Early Connections® provides specialized therapeutic home visits and treatment to new moms.
Postpartum depression, anxiety, or other postpartum adjustment disorders can leave a mother unable to cope with the physical and emotional demands of caring for herself and her infant. Our trained therapists serve mothers who need help feeling connected to their babies. We work to increase their confidence and to help them feel able to meet the responsibility for their baby's growth.
The
Feeding Support program offers weekly support groups, training for clinicians and CERS volunteers, and provides information about community resources.
Fragile Beginnings provides services for parents of premature infants to help bridge the transition from hospital to home and to support the special challenges of parenting a premature infant.
Healthy Families Central Middlesex provides services for young parents. This program offers free home visits and group support for young parents who are under 21 years old and their families. Parents develop a special relationship with a home visitor who provides support to the family, information on child development, and access to community resources. Families may receive services until their child's third birthday. The program serves 22 Massachusetts communities.
The
Infant-Parent Training Institute is for experienced professionals who wish to broaden their knowledge and develop skills specific to clinical work with infants and families. It offers an integration of neuro-developmental and psychodynamic approaches to infant-parent psychotherapy.
Visiting Moms is a nationally acclaimed program for pregnant women and new mothers who are adjusting to an expanding family. A trained volunteer will come to the home for one hour a week until the baby's first birthday to offer nurturance, support, and encouragement.
Parenting is on the job training and there is no preparation. We offer
Parent Consultations to support you and help you become the parent you want to be.
The highly skilled and experienced clinicians of the Center for Early Relationship Support are available to provide
clinical consultation, training, and supervision on-site at your agency. We customize our training to meet the needs of your staff and program. Services may be one time or multiple sessions.
Our
Sleep Consultation program provides information, guidance, and support for families facing sleep issues. We offer an individualized approach that includes specific strategies designed to meet each family constellation.
We run over 14 ongoing
support groups for new mothers throughout Greater Boston.
Let us welcome your family to the South Area Jewish Community with a home visit, gift package, and resource guides to programs and events in your area. If you or your partner is Jewish and you have had or adopted a baby in the last six months, we would love the opportunity to meet you and your baby.