Learning Opportunities

Use the Touchpoints approach to collaboratively engage families in developmental screening and referral processes to support families to act early.

This course explores how to use a relationship-based care approach to understand and respond to child behaviors that providers find challenging. Participants learn to respond to children’s behavior by deeply reflecting upon their own reactions to children’s behavior, regulating their emotional reactions, and engaging families to mutually understand the reasons for their children’s behavior.

This three-part webinar series will explore strengths-based foundational concepts and actionable strategies related to trauma, adaptation, healing, and resilience.

Learn about and practice using the Development is a Journey Conversation Roadmap to enhance the provider-parent partnership and engage parents and other caregivers in planning for their child’s developmental needs.

This three-part series provide knowledge, skills, and strategies for strengthening your partnerships with parents, understanding depression, and talking with children about difficult issues.

Deepen your understanding of infants who have experienced prenatal substance exposure and postnatal withdrawal (NAS/NOWS) and enhance your relationship-based care skills with their parents living with Substance Use Disorder (SUD).

Prior NBO Training attendance is required for this course.

These trainings are therefore especially suited to advanced practice professionals working specifically with high-risk infants.

A Comprehensive Overview of Neonatal Neurobehavior

Pre-registration now open!

Families in recovery are the experts on their families and their children. In this annual Summit, BTC invites family members with lived experience with SUD, including those who now devote their lives to supporting other families in recovery, to share with us their expertise.

In this workshop series, we will explore how racism, culture, and bias may affect when and how we experience conversations as challenging. We will practice applying a strengths-based approach to effectively engage in challenging conversations.

Work to refine your NBAS administration and scoring skills

The Newborn Behavioral Observations system (NBO) is an infant-focused, family-centered relationship building tool designed to sensitize parents to their baby’s competencies, challenges, and individuality with the goal of fostering the development of a positive parent-infant relationship from the very beginning.

The Newborn Behavioral Observations system (NBO) is an infant-focused, family-centered relationship building tool designed to sensitize parents to their baby’s competencies, challenges, and individuality with the goal of fostering the development of a positive parent-infant relationship from the very beginning.

The Newborn Behavioral Observations system (NBO) is an infant-focused, family-centered relationship building tool designed to sensitize parents to their baby’s competencies, challenges, and individuality with the goal of fostering the development of a positive parent-infant relationship from the very beginning.

Learn strategies to engage fathers in programs and services, and consider ways to support parents as co-partners.

Join us to revisit the Touchpoints Approach and explore how you have been integrating it into your practice since you were trained.

In this series, you will learn strategies that you can immediately apply to your work to further cultivate a strengths-based mindset in your work with families.

Learn strategies you can use in your work and personal lives that honor everyone’s experiences, build resilience, and nurture self-care.

The Touchpoints Approach provides a practical, preventive approach that supports professionals in forming strength-based partnerships with families.

Learn how to use the Touchpoints Approach to support staff through reflective coaching and supervision.