What is MassAIMH Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health®?
MassAIMH Endorsement® is an international credential that provides recognition of specialized knowledge and expertise for professionals working with or on behalf of families with infants and young children (birth-6).
MassAIMH and Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC) are proud to implement the Michigan Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Endorsement® System since 2019 across the Commonwealth. MassAIMH Endorsement® serves as one of the first and most comprehensive efforts in the country to define best practice and guide professional growth across disciplines and scopes of service in the field of infant and early childhood mental health. MassAIMH Endorsement® promotes culturally humble, developmentally informed and relationship-focused practice.
The Endorsement® credential plays a pivotal role in advancing the crucial field of infant and early childhood mental health/ early relational health. It serves as a benchmark, ensuring that professionals possess the requisite knowledge, skills, and experiences to foster the healthy socio-emotional development and well-being of society’s youngest members.
MassAIMH Endorsement® demonstrates that professionals:
- Work in a culturally humble and relationship-focused way, embedding the Diversity-Informed Tenets for Work with Infants, Children and Families framework to embody commitment to justice, equity, and inclusion in their practice.
- Have attained a specified skill sets and professional experience and/or education related to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers based on a nationally recognized set of competencies.
- Receive ongoing Reflective Supervision/ Consultation.
- Engage in ongoing competency-based trainings.
We would love to assist you to submit your application! Join our virtual MassAIMH Endorsement® Office Hours!
Drop-in anytime during office hours to talk with MassAIMH staff about the Infant Mental Health Endorsement® or Early Childhood Mental Health Endorsement®. This opportunity is open to prospective and current Endorsement® applicants as well as endorsed colleagues.
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Tuesdays 11am–12pm
Thursdays 2pm–3pm
Here is our Calendly to connect on your application if these times do not work for you: https://calendly.com/massaimh/30min
Connect with our Endorsement coordinator at massaimh.endorsement@gmail.com.