You provide culturally sensitive, relationship-focused, infant and/or early childhood mentalhealth treatment services intended toexplicitly address issues related toattachment, separation, trauma andunresolved grief and loss as they affect theattachment relationship, development,behavior and care of the young child.

You are a recognized infant and earlychildhood mental health leader in yourcommunity.

Mental Health Mentor-Clinical

Accurately interpret information from informal andformal observations and assessments to identifycapacities and strengths as well as developmentaldelays and/or emotional disturbances in infants andyoung children served?

Effectively implement relationship-focused,therapeutic parent-infant/young child interventionsthat enhance the capacities of parents andinfants/young children?

Provide reflectivesupervision/consultation to infant and/orearly childhood mental healthprofessionals? 

Mentor novice practitioners, students,clients, and other colleagues to developinfant and early childhood mental healthskills?

And more?

Parent-Infant Psychotherapist, Parent-Child Psychotherapist,  Early ChildhoodMental Health Specialist, Private PracticeTherapist, Reflective SupervisionProvider, etc.

Enhance the quality of yourrelationship-based services

Participate in ongoing and targetedprofessional developmentopportunities 

Join an international network of infantand early childhood professionals

Endorsement® connects your professionalexperiences with a set of competenciesthat recognize your infant and/or earlychildhood mental health treatment andleadership expertise.

INTERESTED?Contact SCIMHA's Endorsement Coordinator!

endorsement@scimha.org

Serves childrenages 0-6

Scope of work:Treatment

& Leadership

You are a leader in policy and/or programadministration related to the promotion ofinfant and early childhood mental healthprinciples and practices, in the context offamily and other caregiving relationships,in and across systems andother leadership activities at the local,regional and/or state level.

Mental Health Mentor-Policy

Support parent-infant/young child relationship-based therapies and practices to explore issuesincluding attachment, separation, trauma, and lossthat affect the development and care of theinfant/young child?

Facilitate monitoring and evaluation of serviceprocess and outcomes?

Develop or impact policy and practiceintended to increase the extent oreffectiveness of infant and early childhoodmental health interventions

Understand and make effective use offederal, state, and agency funding,contracting, and reporting requirements toenhance service availability andeffectiveness?

And more?

Executive Director, State Administrator,Program Director, etc.

Enhance the quality of yourrelationship-based services

Participate in ongoing and targetedprofessional developmentopportunities 

Join an international network of infantand early childhood professionals

Endorsement® connects your professionalexperiences with a set of competenciesthat recognize your infant and/or earlychildhood policy/adminstration expertise.

INTERESTED?Contact SCIMHA's Endorsement Coordinator!

endorsement@scimha.org

Serves childrenages 0-6

Scope of work:Policy,

Administration& Leadership

You are a leader in university-levelteaching and/or publishedresearch related to infant and earlychildhood mental health principles andpractices, in the context of family andother caregiving relationships, andother leadership activities at the local,regional and/or state level.

Mental Health Mentor-Research/Faculty

Support parent-infant/young child relationship-based therapies and practices to explore issuesincluding attachment, separation, trauma, and lossthat affect the development and care of theinfant/young child?

Write articles and books on infant and earlychildhood mental health principles and practice?

Promote research projects intended toincrease the body of knowledge aboutinfant and early childhood mental health,early development, and effectiveinterventions?

Generate research that reflects culturalcompetence in the infant and earlychildhood-family field?

And more?

Faculty Member, Researcher, etc.

Enhance the quality of yourrelationship-based services

Participate in ongoing and targetedprofessional developmentopportunities 

Join an international network of infantand early childhood professionals

Endorsement® connects your professionalexperiences with a set of competenciesthat recognize your infant and/or earlychildhood research/teaching expertise.

INTERESTED?Contact SCIMHA's Endorsement Coordinator!

endorsement@scimha.org

Serves childrenages 0-6

Scope of work:Research,Teaching

& Leadership