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Cori Hill Partnership for People with Disabilities Virginia Commonwealth University

Infant Mental Health IS Social Emotional Development: An Overview of Virginia’s Early Childhood Mental Health Initiative . Cori Hill Partnership for People with Disabilities Virginia Commonwealth University Early Intervention Training Specialist Bonnie Grifa

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Cori Hill Partnership for People with Disabilities Virginia Commonwealth University

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  1. Infant Mental Health IS Social Emotional Development: An Overview of Virginia’s Early Childhood Mental Health Initiative Cori Hill Partnership for People with Disabilities Virginia Commonwealth University Early Intervention Training Specialist Bonnie Grifa Infant & Toddler Connection of Virginia Virginia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services Program Specialist

  2. What Is Early Childhood Mental Health?

  3. What Does It Look Like?

  4. Why is Early ChildhoodMental Health So Important?

  5. What Is Known From Science?

  6. What Are the Barriers for Families and Practitioners?

  7. Is This An Issue For ALL Systems?

  8. Why Invest In ECMH?

  9. Why Is This Initiative So Important In Virginia?

  10. What Can We Do?

  11. A System of Early Childhood Mental Health . . . The Building Blocks • Policy • Public Awareness • Practice • Professional Development

  12. Improving Early Childhood Mental Health: What Is being done in Virginia?

  13. POLICY Infant & Child Mental Health Committee of Virginia (ICMHC)

  14. POLICY

  15. PRACTICE Adoption of the Pyramid Model (CSEFEL/TACSEI)

  16. PRACTICE Established Link between CSEFEL and

  17. PRACTICE Established Mental Health Endorsement System

  18. PRACTICE Endorsement Levels I. Infant Family Associate II. Infant Family Specialist III. Infant Mental Health Specialist IV. Infant Mental Health Mentor (Clinical, Policy or Research/Faculty)

  19. PRACTICE Developed ECMH Provider Survey

  20. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Created a State Level Early Childhood Mental Health Coordinator Position

  21. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Helped in the Development of Online Training Modules

  22. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Helped Revise Virginia’s “Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals”

  23. PUBLIC AWARENESS

  24. WHAT’S NEXT? Survey Community Services Boards

  25. WHAT’S NEXT? Meet with DMAS

  26. WHAT’S NEXT? Strengthen Linkages with Early Childhood Partners

  27. WHAT’S NEXT? Identify Ongoing Funding To Sustain Our Efforts

  28. WHAT CAN YOU DO? Help Support Our Efforts

  29. Questions?

  30. Contact Information: Cori Hill, Co-Facilitator Infant & Child Mental Health Committee of VA cfhill@vcu.edu Bonnie Grifa, VAIMH President, Co-Facilitator Infant & Child Mental Health Committee of VA bonita.grifa@dbhds.virginia.gov

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