GroBrain
Helping parents raise emotionally healthy infants
GroBrain is an effective training programme for health, social care, education and voluntary sector practitioners to support and promote infant mental health, using a suite of visual materials that are easy for parents to understand.
As an organisation we are committed to raising a generation of emotionally healthier children who - in time - become emotionally healthier adults.
A recent report from the Parent-Infant Foundation* recommended that ‘All families be offered a strengths-based education package, such as GroBrain or similar, to enhance their understanding of the importance of parent-infant relationships with their current and future children.’
Why use GroBrain?
Attuned, responsive caregiving in the first three years of life is vital for healthy brain development and creating strong foundations for lifelong emotional health and wellbeing.
GroBrain helps practitioners explain complex theory in quick visual ways that are easy for parents to understand.
GroBrain is low cost, effective and flexible.
GroBrain is predominantly a universal programme but can be used with parents at all levels of need, by using highly memorable visual materials.
GroBrain supports a wide range of practitioners to improve their practice.
GroBrain integrates easily into existing practice and approaches.
Practitioners
Do you want to use GroBrain in your individual work with families?
Do you want to facilitate a GroBrain Parenting Course?
Do you want to purchase GroBrain resources?
Northumberland Family Hub Project
“Thank you for the mid-way training report. It’s great to see that such a high percentage of Foundation Course licences have been activated. The quotes from staff members are excellent. It is also great evidence to show how we are using our perinatal and parent-infant relationship funding which we receive as part of our Family Hub trail blazer status, which is primarily about us ‘going further faster’ as a family hub authority. Brilliant and thank you!”
Karen Bewick, Family Hub Project Team, Northumberland CC
July 2023
‘GroBrain is an integral part of all we do…
‘It can be applied to any situation and it’s the bit the parents remember.’
Mike Davies, JIGSO Early Intervention Manager, Swansea
Information for parents
We have a selection of archived posts on Instagram (@_grobrain) and Facebook (Grobrain) with a community of over 45k parents and practitioners.
