This training was originally scheduled for February 23 but was canceled due to inclement weather. It will now be held on May 4 from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM.

The Diversity-Informed Tenets for Work with Infants, Children and Families (Tenets) are a set of guiding principles and practices that strengthen the commitment and capacity of infant, child and family professionals, organizations and systems to do our best work on behalf of those we serve by intentionally embedding diversity, inclusion and equity principles into our work. The Tenets are an aspirational implementable framework for integrating equitable and inclusive practices. Along with other principles of infant and early childhood mental health practice, the Tenets are rooted in self-reflection. The Tenets are grounded in diversity-informed practice;  intersectionality theory, which argues that multiple systems of oppression collectively affect us all; postcolonial theory; critical pedagogy; and liberation psychology (Thomas, Noroña, St. John, 2019). While a framework, the Tenets offer a practical and sustainable approach to better services for families. 

Tenets workshops seek to engage participants in a collaborative journey to help them reach deeper levels of awareness and also link the participants’ insights, challenges and discoveries so new levels of practice and knowledge are reached. Tenets Workshop provides a dynamic learning experience that introduces participants to the Tenets through immersive, hands-on activities and reflective exercise and considers how their work can be revised with the integration of the Tenets. We facilitate activities that deepen individual and group self-awareness to activate reflective capacity. The Tenets underscore that relationships, community, and contexts are bidirectional, dynamic systems that unfold in interactions, as does the work of the Tenets (Charlot-Swilley et al, 2024). Participants have the opportunity to connect with the Tenets and explore how the principles can be applied within their spheres of practice.  Participants may also identify personal and organizational leverage points and develop action plans for furthering diversity, equity and inclusion principles within their organization. Tenets facilitators are partners in this process.

Participants will be able to: 

• Describe the Tenets
• Analyze how systems of oppression impact providers' ability to do their best work on behalf of infants, children, and families
• Apply the Tenets to their professional role and sphere of practice
• Identify port of entry for change within their work environments

Date & Time

Monday, May 4, 2026
9 AM - 4 PM 

Location

New York University's Kimmel Center for University Life
60 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012
Room 802