Save the Date!
The Infant, Child and Youth Conference (ICY) formerly the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Conference (IECMH) will be held April 29, 20 and May 1, 2024 at the downtown Marriott. Watch this space for details.
Join/Renew for 2024 and get 30 hours of Infant Mental Health Training
Extended through 2024! Join or renew your membership and receive full access to this new lecture series, presented jointly by Infant and Early Mental Health Promotion (IEMHP) at the Hospital for Sick Children and the World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH):
LAYING THE PATH FOR LIFELONG WELLNESS
This 15-part web-based lecture series brings world-renowned experts in infant and early mental health research and practice to you in an accessible and flexible format that can be easily integrated into staff development and continuing professional education.
The series will provide insight into the foundational science of infant and early mental health, the importance of promotion and prevention policies and strategies, and evidence-based interventions and treatment approaches.
Announcing AK-AIMH’s new Diversity Endorsement Scholarship
Making Endorsement more accessible and affordable is a core component of AK-AIMH’s 2021-2026 Strategic Plan. The AK-AIMH Diversity Endorsement Scholarship provides individuals of culturally marginalized or disenfranchised groups with the opportunity to obtain Endorsement in Infant Mental Health or Early Childhood Mental Health. The AK-AIMH Diversity Endorsement Scholarship is geared towards fostering an Endorsement system that respects and embraces diversity and inclusion.
Get ALL the details and complete an application here or click on the Endorsement menu above and select Diversity Endorsement Scholarship from the dropdown menu.
2024 Due Dates for Endorsement Applications
Infant/Early Childhood Family Associates (I/ECFA), Infant/Early Childhood Family Specialists (I/ECFS) and Infant/Early Childhood Family Reflective Supervisors (I/ECFS)
Due dates: March 22 and September 6, 2024
Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist (I/ECMHS) and Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Mentors (I/ECMHM)
Application due date: July 12, 2024
Exam date: October 18, 2024
Endorsement News
Interested in Endorsement ?
Become part of an international group of professionals who have chosen to earn the Endorsement credential as a way to demonstrate specialization in the infant-early childhood mental health field. Endorsement was developed by the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health in 2002 and is now used by 32 state IMH associations and two international associations. Each of those associations is a member of the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health.
Through the Alliance, this means that your Endorsement is recognized in each of those 32 associations!
Learn more: allianceaimh.org
For more information contact the Endorsement Coordinator at: endorsement@akaimh.org
Looking for a Reflective Supervisor/Consultant (RSC)?
Visit our RSC registry at: www.akaimh/org/reflective-supervisionconsultants for a list of Alaska Endorsed professionals who provide RSC.
Reflective Supervision Guidelines for Home Visitors
AK-AIMH is proud to announce the publication of Reflective Supervision: A Guide from Region X to Enhance Reflective Practice Among Home Visiting Programs. This set of guidelines provides a framework and shared language for reflective supervision/consultation (RSC) that are designed to support all reflective practice in the region. Self-assessment tools are included to promote the ongoing professional development of home visitors, supervisors, and programs.
Funding from the Region X Innovation Grant (Growing Together to Support Our Home Visiting Workforce) and a collaboration between Washington's Department of Children, Youth, and Families and the Infant Mental Health Associations of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, with Jacqui Van Horn from New Mexico as the Reflective Specialist, supported the development of these guidelines.
Please feel free to incorporate these guidelines into your reflective practice within your own professional development or within your agency.
Newsletters Archive
February 2017: IECMHI; March Membership Drive & Raffle; Annual General Meeting; Meet Board of Directors
November 2016: Apply to our Board; Membership Drive; Building an Engaged Membership
Fall 2016 Membership Drive: Join or Renew Today!
Fall 2016: From Levels to Categories of Endorsement; Committee Overviews; Community Spotlight
Spring 2016: ECMHI Recap
Winter 2016: ECMHI Family Matters: Raising Resilance
Fall 2015: Honoring Leaders in Infant Mental Health in Alaska.
April 2015: Calling all Early Childhood Infant Mental Health Providers. Early Childhood Mental Health Institute
February 2015: "Knowing Who You Are" Statewide Workshops & Working My Way Out of A Job
November 2014: Alaska IMH Spotlight & Reflective Supervision as Part of the Endorsement Process
July 2014: Endorsement & Summer Reading
March 2014: Early Childhood Mental Health Institute
January 2014: Reflective Supervision
September 2013:Creative Consultation Models in Rural Alaska & Alaska Competency Guidelines
June 2013: IMH in Action Ketchikan & Highlights from the AGM
April 2013: Early Childhood Mental Health Institute & Developments at AK-AIMH
January 2013: Supporting Parents of children with sensory processing differences & MH Consultation & Learning Projects
November 2012: Combating Deployment Stress
September 2012: Postpartum Depression
July 2012: Infant Mental Health is Interdisciplinary
May 2012: Reflective Practice versus Reflective Supervision
March 2012: Intro to AK-AIMH, Competency, League of States, and World Association of IMH
