Raise awareness about the impact of early experiences on a child’s emotional development
Express the importance of developmental screenings and early professional intervention, when needed
Promote and advocate for policies that support families and caregivers
Build collaborations and partnerships across professional disciplines
Offer training and ongoing professional development to professionals across many disciplines – from pediatricians and healthcare providers, to early care and learning providers, teachers, home visitors, therapeutic interventionists, and other community partners.of disciplines
Provide IECMH Endorsement®, the professional credential for individuals who work with infants, young children, and their families
Member Benefits
Together. Stronger.
When you join NV-AIECIMH, you join the movement that nurtures the potential of every child. Your role is crucial in shaping the lives of the next generation, and you hold the power to give children both roots to grow and wings to fly. Discover how your unwavering commitment can make a lasting impact on their journey.
Your membership helps us grow stronger, and with the myriad of benefits and features that come with membership, you grow stronger as well. Benefits to members include:
IECMH Endorsement®
Professional Development Opportunities
Networking Opportunities
Resources and Information
Research and Knowledge
Advocacy and Policy Influence
Endorsement®
Endorsement Benefits Everyone
The Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health is an international credential that formally recognizes professionals’ expertise and knowledge in working with infants, young children, and their families as outlined in the Infant Mental Health Competency Guidelines®.
Advantages to Endorsement
Improving Outcomes
Endorsement is based on the Competency Guidelines relationship-based, family-centered care, which have been shown to improve outcomes for infants and young children.
Building a skilled Workforce
Endorsement promotes ongoing professional development and learning in the field of infant and early childhood mental health. This helps to build a skilled workforce knowledgeable about the unique needs of infants, young children, and their families, informed by communities of practice and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
Promoting Collaboration and Interdisciplinary Work
Endorsement encourages collaboration among professionals. This helps to promote comprehensive and coordinated care from all providers.
Increasing Visibility and Awareness
Endorsement can help increase visibility and awareness of the importance of infant and early childhood mental health and the need for specialized care for pregnant people, infants, young children, and their families and caregivers.
What is Endorsement®?
This credential symbolizes the evidence of a professional’s demonstrated knowledge, skills, and ways of being necessary for the support and delivery of trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, and relationship-based services.
Earning the Endorsement shows a commitment to the best practice standards in the field, verifying specialized competencies across areas like child development, relationship-based practices, and reflection.
Why Endorsement®?
Recognizes Expertise
It validates a professional’s knowledge, skills, and experience in promoting infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH).
Enhances Credibility
It sets IECMH professionals apart by demonstrating their commitment to best practices and reflective practice.
Supports Workforce Quality
Endorsement® establishes a standard for excellence, ensuring that the IECMH workforce is prepared to meet the needs of children and families.
Encourages Professional Growth
The process fosters ongoing learning through training, mentorship, and reflective practice.
Improves Outcomes
By ensuring providers have the necessary skills and knowledge, Endorsement® helps create better outcomes for children, families, and communities.
Competency Guidelines
It is a goal of the Nevada Association of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health to embed best practices into the methodology of caring individuals who touch the lives of infants, young children, and their families.
Best Practice Framework
We are thrilled to introduce a best practice framework for professionals working with and/or on behalf of the 0-6 population and their families. The Competency Guidelines® are a comprehensive set of standards detailing the knowledge, skills, and ways of being necessary for professionals working with, or on behalf of, young children and their families
The Competency Guidelines® is a framework aiming to guide professionals and programs towards the knowledge and skills necessary to provide high-quality, culturally sensitive, relationship-focused services to infants, young children, and their families.
Knowledge
Skills
Ways of Being
Training
Training and Technical Assistance
Our members have access to ongoing, comprehensive training and technical assistance covering topics such as child development, attachment, trauma, and the importance of early intervention, among others. See our current schedule of webinars, conferences and training sessions.
