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• HandoutSocial Emotional Tips for Families with InfantsChild Development & Behavior
• HandoutSocial Emotional Tips for Families with ToddlersChild Development & Behavior
• HandoutSocial Emotional Tips for Providers Caring for InfantsChild Development & Behavior
• HandoutSocial Emotional Tips for Providers Caring for ToddlersChild Development & Behavior
• HandoutStrengths-based Ways to Support Families Affected by Substance UseIn partnership with Illuminate Colorado and the University of California, San Francisco’s Child Trauma Research Program, the Thrive Center developed a set of handouts tailored for early care and education (ECE) settings. These handouts, available in English and Spanish, explore substance use and childhood trauma, and how ECE professionals can support the children and families they serve who are affected by these challenges. IECMH Consultants can share these short, colorful resources with their consultees to address these sensitive topics in an accessible, compassionate way. This specific handout focuses on developing strength-based ways to support families affected by substance use.Child Development & BehaviorStrengths-Based Ways to Support Families Affected by Substance Use (Spanish)
• Webinars and eventsSupporting Teachers in Building Relationships with Families and CaregiversIn this presentation, we will briefly cover topics such as attachment, mental health, and stressors that could impact the ability to form and maintain relationships. We will then model how to create a 'relationship building' toolbox using concepts from infant mental health and clinical social work. Finally, we will end with a case vignette and small breakout group discussions using the relationship building tools.Consultation Practice
• BriefSustaining Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultants in Their JobsOnce a mental health professional has been successfully recruited and trained to provide infant and early childhood mental health consultation (IECMHC) services, a management team’s priority becomes retaining that now well-trained consultant. This resource brief will discuss key programmatic features that support worker satisfaction and bolster retention efforts.Workforce
• HandoutTaking Care of Yourself When Caring for Children Affected by TraumaIn partnership with Illuminate Colorado and the University of California, San Francisco’s Child Trauma Research Program, the Thrive Center developed a set of handouts tailored for early care and education (ECE) settings. These handouts, available in English and Spanish, explore substance use and childhood trauma, and how ECE professionals can support the children and families they serve who are affected by these challenges. IECMH Consultants can share these short, colorful resources with their consultees to address these sensitive topics in an accessible, compassionate way. This specific handout provides helpful self-care tips for individuals who care for children affected by trauma.WorkforceChild Development & BehaviorTaking Care of Yourself When Caring for Children Affected by Trauma (Spanish)
• Webinars and eventsThe Consultative Stance As Portal: Co-creating transformation and advancing equityExperience and empirical evidence is identifying Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation’s potential to be a potent promoter of equity. Specifically, the mental health consultant’s comportment and ways of relating are influential in catalyzing change. The elements of this growth promoting posture are articulated in the Consultative Stance. Guided by the plenary panel members, participants will be introduced to the Consultative Stance as originally envisioned and ways it continues to evolve. Together we will consider how the Consultative Stance can open up a process of expanding perspectives and creating authentic connections. The conditions that contribute to, and examples of ways that the Consultative Stance is being employed in advancing equity will be offered in hopes of all of us seeing, being and doing our part as proponents of social justice.Consultation PracticeEquity
• Webinars and eventsThe Differences are Between and AroundSomeone once said, “When racism fell, we were all outside.” This quote speaks to challenges from “-isms” that plague society and influence each of us differently. What we cannot deny is that we are all influenced. Thankfully, there are many who refuse to tire in the fight for equity. Join us as we explore Bronfrenbrenner’s Ecological Model. We will look at this framework as a lens for understanding IECMH. We hope that this will eliminate the bias we have in our understanding of everyday interactions. Individuals who participate in this session will walk away with a new way to "question" what they are seeing and activate their wonderings.Equity
• ReportThe Essential Activities of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: Guidance for the Field from a Consensus-Building StudyThe Center of Excellence for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (CoE) conducted a consensus-building research study to distill the essential activities of IECMHC. The resulting list of IECMHC activities offers direction for programs and practitioners seeking to deliver equitable, high-quality consultation in any setting. Further, it provides the foundation for developing a fidelity tool to guide training, implementation, and evaluation efforts.Consultation PracticeProgram Structure
• Webinars and eventsThe Essential Role of Peer Support in Embedding Equity, Systems Building, and Workforce DevelopmentAssociations of Infant Mental Health (AIMHs) have become a workforce development hub for the infant and early childhood mental health workforce in their states. AIMHs unite the allied early childhood workforce and partners across sectors by means of the IECMH Endorsement system. Because of this influence, AIMHs are uniquely positioned to support developing and expanding IECMH Consultation systems. Three AIMHs (AIMH HI, WI-AIMH, and AIMHiTN) share how they supported and led the development of an IECMHC framework from the ground up in their respective states. This workshop will explore: the role of an AIMH as the professional development home for IECMH, with emphasis on the opportunity for AIMHs to partner in IECMHC systems-building work; the collaborative partnership between our state AIMHs and the peer support network provided by that partnership; common IECMHC workforce development challenges and how AIMHs can build the capacity of IECMH Consultants by means of the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Endorsement system; how IECMH Endorsement can be a mechanism toward a more equitable and accessible pathway to IECMHC for both the workforce and for families; and lessons learned in state systems-building work.Workforce

• 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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• 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.