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• 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.Equity
• HandoutReproducible Handout MaterialsChild Development & BehaviorWorkforce
• CourseTutorial 6: Recognizing and Supporting the Social and Emotional Health of Young Children Birth to Age FiveThis tutorial gives early childhood mental health consultants a detailed look at behaviors tied to social and emotional health in infants and young children. It also covers strategies adults (parents and other caregivers) can use to support these behaviors in everyday routines at home and in early care and education settings.Child Development & Behavior
• 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.Equity
• GuideHiring GuidanceThis e-learning module is designed to support IECMHC program managers in the hiring process of IECMH consultants.Workforce
• CourseTutorial 8: Developing a Vision and Strategic Planning for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation ServicesThis tutorial helps Head Start and Early Head Start directors and administrators create a program-wide vision for mental health and mental health consultation. They then build and carry out a strategic plan for it. Administrators also learn how to make consultation more effective by building staff-consultant relationships and by supporting and overseeing their consultants.Program Structure
• Brief10 Elements Comprise the Essential Core of an Effective Consultative StanceThe quality of the ECMH consultant-consultee relationship is proving to be a predictor of positive service outcomes. The Consultative Stance outlines the elements essential to establishing effective interaction. This document describes each element. It is excerpted from Johnston, K, and Brinamen, C. (2006). Mental Health Consultation in Child Care: Transforming Relationships Among Directors, Staff, and Families.Consultation PracticeWorkforce
• HandoutPosters to Combat StressThis series of 12 colorful posters teaches effective strategies to reduce stress in Head Start families and staff. Print these out and post them in different areas of your home or program. For programs, try break rooms, kitchens, or even the back of bathroom stall doors. That's the only place busy teachers get a moment to breathe. These posters are designed to be printed out in color on 8 x 14 inch paper.WorkforcePosters to Combat Stress (Spanish)
• 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.Equity
• CourseTutorial 9: Implementing and Evaluating ECMHC ServicesThis tutorial gives Head Start and Early Head Start administrators ideas and tools to plan and sustain effective mental health consultation. Administrators learn to write strong job descriptions and contracts for consultants. They also learn to build a mental health team or committee to guide and sustain the consultant’s work. The last module covers quality assurance and quality improvement feedback loops for consultation services.Program StructureWorkforce
• ToolkitFacilitating Individualized Interventions to Address Challenging BehaviorThis toolkit is designed to assist the mental health consultant in guiding teachers, teams, and families in developing and implementing an individualized plan of positive behavioral supports that reduces challenging behavior and promotes communication and social skills.Consultation PracticeChild Development & Behavior
• 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 & ResearchEquityEvidence Synthesis

• 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.