Training
Each year, the NHAIMH provides free and low-cost workshops and seminars. These are planned by our Knowledge and Education Committee. The training provides certificates of attendance to meet your professional development requirements.
On Tuesday, 6/23/26, from 1:30 - 2:30 PM, we hope you will join us for a virtual lunch-and-learn opportunity. The topic of this workshop is “Empowering Therapists, Educators, and Caregivers Through the DIR Model.”
Workshop description:
This one-hour presentation introduces the DIR Model as a framework for fostering meaningful connection, building developmental skills, encouraging creativity, and discovering moments of shared joy in early childhood. Drawing on several case studies from home, classroom, and clinic settings, the talk will explore how DIR principles can be practically applied to meet each child where they are, honoring their unique developmental profiles and individual sensory and processing differences. Attendees will learn strategies to recognize when mismatch occurs, interpret subtle cues of nervous system state changes, and thoughtfully adjust intervention to offer attunement, co-regulation, and meaning making with the child.
About the presenter:
Alli Webber is a pediatric occupational therapist with over a decade of clinical experience across early intervention, school, and outpatient settings. Alli holds a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from Tufts University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music from Carnegie Mellon University, a background that informs her creative, child-centered approach to therapy.
To register, click here. This workshop is free for NHAIMH members and $25.00 for non-members. Please pass this information along to colleagues you think would be interested in this opportunity.
We hope you will join us!
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Prior Workshops
“The Intersection of Physical and Mental Health: Tools to Thrive and Prevent Burnout”, Valerie Hellen, DNP
“Strategies to Embrace Family Diversity - Autumn Learning Group”, Norma Day-Vines, Ph.D., and Fallon Cluxton-Keller, Ph.D.
“Thinking outside the Box: Using Exposure and CBT Principles for Food Aversion & Sensory Sensitivities”, Nicholas Mian, Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist
“Mindfulness”, Dr. Christopher Willard, Psy. D., clinical psychologist, author, and consultant based in Massachusetts. Drdical School. Willard teaches at Harvard Medical.
"Strengthening Families through Screen Time Management Skills"
Jean Rogers, M.S.Ed., Director, Screen Time Action Network at Fairplay, Patricia Cantor, Ed.D., Retired Associate Provost, Plymouth State University
"Vroom and Mind in the Making" presented by Cellissa Hoyt, formerly with Early Learning NH and currently at CCA for Social Good, part of CCA Global Partners in Manchester. CCA is the company that powers the NH SELA website.
This workshop is available as a video recording, along with materials and resources, on our Members Only webpage.
“Addressing Maternal Anxiety and Depression in Primary Care” Fallon Cluxton-Keller, Ph.D., L.M.F.T., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Family Studies and Family Therapy Training for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and Ardis Olson, MD, Pediatrician, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center