Brazelton Touchpoints Training

Course Format

This 10-week hybrid course blends live instruction, guided independent learning, and ongoing reflective practice. Each week includes either a fully synchronous Zoom session or a hybrid session consisting of a pre-recorded presentation followed by a live, interactive Zoom meeting. Participants also take part in monthly one-hour virtual reflective practice sessions, which extend learning, deepen skills, and support integration into daily practice.

Attendance at all live sessions is required. Participants who complete the full program will receive a certificate from both the IABA Research & Education Foundation and the Brazelton Touchpoints Center. This course is approved for 20 General Continuing Education Credits.

What You Will Learn

• Strategies for building strength-based partnerships with parents that support preventive emotional health and therapeutic healing

• Techniques for integrating relationship-based, strengths-focused practices into care for individuals and families

• Approaches to strengthening parent–child relationships as a foundation for healthy development

• Insight into developmental processes that create family stress, and how these moments can become opportunities for connection and healing

• Treatment strategies for addressing the effects of trauma and adversity on development

• A framework for understanding challenging or confusing child behaviors

• Techniques for discussing developmental concerns with families

• Skills for actively listening and collaboratively problem-solving around child development and family relationships