Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities

Infant and Early Childhood Trauma: Spotlight on Families, Systems, and Reflective Practice
March 9-10, 2019
The Mariposa Center for Infant, Child & Family Enrichment
4704 Harlan Street, Suite 200
Denver, CO 80212
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Cost of the class with materials is $250 for professionals, $125 for students (spaces are limited).

For more information and to register, please contact: 720-288-5090; info@mariposacenterdenver.com OR visit www.mariposacenterdenver.com. Click on Groups Tab. Look for the Infant and Early Childhood Trauma Class!

2019 Boys at Risk Conference:
Early Origins of Male Violence
May 1-3, 2019
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Details and registration can be found here.

SAVE THE DATE: 2019 Public Health in the Rockies
Equity and Social Justice: Innovation at Elevation
Sponsored by the Colorado Public Health Association
August 28-30, 2019
Keystone, CO
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Colorado Foundations of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health for
Early Childhood Professionals and Partners (Colorado Foundations)

November 2018: Thanks to the generous support of the Buell Foundation, CO Foundations is currently being revised based on 2017 evaluation data. With these same funds, the fully revised curriculum will then be linguistically and culturally translated into Spanish. CoAIMH anticipates that the revised and translated course will be available for implementation by late Spring/early Summer 2019. 

Colorado Foundations is CoAIMH’s newly-revised 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 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.) 

Thank you to the Buell Foundation for their generous support.

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. 

If you are interested in bringing the Colorado Foundations course to your agency/community, you can apply to become a Host Community here. 

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

If you have any questions about Colorado Foundations, please contact CoAIMH’s Director of Endorsement & Special Projects, Jean Cimino, at co.endorsement.coordinator@gmail.com or 303-325-5215.

Previous Conferences

March 2018
Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference

March 2017
Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference

April 2015
Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference

March 2014
Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference

March 2013
Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Conference

February 2011
Third Biennial Statewide COAIMH Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Conference

February 2009
Second Biennial Statewide COAIMH Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Conference: Confident, Competent & Recognized

February 2007
First Biennial Statewide Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Conference

Previous Meetings/Trainings

Quarterly Meetings