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All Hands on Deck: Partnering with Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultants to Implement the Pyramid Model

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) is an evidence-based approach that pairs mental health professionals with people who work with young children and their families. Professionals who provide IECMHC can be critical partners in the implementation of the Pyramid Model within early childhood education and care programs including assisting programs with concerns such as trauma, crisis in communities, staff wellness, and connections with community services. The webinar panel will discuss the relationship between the mental health consultant and the Pyramid Model leadership team and the supports that might be provided by the mental health consultant to build the capacity of the program and personnel as they provide services to young children and their families.

Mental Health Consultation Tool

The Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) learning module highlights the role of the IECMHC. The interactive module is divided into lessons with realistic scenarios and short video clips. Each lesson has its own resource area designed to provide extensive support around IECMHC. Revisit it as needed to gain a better understanding of your role as a Head Start IECMHC.

Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMCH) and the Center of Excellence

Watch this webinar recorded on 4/27/17 to learn more about Infant Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation and the Center of Excellence. This video defines IECMHC, outlines its history, importance and impact, delineates the key messages, and highlights the work of the Center of Excellence.

A Day in the Life of an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant

An IECMH Consultant supports the skills and strengths of program leaders, staff, families, and children during a typical day in a classroom setting. Explore other resources about IECMHC at www.samhsa.gov/iecmhc.

Integrating Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation with the Pyramid Model

A growing number of states and communities are implementing the Pyramid Model in early care and education settings, and in many of these places there are also early childhood mental health consultation (ECMHC) programs operating. This practice brief provides an overview of ECMHC, how it can support the implementation of the Pyramid Model and the issues that arise when administrators seek to integrate these two approaches at the state and local levels. Mental health consultants can: (1) serve as coaches for implementing the Pyramid practices; (2) serve as adjuncts to coaches, by working with children, families and teachers; and (3) use the Pyramid Model to inform and organize their own strategies for working with teachers and families. (November, 2009).

Research Synthesis: Infant Mental Health and Early Care and Education Providers

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Research Synthesis: Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation

This synthesis has been developed to describe early childhood mental health consultation (ECMHC) and the existing evidence base for its effectiveness in fostering healthy social and emotional development in young children, birth through age 6. It provides a description of the emerging evidence base that many of the beliefs and much of the current body of knowledge about consultation is grounded in literature and the experiences of mental health and early care and education (ECE) providers, educators, and other experts (i.e., practice-based evidence).