Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialists
These specialists include individuals from relevant professional practice disciplines who have a master’s degree or higher and a professional license from a state regulatory agency and who have achieved the Mental Health Specialist competencies described in the Training Guidelines (PDF). They provide prenatal, infant-family, and early childhood mental health services within their scope of practice in the areas of promotion, preventive intervention, and treatment.
For key concepts, competencies, training and hours charts, view the Knowledge Matrices and Guidelines for the Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist (PDF).
For this endorsement you must choose one age group specialization:
- Infant-Family Mental Health works with children ages 0-3 and families
- Early Childhood Mental Health works with children ages 4-5 and families
- Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health works with children ages 0-5
