Building Stronger Connections:
Reflective, Trauma-Informed Engagement with Families
Dr. Peggy MacLean will present on trauma-informed reflective practice in our work with families. She will highlight how foundational infant mental health skills and capacities form the basis of a trauma-informed, relationship-centered approach. The presentation will also explore the critical roles of self-awareness and self-regulation, and how intentional strategies to address both vicarious trauma and vicarious resilience are essential components of reflective, trauma-informed practice.
About Peggy McLean
Peggy MacLean, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of New Mexico. Her work has focused on providing trauma-focused, dyadic early childhood interventions that address attachment difficulties associated with childhood and parental trauma and on supporting the professional capacity of early childhood, behavioral health, and medical providers in providing trauma-informed engagement. Since 2021, Dr. MacLean has been the lead New Mexico trainer and director of the Facilitating Attuned Interaction training initiatives. This reflective and relational engagement model focuses on supporting professionals in building attuned interactions with the individuals they serve. She has worked with her fellow FAN trainers to expand and implement the FAN model in early childhood care systems, including home visiting, early childcare, early childhood mental consultation, and medical care. In addition to her FAN work, Dr. MacLean has been the clinical director of the UNM FOCUS Programs, an integrated family medical home and early childhood program focused on serving families of young children with adversity and/or substance use disorders, since 2014.Ā
Her FOCUS work has focused on developing andĀ implementing integrated trauma-informed, comprehensive services that address the layered needs of families, including the behavioral health/psychiatric, health, and parenting needs of caregivers struggling with adversity, substance use disorders, and complex trauma and the developmental and socio-emotional needs of young children impacted by prenatal substance use, trauma, and socio-structural disparities. From 2016-2024, Dr. MacLean also developed and implemented the UNM HATCH Program, a home-visiting program for families of infants hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with a focus on building services addressing the early developmental and relational needs of young infants and families. In addition to her clinical leadership role, Dr. MacLean works closely with New Mexicoā€™s early intervention and home-visiting systems on professional training and technical assistance initiatives for the early childhood workforce. Her research has been on the developmental outcomes of young children at high risk due to medical and adversity factors.
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