IECMHC Connector - July 2021
NEW RESOURCE BRIEF: Bridging Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
Consultation to Direct Mental Health Services
Supporting and facilitating successful referrals is one of the core skill areas of mental health consultation. Mental health consultants are uniquely positioned to bridge consultees to needed direct mental health services. As infant and early childhood mental health professionals, consultants are aware of the powerful impact of the early years to a child’s healthy development. The strategies in this resource brief help to ensure a successful referral.
IECMHC Workforce Resources Information Session
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 | 2:00pmET

During this informational session, the Center of Excellence for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation will provide an overview of its newly launched IECMHC Workforce resources, a collection of workforce resources and guides to support the hiring, onboarding, and ongoing professional development of Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health consultants.
IECMHC Foundational Modules
Access all eight competency modules

The Center of Excellence is pleased to announce the release of its entire eight e-learning module series developed to help IECMH Consultants build knowledge and skills on the core competencies of IECMHC.
Theory of Change for IECMHC
The Center of Excellence for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (CoE for IECMHC) is pleased to launch its new webpage on the Theory of Change for IECMHC.

A theory of change is a starting point for understanding the processes by which an intervention leads to the desired outcomes. This resource can be used across settings by evaluators, program managers, and others curious to understand more about IECMHC!
Request TA from the Center of Excellence
The CoE offers technical assistance designed to advance the field by providing individualized technical assistance to IECMHC programs at any stage of development.
Community Resource Highlights
Register for the Georgetown University Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Certificate Program - Fall 2021
The Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies (SCS) and the Center for Child & Human Development (CCHD) are proud to announce the establishment of the Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Program starting in the Fall 2021 semester. The Infant Mental Health Program consists of three non-credit professional certificates. These certificates are targeted towards professional clinicians, consultants, and community health workers in the field of infant mental health.
NTTAC Community of Practice for Early Care Education (ECE) Program Leaders Focusing on Peer Support and Strategies to Create Communities of Staff Wellness

Early Care Education (ECE) programs and staff have experienced tremendous challenges and stress over the last year. To support others in our system of care, we have to attend to our own self-care. This series will focus on thriving across contexts, including personal, familial, and professional, in order to better serve children and families.

NTTAC will come together for a Community of Practice of ECE program leaders and staff to collectively learn about how to support staff and create opportunities for success. NTTAC will be joined by experts in the field and will learn from each other how to build a holistic plan for thriving. Participants will have the opportunity to process what has been difficult about this time and will leave with tools and a sense of community that are the basis of building and sustaining early childhood systems of care.

FUTURE DATES
  • July 29
  • August 12
PDG B-5 Early Childhood Governance Toolkit
The Early Childhood Governance toolkit contains helpful information & resources to understand governance as a key strategy of systems change work.

This toolkit of curated resources contains introductory information for those who are initially considering a focus on governance by providing definitions, a short overview, and materials about key facets of governance including varying approaches and models. For those who are already considering governance reforms, we provide more in-depth materials that include a guide for those looking at governance structures and deeper dives examining different aspects of governance in states. The concluding section provides information on systems frameworks, as a reinforcement that governance is one of several critical elements for achieving an equitable early childhood system at the state level.
CoE Consultation Member Feature: The COVID-19 pandemic and maternal mental health in a fragile and conflict-affected setting in Tumaco, Colombia: a cohort study
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health have been understudied among vulnerable populations, particularly in fragile and conflict-affected settings.

CoE Consultation Council member, Dr. Vilma Reyes and colleagues aimed to analyse how the pandemic is related to early changes in mental health and parenting stress among caregivers, many of whom are internally displaced persons (IDP), in a conflict-affected setting in Colombia.
New Children's Equity Project Resources
The Children's Equity Project in partnership with several national organizations and funded by the Heising Simons Foundation published two new resources:

The first resource is a new report that identifies concrete ways state and tribal leaders can invest funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to advance equity in early learning settings.

The second resource, the Equity Strategic Plan Template, is a new tool that states and tribes can use to plan for and build more equitable early childhood systems. The tool takes users through a series of questions to identify the current policy, funding, and data landscapes and provides a template to fill in a plan of action. It can be used as a standalone equity strategic plan, or to inform existing plans, such as Child Care and Development Fund plans. 
 
Zero to Three Resource: Promoting Racial Equity in Early Childhood
Zero to Three published a host of resources on racial justice and equity issues in early childhood. Resources are designed for professionals, parents, and policymakers.
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Disclaimer: This product was developed [in part] under grant number 1H79SM082070-01 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The views, opinions, and content expressed in this email do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or policies of the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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