When I was launching an early childhood
mental health consultation program in the mountains of Colorado at the start of this century — before there were many resources and guidelines — our team could have greatly benefitted from the buffering practices established by Ububele that, to my eye, seem to keep secondary trauma at bay as much as is possible.
Kansas expanded its statewide early childhood
mental health consultation program to meet Endorsement workforce requirements.
The ECCP ® program is a statewide, comprehensive, data - driven early childhood
mental health consultation program.
SEED (Social & Emotional Early Development) is an early childhood
mental health consultation program developed by experts at Lucy Daniels Center and Wake County Smart Start to assist staff at Wake County child care facilities in developing and sustaining policies and practices that support the healthy social and emotional development of the children they serve.
Highly - qualified consultants represent a core component of an effective early childhood
mental health consultation program or services.
The ECCP ® program is a statewide, comprehensive, data - driven early childhood
mental health consultation program.
Kansas expanded its statewide early childhood
mental health consultation program to meet Endorsement workforce requirements.
: A Study of Effective Early Childhood
Mental Health Consultation Programs Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (2009) Presents results from an indepth study of six early childhood
mental health consultation programs demonstrating positive child, family, staff, and / or program outcomes.
In a national cross-site study of effective early childhood
mental health consultation programs, 69 % of consultants reported making at least monthly referrals to other community resources for early care and education providers and 72 % reported making at least monthly referrals for families (Duran et al., 2009).
A study of effective early childhood
mental health consultation programs.
Not exact matches
A clergy
consultation service is already evolving as an important function of the
mental health center, and such a
program should not be overlooked in planning.
In summary, there are many levels at which
consultation may be part of the community
mental health program.
Such
consultation may occur at many levels:
consultation to pastors concerning problem clients with whom they are working;
consultation to a pastor and the church administration regarding human relation problems in the congregation;
consultation to groups or
programs in a congregation that are designed to assist people in the church;
consultation to a local, regional, or denominational administration in regard to evaluation of religious candidates, human relations problems in the administration, or denominational
programming related to
mental health issues;
consultation to a group of churches who sponsor a joint community
program.
Family Connections is an early childhood
mental health consultation and professional staff development
program of Boston Children's Hospital that supports early childhood and home visiting
programs in their outreach to families facing
mental health challenges, particularly parental depression.
Peggy provides
consultation and training to schools, parents and
health professionals to implement depression and
mental health education
programs which raise awareness of childhood and adolescent depression and help guide young people to good
mental health.
The
program also provides training and
consultation about cultural adjustment, trauma, and other
mental health issues to educators and other professionals working with refugees throughout the state of Colorado.
OBJECTIVE To examine effects of a teacher
consultation and coaching
program delivered by school and community
mental health professionals on change in observed classroom interactions and child
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS • 6 + years» hands - on experience in personal care arena • CNA, CPR and First Aid Certified • Exceptional knowledge of child - serve, adult - serve and
mental health systems • Proven record of managing family to family peer support
programs • Highly experienced in managing patient care by direct schedules and
consultations • Track record of developing and maintaining meaningful relationships with community partners
COMMUNITY
HEALTH LINK, Worcester, MA Mental Health Counselor 2013 — Present • Coordinate and establish therapeutic intervention plans for clients • Provide behavioral health issues consultation • Identify groups and individuals at risk and provide guidance and counseling accordingly • Launch performance improvement programs for mental health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral pr
HEALTH LINK, Worcester, MA Mental Health Counselor 2013 — Present • Coordinate and establish therapeutic intervention plans for clients • Provide behavioral health issues consultation • Identify groups and individuals at risk and provide guidance and counseling accordingly • Launch performance improvement programs for mental health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral pr
HEALTH LINK, Worcester, MA
Mental Health Counselor 2013 — Present • Coordinate and establish therapeutic intervention plans for clients • Provide behavioral health issues consultation • Identify groups and individuals at risk and provide guidance and counseling accordingly • Launch performance improvement programs for mental health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral pr
Health Counselor 2013 — Present • Coordinate and establish therapeutic intervention plans for clients • Provide behavioral health issues consultation • Identify groups and individuals at risk and provide guidance and counseling accordingly • Launch performance improvement programs for mental health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral pr
Health Counselor 2013 — Present • Coordinate and establish therapeutic intervention plans for clients • Provide behavioral
health issues consultation • Identify groups and individuals at risk and provide guidance and counseling accordingly • Launch performance improvement programs for mental health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral pr
health issues consultation • Identify groups and individuals at risk and provide guidance and counseling accordingly • Launch performance improvement programs for mental health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral pr
health issues
consultation • Identify groups and individuals at risk and provide guidance and counseling accordingly • Launch performance improvement
programs for
mental health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral pr
health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral pr
health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral problems
I work with children, adolescents, and adults, but currently focus my work on providing comprehensive diagnostic evaluations,
consultation to school districts and community education
programs for
mental health - related issues.
«After we implemented the Pyramid Model in our state, our Head Start
programs saw their
consultation with outside
mental health consultants drop in half.
She has previously worked in direct practice in early childhood education
programs providing case management, family support work, therapy with children and families, infant / early childhood
mental health consultation, and supervising a teen parent home visiting
program.
Another model of a successful collaboration
program between primary providers and child psychiatrists, the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project, promotes access to psychiatric
consultation for primary care providers through a network of children's
mental health collaboration teams.
Examples of prevention
programs include home visiting for families with young children,
mental health consultation for child care
programs, or self - help support groups for parents who are concerned they could abuse or neglect their infant or toddler.
It includes a series of public seminars that provide general tips on everyday parenting issues; one - off discussion groups addressing the most common parenting problems; brief and short - term primary care
consultations for specific problems; group or online courses for a comprehensive understanding of Triple P strategies; a one - on - one personal support
program for tackling serious behavior problems; and two high intensity
programs that deal with complex family and / or
mental health issues, including the risk of child maltreatment.
Florida MIECHV is also undertaking a collaborative effort with Early Steps, the state's early intervention
program, to integrate infant
mental health consultation into home visiting
programs in three demonstration project areas.
That 2005 study «showed that
mental health consultation to early care and education programs helps prevent expulsion,» said Janna Hack, infant mental health consultant with the Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental H
health consultation to early care and education
programs helps prevent expulsion,» said Janna Hack, infant
mental health consultant with the Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental H
health consultant with the Wisconsin Alliance for Infant
Mental HealthHealth.
Enhancing Home Visitation With Early Childhood
Mental Health Consultation Mackrain & Mytton - Ortega (2013) Zero to Three, 33 (5) View Abstract Illustrates one home visitation programs efforts to integrate early childhood mental health consultation (ECMHC) and highlights the consultations role in supporting the home visitor through reflective case consultation and collaboration to strengthen the family in
Health Consultation Mackrain & Mytton - Ortega (2013) Zero to Three, 33 (5) View Abstract Illustrates one home visitation
programs efforts to integrate early childhood
mental health consultation (ECMHC) and highlights the consultations role in supporting the home visitor through reflective case consultation and collaboration to strengthen the family in
health consultation (ECMHC) and highlights the
consultations role in supporting the home visitor through reflective case
consultation and collaboration to strengthen the family in need.
No matter where you and your
program are on the continuum of providing
mental health services, the Center for Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation can help by providing the most current and emerging knowledge, practical guidance, and useful tools for designing, delivering, and evaluating early childhood mental health consultation ser
health services, the Center for Early Childhood
Mental Health Consultation can help by providing the most current and emerging knowledge, practical guidance, and useful tools for designing, delivering, and evaluating early childhood mental health consultation ser
Health Consultation can help by providing the most current and emerging knowledge, practical guidance, and useful tools for designing, delivering, and evaluating early childhood
mental health consultation ser
health consultation services.
Identify resources available for conducting a
program - wide assessment of the strengths and weakness of your current
mental health consultation approach.
In addition, Dickstein conducts
program evaluation for a variety of state - funded contracts and private foundation grants that provide community - based early childhood
mental health consultation, and evidence - based parent and teacher training workshops, within child care settings serving high risk infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their families.
Some Head Start
programs directly employ a
mental health professional to provide early childhood
mental health consultation (ECMHC) services.
When parents» concepts of development differ from those of
program staff the cultural mismatch can make early care and education as well as
mental health consultation services and supports less effective for children.
Identify strategies, tools, and resources that help to build
program infrastructure that supports early childhood
mental health consultation services in both settings.
Programs can strengthen their
mental health services and
consultation by working as a team to develop a
mental health - specific strategic plan.
A study of effective early childhood
mental health consultation, to provide data - driven guidance on
consultation program design including:
Strong early childhood
mental health consultation services can benefit Head Start and Early Head Start
programs, the children and families they serve, and
program staff.
The evidence base for
mental health consultation in early childhood settings: Research synthesis addressing staff and
program outcomes.
Many
programs remain challenged to make the most of
mental health consultation and continue to work toward full integration of
consultation into the
program, acceptance of support by families and staff, and identifying resources to find or pay for appropriately prepared and accessible
mental health consultants.
The term experts in early childhood
mental health consultation includes the consultant as well as Head Start and Early Head Start
program staff and families; each staff member viewed as expert in their own field (early care and education,
health, family partnerships, etc.) and families as experts in their child's development and knowledge of their own child, family, and community.
Six diverse
consultation programs from across the country - ranging in size from 2 to 20
mental health consultants — were selected to participate in in - depth site visits.
Describe a
consultation model addressing features of
program, provider, or family readiness for early childhood
mental health consultation and a Readiness Tool
Research on early childhood
mental health consultation shows that HS / EHS
programs who are in strong agreement with their
mental health consultant about a philosophy or approach to providing
mental health services demonstrated higher levels of best practice implementation and reported better perceived outcomes for children and staff (Green, Simpson, Everhart, Vale, & Gettman, 2004).
Several colleges and universities, including Portland State University and Wayne State University, have begun to develop certificate or credentialing
programs in early childhood
mental health that include training specific to
consultation (Dallas et al, 2008).
Early recognition of these signs and symptoms along with
mental health consultation that guides planned and effective strategies to support the child and family in the Early Head Start and Head Start
program can help reduce and remediate these symptoms.
Although
mental health consultation has been a part of
mental health services in Head Start / Early Head Start (HS / EHS)
programs for years, it has only recently begun to generate more widespread national attention.
This
program also prepares
mental health practitioners to provide
consultation to form effective and collaborative relationships and provide
consultation to parents, teachers, and other adults who play important roles in the lives of young children.
For
mental health consultation to be most effective, it is important to view
consultation as just one part of supporting a
program's overall approach to child, family and staff
mental health.
These principles have also influenced the
program's approach to
mental health services and supports for children, families, and staff, including
mental health consultation services.
Although this framework emerged from examination of
consultation programs and includes some guidance that is geared toward this audience, for the most part, it speaks to the provision of effective ECMHC overall - regardless of whether it is provided through a structured
consultation program, an independent
mental health professional, or another arrangement.