What Works? A Webinar Series on Effective Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation

1. What Works? A Webinar Series on Effective Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Presented by the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development with sponsorship from The A.L. Mailman Family Foundation Moderated by Kathy Hepburn, GUCCHD Technical support by Kevin Enright, GUCCHD

2. Use the Chat (Q&A) pod to ask a question or respond to a general question to the audience.

3. Logistics • Close all file sharing applications and streaming music and video • Send questions during the webinar that will be held for Q&A periods • After the webinar: • Evaluation • Archives, support materials, and unanswered questions at : http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/90642.html

4. Webinar Series For brief descriptions of each webinar, go to http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/90642.html

5. Webinar #3Preparing and Supporting the Workforce: Part 2Training and Supervision of ECMH Consultants Presenters: Kadija Johnston UCSF Infant-Parent Program/Day Care Consultants, California Mary Mackrain Child Care Expulsion Prevention, Michigan Deborah Hirschland Consultant, Together for Kids, Massachusetts June 30, 2010

6. Today’s Webinar • Describe the state of work force development and preparation for early childhood mental health consultants • Revisit key study findings related to the training and supervision of effective ECMH consultants • Present three approaches to training and supervision of early childhood mental health consultants • Identify strategies, tools, and resources to support consultant training and supervision • Highlight resources for further guidance

7. Workforce Development • Most preparation occurs as in-service training • Formal programs in ECMH but not all teach consultation • Efforts to establish ECMHC core competencies • Erikson Institute research report • ECMH initiatives and State Infant Mental Health Associations • Future: • Continued efforts to establish core competencies and their validity • Standards for supervision • Integration into credentialing systems

8. National Scan Highlights • Of the 29 states that indicated availability of ECMHC: • Lessons Learned: • Need to identify core competencies • Consultants need reflective supervision • Need to focus on cultural responsiveness

9. An Emerging Model for ECMHC

10. Training Topics • Consultation program model/fidelity • Programmatic components (MIS, tools, etc.) • Early childhood mental health • Developmental norms, observation, • Consultation topics: • Initiating consultation, consultative stance , etc. • Social and emotional assessment tools • Evidence-based/informed practices: e.g. Second Step, Incredible Years, CSEFEL/Teaching Pyramid • Cultural competence • Community resources

11. Training andSupport Methods Inside of ECMHC Program Orientation Core curriculum/seminar series In-service/training Mentoring Shadowing Clinical team meetings Peer networking Technical assistance • Outside of ECMHC Program • Pre-service • External trainings and seminars • State early childhood initiative • State Infant Mental Health Association • Licensing/CEU courses • Interagency meetings

12. Supervision • Clinical (weekly/bi-weekly): • Mental health agency • Administrative (weekly/bi-weekly): • Mental health agency • ECMHC program/agency • Early care and education program • Reflective (weekly/bi-weekly): • Mental health agency • Practitioner trained in reflective supervision • Peer group facilitation

13. Question Review and Response

14. Resources • Creating a Workforce in Early Childhood Mental Health: Defining the Competent Specialist, Herr Research Center for Children and Social Policy at Erikson Institute Creating a Workforce in Early Childhood Mental Health: Defining the Competent Specialist • Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: A Developing Profession in Focal Point: Research, policy, & practice in children’s mental health, Winter 2008. http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/pgFPW08TOC.php • Developing the work force for an infant and early childhood mental health system of care in Social and Emotional Health in Early Childhood: Building Bridges Between Services and Systems. Edited by Deborah F. Perry, Roxane K. Kaufmann, & Jane Knitzer, Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Co

15. Resources • What Works? study & Resource Compendium http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/78358.html http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/products/78366.html • Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: An Evaluation Toolkit (2007) http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/72407.html • Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (2000; 2005) & A Training Guide for the Early Childhood Services Community http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/svp05-0151/ http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/svp05-0151B/ • Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation http://www.ecmhc.org

16. For More Information • Kadija Johnston kadijaj@itsa.ucsf.edu • Mary Mackrain mackrain@aol.com http://sites.google.com/site/michiganecmh/home • Deborah Hirschland dhirschland@gmail.com http://sites.google.com/site/deborahhirschland

17. Join us for the next webinar…. High Quality Services: Interventions that Work and Successful Strategies for Serving Special Populations Wednesday, July 28, 2010 2-3:30 PM EST, 11 AM-12:30 PM PT Presenters: Linda Brault California Inclusive Child Care, CA CateDrinan Morrison Child & Family Services, OR Carole Upshure and MelodieWenz Gross University of Massachusetts Medical Center, MA

18. After the Webinar • Evaluation • https://www4.georgetown.edu/uis/keybridge/keyform/form.cfm?FormID=3718 • Unaddressed questions/archives on webpage • For any webinar connection/participation issues, contact Kathy Hepburn, ksh@georgetown.edu Thank You