Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health

Trainings on Other Competencies

Below you will find a list of trainings offered by MI-AIMH Faculty Members.  Each topic is listed under the primary competency that the training addresses (many trainings will cover more than one competency).  In some cases, multiple faculty members cover the same topic, so it may be helpful to consider where the faculty member is located.  Most faculty members indicated a willingness to travel to provide their services.  The trainings are listed in alphabetical order by the last name of the trainer. 
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Law, Regulation & Policy

.      Matters related to child welfare and court involved families and the professionals who serve them - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

·       Fitting an Early Childhood Service into Federal and State Funding—Pamela Barckholtz, IMH-E (IV)

·       Evidence-Based Practice—Judith McComish, IMH-E (IV)

      Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation:  Creating a Systematic Statewide Approach - Mary Mackrain, IMH-E (IV-Policy)

·       Baby Court: The Concept and How to Implement it.  Could it Work in Your Community?—Mary Beth Reimer, IMH-E (IV)

·       Working within the Court System—Erin Werth, IMH-E (III)

·       Working within the Foster Care System—Erin Werth, IMH-E (III)

·       Testifying and Assessing for the Court—Erin Werth, IMH-E (III)

Ethical Practice

·       Do the Right Thing:  For All—Pamela Barckholtz, IMH-E (IV)

·       Home Visiting Ethics/Social Work Ethics—Carla Barron, IMH-E (IV)

·       Healthy Boundaries in Home Visiting—Kay Loftus, IMH-E (IV)

·       Ethical Practice: Ethics & Boundaries of Infant Mental Health Home Visiting—Nichole Paradis Pangburn, IMH-E (IV)

Service Expertise

.     Developing and writing court assessments and reports - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

·       Developing an Infant Mental Health Practice—Pamela Barckholtz, IMH-E (IV)

·       Developing an Early Childhood Mental Health Practice—Pamela Barckholtz, IMH-E (IV)

·       Infant Mental Health Consultation—Rene Beyette, IMH-E (IV)

·       Individual and Family Counseling: Infant Mental Health—Patricia Clark, IMH-E (III)

·       Caring for the Caregiver—Barry Kaufman, IMH-E (IV)

.     Statewide Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Programming (birth to five) - Mary Mackrain, IMH-E (IV-Policy)

·       Using Infant Mental Health Principles in Early Education/Special Education Settings—Marion Orihel, IMH-E (III)

·       Infant Mental Health in Child Welfare and the Courts—Lisa Velez, IMH-E (IV)

·       Infant Mental Health and Early Head Start—Denise Weckesser, IMH-E (IV)

·       The Baby Court Model—Erin Werth, IMH-E (III)

Direct Service Skills

.     Infant-parent psychotherapy - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

.     Early childhood mental health intervention (early childhood education/care settings) - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

·       Observation—Carla Barron, IMH-E (IV)

·       Reflective Supervision—Rene Beyette, IMH-E (IV)

·       Therapy and Consultation—Patricia Clark, IMH-E (III)

·       Intervention with Toddlers and Parents—Douglas Davies, IMH-E (IV)

·       Child Care Consultation Process—Douglas Davies, IMH-E (IV)

.     Implementing Quality infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Practices:  Child/family-centered consultation, Programmatic consultation, Relationship-based practice - Mary Mackrain, IMH-E (IV-Policy)

·       Infant Mental Health Introduction to Theory and Practice—Carol Oleksiak, IMH-E (IV)

·       Infant Mental Health Principles and Services—Lisa Velez, IMH-E (IV)

·       Introduction to Infant Mental Health—Rebecca Wheeler, IMH-E (III)

·       Infant Mental Health Therapy with Families with Children with Special Needs—Rebecca Wheeler, IMH-E (III)

Screening & Assessment

.      Clinical use of ASQ/ASQ-SE - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

.      Unstructured observation/assessment of infant-parent/caregiver interaction - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

·       Ages and Stages-Social Emotional—Pamela Barckholtz, IMH-E (IV)

·       AIMS—Pamela Barckholtz, IMH-E (IV)

·       DECA I/T—Rene Beyette, IMH-E (IV)

·       DECA—Patricia Clark, IMH-E (III)

·       DUNN Sensory Integration—Patricia Clark, IMH-(III)

·       Formal and Informal Observation and Assessment—Sheryl Goldberg, IMH-E (IV)

·       ASQ and ASQ: SE—Sheryl Goldberg, IMH-E (IV)

·       Play-Based Child and Family Assessment Processes—Diane Kukulis, IMH-E (III)

.     Devereaux Early Childhood Assessment for Infants and Toddlers Program (DECA-I/T) Author - Mary Mackrain, IMH-E (IV-Policy)

.     Devereaux Early Childhood Assessment Program for Preschoolers - Mary Mackrain, IMH-E (IV-P)

.     Devereaux Early Childhood Assessment - Clinical version - Mary Mackrain, IMH-E (IV-P)

.     DECA 0-5 Local Program Mentor Training - Mary Mackrain, IMH-E (IV-P)

.     Understanding and navigating infant/toddler social and emotional screening and assessment tools - Mary Mackrain, IMH-E (IV-P)

·       Ages and Stages—Kathryn Sims, IMH-E (IV)

·       Assessment and Treatment of Attachment Challenged Families—Lisa Velez, IMH-E (IV)

·       ASQ and ASQ: SE—Erin Werth, IMH-E (III)

·       Relationship Based Observation & Assessment of Infants—Rebecca Wheeler, IMH-E (III)

·       Observing and Assessing the Toddler, the Parent and the Relationship Through the Lens of Development—Rebecca Wheeler, IMH-E (III)

Working with Others

.      Professional collaboration across infant/toddler related systems - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

·       Multi-Disciplinary Team Collaboration—Melissa Copenhaver, IMH-E (III)

·       Creating Community in the Work Place—Judy Darling, IMH-E (III)

·       Home Visitor Safety—Leslie Griffith, IMH-E (III)

·       Engaging Fathers for Engaging their Children—Barry Kaufman, IMH-E (IV)

.     The Consultative Stance within Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (reflective practices, parallel process, etc.) - Mary Mackrain, IMH-E (IV-Policy)

.     Building Your Bounce - Understanding and Supporting Adult Resilience of Those Working with Infants, Toddlers and Young Children - Mary Mackrain, IMH-E (IV-P)

.     Reflective Supervision - The basics - Mary Mackrain, IMH-E (IV-P)

.     Coaching and consultation within early care and education settings - Mary Mackrain, IMH-E (IV-P)

.     Building Family Partnerships - Mary Mackrain, IMH-E (IV-P)

·       Parallel Process—Mary Beth Reimer—IMH-E (IV)

·       Workshop for Multidisciplinary Teams: Learning About Each Other’s Perspectives & Planning Together on Behalf of Families with Young Children—Kathryn Sims, IMH-E (IV)

·       Providing Infant Mental Health Based Services with a Team Approach—Erin Werth, IMH-E (III)

Communicating

.     "What infants and toddlers want the courts to know about their needs" - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

.      Writing court reports and preparing for professional testimony - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

·       Effective, Reflective Communication with Families—Rene Beyette, IMH-E (IV)

·       Connecting Through Communication—Judy Darling, IMH-E (III)

·       Communication, Connections and Problem Solving for Child Care Staff—Barry Kaufman, IMH-E (IV)

·       Understanding and Communicating with Young Children Through Play—Diane Kukulis, IMH-E (III)

·       How to Use the Baby to Communicate—Mary Beth Reimer, IMH-E (IV)

·       Reporting to the Court and DHS—Ering Werth, IMH-E (III)

Reflection

.      Individual/group reflective supervision/consultation (in various early childhood settings, and in support of work with foster care involved infants and families) - Kathleen Baltman, IMH-E (IV)

·       Reflective Supervision—Carla Barron, IMH-E (IV)

·       Reflective Supervision—Melissa Copenhaver, IMH-E (III)

·       Reflection and Self-Awareness as a Foundation for Effective Practice—Judy Darling, IMH-E (III)

·       Reflective Supervision Process—Douglas Davies, IMH-E (IV)

·       Reflective Practice in Infant Mental Health Work—Sheryl Goldberg, IMH-E (IV)

·       Providing Reflective Supervision—Sheryl Goldberg, IMH-E (IV)

·       Promoting and Supporting Reflective Capacities in Parents and Caregivers—Diane Kukulis, IMH-E (III)

·       Employing Image Work to Develop Self-Reflective Capacities and Self-Care Practices—Diane Kukulis, IMH-E (III)

·       Reflective Supervision/Consultation—Janice Proudfood, IMH-E (III)

·       Reflective Supervision 101—Gregory Proulx, IMH-E (IV)

·       Learning to Listen and be Reflective—Mary Beth Reimer, IMH-E (IV)

·       Use of Reflective Supervision—Julie Ribaudo, IMH-E (IV)

·       Reflective Practice—Bill Schafer, IMH-E (IV)

·       Reflective Supervision and Consultation to Individuals and Groups—Deborah Weatherston, IMH-E (IV)

·       Reflective Supervision and Engaging in the Reflective Process—Erin Werth, IMH-E (III)

·       Reflective Assessment: Using the Language of Infancy and Relationships—Rebecca Wheeler, IMH-E (III)

·       Self Care—Robert White, IMH-E (III)

·       Dialectical Conversations and Reflective Practice—Robert White, IMH-E (III)

·       Liberating Yourself from the Judge: A Journey of Recovery—Robert White, IMH-E (III)

·       Clinical Pre