We know babies are born ready to relate.
The more that we as clinicians (whether those still training, new starters or highly experienced practitioners), can help parents to appreciate what their infants are capable of, the better able they are to care for that child empathically, and the more ready they are to be in relationship with their infant as well.
Find out more about all the information that underpins Ready to Relate in Our research and impact section.
We have gathered a range of resources that can help guide and train healthcare professionals in the use of R2R cards and the online toolkit.
There are some costs involved in this, but we know the impacts and benefits make this a worthwhile expenditure.
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What is Ready to Relate?
Find out more about our approach to parent and baby bonding and the resources to help you deliver this invaluable support.
What do people say about Ready to Relate?
Hear what those training, working or managing in the NHS have to say about Ready to Relate.
How do I buy the resources I need?
Whether you are just a one person wanting professional training or a whole organisation wanting to adopt Ready to Relate, we would like to hear from you.
Advice for practitioners adopting Ready to Relate
To get an idea of how we advise using the R2R cards and digital toolkit when talking to parents with their young babies, you can click on our Top Tips panel here.
To get professional training to an accredited CPD standard in the use of Ready to Relate you’ll need access to our logged-in areas below.
If you are not already a member see the organisational and individual registration panels above.
CPD training
How to access training and support?
Our CPD certified online training and our manager support hub can be accessed through the password you will have been provided when registering.
About the training
This training is suitable for any student or practitioner working with, or coming across families with babies and young children in their work.
Who are the professionals this training is suitable for?
The training is suitable for any student or practitioner working with, or coming across families with babies and young children in their work.
It is particularly relevant for:
- Perinatal mental health teams
- Infant mental health teams
- Midwives and maternity support workers
- Health Visitors and Health visiting team members
- Early Years nursery workers
- Foster carers
- Children’s social work
- Children’s and paediatric nursing
- CAMHS
- Adult mental health services whereby service users are sometimes parents
- Vaccinations and Immunisations
- Looked After Children teams (LAC)
- Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)
- Students in any field which includes working with families and babies
- Infant Feeding leads and support workers
- Paediatric dieticians
Overview and structure
Context, background and evidence
1. Babies are amazing (the Hamlin experiment)
2. Key research
3. The importance of valuing parents
4. Babies are born ready to relate
5. Key components
6. Moments of connection
Practical application
7a. How to use the Ready to Relate cards (part 1)
7b. How to use the Ready to Relate cards (part 2)
8. Making a difference
9. Using Ready to Relate online resources
10. Tips for clinicians
About the manager support hub
In this area we provide video tutorials from our R2R team leads that introduce the adoption of R2R within a service area.
Access to additional support materials
There is also access to these additional support materials:
- Stage by stage advice on actions needed
- Tick box model to help guide adoption
- Marketing tool download area