DC: 0-5 Provider Benefits
A strong Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) system that best supports young children and families requires collaboration between highly trained infant and early childhood professionals in a variety of roles and systems of care.
Whether you provide mental health assessments and diagnoses for young children or support their social-emotional health in other ways, DC:0-5 training can benefit you! Training in the DC:0-5 across disciplines and roles helps promote a shared language for IECMH that can be used by everyone.
Why we offer DC: 0-5 Training
Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers can have mental health and developmental disorders that affect their social-emotional well-being, relationships, learning, and even physical health. Many children in Washington experience stressors such as poverty, racism, maltreatment, trauma, and toxic stress, which can increase the risk that IECMH problems may emerge. When babies, toddlers, or preschoolers are experiencing emotional, relational, or behavioral issues, it’s important to identify these challenges with a developmentally appropriate lens and to connect families with high quality services.
As the use of DC: 0-5 becomes a more prominent focus in our State and across the country, this training will keep you up to date and ahead of the curve in IECMH advancements.
DC: 0-5 Clinical Training Benefits
DC:0-5 Clinical Training is a 12-hour training for individuals whose scope of practice includes mental health assessment and diagnosis. This training can help you by:
- Enhancing your knowledge and understanding of early development and mental health
- Improving your skills in recognizing, assessing, and diagnosing mental health problems in young children
- Using DC:0-5 diagnostic criteria effectively for classification and case formulation
DC:0-5 Overiew Training Benefits
DC:0-5 Overview training is a shorter training that covers the background and the basics of the DC:0-5. If you support the social-emotional well-being of young children and their families, this training can help you by:
- Enhancing your knowledge and undersatnding of early development and mental thealth
- Understanding how mental health assessment and diagnosis ‘works’ for young children
- Increasing your confidence in referring young children for appropriate assessment and intervention.
Note: For individuals who are eligible for DC:0-5 Clinical Training, but not ready to commit yet, Overview training can help you understand the basics and get a sense of whether Clinical training could be right for you!
