Early Relational Health

Early Relational Health has been described as “bringing together the deep vault of early childhood research, understanding, and lived experiences of families to form an aligned approach to supporting strong, positive, and nurturing relationships”.

It connects the knowledge and guidance of concepts like healthy brain development, infant mental health, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE), Strengthening Families and others, to create a road map for building healthy, strong, and more connected families and communities. And it is a roadmap ELLA has been following since the Brain Story in 2018.

Watch this space for more resources and information.

Video from Dr. Junlei Li’s presentation to Waterloo Region leaders fall 2025