Registration is OPEN

This series meets all of the competency requirements for Endorsement® as Infant Family Specialist and many of those for Infant Mental Health Specialist which is helpful for those that are working towards Endorsement®!  The Series offers an opportunity for rich engagement with key theoretical and direct practice competency material in a cohort learning atmosphere that supports exploration of relationship-based work. It is highly interactive, responsive to the diversity our families and practitioners represent, and includes multiple learning methods.  Comprehensive training materials and related articles were carefully curated and will be available for attendees.  While there are not “extra” assignments or homework, there will be some required and recommended readings prior to sessions. Some of the topics that will be covered in this series are: Informal & Formal Assessment, Observation & Listening, Pregnancy & Early Parenthood, Typical & Atypical Early Development, Secure & Insecure Attachment, Trauma, Separation, Grief & Loss, Reflective Supervision, and Termination. 

Training Materials: This series has a very comprehensive curriculum with articles and training materials. These will be made available to registrants through a google drive.  Additionally, the IMH Home Visitor’s Manual is required to participate in the series.  Click here if you need to purchase a Manual: https://mi-aimh.org/store/imhmanual/

Registration: when prompted use the registration code sent via email – this page will then refresh and you can complete the form.

Last day to register: November 29th

Continuing Education Information – 55.0 training hours

Social Work – Approved for 55.0 SW CEU’s (Michigan SW only)
IMH Endorsement® – Will count towards the requirements for the MI-AIMH Endorsement® *includes 9 hours of Reflective Supervision. (You will have the option on your Endorsement® application to count 46 training hours and 9 Reflective Supervision hours OR all 55 hours under training) 
Licensed Professional Counselors – NBCC Hours – Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health (MI-AIMH) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No.6867.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  MI-AIMH is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Key MI-AIMH Competencies addressed include: Meets all of the competencies for Endorsement® as Infant Family Specialist and many of those for Infant Mental Health Specialists. Also includes 8 total hours of Reflective Supervision.

Cancellation policy: Notice of cancellation must be submitted in writing to lsheldon@mi-aimh.org no later than 7 days prior to the event for a refund to be issued.

Registration fee: DWIHN has included this Core Training Series to be part of the overall Early Childhood Learning Series (ECLS).  This means that the registration fee is greatly reduced to $100 per person for the entire series (normally $650). The $100 fee needs to be paid by January 7, 2022.

• You can pay in-full by credit card through PayPal (you do NOT need a PayPal account – this is just the system we use to process credit cards).  The system will prompt you through the steps.
• Or you can select by Check – you will have to put in additional contact information for your billing department.
  • Agency checks should be made payable to MI-AIMH. Please indicate the names of all staff attending the training.  
  • If names are not included on check payment, MI-AIMH cannot guarantee that the check will be attributed to the correct training or participant(s)
  • Mail checks to: MI-AIMH, 13101 Allen Road, Southgate, MI 48195
• The third option is to register, select pay by Check, but then call in to pay by credit card over the phone.  This will work if your supervisor/admin needs to handle the credit card payments.  Please call Teri Lower at 734-785-7705. ext 7194 to pay over the phone.

For registration questions, contact Laura Sheldon at: lsheldon@mi-aimh.org