Crosswalks

CROSSWALKS : HELPFUL TOOLS FOR YOU TO USE

The Competency Guidelines can be used to build a comprehensive infant and early childhood mental health system.

They create a shared framework or “map” for professional development across all sectors and disciplines of the infant, early childhood and family field across the full spectrum of service delivery, including promotion, prevention, treatment and intervention, and macro. Additionally, they outline the requirements for Endorsement by guiding one’s development of knowledge, skills & best practices, gained through specialized experiences (education, work, in-service training, and reflective supervision/consultation).

The Alliance partners with organizations to promote our mutual commitment to workforce development across the field through competency informed training, coursework, and experiences. To do this, we develop a crosswalk across the partner organization’s content and the Competency Guidelines. The Competency Guidelines are aligned with many in-service training/curriculum, evidence-based practice models, certificates and secondary education programs.

The following crosswalks are available for use and reference ONLY in Massachusetts:

- Brazelton Touchpoints Center and Newborn Behavioral Observation trainings crosswalk
- Infant-Parent Training Institute: Reflective Supervision in Early Education and Care Course Crosswalk

Dear MassAIMH Members,

We're writing with an update as we prepare for MassAIMH's new home at Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC).

MassAIMH's Board of Directors has begun the process of filing to dissolve the charitable corporation (please see the letter sent to members on April 7th, 2026 for additional information). We're now working out the details for transitioning MassAIMH's operations to MSPCC.

The exact timeline depends on the state's approval of the dissolution, and we do not have a firm date by which the dissolution will be finalized. Because we need to close out our financial records to proceed with the dissolution filing, we will temporarily pause accepting MassAIMH membership dues as of August 15, 2026.

Processing of your membership dues will pause from September 1 through December 31, 2026, and RESUME on January 1, 2027.

As of January 2027, we plan to transition to a calendar-year dues cycle.

What this means for you: As of January 2027, everyone will pay MassAIMH membership dues on an annual calendar year basis. Current members will receive communication to initiate dues for the 2027 calendar year, payable within 30 days through the membership portal.

If you've recently paid annual membership, we'll refund you for the period starting September 1, 2026.
If your renewal falls between now and December 31, 2026, your membership will be honored through that period at no charge for those 4.5 months.

Remember—through all these changes, MassAIMH proudly remains your Infant Mental Health professional association and we look forward to continuing to serve you even better! Joining the MSPCC family strengthens our shared mission and vision, and positions us to grow our work supporting the prenatal-to-six workforce across Massachusetts.

For any further questions do not hesitate to reach us via email at massaimh@mspcc.org.

With my warmest wishes,

Anat Weisenfreund, MS, IMH-E®
Infant Mental Health Mentor-Policy
President, MassAIMH