GroBrain
Infant Mental Health and Early Relationship Training
Infant Mental Health & Parent-Infant Relationship Training for Family Hubs & Early Years Services
GroBrain supports Family Hubs and early years services to strengthen parent-infant relationships, improve early interaction and emotional regulation.
Our training helps Family Hub teams, health visitors, early help practitioners and related professionals explain infant brain development and attachment in clear, visual and accessible ways that parents understand and remember.
Our unique visual materials and evidence-informed approach make complex neuroscience easy to communicate to parents and caregivers, improving outcomes for babies and families in the first 1,001 days of life.
GroBrain has been used by thousands of practitioners including many NHS Trusts, and Family Hubs in Hull, Northumberland and South Tyneside.
A 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.’
What we provide
Infant Mental Health Training for Practitioners
Our courses build workforce confidence in:
Infant brain development and emotional regulation
Attachment-informed parent-infant relationships
Supporting parent-infant attunement and interaction
Communicating complex information simply and compassionately to families across all levels of need.
Training is flexible and suitable for Family Hubs, Early Help, Health Visiting and community-based services.
Training for 1:2:1 work
The Foundation Course equips trainees to integrate infant mental health into their regular practice with parents 1:2:1.
Training to run our Baby Course
The Baby Course Facilitator Training equips trainees to deliver a GroBrain Baby Course to parents with babies pre-birth to 12 months, in a group setting (or online).
Training to run our Toddler Course
The Toddler Course Facilitator Training equips trainees to deliver a GroBrain Toddler Course to parents with children aged 1-3 in a group setting (or online).
Trusted by Service Managers
Why Family Hubs choose GroBrain
Works across multidisciplinary teams
Supports prevention and early intervention
Aligns with infant mental health and attachment priorities
Is easy to embed into group work and 1:1 support
Helps staff talk to parents about stress, co-regulation and relationships
The Association for Infant Mental Health UK (AiMH UK) confirms that GroBrain utilised the IMHCF (The Infant Mental Health Competency Framework) in the development of its training and resources.
Where we have trained
Over 3000 staff have been trained in the following areas:
Action for Children
Blaenau CBC
Barnardos BC
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Bournemouth BC
Bridgend County Borough Council
Cambridge & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Camden CC
Canterbury & District Early Years Ltd
Cardiff Council
Ceredigion CC
Colin Sure Start, Belfast
Coleraine Sure Start, N Ireland
Cornwall Foundation Partnership Trust
Coventry & Warwick Partnership
Cumbria , Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust
Derbyshire CC
Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust
East Riding of Yorkshire County Council
Flintshire CC
Gloucestershire NHS Trust
Greenwich CC
Hampshire CC
Hull CC
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Kent & Medway NHS Trust
Kingston Council
Lancs & Cumbria NHS Trust
Lambeth CC
Lewisham CC
Pembrokeshire CC
Manchester CC
Merthyr Tydfil CBC
Midlands NHS Trust
Neath Port Talbot Council
Norfolk CC
North Staffordshire Combined Health Care NHS Trust
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Plymouth CC
Powys NHS Teaching Health Board
Ronddha Cynon Taff CC, Wales
Sandwell & W Birmingham NHS Trust
Slough BC
South Gloucestershire Council
Southern Health NHS Trust
South Tyneside Family Hubs
Southwark CC
Sunderland Counselling Service
Surrey CC
Swansea Council
Wandsworth Council
Wareham Hospital Dorset.
Wrexham County Borough Council
York City CC
Practitioner Feedback
“GroBrain has enhanced our Family Hub offer. The resources GroBrain has given have really supported the team to have that information and give what they need to the right families at the right time.
— Sue Hodgkinson Family Hub Manager, Northumberland.
.”What on earth did we do before GroBrain? We use it across the city in all our Family Hubs. It’s easy to teach and it’s easy for families from any walk of life to understand…. It covers every area of my job and makes my job much easier.
— Laura Shackleton – Senior Practitioner, Hull Family Hubs
GroBrain is very popular in south Tyneside. Parents respond really well to it and they keep coming back. You’ve been able to share scientific information in a way that gets people engrossed..
— Claire Hannard & Elena Scott, Early Years Practitioners – South Tyneside Family Hubs
“90% of our cases take their babies home, and GroBrain is a huge part of that. I don’t know how we would manage without it to be honest. We use it on pretty much every home visit and in all our groups, because that’s what the parents respond to. It’s at the centre of everything we do. When we speak to parents we ask for feedback and GroBrain is the thing that stands out the most. They remember GroBrain above all the other materials.
— Mike Davies, Coordinator Jig-So/Reflect/PAC Team Leader -December 2025.
The word gets around. It must have got around because people will come to me now and say, do you do the GroBrain programme? It's obviously had such a positive effect on so many families.””
— Aileen Johnson - Cardiff Flying Start Parent Group Coordinator
““It has transformed our practice.”
— Gail Monk, Deputy Team Manager, Early Years Family Service Flying Start, Flintshire
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Information for parents
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