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We’re actively working to increase the number of qualified Reflective Supervision/Consultation providers who work with children and families in Oregon.

Primary objectives
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What is the Fellows Program?

Building Oregon’s capacity to deliver quality Reflective Supervision/Consultation.

The ORIMHA Fellows Program is a professional development initiative designed to train aspiring Reflective Supervision/Consultation (RS/C) providers, acting as a pipeline for new RS/C facilitators in Oregon’s workforce. Fellows participate in a structured program with education, mentorship, and guided implementation, ultimately aiming to expand access to high-quality RS/C for those supporting babies, young children, and families in home visiting programs.

Primary objectives of the Fellows Program

To grow RS/C providers from our current workforce through a combination of education, demonstration and guided implementation with home visiting providers benefiting from high quality reflective supervision provided by Endorsed and qualified RSC group facilitators.

The ORIMHA RS/C Fellows project will help to build Oregon’s capacity to deliver high-quality RS/C across the state by creating a fellowship program for aspiring RS/C providers.

As the Fellows complete their training and Endorsement, they will be able to grow the RS/C workforce in Oregon and support their own agency staff and individuals in the field looking to join RS/C groups; ultimately leading to an increased network of supports for providers with the intent to reduce turnover and improve the understanding and awareness of our relationships with each other, ourselves, and our families.

Oregon has lacked capacity to meet the Reflective Supervision/Consultation (RS/C) needs of home visitors and supervisors and build capacity for the RS/C needs of the larger cross sector infant and early childhood systems of providers. RS/C provides a variety of benefits to the workforce and the families they support. RS/C: ‘RS/C reduces burnout and compassion fatigue while awarding practitioners the opportunity to share personal and professional challenges to their work within the context of safe and trusting supervisory relationships. It is within this relationship that issues related to culture, diversity, equity, and inclusion, vital to self-awareness and effective service, can be explored’ (Wilson et al 2021).

Meet the Fellows

Fellows
Amber Ziring
phase 1
Beth Jaffee Stafford
phase 1
Marsha LaVerne
phase 1
Deanna Barclary
phase 1
Jennifer Ablow
phase 1
Krista Jo Swanson
phase 1
Kristie Hoyt
phase 1
Bree Libertat
phase 1
phase 2 Fellows
Tobiah Brown
phase 2
Denise Hughes-Tafen
phase 2
Amy Lovelace
phase 2
Bobbi Grace
phase 2
Shira Rubenstien
phase 2
Sylvia Collazo
phase 2
Staff
Erin Kinavey Wennerstrom
she/her
Executive director
Andrea Pignatiello
she/her
Training & Outreach Coordinator
Dona Lopez Tinoco
she/her
Administrative Coordinator
Angelica Molina
she/her
Bilingual/Bicultural Endorsement Coordinator
Caroline Falcone
she/her
Mentor Consultant

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