Join the NMAIMH

Why Join the NMAIMH?

All infants and their caregivers deserve supports and services that encourage nurturing relationships. Professionals from a variety of disciplines, including social workers, nurses, psychologists, early childhood specialists, home visitors, counselors, promotoras, doulas, and others can use a range of infant mental health strategies to foster healthy development. By joining NMAIMH, you help us to move one step closer to creating a cohesive system of infant mental health in New Mexico.

To join us, please print and complete the attached membership brochure then mail the completed form and membership dues to NMAIMH.

Membership Offers:

• Networking with a diverse and interdisciplinary group of infant mental health professionals;
• Subscription to the NMAIMH Members listserv;
• Notification of professional development opportunities;
• Access to a nationally recognized professional endorsement system for infant-family practitioners;
• Participation in policy-making activities;
• Participation in semi-monthly NMAIMH Board of Directors meetings.
• Affiliation with the World Association of Infant Mental Health (WAIMH), a not-for-profit organization for scientific and educational professionals whose central aim is to promote the mental wellbeing and healthy development of infants throughout the world, taking into account cultural, regional, and environmental variations, and to generate and disseminate scientific knowledge.

Future Plans for the NMAIMH

• Increased support for competency-based professional development opportunities
• Biannual newsletter
• Integration of statewide infant-family services that promote healthy development and nurturing relationships for New Mexico’s infants and young children
• System for ongoing support and reflective consultation
• Evaluation of the impact of infant mental health services