MERTIL – My Early Relational Trauma Informed Learning Program
Founded on attachment theory, MERTIL is a 12-hr self-paced, online training program that teaches recognition of early relational trauma in the parent-child relationship and explores options for effective immediate response by frontline services.
The course emanates from the Bowlby/Ainsworth paradigm and was created by infant trauma specialists, Professor Jennifer McIntosh (Bouverie Director), Professor Louise Newman, and a team of local and international infant trauma experts.
MERTIL for Parents helps parents see their child’s behaviour differently. They’ll understand why trust matters so much to a baby’s development, plus how to grow it, repair it and keep it, especially when life is difficult.
MERTIL for Parents for Practitioners is the health care providers version of the program – it comes with a handbook on how to use the program with your parent clients, whether exploring the concepts 1-on-1 or in groups, or in a single session or over multiple sessions.
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In purchasing the MERTIL program, the organisation and each user agrees to acknowledge the intellectual property and copyright of all MERTIL material developed by the authors Prof Jennifer McIntosh and Prof Louise Newman, La Trobe University and the University of Melbourne, respectively, and to ensure that none of the MERTIL material is recorded, replicated or further distributed in any way, without the written approval of the authors and La Trobe University. The program cannot be shown to groups without a specific licence to do so, nor for profit. Please contact enquiries@mertil.com.au for more information.
