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TulsaTech is offering several sessions on a Multidisciplinary Approach to Infant Mental Health, training which allows professionals across systems to build relationships in order to provide coordinated resources to families and children. Social Work CEU credit is available. This training meets Infant Mental Health Competencies for endorsement.

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The Mildred Ramsey Educational Excellence Scholarship Fund was created in memory of Mildred Ramsey whose passion and dedication to education and improving the lives of children and families helped to make this course possible. Ramsey challenged each of us to be lifelong learners and to strive for equity and excellence. The scholarship is available to all professionals in need of financial assistance who seek to advance their knowledge of Infant Mental Health and cross system collaboration.

Students who qualify for scholarship and successfully complete all three classes will be eligible for tuition reimbursement of $60.

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OSU Center for Health Sciences is offering ongoing sessions for Infant Mental Health ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes). Get expert knowledge in a virtual learning network with Infant Mental Health Experts. The curriculum is designed to expand expertise in areas of infant mental health in the areas of clinical, supervision and administrative. These sessions are held eery Tuesday from 9:00 am – 10:15 am CST. To join this ECHO session registration is a one-time requirement. Once registered, you will receive an ECHO participant guide with more information.

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As of today, THREE co-branded crosswalks have been created to bridge the Competency Guidelines to nationally recognized training curricula. Having these documents available for Endorsement applicants can assist them in "connecting the dots" between the training they've attended and the appropriate competencies. The crosswalks give IECMH professionals numerous hours of competency-based training, allowing the training sections of their Endorsement applications to be expedited! Download the THREE Co-Branded Crosswalks NOW:

• Child First Training Curriculum

• Healthy Families America

• Pyramid Model Training Curriculum

There are numerous other professional development opportunities that are aligned with the Competency Guidelines, including:

• Reflective Supervision/Consultation On Demand Webinars by First3Years and the Alliance (includes 3 webinars to choose from!)

• Reflective Supervision/Consultation Self-Study Modules by the University of Minnesota CEED (includes 9 courses to choose from!)

• The Essentials of Home Visiting learning series by Start Early (includes 10 courses to choose from!)

The Certificate in Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) provides advanced training for mental health clinicians in the specialized role of consulting in early childhood settings. You'll learn approaches to promote mental health in the early childhood years and how the role of consultant is unique from other mental health clinician roles, as well as how consultation aims to build the capacity of early childhood professionals, settings, and systems to support young children's mental health.

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The Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c )(3) organization of health care professionals and consumers dedicated to providing education and increasing community awareness by facilitating collaboration among the private sector, the public sector, and maternal and child health care providers for the delivery of high quality coordinated maternal and child health care.

Click here for information on their on-demand programs for health care professionals.

Looking for convenient and cost-effective training options? Look no further than ZERO TO THREE. We offer official training on many of our most popular curricula in convenient locations around the country (and around the world). We offer three courses: ZERO TO THREE Critical Competencies for Infant-Toddler Educators™, Official DC:0-5™ Training, and The Growing Brain Training-of-Trainers.

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Erikson is one of the country's leading graduate programs in child development. Our Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Certificate Program is an 18-credit hour graduate program designed for experienced professionals who want to deepen their practice with an infant mental health approach. This program is fully online and serves students from all over the country as well as international students. Admission criteria for this program is a bachelor's degree and 3-5 years of experience working with infants, young children and families or a clinical degree and experience working as a mental health practitioner. Our students come from a variety of fields and backgrounds. They share a common desire to deepen their practice with an infant mental health lens. You can also

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On-demand (recorded) webinars for mental health treatment providers. ADAA is accredited by AMEDCO. ADAA members can watch all on-demand webinars at no cost (with the exception of the Fall Forum) and receive CE/CME credit free of charge. CE/CME Credits are approved by: ACCME, APA, ASWB, NBCC, CAMFT, and New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work

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Online courses help those who work with young children and their families hone their skills and gain new insights into child development. Because we are an applied research center, our instructors understand how to translate the latest research into actionable practice for professionals.

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• RIOS™ 1: Using the RIOS™ Framework for Reflective Supervision (short course)

• RIOS™ 2: Advanced Reflective Supervision Using the RIOS™ Framework

Parent-Infant Foundation provides a list (and some reviews) of the infant mental health training resources available online. Searching and reviews were completed by a Consultant Clinical Child Psychologist to PIF with extensive knowledge of parent-infant work.

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Reflective supervision, reflective consultation, and reflective practice are terms used for the approaches now considered best practices for providers, supervisors, and agencies where stress, secondary trauma, high turnover, and service quality are significant concerns. This interactive virtual training is designed for supervisors in the infant-family early childhood field, including mental health, early childhood education, home visitation, and other child and family services.

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In this session participants will explore the components of reflective supervision, observe and practice key skills associated with reflective practice and explore strategies for providing responsive versus reactive responses in the supervisory relationship.

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In these challenging times providing clinical supervision and support to staff is complex, strenuous and essential. The typical model of coming to the supervisor and getting advice on what to do with clients does not adequately meet staff members' needs. Supervisors need a different model that attends, first, to the staff members themselves and then their experiences with clients. They also need to understand clients' experiences as embedded in the larger systems that significantly impact them including race, class, language, and immigration status. This online training is for supervisors who would like to expand their supervision skills to be able to meet these multifaceted needs.

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Supervision plays an important role to the supervisee in becoming a trained and competent practitioner. To be successful, it takes a great deal of flexibility and a clear understanding about how to guide the supervisee through this process. In this course, you will be provided with an overview of reflective supervision, as well as guidance about how to promote reflective practice in supervision.

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Click here for a list of competency-aligned online training offered across the Alliance member AIMHs.

Erikson Institute is currently accepting applications for our Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Certificate Program. This program is designed for experienced practitioners who want to enhance their practice with an infant mental health lens. This online program is designed for clinicians and child development professionals from a variety of different disciplines. Coursework focuses on supporting the healthy social and emotional development of infants and young children through supporting the parent child relationship. If you want to enhance your skills in working with parents and young children this program is for you. We offer generous scholarships and the program qualifies for additional financial support through federal financial aid.

For more information and to complete an online application please visit our website.

This science-informed, evidence-based curriculum walks people through:

How toxic stress and trauma affect the brain (Neurobiology)

How the impact of early adversity and trauma can be transmitted from one generation to the next (Epigenetics)

More in-depth information about the findings from the original study (Adverse Childhood Experiences)

How to build strength and capacity in individuals and communities (Resilience)

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Okla. Dept. of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services is making plans for the coming year and is hoping you will help us in connecting with those who might be interested in training as an ABC parent coach.

ABC is a strengths-based, focused, brief (ten 1-hour sessions) manualized home-visiting program designed to improve attachment and strengthen parent-child relationships. The active ingredient for parent behavior change is “in the moment” comments, which highlight moments during session that parents are engaging in behaviors known to enhance child attachment and regulation. You can learn more about ABC and the science behind it on their website: https://www.abcintervention.org/

What to expect: A screening interview will be scheduled with potential participants once training dates have been confirmed. Following the screening process, those selected to participate will join us for 4 half-days on zoom for the initial training. Following training, parent coaches will participate in two supervision meetings a week (1.5 hours of meetings plus prep time) for 6 months while they see their first three cases, culminating in becoming “certified” as an ABC Parent Coach to practice independently. Potential parent coaches should have access to referrals- which could be any parent, primary caregiver, or legal guardian who has a child between the ages of 6-24 months and has at least 50% custody (we would not do ABC during visitation). Other children or family members are welcome to join sessions as well! We ask that new parent coaches have a few families/referrals in mind prior to the training, so that they can start their first case immediately.

Options: A few training options are available based on the interest and needs of our future parent coaches. Traditionally, parent coaches start their ABC training by learning ABC-Infant designed to support caregivers with children ages 6-24 months. Once a parent coach has learned this version, they can chose to further their training in either the ABC-Early Childhood (2 – 4 years) or ABC-Newborn (0 – 6months).

Training is now being offered that combines certification in both ABC Infant & Early Childhood, which requires an extension of supervision time to a full year. An option allowing parent coaches to train in the Early Childhood adaptation as their first ABC training experience is currently being developed.

Express Interest: We are interested in hearing which of these options might fit best for our potential participants. 1) Training in ABC Infant only, 2) Training in ABC Infant/Early Childhood combined or 3) Training in ABC Early Childhood only.

If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a parent coach, please contact Audra Haney with your contact information, current practice setting, and the training option you prefer. Once training details have been finalized, someone will be in touch to schedule your pre-screening interview and notify those selected for participation.

Webinars held on the first Wednesday of each month. Watch previous webinars here.

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The Brazelton Institute is proud to offer NBO training online. Trainings are team taught by two faculty with an emphasis on interactive exchange and hands-on practice.

Trainings will deepen your practices with young children & families, and deeply explore your work with families whose children might have special developmental or relational challenges.

Family Strengthening & Support Training