IECMHC Connector - December 2020
Call for Applications:
Training for Mental Health Consultants Serving Rural, Tribal, or Underserved Geographic Regions
Space is limited! Due 12/14/20!

The Center of Excellence for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (CoE for IECMHC) is pleased to announce a Call for Applications for its 2nd IECMHC Echo for Mental Health Consultants serving rural, tribal or underserved geographic regions. This Echo is a 4-month initiative that will be comprised of up to fifteen (15) mental health consultants. The Echo will offer mental health consultants practice strategies and support for working in the infant & early childhood mental health field, with a specific focus on the birth to age three population. 

If you are an IECMH consultant, please apply to the Echo training:
Share your thoughts! 
SAMHSA’s National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health wants your input! 
SAMHSA’s National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth, and Family Mental Health (NTTAC) requests input from the field on priority needs and interests for trainings and technical assistance (TTA). All stakeholders in the children’s, youth, and family mental health field are warmly invited to respond to NTTAC’s Needs Assessment Survey, whether clinicians, service providers, administrators, educators, advocates, peers, or in another role. NTTAC will use this input to design responsive, practical services and resources.

The survey takes approximately 5-15 minutes, and most questions are multiple choice. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NTTAC_NeedsAssessment
New Center of Excellence Resources
Equity in IECMHC Chat
The Center of Excellence, in partnership with the Children's Equity Project, launched its first Equity Chat last month entitled "The Revised IECMHC Competencies: Examining the Role of the Consultant in Advancing Equity in IECMHC".

The Equity Chats are designed to provide a forum to dialogue on specific equity topics in order to support more equitable systems and strengthen culturally responsive IECMHC practices to reduce disparities and improve child outcomes.
The Consultant Assessment
The Consultant Assessment is an online tool that can be used individually or as part of a group to:

  • Identify your strengths and learning needs.
  • Match your learning needs to appropriate trainings.
  • Receive resource suggestions based on your learning needs.
IECMHC Choose and Use Interactive Search Engine
The Choose and Use interactive search engine is designed to help you plan for capturing data on outcomes of IECMHC. We have summarized key information about measures that have been used previously in two or more IECMHC program evaluations to assess child, teacher, teacher-child relationship and classroom/program level impacts.
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