We are grateful to Governor Evers for his past support of our babies, toddlers, young children and their families. The Governor's Early Childhood Advisory Council unanimously voted to make the following recommendations to Governor Evers for inclusion in the new biennial budget. Use the button below to access the full report.

The WI-AIMH Reflective Supervision Learning Collaborative (RSLC) is a 12-month process composed of learning sessions and active implementation phases, with built-in support throughout the process. It is designed for infant/early childhood professionals who are interested in building and strengthening their capacity to provide individual or group reflective support within their agencies. 

It is critical that participants be fully prepared to commit to all components of the training to support successful learning, implementation and sustainability of reflective practices. Participating in the Learning Collaborative is a powerful experience, but also a big commitment. Please carefully read through the full announcement and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) to gain a full understanding of the requirements to determine if full participation will work for you, both professionally and personally. 

RSLC participants also receive monthly consultation—2 hours a month for 12 months—which meets some of the IMH-Endorsement® application requirements. The monthly consultation days and times will be determined upon mutual agreement of group participants and the reflective consultant. 

Applications are due by April 15, 2023. Applications will be processed in the order in which they are received. During the review of applications WI-AIMH staff may follow up with you to ask additional questions. Acceptance decisions will be communicated upon conclusion of the application review, no later than June 15, 2023. 

There is still time to complete your application to join Cohort 19 of program-wide implementing sites. Check out our new informational video and download the application at our Implementation Webpage. 

Need more information? Contact your Pyramid Model Regional Lead.

Please take a moment to set aside the morning of March 14th for a statewide Pyramid Model Community of Practice. In order to make participation more accessible, it will take place virtually via Zoom.

IMH Endorsed^® Professionals!

The Endorsement for Culturally-Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health (Endorsement^®) is an internationally recognized credential that supports and recognizes professionals who have acquired the specialized knowledge and skills for working with or on behalf of infants, toddlers, and their families within their chosen discipline. Earning Endorsement^® is Good for Babies as it affirms a professional has acquired the competencies that equip them with the culturally-responsive and reflective skills to promote early relational health and social and emotional wellbeing leading to best outcomes for babies and their families. It’s the largest and most recognized IMH credentialing system in the United States and it’s available to you here in Wisconsin!

Congratulations to the following professionals who recently earned Infant Mental Health (IMH) Endorsement^® for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant Mental Health! 

We are also excited that WI-AIMH has officially begun the process to expand Endorsement to include the Early Childhood Mental Health Endorsement^® which supports and recognizes professionals who have acquired the specialized knowledge and skills for working with or on behalf of young children 3 to 6 year-olds and their families within their chosen discipline. Once the initial leadership cohort has completed the process, WI-AIMH will be poised to begin offering this additional set of professional credentials to Early Childhood professionals statewide, likely as we move into 2024. 

In 1926, Carter G. Woodson, the scholar often referred to as the "father of Black history," established Negro History Week to focus attention on Black contributions to civilization. According to the NAACP, Woodson — at the time only the second Black American after W.E.B. Du Bois to earn a doctorate from Harvard University — "fervently believed that Black people should be proud of their heritage and [that] all Americans should understand the largely overlooked achievements of Black Americans."

Woodson, the son of former enslaved people, famously said: "If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated."

Each year, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) chooses a different theme for Black History Month. This year, the theme is Black Resistance. "African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression, in all forms, especially the racial terrorism of lynching, racial pogroms, and police killings since our arrival upon these shores," the ASALH says of this year's theme. "These efforts have been to advocate for a dignified self-determined life in a just democratic society in the United States and beyond the United States political jurisdiction."

Date/Time: Thursday February 16, 2023, from 2:00-3:30pm EST

Description: The Center of Excellence held its first conference entitled Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: Equity from the Start in March 2022. Since this time, the COE and its partners have furthered efforts to promote equity in IECMHC. Join us to hear from a panelist of practitioners who are meaningfully advancing the work of equity in IECMHC in programs, policies, and practice to support the social emotional wellbeing of infants and young children. 

Register Here: https://bit.ly/3jboUzx

Visit the website for more equity resources including links to previous webinars.

Episode 1: How to End Gun Violence and Homophobic Hate: Two Mothers’ Journey through Loss to Love, with Jane Clementi and Scarlett Lewis

Episode 2: Harm and Healing- The Mental Health of AAPI and LGBTQ Children, with Warren Ng, MD

Episode 3: Human-Centered Design for a World Without Racism, with Makeeba McCreary and Augusta Miell

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