EYIM Webinar: Birth Trauma in the Early Years

About this webinar

This webinar will consist of a panel discussion, followed by a Q&A with the speakers. Discussion will focus on:

• the 'ripple effect' of birth trauma and the early years

• supporting families who have experienced birth trauma

• highlighting racial health inequalities and racial disparities in birth outcomes.

The webinar will be captioned.

Registrations will close at 12pm on the day of the webinar.

Speakers:

• Dr Grace Baptie, Policy and Research Associate at Anna Freud, discussing her new resource ‘Birth trauma in the early years’. This has been written for and reviewed by Early Years practitioners.

• Lorna Crossan, Parent Participation Advisor at Anna Freud, discussing her own experience of birth trauma and the impact of this.

• Dr Elizabeth Egbase, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, discussing birth trauma and racial health inequalities.

• Kieran Anders, operations manager for Dad Matters, a perinatal and parent/infant mental health peer support service developed and delivered by Home-Start schemes in the UK. Keiran will discuss the service's experience as an expert witness for dads' experiences of birth trauma in this year's birth trauma enquiry.

Who is this webinar for?

The webinar is suitable for early years practitioners, but will also be helpful for other practitioners including psychiatrists, psychologists and local authority staff members.