2023 – 2024 Equity in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Webinar Series

2023 – 2024 Equity in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Webinar Series

You can also view the webinar, Equity in IECMHC: Looking Back, Looking Forward, here.

Webinar 1 — Countering Bias and Promoting Black Joy in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation

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Originally Aired: March 30, 2023. Webinar Handout

Description: This is the rollout of our first in the series of resources to support infant and early childhood mental health consultants and supervisors to strengthen cultural responsiveness in IECMHC for children and families in Tribal, African American, Latine, and Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. The resources include promising practices aligned with the Revised IECMHC Competencies to strengthen culturally and linguistically responsive IECMHC practices.

Presenters: 

  • Rosemarie Allen, President & CEO, IREE, Associate Professor School of Education, MSU Denver
  • Corey L. Black, Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant, Tulane University Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Darielle Blevins, CEP Partner, Assistant Research Professor, Arizona State University
  • Lisa Gordon, CEP Partner & Director, Training, Technical Assistance, Professional Development, and Community Outreach. CEP, Arizona State University
  • Angela Keyes, Associate Professor, Tulane University Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Hakim Rashid, CEP Partner, Professor of Human Development School of Education, Howard University

Webinar 2 — Centering Latin American children, families, and communities through an anti-racist, trauma-informed, and culturally-responsive lens in IECMHC

Originally Aired: February 21, 2024

Description: This is the second in the series of resources to support infant and early childhood mental health consultants and supervisors to strengthen cultural responsiveness in IECMHC for children and families in Tribal, African American, Latin American, and Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. This resource focuses on the importance of anti-racist, trauma-informed, and culturally-responsive practices for IECMH consultants, supervisors, and leaders working with Latin American children, families, and communities.

Presenters:

  • San Juanita Guerra, Servicing Children and Adults in Need (SCAN), Inc., Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant
  • Shantel Meek, Professor of Practice, Founding Director, CEP
  • Carmen Rosa Noroña, Center for Excellence in Immigrant Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Director, Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Germán Walteros, Independent Consultant, CoE Advisor

Webinar 3 — Centering Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Children and Families to Combat Racial Bias and Promote Connection and Belonging in IECMHC

Originally Aired: April 25, 2024 | Webinar Handout

Description: This is the third in the series of resources to support infant and early childhood mental health consultants and supervisors to strengthen cultural responsiveness in IECMHC for children and families in Tribal, African American, Latine, and Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities (AANHPI). This third resource focuses on the importance of combating anti-AANHPI bias and promoting connection & belonging for IECMH consultants, supervisors, and leaders working with AANHPI children, families, and communities.

Presenters:

  • Krystle Kanare, Deputy Director, National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
  • Tony Delarosa, Author, Teaching The Invisible Race: Embodying A Pro-Asian American Lens in Schools
  • Janny Wong, LMFT, Director, Fu Yau Project Richmond Area Multiservices, Inc.
  • Erin Henderson Lacerdo, Executive Director, Hawaii Association of Infant Mental Health
  • Lisa Gordon, The Children’s Equity Project Arizona State University & CoE TA Advisor

Webinar 4 — Centering Native American Children, Families, and Communities: Cultivating Connection to Promote Healing and Wellbeing through Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation

Originally Aired: November 4, 2024 | Webinar Handout

This is the fourth in the series of resources to support infant and early childhood mental health consultants and supervisors to strengthen cultural responsiveness in IECMHC for children and families in Native American, African American, Latine, and Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities. The resources include promising practices aligned with the Revised IECMHC Competencies to strengthen culturally and linguistically responsive IECMHC practices. This fourth resource focuses on the importance of fostering connection to promote healing and wellbeing for IECMH consultants, supervisors, and leaders working with Native American children, families, and communities.

Presenters:

  • Deana Around Him, Research Scholar, Child Trends; Team Member, Tribal Early Childhood Research Center; Adjunct Faculty, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
  • Jessica Barnes Najor, Director, Community Partnerships at Michigan State University; Co-Investigator, Tribal Early Childhood Research Center
  • Lauren Rabinovitz, Program Director, COE for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation

To view the previous webinars in the Equity in IECMHC webinar series, please use the links below:

This product was developed [in part] under grant number 1H79SM082070-01 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The views, policies and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of SAMHSA or HHS.