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Colorado Foundations of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health for Early Childhood Professionals and Partners (Colorado Foundations)

*NOW AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH*

Colorado Foundations is CoAIMH’s 8-Module foundational training for infant and early childhood professionals. The course is unique in its ability to promote a shared understanding and common language of infant and early childhood mental health principles to all professionals who touch the lives of infants and toddlers and their families. In doing so, Colorado’s early childhood community will be equipped and locally partnered to provide a continuum of high-quality, consistent infant and early childhood mental health supports to children and families.

(PLEASE NOTE that Colorado Foundations is not intended to replace advanced clinical knowledge and training that would prepare a professional to provide evidenced-based clinical treatment.)

The intended audience of the course is Early Intervention providers and service coordinators, early care and education providers, home visitors, public health nurses, and other early childhood providers. Further, the curriculum content supports the Competencies associated with the Infant Mental Health Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant Mental Health (IMH-E®), which facilitates the growth of necessary knowledge for those professionals seeking the IMH-E®.

The course is designed to be delivered locally and in person. Colorado Foundations can be delivered in a format that best meet the needs of the community, e.g., a 8-week/month learning collaborative that allows for a deep dive into each Module at each session, a 3-day intensive training that covers 2-3 modules each day, etc. The complete training offers approximately 18-20 contact hours of continuing education, depending on the chosen training format.

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Course Overview

Module 1: Introduction to Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
Goal: Setting the stage for learning about infant and early childhood mental health

Module 2: Understanding the Importance of Culture in Infant Mental Health
Goal: The role of culture in childhood development 

Module 3: Child and Family Development
Goal: Developmental milestones and implications for infant and early childhood mental health  

Module 4: Relationships
Goal: Relationships as a vehicle for infant and early childhood mental health and well-being

Module 5: Building a Brain – Biology and Environment
Goal: The connection between brain development and infant and early childhood mental health

Module 6: Early Adversity and Toxic Stress
Goal: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and how bodies respond to stress

Module 7: Self-Care
Goal: Self-care for early childhood professionals (based extensively on the work of the Devereux Center for Resilient Children)

Module 8: Reflective Practice
Goal: How and why to engage in reflective practice

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CO Foundations Master Trainers
*Bilingual (Spanish-speaking)

 The following IECMH professionals have been trained on the curriculum and receive regular technical assistance from CoAIMH:

Krista Abate: Jefferson/Denver

*Alexandra Alfonso: Arapahoe/Denver Metro

Sue Ammen: Jefferson/Denver

*Elisa Aucancela: Douglas/Denver Metro

Christy Balentine: Arapahoe

Shannon Bekman: Denver Metro

Colleen Bredell: Arapahoe

*Lucero Castro-Frederick: Weld

*Luisanna Chavez: Jefferson/Adams/Denver Metro

*Jackie Cordova: Jefferson/Denver Metro

Margaret Davis: Boulder/Adams

Mary Dodd: Montezuma

Andrea Foote: Boulder

Emily Fried: Boulder/Denver Metro

Andrea Harbeck: Denver

Noelle Hause: Weld

Mariah Hofmeister: Boulder

Lauren Warth: Arapahoe

*Alejandra Lopez: Jefferson/Denver Metro

Heather McFadden: Chaffee

Sarah McNamee: Jefferson/Denver Metro

Emily McNeil: Jefferson/Denver Metro

*Cecilia Palacios: Weld

*Meg Picard: Denver Metro

*Dora Fernandez Perez: El Paso

Sarah Romack: Chaffee

Michelle Roy: Denver Metro

Kelly Stainback-Tracy: Jefferson/Denver Metro

Ashley Sward: Denver Metro

*Buffy Trent: Larimer

*Deborah Young: Boulder/Weld/Jefferson/Denver Metro

Julia Zabolio: Pueblo

Colorado Foundations Master Trainers receive regular technical assistance from CoAIMH Staff and Trainer Advisors:

Melissa Buchholz, Psy.D., Authorized RS/C Provider for CoAIMH’s IMH-E®

*Paulina Erices, BS, MS, IBCLC, RLC, IMH-E® Infant Family Specialist

*Evelin Gomez, PhD

Ayelet Talmi, PhD, IMH-E® Infant Mental Health Mentor-Clinical

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Competency Guidelines

http://coaimh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MI-AIMH-Competency-Guidelines-IMH-ECMH-WEB.pdf

FAQ

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http://coaimh.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/RS_C-Application-2.1.2021-.pdf

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