Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation

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Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation

• Early interventions with very young children
  (birth to 6 years of age) at risk of experiencing
  serious emotional disturbances (SED) or for those
  children already diagnosed with an SED
• Project outcomes focus on the number of youth
  intervened upon, maintenance of their placement
  at their site and who remain in their home
  setting, as well as the impact on improving their
  lives

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Bringing Two Systems Together to Bridge the Gap
Brings Expertise in Child Development, Working
with Families with Complex Needs, Structured
Observation and Intervention Planning
A Collaborative Team that can think outside the
box and provide expert and multi-disciplinary
assistance to parents and childcare programs
through one seamless and efficient process.
Brings Existing Relationships with Childcare
Programs, Expertise in Training and Technical
Assistance
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Intervention Plans have Included

• Changes in the classroom environment
• Changes in the program
• Development of collaboration between the parent
  and childcare program
• Linkage to additional services (i.e.
  developmental assessment through ASD or Infant
  Learning)

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Outcomes March 15-June 30, 2009

• On-site consultations provided at 27 childcare
  programs
• 100 childcare retention rate (0 children
  expelled from childcare programs)
• 390 contact hours of training provided to
  childcare, infant learning, early intervention
  and early learning programs.

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ECMH Learning Network

• Engage early childhood professionals to intervene
  with youth at risk of experiencing serious
  emotional disturbance (SED)
• Outcomes focus on
• hrs of professionals receiving consultation
  /or professional development
• of children served by these professionals who
  are able to maintain their placements in their
  early childhood program or remain in their homes
  for at least 6 months