Child Welfare Professionals

Being infant and early childhood mental health informed means using knowledge, skills and reflective experiences to guide our work infants, young children, and families.

As a child welfare professional, this means understanding:

Attachment, separation, trauma, grief & loss and how to utilize your understanding to guide decisions about placement, visitation, reunification, and permanency

Infant/very young child development & behavior to support birth, foster, and adoptive parents in figuring out what baby might need

Disorders of infancy/early childhood and how those may emerge in a baby who has experienced abuse, neglect, and/or separations and making referrals for appropriate assessment and intervention

Interested in Infant Mental Health Endorsement^®?

If you serve infants, toddlers (0-36 months) and their families, you can apply for Endorsement^® as an Infant Family Associate. If you receive Reflective Supervision/Consultation about your work, you could apply for Endorsement^® as an Infant Family Specialist.

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MI-AIMH offers a professional home for I-ECMH-informed child welfare professionals.

Become a MI-AIMH member and plug-in to a network of over 1,500 professionals who also care about the well-being of infants, young children, and families.

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Being infant and early childhood mental health informed means using knowledge, skills and reflective experiences to guide our work infants, young children, and families.

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