Early Childhood Mental Health Mentor (ECMHM)

Issued by Virginia Commonwealth University

Earners have the leadership skills to provide culturally sensitive, relationship-focused early childhood mental health treatment services, administrative oversight within programs, teach in higher education settings, and shape policy that explicitly address issues related to attachment, separation, trauma, and unresolved grief/loss as they affect the attachment relationship, development, behavior, and care of children ages 3-6.

Type Certification
Level Intermediate
Time Years
Cost Paid

Additional Details

Skills

Earning Criteria

Submit application: graduate degree; transcripts; min 2-3 years post-graduate supervised clinical work experience (Clinical)/leader in policy and/or program admin (Policy)/or leader in university-level teaching and/or published research (Research/Faculty) related to infant mental health; min 3 years of practice leader experience in the infant-family field; min 33 hours of training/CE demonstrating competency requirements; min 50 hours reflective supervision/consultation; 3 reference ratings.
Completion of specialized education/coursework, work experience, in-service training, and reflective supervision/consultation experiences (Mentor-Clinical) that have led to competency in leadership experience in the practice and/or promotion of infant mental health.

Standards

Virginia Association for Infant Mental Health

Competency Guidelines