Series Description: This pre-recorded training series offers 24-hours/13 self-paced webinars (each webinar is between 1.5-2 hours in length), focusing on supporting early childhood mental health practitioners in understanding the social, emotional, and behavioral health needs of young children and their families. Participants will learn the principles and practices of quality Early Childhood Mental Health service delivery. Key concepts such as primary attachment relationships, risk/resiliency factors, maternal mental health and biopsychosocial factors will be reviewed. The research, theory and history behind Early Childhood Mental Health practice will be examined. Participants will learn the value of emotional and relational connections. Developmentally appropriate, evidence-based and best practice approaches to serving young children and families will be explored. Participants will discover the importance of reflective capacity, genuine empathy and cultural humility in the practice of infant-family and early childhood mental health. Additionally, participants will review the role trauma, attachment disruption and stress play on health, wellness and learning outcomes.
This training series aligns with the California Training Guidelines and Personnel Competencies for Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health (2016):
A: Parenting, Caregiving, Family Functioning and Parent-Child Relationships (2 hours)
B: Infant, Toddler and Preschool Development (3.75 hours)
C: Biological and Psychosocial Factors Impacting Outcomes (2 hours)
D: Risk and Resiliency (3.75 hours)
E: Observation, Screening, and Assessment (3.75 hours)
F: Diagnosis and Intervention (5.5 hours)
G: Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Collaboration (1.5 hours)
H: Ethics (1.75 hours)
Total: 24 CE hours
Who should attend: This series is designed for mental health professionals providing or interested in providing services and support to young children and families.
Presenter: Julie Torok-Mangasarian, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor, Endorsed Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist, Reflective Practice Mentor (RPM) and certified educator of infant massage (CEIM). Julie specializes in use of attachment-focused, relationship-based interventions and play therapies to treat complex and developmental trauma in young children. She has been in practice for 15+ years and is the clinical director of an outpatient mental health clinic in Fresno, CA. Julie is the owner of Meraki-Minded Professional Development, an agency designed to offer quality and affordable consultation, supervision and continuing education.
Continuing Education: Attendance to this training series meets the qualifications for 24 hours of continuing education credit for LMFT’s, LCSW’s, LPCC’s and/or LEP’s as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Meraki-Minded Professional Development is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFT’s, LCSW’s, LPCC’s and LEP’s. Meraki-Minded Professional Development maintains responsibility for this course and its content. Prov. # 76629.
This series is offered through virtual/distance learning. Each course is offered via pre-recorded webinar and can be viewed anytime from September 01, 2021 through December 31, 2021. To receive CE credits for this series, the participant must complete a survey and post-webinar quiz (and receive a score of 80% or better) after the course is viewed. There are unlimited opportunities to achieve 80% on the quiz. CE Certificates are generated for each webinar (within 48 hours of the survey and quiz completion) and a Certificate of Completion will be generated once all webinars in the series are completed.
Cancelations/Grievances/ADA: Programs are accessible to persons with disabilities. If you have a special need, please allow as much advance notice as possible. Refunds will be provided with 3-day written notice of cancelation prior to the 09/01/2021 start date. Cancelations less than 3 days prior to the event or in cases of non-attendance refunds will not be granted. If you have questions or to report a grievance, please contact Julie Torok-Mangasarian at julie@meraki-minded.com.
Registration fee includes one Certificate of Attendance or Continuing Education Certificate per webinar and a Certificate of Completion when the series is completed, reference materials, and access to training recordings through December 31, 2021.
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Contact Julie at julie@meraki-minded.com for group rates, questions, or registration options for individual webinars in this series.