Equity is part of all our work
This collection holds the equity toolkit, our equity webinar seasons, and resources on bias and on Tribal Nations. Culturally responsive consultation is competent consultation.
What's in this collection
Equity is a central component of infant and early childhood mental health consultation (IECMHC). Every individual who is part of the IECMHC system has an important role to play in promoting fair, positive, and equitable learning experiences for all children and families.
Program planning
Program Planning and Reflection Tool (PPRT): An entire domain is devoted to equity and covers: developing a program-wide strategic plan; staff training; service population & service delivery; reflective supervision; and data collection.
Online trainings and webinars
Equity in IECMHC Webinar Series (2023 to 2024): This series of webinars introduces a set 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, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities (AANHPI).
Toolkits and resource collections
IECMHC Racial Equity Toolkit: The CoE’s IECMHC Racial Equity Toolkit is a collection of videos, tools, and resources that can help consultation systems leaders and all IECMHC practitioners build capacity in understanding race and systemic racism, bias, and culturally responsive practice and meaningfully embed equity in their programs and practice.
Resource briefs
Promoting Black Joy and Countering Bias through Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: This is a companion resource to the 2023 webinar, “Countering Bias and Promoting Black Joy in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation,” which is part of the CoE’s Equity in IECMHC Webinar series.
Assessments
Cultural and Linguistic Competence Self-Assessment Checklists: These tools are designed to assist managers and administrators in assessing the extent to which they demonstrate integration of cultural and linguistic competence into values, attitudes, communication styles, and the physical environment.
National reports and position statements
Diversity-Informed Tenets for Work with Infants, Children, and Families: The Diversity-Informed Tenets are guiding principles created to encourage the infant mental health field to intentionally and mindfully engage in standards of practice that promote and strive for a just and equitable society.
Working with Tribal communities and Nations
IECMHC Resources for Tribal Nations: This webpage provides a collection of resources to support programs, local governments and tribal nations in creating better services and systems for infants, toddlers and young children and their families through an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation program.
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Most usedWebinars and events2023 to 2024 Equity in IECMHC Webinar SeriesThis series helps infant and early childhood mental health consultants and supervisors strengthen cultural responsiveness. It centers children and families in Tribal, African American, Latine, and Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. The resources share promising practices aligned with the Revised IECMHC Competencies. GuideInformation on IECMHC and Tribal NationsThis collection helps programs, local governments, and Tribal Nations build better IECMHC services and systems for infants, toddlers, young children, and their families. Use it as a reference when building relationships with tribal communities and programs, or when tribal communities build their own IECMHC systems. Webinars and eventsEquity Chat SeriesResearch suggests that infant and early childhood mental health consultation can be an effective equity practice. These chats explored how. One chat looked at the consultant's way of being (the Consultative Stance). It asked how that stance helps dismantle structural racism and other forms of oppression, and how it supports equitable treatment of young children and their families. ToolkitCoE Equity ToolkitThe new IECMHC Racial Equity Toolkit is a collection of videos, tools, and resources that can help consultation systems leaders and all IECMHC practitioners build capacity in understanding race and systemic racism, bias, and culturally responsive practice and meaningfully embed equity in their programs and practice. Each resource includes accompanying discussion questions that can guide reflection of the central issues. Webinars and events2020 Equity in IECMHC Webinar SeriesIn this 2020 series, presenters looked at how racism and other forms of bias, rooted in history and society, shape early care and education for children and families from marginalized communities. They also shared ways to address equity, bias, and disparities through IECMHC. Self-assessmentCultural and Linguistic Competence in Early Care and Education Settings and ECMHC (administrator self-assessment)A checklist that helps Early Head Start and Head Start administrators and managers assess cultural and linguistic competence in their programs. Webinars and events2021 Equity in IECMHC Webinar SeriesThe 2021 series ran five webinars on equity in IECMHC. In Webinar 5, presenters looked at racialized inequity and bias in early care and education for Asian American and Pacific Islander children and families. They shared a strengths-based way to build culturally responsive relationships. They also named practices and policies that make IECMHC more culturally responsive, to reduce disparities and support children’s healthy development and learning. CourseBeyond the 101: Equity, Disparity and BiasThis module provides a snapshot introduction to issues of equity, disparity, and racial bias in early care and education systems, and identifies what IECMH consultants can do to support more equitable learning environments in their work with children, families, and practitioners. CourseTutorial 10: Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Early Childhood Mental Health ConsultationThis tutorial helps early childhood mental health consultants understand cultural and linguistic competence. It covers the preparation, skills, and practices that make services work within and across diverse cultures and communities. Self-assessmentCultural and Linguistic Competence Self-Assessment Checklist for Early Head Start and Head Start ProgramsA checklist that helps Early Head Start and Head Start staff assess their own cultural and linguistic competence. GuideCentering Equity in IECMHC ResourcesThe Centering Equity in IECMHC Resources builds off the CoE’s Equity in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) Five-Part Webinar Series: Culture, Identity, and History as Sources of Strength and Resilience. The resources are designed to support IECMH consultants and supervisors to strengthen cultural responsiveness in IECMHC for children and families in Native American, African American, Latin American and Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. ReportStatus of the Evidence for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health ConsultationThis brief summarizes the status of the evidence for IECMHC, including both peer-reviewed journal articles and evaluation reports. Future directions for research are provided.Evidence Synthesis