IECMH-WC Workshops
Enhance Your IECMH Knowledge & Skills
Workshops offered by the IECMH-WC are free for professionals who serve or support children prenatal to five and their families enrolled in Apple Health (Medicaid).
- IECMH Clinical Workshops are designed for mental health providers involved in mental health assessment and diagnosis for children birth to five. (You must be enrolled as or have applied to become an Apple Health provider.)
- IECMH Community Workshops are intended for all professionals who support the social-emotional well-being of babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and their families, as well as expecting families.
CEUs and/or STARS hours are provided for most workshops.
IECMH/ERH in Washington: Referral & Care Coordination
IECMH Community Workshop
Wednesday | April 9 | 9am – 12pm
Trainers: Dr. Nucha Isarowong & Dra. Meyleen Velasquez
This interactive workshop focuses on the IECMH field from a relationship-centered, diversity-informed, healing-forward, and developmentally-focused perspective. Participants will learn about influences on IECMH and indicators that IECMH services may be needed, as well as approaches to engage with families and assist them in anticipating and obtaining developmentally appropriate supports. This workshop is intended to encourage relationship-centered collaboration across infant and early childhood systems in supporting very young children and their families.
CEUs for mental health professionals and STARS hours (pending approval) will be provided.
Mental Health Assessment for Young Children: Leadership Overview to Support Agency Implementation
IECMH Community Workshop
Thursday | April 17 | 2pm – 5pm
This training is intended to provide participants with an overview of the Mental Health Assessment for Young Children policy, including the background, approach, and content areas of DC:0-5™ Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:0-5). This training provides leaders with guidance on Washington State Apple Health policies and offers resources to support enhancing your agency’s mental health services for young children and their families.
Culturally Responsive Mental Health Assessment for Supervisors
IECMH Clinical Workshop
Tuesday | May 6 | 9am – 12pm
Would you like a streamlined and personable assessment of child and/or family mental health? Toxic stress underlies most mental health diagnoses and exacerbates virtually all of them. This 3-hour, interactive online training will help you better understand the root of the problem by introducing you to the NeuroRelational Framework’s stress assessments. NRF is an equitable, trauma-, and sensory-informed approach to assessing and treating toxic stress that can be used across cultures, diagnoses, disciplines, and the lifespan.
This workshop is tailored for those who supervise mental health providers.
Culturally Responsive Mental Health Assessment for Providers
IECMH Clinical Workshop
Thursday | May 22 | 9am – 12pm
Would you like a streamlined and personable assessment of child and/or family mental health? Toxic stress underlies most mental health diagnoses and exacerbates virtually all of them. This 3-hour, interactive online training will help you better understand the root of the problem by introducing you to the NeuroRelational Framework’s stress assessments. NRF is an equitable, trauma-, and sensory-informed approach to assessing and treating toxic stress that can be used across cultures, diagnoses, disciplines, and the lifespan.
