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• CourseTutorial 1: Strengthening Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation in Head Start and Early Head Start ProgramsThis tutorial looks at Head Start and Early Head Start’s long commitment to mental health services, including mental health consultation. It covers developments in early childhood mental health consultation. It also shows how the Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation can help programs strengthen their consultation services.Program Structure
• GuideTraining and Support GuideThis e-learning module is designed to support IECMHC program managers in the onboarding training and support of IECMH consultants in their first year.Workforce
• HandoutInformation for Caregivers on Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health ConsultationThe Center of Excellence and the Family Run Executive Director Leadership Association (FREDLA) have developed a one-pager to help caregivers learn about the benefits of infant & early childhood mental health consultation. This resource lays out the importance of supporting young children’s mental health needs and how IECMH consultants can support the adults in a young child’s life. This resource is designed to be shared in early childhood education settings and families.Consultation PracticeChild Development & BehaviorEn español
• ToolkitObservation Toolkit for Mental Health ConsultantsObservation tools for mental health consultants working in Head Start and child care programs.Consultation Practice
• CourseTutorial 4: Mastering the Consultative StanceThis tutorial helps early childhood mental health consultants understand “the consultative stance” and the practices that make it work.Consultation Practice
• CourseTutorial 2: Defining Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation and the Consultant RoleThis tutorial describes early childhood mental health consultation in detail, including how it differs from other mental health interventions. It also gives an overview of the key roles mental health consultants play.Consultation PracticeProgram Structure
• GuideIECMHC Program Manual Planning DocumentProgram Structure
• CourseTutorial 3: The Effective Mental Health ConsultantThis tutorial gives data-driven guidance on the skills, training, knowledge, and service practices of an effective mental health consultant.WorkforceConsultation Practice
• CourseIECMHC Sustainability ModulesInitiating and ultimately sustaining infant and early childhood mental health consultation activities involves more than just having a great program. Strategic funding decisions and policy development can be critical to ensuring that IECMHC activities are integrated into established child-serving systems and have the potential to make lasting impact. In this module, we have identified five areas of sustainability to consider in addition to financing.Policy & FinancingProgram Structure
• 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.Equity
• CourseTutorial 5: Partnering with Families in Early Childhood Mental Health ConsultationThis tutorial helps early childhood mental health consultants understand what partnering with families means in a consultative approach. It also covers key practices for building and keeping strong, relationship-based partnerships.Consultation Practice
• 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.Equity

• 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.