance to attend this exciting conference on mental health and the early years FOR FREE!!
⭐ Check out our amazing list of speakers, presentations and workshops on: www.first1000days.is
🌿 Register below before June 20th ⬇️

The First 1000Days in theNordic Countries Supporting a Healthy Start in Life Nordic Conference on MentalHealth and the Early Years June 27th 2022 in Reykjavik, Iceland Learn more Nordic Conference on Mental Health and the Early Years Welcome This inspiring conference on mental health and the early y...

30/05/2022

📣 There are ONLY A FEW PLACES LEFT for on-site participation at our conference "The First 1000 Days in the Nordic Countries: Supporing a Healthy Start in Life" with a registration deadline June 1st.
🌿 Don't miss the unique opportunity to attend this FREE conference on mental health and the yearly years at the amazing HARPA conference and concert hall in Reykjavik during the magical time of summer solstice in Iceland!
👉 For more information and registration, please visit: www.first1000days.is

The First 1000Days in theNordic Countries Supporting a Healthy Start in Life Nordic Conference on MentalHealth and the Early Years June 27th 2022 in Reykjavik, Iceland Learn more Nordic Conference on Mental Health and the Early Years Welcome This inspiring conference on mental health and the early y...

12/05/2022

📣 Registration deadline for on-site participation at our exciting conference, The First 1000 Days in the Nordic Countries: Supporting a Healthy Start in Life, is less than 3 weeks away!
✨ Don't miss this opportunity to attend this FREE full-day event with internationally recognized speakers and experts on mental health health and the early years during the magical time of summer solstice in Reykjavik, Iceland! 🌿🌞 🇮🇸
👉 Register now at: https://first1000days.is/registration/

24/04/2022

Meet our speakers!

Kari Slinning is head of section for Infant and toddlers mental health at the Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway. Slinning holds a doctoral degree in clinical child psychology. She has many years of clinical work with young children and families and her research has focused on developmental effects of fetal drug exposure and parental mental health related to pregnancy and birth, including maternal depression.

Slinning is involved in the evaluation and/or implementation of assessment methods and interventions such as the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB), Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ), the Newborn Behavioral Observation system (NBO), Circle of Security- Virginia family model (COS-VF), Attachment Biobehavioral Catchup (ABC) and Mamma Mia.

In her talk, 'What is it We Cannot Do Alone? The Added Value of Nordic Collaboration', Dr. Slinning will discuss the value of Nordic collaboration and lessons learned during the 3-year project, The First 1000 Days in the Nordic Countries. What is it that the Nordic countries can benefit from working more closely together? What implications could stronger collaboration within the Nordic region have for the knowledge we depend on, the services we provide, the wellbeing of our children and the future of our societies?

24/04/2022

Meet our speakers!

John Lavis supports policymakers and stakeholders to use evidence to address societal challenges. He is co-lead of and lead report writer for the Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges, as well as co-lead of the COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END) and Rapid-Improvement Support and Exchange (RISE).

John is the Director of the McMaster Health Forum and Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy. He is a Professor in the Department of Health Evidence and Impact at McMaster University and the Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Support Systems, as well as Adjunct Professor at the Africa Centre for Evidence at the University of Johannesburg. He holds an MD from Queen’s University, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a PhD (in Health Policy) from Harvard University.

In his talk, 'How to Make Change Happen: Bridging the Gap Between Evidence and Policy', John will discuss approaches that can be used to support policy action based on reports like The First 1000 Days, as well as approaches that can be used to support ongoing learning and improvement as these policy actions are pursued.

Drawing on insights from the Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges, he’ll also discuss how midwives, teachers, social workers and others can help or hinder efforts to ensure that evidence is an important consideration – among many others – in policy decisions and policy implementation.

22/04/2022

Meet our speakers!

Mette Skovgaard Væver, Ph.D, is a professor in clinical child psychology and early intervention and Director of the Centre for Early Intervention and Family Studies at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

Dr. Væver‘s long-standing research focus has been on basic and applied research on parenting and early childhood mental health in both normative and high-risk populations, combining a variety of research methods, including observations, experiments, and psychological assessments.

Dr. Væver is also a certified psychotherapist and integrates developmental science and clinical practice in her work, which is evidenced by her focus on randomized controlled intervention studies and research on the clinical implementation of assessment tools. Most of her research is designed in the form of large collaborative projects with practitioners with the overall aim of translating early childhood research in to practice.

In her keynote address, 'Understanding Babies: Translating Early Childhood Research Into Practice', Dr. Væver will discuss how the Centre for Early Intervention and Family Studies (CIF) in Denmark aims to promote early childhood (0-6 years), mental health, parental skills and qualifications of frontline staff in a variety of applied research studies. She will present results from the Copenhagen Infant Mental Health Project (CIMHP) on the implementation of the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB) in health visitors’ practice in primary care as well as a randomized controlled trial of the American program Circle of Security-Parenting (COS-P) in a large at-risk community sample.

22/04/2022

Meet our speakers!

Dr. Alain Gregoire is a Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist who has led multiple award winning specialist perinatal mental health services in the United Kingdom for over 30 years. He has contributed extensively to the development of policy, strategy, guidance and clinical services in parental and infant mental health in the UK and across the world.

Dr. Gregoire is the founder and current president of the UK Maternal Mental Health Alliance, a coalition of over 110 organisations in the United Kingdom committed to improving maternal mental health care and outcomes for mothers and infants. The coalition has successfully campaigned for government funding for perinatal mental health services across the UK and launched the 2013 cross-party manifesto, The 1001 Critical Days, which sets out a vision for the provision of services in the UK for the period between conception and age 2.

In 2016, Dr. Gregoire launched the Global Alliance for Maternal Mental Health with similar aims worldwide which now includes over 25 international member organisations.

Dr. Gregoire's keynote address, 'Better Mental Health for Mother and Baby is Everyone’s Business', centers on the importance of supporting maternal mental health and how interventions aimed at improving the lives of the most disadvantaged people are most likely to be effective by focusing on the early years of life, including mental health care of mothers and fathers at this time.

15/03/2022

The First 1000 Days in the Nordic Countries: Supporting a Healthy Start in Life is an inspiring conference on and the . It is the final event of a three-year Nordic collaborative project, The First 1000 Days in the Nordic Countries, which was launched under the 2019 Icelandic Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers.

The conference will share the knowledge and good practices gathered during this extensive Nordic project and bring in internationally recognized speakers to present on the current state of knowledge for supporting children‘s healthy start in life.

The focus is on how we can move forward into the 21st century with awareness of the importance of the early years and how welfare states can apply existing knowledge on mental health and the early years to support social and economic sustainability.

The conference will be held at the spectacular Harpa Conference Centre in Reykjavik, Iceland, on June 27th 2022. It will be offered in hybrid form both online and on-site and attendance is free of charge. Registration is open at www.first1000days.is 🌱

The First 1000Days in theNordic Countries Supporting a Healthy Start in Life Nordic Conference on MentalHealth and the Early Years June 27th 2022 in Reykjavik, Iceland Learn more Nordic Conference on Mental Health and the Early Years Welcome This inspiring conference on mental health and the early y...