RSP Resources.

Regional Service Provider Resources:

• ORIMHA offers a sample job description for RSPs who are hiring IECMH Consultants. Questions about the job description can be directed to nichole@or-imha.org

• This slide deck is from Sondra’s & Nichole’s 11/15/24 presentation to RSP CoP covering the planning for successful implementation of IECMH Consultation and promoting a diverse workforce in IECMH Consultation.

• This slide deck is from Susan Fisher Maki about Regional Service Networks (RSNs).

• This slide deck is from Sondra’s & Nichole’s 10/03/24 presentation to RSP CoP covering updates on implementation planning, an overview of Diversity-Informed Tenets for Work with Infants, Children, and Families, and culturally responsive practices related to hiring IECMH consultants.

• To read more about the case for systems leaders to receive reflective consultation, this article written by Meghan Schmelzer and Faith Eidson for the Michigan Association of Infant Mental Health is very persuasive! It’s titled "The Intersection of Leadership and Vulnerability: Making the Case for Reflective Supervision/Consultation for Policy and Systems Leaders.”

• You can find The Story of the O’s on YouTube. It is a lovely and brief (just over 3 minutes) video that illustrates the importance of reflective supervision and to reminds us to slow down and honor family relationships. 

• 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.

• Take a look at ORIMHA’s second issue brief, Supporting and Educating Expectant Families.

• Nichole Paradis discusses how reflective supervision/consultation (RS/C) supports the infant and early childhood workforce, outlines systemic challenges, and highlights the need for greater inclusivity in ORIMHA’s third 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.

• 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.