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1. Which of the following define essential features of early childhood mental health consultation?

   • A capacity-building approach
   • The building and maintaining of positive relationships
   • A holistic approach to include promotion, prevention and intervention support to improve infant and young children's mental health
   • All of the above

2. Early childhood mental health consultation differs from other types of mental health interventions as the emphasis is on building the capacity of _______ to nurture children’s social emotional health and prevent challenging behavior:

   • Therapists
   • Physicians
   • Teachers and Family Members (e.g. parents, foster parents, grandparents, etc)
   • None of the above

3. Which of the following reflect the most common type(s) of early childhood mental health consultation?

   • Therapeutic play group consultation
   • Child/family-centered consultation
   • Programmatic consultation
   • B and C only

4. Early childhood mental health consultation is focused on the intervention level of services; focusing primarily on the needs of children exhibiting challenging behavior

   • True
   • False

5. Early childhood mental health consultation services typically include indirect (not direct therapeutic) services for children and families within:

   • Child care settings
   • Hospital settings
   • Preschool settings
   • A and C only

6. Which of the following is not a required mental health consultation activity(s) according to Head Start Program Performance standards?

   • Design and implement program practices responsive to the identified behavioral and mental health concerns of an individual child or group of children
   • Crisis response services
   • Utilize other community mental health resources as needed
   • Promote children’s mental wellness by providing group and individual staff and parent education on mental health issues

7. The role of the mental health consultant is to:

   • Provide one-on-one services for children with behavioral needs
   • Foster a positive attitude toward early childhood mental health
   • Empower caregivers to nurture social and emotional health of young children
   • B & C only

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