AK-AIMH Endorsement Registry

Endorsement involves a standardized process to determine that a professional has accumulated specialized experiences in the infant and early childhood field and has signed a Code of Ethics.  All applicants receive a copy of the Code of Ethics.  An applicant’s experiences are documented by the submission of an application that details competency-based training, specialized work experiences, and for most, reflective supervision/consultation (RSC) experiences.  The application also includes official transcripts and three reference ratings.  Endorsees as Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist and Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Mentor have passed an exam that includes measures of theoretical knowledge, direct service skills, and their capacity to apply these principles into practice.  This exam is scored by a team of two reviewers who are blind to the identity of the examinee.  

To maintain Endorsement also requires ongoing training and, in the cases of Infant/Early Childhood Family Specialist, Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist and Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Mentor-Clinical, ongoing RSC. Endorsees are also required to re-commit to upholding the Code of Ethics annually.  Beginning in January of 2023, this commitment includes signing an attestation that the endorsee has not been sanctioned by a licensing board. 

Endorsement is not a professional license or a certificate. AK-AIMH Endorsement cannot guarantee the quality of service of any endorsed professional. AK-AIMH Endorsement does not include a process by which complaints or concerns regarding ethics can be filed.  If AK-AIMH becomes aware of possible ethics violations by an endorsed professional, complainants are encouraged to, when applicable, contact the individual's professional licensing board.  The AK-AIMH Endorsement does not offer monitoring for ethics violations, however, if AK-AIMH learns that an endorsed professional has been sanctioned by a licensing board, the individual’s name is moved to the Inactive Endorsement Registry.  Those professionals will follow the policy [link here] for reactivation to the Active Endorsement Registry once the licensing board’s sanctions have been lifted.

 

ALASKA ENDORSEMENT REGISTRY
Infant Family Associate (IFA) Infant Family Specialist (IFS) Infant Mental Health Specialist (IMHS)  

Jessica Mills Clark
Hailey Hansen
Whitney Street
Angeliki Thomas
Mary Adelmeyer

Donna Kelley
Kristin Nygren
Jennifer Hood
Jamie Bleakley
Donna Van Hyning
Toni Rae Osiecki
Yulia Chen
Kristi Bihag
Hannah Tashjian
Tara Hagge
Stephanie Tucker
Aliya Maiden
Anna Mattox
Christi Morgan
Tori Hay
Raineka Ackley
Cassie Stenehjem
Hillary Landers
Dana Cross

Gail Trujillo
Christy McMurren (Emeritus Status)
Victoria Kendall
Kathleen Hansen
Shawna Ragan
KimAdelia Leff
Emily Coate Thompson
Kristen Panamaroff
Emily Arkus
Lisa Hodges
Bessie Green
Amanda Tortorige

 
Infant Mental Health Mentor-Clinical (IMHM-C)  

Jeanine Jeffers-Woolf
Cristina Ackerman

 
Infant Mental Health Mentor–Policy  (IMHM-P)  
Kimberely Burnett    
     
Early Childhood Family Specialist (ECFS) Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist (ECMHS) Endorsed Reflective Supervisor (ERS)  

Christopher Washko
Gail Trujillo

Marita Bailey

Tracy Kaplan
Cassie Stenehjem
Victoria Kendall
Cheryllynn Welcome
Lisa Hodges
Stephanie Tucker
Emily Thompson