​BEYOND CARDIFF TU DRAW I CAERDYDD
AVIGuk POST CONFERENCE EVENTS
"That’s what AVIGuk left with me - as VIG does for parents. Hope"
We've had such a lot of really kind, positive and encouraging messages and emails from so many of you - and we can't tell you how much we, the team, and all the presenters, appreciate it! We've also just had three lovely, reflective blogs shared with us by Oxford's babies1st - click links below.
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If you have any links or feedback, you'd like us to share, just message via the platform, or email us - Oonagh and Ava.
POST-CONFERENCE EVENTS
We had such an uplifting, inspiring and activating Conference in Cardiff, and wish you could all have joined us! We want to build on this success... so if you missed out or couldn't see all the incredible array of workshops we had, fear not... over at AVIGuk HQ, we are busy planning post-conference events for you!
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We will have a series of online Lunchtime Live events - monthly on a Tuesday - 12.30- 1.30pm. We also plan to some Lunchtime Live: The Poster Edition - where our incredible Poster presenters, can showcase their work digitally, and there will be time for discussion and questions. ​Once we have confirmed our programme, we will launch on this page... so watch this space!
9.10.25 CONFERENCE
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OPENING ADDRESS
CYFEIRIAD AGORIADOL
Opening our conference, Dr Cerith Waters, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with a speciality in child and adolescent and perinatal mental health, gave us a rousing introduction and call to action! Cerith completed training in VIG in 2020, going on to secure funding to train staff and embed VIG in perinatal and maternity mental health services in Cardiff and surrounding areas. Alongside clinical practice, Cerith is the director of research for Clinical Psychology Doctoral trainees on the South Wales Programme in Clinical Psychology. Cerith is passionate about early intervention and prevention, and he leads a programme of research developing and testing interventions for the treatment of mental health conditions in parents and children.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
SIARADWY ALLWEDDOL
Professor Liz Todd was recently awarded an OBE for services to children and young people. he is an AVIGuk supervisor and trainer, a core member of our Research and Publishing Advisory Group, and co-editor of two of the leading VIG books - Video Interaction Guidance: A Relationship-Based Intervention to Promote Attunement, Empathy and Wellbeing and Video Enhanced Reflective Practice: Professional Development through Attuned Interactions. Liz has spent her career endeavouring to make life fairer for children and young people.​ Her keynote was the perfect finale for our conference - thank you Liz!
​​Dr Alain Gregoire is the former Chair, and now Honorary President of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance - and was an inspiring and engaging keynote too! Alain is a member of the NICE Guideline Development Group for Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health, contributing to the development of policy, guidance, and clinical services in the UK and abroad. He is determined to ensure that all women have access to care for their mental health which is at least as good as the care available for their physical health during pregnancy and postnatally.​
CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
GWEITHDAI CYNHADLEDD
CONNECTED ORGANISATIONS
SEFYDLIADAU CYSYLLTIEDIG
For this year's conference we were delighted to host a range of tables from connected organisations, and their representatives. We look forward to welcoming back many of them, to do an online event, where you can learn even more about their incredible work.
Orion Owen - Association of Infant Mental Health
Sarah Fitzgibbon - Flying Start Cardiff
Marieke Beentjes - AIT Netherlands
Rebecca Johnson - Solihull Approach Parenting
Nicola Canale - Parent Infant Foundation - also presenting a Poster on behalf of Neonatal Therapy Service (NTS) - Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board