Equity Chat Series

Equity Chat Series

The Equity Chat Series is designed to provide a forum to further dialogue on equity topics in order to support more equitable systems and strengthen culturally responsive IECMHC practices to reduce disparities and improve child outcomes.

Equity Chat Series: Unpacking the Revised Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Competencies

This Equity Chat series includes eight consecutive sessions that will delve deeper into the revised IECMHC Competencies to examine the IECMH consultant’s role in supporting equity in IECMHC. Each session will focus on a specific competency and provide examples of ways IECMH consultants can address issues of equity to disrupt bias and disparities, and improve child outcomes. 

Competency 1: The Role of the IECMHC Consultant

Originally Aired: September 30, 2021 | Handout

Presenters:

  • Lisa Gordon, Project Director, Training & Technical Assistance, Children’s Equity Project
  • Kadija Johnston LCSW, Private Consultant & Georgetown University Faculty

Competency 2: Foundational Knowledge 

Originally Aired: October 12, 2021 | Handout

Presenters:

  • Lisa Gordon, Project Director, Training & Technical Assistance, Children’s Equity Project
  • Kadija Johnston LCSW, Private Consultant & Georgetown University Faculty

Competency 3: Equity and Cultural Sensitivity 

Originally Aired: November 4, 2021 | Handout

Presenters:

  • Lisa Gordon, Project Director, Training & Technical Assistance, Children’s Equity Project
  • Kadija Johnston LCSW, Private Consultant & Georgetown University Faculty

Competency 4: Reflective Practice 

Originally Aired: December 8, 2021 | Handout

Presenters:

  • Lisa Gordon, Project Director, Training & Technical Assistance, Children’s Equity Project
  • Sherry Heller PhD, Associate Professor in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine

Competency 5: Child- and Family-Focused Consultation
Competency 6: Classroom- and Home-Focused Consultation 

Originally Aired: January 20, 2022 | Handout

Presenters:

  • Lisa Gordon, Project Director, Training & Technical Assistance, Children’s Equity Project
  • Angela Keyes, CoE Partner, Associate Professor, Tulane University
  • Lauren Rabinovitz, Program Director, COE IECMHC, Georgetown University

Competency 7: Programmatic Consultation 

Originally Aired: February 10, 2022 | Handout

Presenters:

  • Lisa Gordon, Project Director, Training & Technical Assistance, Children’s Equity Project
  • Sherry Heller PhD, Associate Professor in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine

Competency 8: System-wide Orientation

Originally Aired: March 23, 2022 | Handout

Presenters:

  • Sarah Davidon, Senior Policy Associate, COE IECMHC, Georgetown University
  • Lisa Gordon, Project Director, Training & Technical Assistance, Children’s Equity Project
  • Angela Keyes, CoE Partner, Associate Professor, Tulane University

The Revised IECMHC Competencies: Examining the Role of the Consultant in Advancing Equity in IECMHC

Originally Aired: October 30, 2020 | Webinar Handout

Description: This first session will highlight the revised IECMHC Competencies and examine the role of the consultant in addressing issues of equity through IECMHC to disrupt bias and disparities and improve child outcomes.

  Presenters: 

  • Lisa Gordon, Project Director, Training & Technical Assistance, Children’s Equity Project
  • Dawn. A Yazzie, CEP Partner, Southwest Human Development
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.