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