Florida Association for Infant Mental Health

**External Event from The Center of Excellence for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation**

Description:  Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) builds the capacity of child-serving systems to positively impact young children and their families’ long-term mental health outcomes.  This webinar will provide guidance on effective IECMHC messaging to: Help stakeholders understand what IECMHC is  Describe the value IECMHC brings to supporting mental health outcomes for young children and families Expand, integrate, or sustain IECMHC broadly in child-serving systems After attending this webinar, participants will be able to: Understand key IECMHC messaging concepts Create an effective message about 1) the community problem their stakeholder is struggling with 2) how IECMHC is an effective solution and 3) the stakeholder’s role in the solution Utilize the IECMHC info graphic to effectively articulate what IECMHC is and its applications  Who Should Attend? This webinar is for the CoE’s current and former Center of Excellence pilot sites; child and family-stakeholders (policy makers; funders, state and tribe leadership; program developers/directors), Project LAUNCH grantees, and MIECHV grantees. Please forward this invitation to anyone who may be interested in attending. Presenters:   Linda Delimata, Training and Technical Assistance Director, Center of Excellence for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Kim Eithun, Special Initiatives Coordinator at Wisconsin Child Welfare Professional Development System, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison Dawn Yazzie, Expert Mentor, Center of Excellence for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Please register by April 15, 2019, to receive webinar login information.