RSP Resources.

Regional Service Provider Resources:

• For a deeper look at what research tells us about the effectiveness of IECMH Consultation, check out the 2023 publication Status of the Evidence for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation

• Are you looking for a clearer picture of what it is that IECMH consultants do? A Day in the Life of an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant offers a collection of stories that bring the work to life.

• Being able to quickly explain Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation is important when working with communities and implementing a new initiative! Do you have an “elevator” length description of IECMH consultation? This clip from Georgetown’s National Center of Excellence on IECMHC is a great overview. It’s just over two minutes long.

  What is IECMHC

• Check out the advocacy tool Addressing Suspension and Expulsion in Early Childhood Education Settings: An Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Informed Approach and its collection of related resources from the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health.

  ORIMHA's first Issue Brief summarizes the report published by the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health. Our summary provides practitioners, advocates, and policymakers with key findings, resources, and a call to action. Issue Brief

• Expulsion and Suspension in Early Education as Matters of Social Justice and Health Equity by Shantel E. Meek and Walter S. Gilliam

  October 31, 2016 | Discussion Paper for the National Academy of Medicine

  This paper addresses what is known and not yet known about early childhood expulsions and suspensions, specifically focusing on the disproportionate application of these exclusionary sanctions to our youngest children, and offers suggestions for future directions in research.

• This is a DRAFT of a sample job description for IECMH Consultant posting. Looking for input from RSP leaders and the project’s Advisory Council before it is finalized. Feedback on the document can be sent to nichole@or-imha.org

• Take a look at the IECMH Context, an overview of the cross-sector and multidisciplinary field of infant and early childhood mental health followed by an overview of the competencies for IECMH Consultation and ORIMHA’s Endorsement credential.

• The Science of Implementation is an overview of the process and benefits of applying implementation science best practices.