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• GuideKey IECMHC Resources for Tribal CommunitiesThis resource provides resources for tribal, state, and community leaders seeking to implement IECMHC within tribal communities.Equity
• GuideKey Resources for Promoting Equity and Reducing DisparitiesThis compendium of Web-based equity-focused resources provides support for state, tribal, and community leaders who are engaged in conversations about disproportionate data on preschool expulsions and for awareness building.Equity
• Webinars and eventsLeading An Equitable IECMH TeamA brief narrative session talking about how managers in the IECMH field can improve efficiency and increase equity within their teams. Strategies and Observations are shared from the experience of A Disability Director in a large Urban & Rural Head Start Program.Equity
• Webinars and eventsLinking IECMHC with Mental Health Professional Development and Why it MattersJoin me as I explore how training as a mental health professional supports the work of an Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant. What clinical skills are used in the everyday work of an IECMHC? How does clinical training inform the IECMHC in conceptualizing each unique situation and forming next steps? Does an IECMHC need to be trained as a mental health professional to do this work? I invite you to reflect with me as the need for IECMHCs continues to increase, yet the availability of viable candidates remains a challenge.Consultation PracticePolicy & Financing
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• ReportMaryland ECMHC Evaluation: Final Report (2011)Evidence & ResearchMaryland ECMHC Evaluation: Executive Summary (2011)
• GuideMaryland Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Support Services Program: Practice Standards & RecommendationsProgram StructureWorkforce
• Webinars and eventsMaryland’s Equity Mapping ProjectIn the IECMHC field, it is well known that Black boys in early childhood settings are suspended or expelled at much higher rates than their White counterparts, and IECMHC is linked with reduced suspension and expulsion rates. However, less attention is paid to where IECMHC services are provided, who is included, and who is left out. To ensure the gap between Black and White children’s suspension and expulsion rates does not further widen, the Parent, Infant, Early Childhood (PIEC) team completed an equity mapping research project for Maryland’s IECMHC programs. The aim of this work was to identify where IECMHC services were delivered across Maryland in the context of where child care programs are located and historically underserved children, including Black and Latinx children and children in poverty lived, from July 2017 through December 2020. During the presentation, we will explore both the static maps that overlay where IECMH consultation services were provided in the context of the socio-demographic and childcare data for the state. We will also share the reflective questions programs use when reviewing the maps. These reflective questions are aimed to help participants explore trends in the distribution of services; discuss root causes for existing inequities; and think of recommendations at the programmatic and systems level. Our target audiences are IECMH consultants, IECMH program directors, researchers, policymakers, funders, and any others who are interested in IECMH and equity in IECMH services.Equity
• BriefMaryland’s Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Fiscal Year 2020 BriefEvidence & ResearchPolicy & Financing
• BriefMaryland’s Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Fiscal Year 2021 BriefEvidence & ResearchProgram Structure
• ReportMaryland’s infant and early childhood mental health consultation equity effortsEquityWorkforce
• Webinars and eventsMeeting Colorado Families and Early Childhood Professionals where they areColorado offers ECMH Consultation services anywhere children age birth to 6 years learn and grow, including elementary schools, home visitation, child welfare, public health, health care, home settings, and more. This presentation will discuss how consultation has been expanded and successfully implemented in settings outside childcare. Two settings with established programs will discuss how the need for early childhood mental health consultation was determined and what programming resulted from those needs. Featured programs include Enhanced Home Visiting and Warm Connections which offers mental health consultation at Woman, Infants and Children (WIC) clinics. The demographics of the families and professionals served will be highlighted along with how each program has incorporated practices and policies that are culturally and linguistically responsive. Programs will also address the workforce providing the consultation: how they were recruited and trained. Programs will also discuss their components, barriers, and opportunities. Finally, evaluation results and learnings will be shared which highlight program future directions.WorkforceEquity

• Programs and ModelsThe nuts and bolts of IECMHC service delivery and IECMHC program infrastructure: what you provide, to whom, where, and how, and how to pull it all together.
• WorkforceThe competencies, training, supervision, mentoring, and quality assurance systems needed to build a strong IECMHC workforce.
• EquityStrategies and information to help IECMHC programs and consultants reduce disparities and promote effective, nurturing caregiving for all children.
• Research and EvaluationThe research base for IECMHC and guidance on developing and effectively utilizing theories of change, logic models, evaluation plans, and other research tools to measure IECMHC program fidelity and impact.
• Policy and FinancingTools and knowledge to support financing and sustaining IECMHC efforts, including key policies/initiatives, creative funding streams, and tips for strategic communication.

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  Child Welfare

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  Pediatric Primary Care

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• Classroom ideas that hold big feelingsTeachers can use these classroom ideas right away. They cover emotions, friendship, problem solving, and handling disappointment.
• The IMH specialist suiteWhat infant mental health work is, what an IMH specialist does, and where to find specialized training.
• Five actions on maternal depressionFive actions for programs: identify families, train staff, use reflective supervision, connect families to care, and reduce stigma. Take them in order. The sequence is the intervention.