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Infant Mental Health Certificate Opportunity for Early Care and Education Professionals

The Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) is seeking to engage a diverse group of Early Childhood Education Professionals to participate in the University of Pittsburgh’s Infant Mental Health professional development certificate at no cost.

OCDEL believes that the early childhood system is most impactful when our collaborative work is relationship-based, culturally sensitive, grounded in an understanding of developmental theory and research, and supported by reflective practice. OCDEL values the impact that our early childhood education professional’s have on mental health and wellness of the infants and young children in their care.

This certificate program is an online, asynchronous professional development opportunity that also includes [monthly] facilitated learning circles to allow for discussion and application of learned materials.  Students will have access to the course materials for one year and it typically takes about 45+ hours to review all materials, complete reflective exercises, and participate in facilitated learning circles.

By completing this course, students will understand current research, theory, practice, and application of Infant Mental Health specific to supporting very young children and their important people.  Students who complete this certificate program will receive a minimum of 28 PQAS training hours from the University of Pittsburgh.

This training content is aligned with the PA-AIMH Competency Guidelines for Endorsement in Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant Mental Health®, and will help meet the specialized training requirements for Family Associate and Family Specialist categories of Endorsement, should students be interested in pursuing Endorsement.  Of note, Infant and/or Early Childhood Mental Health Endorsement is a “PLUS” on the Pennsylvania Early Childhood Education (ECE) Career Pathway.

To learn more about this program and to apply, please visit pakeys.org/imh-certificate.

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