Systems Wide Orientation
Welcome to Module 8, which presents the eighth Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Competency, Systems Wide Orientation. This module will start with an introduction from Neal Horen.
Dr. Neal Horen is a clinical psychologist who has focused on early childhood mental health for the last twenty years. He is Director of the Early Childhood Division for the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development. Dr. Horen is considered one of the leading national experts on early childhood mental health and early childhood systems. Dr. Horen has worked closely with all 50 states, numerous tribes, territories and communities in supporting their development of systems of care for young children and their families, as well as in Mexico, Lebanon, and Jordan. Mental Health Consultation, Georgetown lead for the MIECHV TA Center, HV-ImpACT and the early childhood lead for the TA Network serving federally funded system of care sites. Dr. Horen has helped to developed innumerable materials related to infant and early childhood mental health consultation including training guides, evaluation guides, monographs and he also continues to be active in providing mental health consultation as part of his clinical practice. He is the proud father of four children, 20, 19, 19 and 3.
Introduction to Module 8 Transcript (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
Begin Module 8
Module 8 Systems Wide Orientation Transcript (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
Resources
- Systems: Collaboration as an Ongoing Commitment to Implementation and Innovation (7 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9A-xL7NsH8&feature=youtu.be&list=PLBXgZMI_zqfSphRqkJQKvaNZmKtaBOB25 (opens in a new tab)
- Implementation of Young Child Wellness Strategies in a Unique Cohort of Local Communities
References
- Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Competencies -CT Early Childhood Consultation Partnership (2010)-Bicio
- Lewin, K. (1947). Group decision and social change. In T. M. Newcomb & E. L. Hartley (Eds.), Readings in Social Psychology (pp. 340–44). New York: Henry Holt and Co.
- Prochaska, J. O., Redding, C. A., & Evers, K. (2002). The trans theoretical model and stages of change. In Glanz, K., Rimer, B. K., & Lewis, F. M. (Eds.), Health behavior and health education: Theory, research, and practice (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
- Ulrich, W. M. (2002). Legacy systems: Transformation strategies. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall PTR