BC Council for Families

Reflective supervision provides an opportunity for staff to refelct on their own work in a safe, supportive environment. A professional, supervisory relationship encourages sharing in an atmosphere of warmth, acceptance, respect, understanding and trust, and it allows for experimentation and mistakes. The core belief behind reflective supervision is parallel process - nurturing begets nurturing. This paper describes some key theory and real world practice for supervisors to gain new skills.

Infant Mental Health Promotion (IMP) is a coalition of professional representatives from service agencies dedicated to promoting optimal outcomes for infants (prenatal to 36 months) in collaboration with families and other caregivers.

IMP's online library, hosted on Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto, Ontario has many articles and resources for professionals working in the field of early child development.