IECMHC is a prevention-based approach that pairs a mental health consultant with adults who work with infants and young children in the different settings where they learn and grow, such as child care, preschool, home visiting, early intervention and their home. Mental health consultation is not about “fixing kids.” Nor is it therapy. Mental health consultation equips caregivers to facilitate children’s healthy social and emotional development.
The Center of Excellence for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Consultation (CoE for IECMHC) is a national center providing technical assistance to programs, communities, states, territories, and tribal communities, and professional development to individual mental health consultants to increase access to high quality mental health consultation throughout the country. The Center aims to impact the field of IECMHC by supporting the growth and advancement of the profession.
The CoE for IECMHC also serves as the clearinghouse for best practice resources related to developing, implementing and maintaining an IECMHC program at a national, state, territorial, community or tribal level.
Resources can be found at: https://www.iecmhc.org/resources/.