Resources.

• Issue Brief # 1

• Issue Brief # 2

• Issue Brief # 3

The Competency Guidelines are aligned with many in-service training and evidence-based practice models. The following crosswalks are available for use and reference:

• Child First

• Erikson Institute Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Certificate Program

• Essentials of Home Visiting Self-Paced Courses & Webinars

• Healthy Families America

• Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN)

• Minding the Baby Training Webinars

• Pyramid Model Training Modules (for Systems)

• Pyramid Model Training Modules (for Endorsement® Applicants)

• Strengthening Families Protective Factors: Bringing the Protective Factors to Life Modules (7)

• Circle of Security International

  College & University Programs

• Eastern Michigan University School of Social Work: “Impact of Trauma on Infants, Toddlers & Young Children”

• Eastern Michigan University School of Social Work: “Introduction to Infant Mental Health Practice”

• University of Pittsburgh School of Education Program in Applied Developmental Psychology

• Wayne State University Dual Title Program in Infant Mental Health

The presence on this list means that the crosswalk has been aligned with the knowledge/skill areas found within the Competency Guidelines and authored by at least one professional holding the Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Endorsement (IMH-E®/ECMH-E®) credential. The Alliance cannot guarantee Endorsement will be earned upon completion of any/all of the training curricula and/or coursework listed in the crosswalks above. Additionally, the Alliance cannot guarantee the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the crosswalk.

• World Association of Infant Mental Health

• Zero-to-Three

• Center For The Developing Child at Harvard University

• High quality parenting resources

• United Kingdom’s government website on early development

• Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University

• Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health

• High-powered service/advocacy organization for young children

• Parents As Teachers

• Talaris Institute

• Raising America documentary

• The Center for Excellence for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation

• American Academy of Pediatrics

• Early Head Start National Resource Center

• National Association of Child Care resource and Referral Agencies

• National Association for the Education of Young Children

• National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center

• The Program for Infant/Toddler Care

• Resources for Infant Educators

• Resources on breastfeeding — La Leche League

• Resources on breastfeeding — CDC

• Resources on breastfeeding — Kelly Mom

• Resources on parenting drug-exposed infants

• Academy of Neonatal Nursing

• Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program

• Postpartum Support International

• Environmental factors affecting development prenatally and postnatally

• NY Attachment Consortium at the State University of New York at Stony Brook

• Brazelton Touchpoints Center

• Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning at Vanderbilt University

• BLACK PARENT VOICES Resilience in the Face of the Two Pandemics— COVID-19 and Racism

• Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others

• Creating Anti-Racist Early Childhood Spaces

• Eliminating the Racial Gap in Educational Readiness in Preschool Children

• Addressing Harsh Discipline and Disparities: What we know, what we don’t know, and what we should do about it

• Report: Deck Stacked Against Young Children of Color, but Leaders Can ‘Seize This Moment’ to Improve Equity

• Grandparents, Kin and Play Cousins: The Soul and Survival of Black Families

• The Basic Truth about Basic Needs

• Racial Trauma in Film: How Viewers Can Address Re-traumatization

• Special Report: Access to High-Quality Early Education and Racial Equity

• Art as Catalyst: three ways to talk to children about race

• The color of health: how racism, segregation, and inequality affect the health and well-being of preterm infants and their families

• An overview of the root causes of Disparities in Child Outcomes, and the Role of Child Serving Systems

• Questions for Examining White Bias

• 44 Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Survive in This Country

• When We Normalize Racism And Bigotry, We Do Violence To Our Mental Health

• Podcast: On How to be an Anti-Racist with Brene Brown and Ibram X. Kendi

• Anti-racism Resources for White People to deepen your understanding

• Talking About Race

• Bias is Not Just a Police Problem, it's a Pre-school Problem

• Early Childhood Suspensions and Disproportionality

• Culturally Responsive Practices to Reduce Implicit Bias, Disproportionality, Suspension, and Expulsion

• Eight ways we can reduce Black maternal mortality (you can participate in #4 right now).

• Raising Race Conscious Children

• Why I don't Normalize Whiteness with My Children

• Wisconsin Race, Politics, and Justice organizations

• Vital Conversations With Young Children About Race: Part 1

• Vital Conversations With Young Children About Race: Part 2

• Talking to Very young Children About Race

• Something Happened in Our Town

• Anti-racism for kids-starting to talk about race: books for littles

• Anti-Racism Reading List for Kids and Grownups

• Resources for talking about race, racism, and racialized violence with kids

• 31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism, and resistance

• Ways parents can talk to their children about racism and violence

• Early identification of autism spectrum disorders

• Hanen Centre which focuses on early speech/language issues

• March of Dimes

• Program for young children with cerebral palsy and their families in the UK

• Treatment approach based on attachment theory

• Tulane Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

• Infant mental health site of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto

• Infant mental health website at the University of Washington School of Nursing

• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network early trauma page