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One day courses in the Mellow Babies Programme are run for Practitioners who have completed the core three-day training.
The Mellow babies Programme, which has a one day additional training and separate manual, is now well developed.
The programme incorporates modules for adult mental health, child care skills, child protection and activities suitable for parents and babies.
The programme has been applied in a number of settings to include mothers with post natal depression and families with child protection concerns.
The Mellow Babies programme has undergone a randomized waiting list controlled trial with clinically and statistically significant effects on maternal depression and mother child interaction, and a reduction in the need for Child Protection Registration and compulsory measures of care.
Engagement and attendance at groups is very high (80% of families attended 80% of sessions).