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TA Consultation and Coaching: Infant Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Consultation

Brief Description

Infant Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Consultation is a non-clinical TA-consultation and coaching service designed for Early Childhood Education professionals. An IECMH Consultant collaborates with ECE professionals to support and sustain the healthy social and emotional development of all infants and young children. Technical Assistance is the provision of targeted and customized supports by a professional(s) with subject matter and adult learning knowledge and skills to develop or strengthen processes, knowledge application, or implementation of services by recipients. Consultation is a collaborative, problem-solving process between an external consultant with specific expertise and adult learning knowledge and skills and an individual or group from one program or organization. Consultation facilitates the assessment and resolution of an issue-specific concern—a program-/organizational-, staff-, or child-/family-related issue—or addresses a specific topic. Coaching is a relationship-based process led by an expert with specialized and adult learning knowledge and skills, who often serves in a different professional role than the recipient(s). Coaching is designed to build capacity for specific professional dispositions, skills, and behaviors and is focused on goal-setting and achievement for an individual or group. *Please note, IECMH Consultation is different from TA Consultation and Coaching. As such, NCPC is actively reworking this solution for greater clarity and accuracy.*

Expected Impact

Please note, IECMH Consultation is different from TA Consultation and Coaching. As such, NCPC is actively reworking this solution for greater clarity and accuracy.

• Reduction in child’s hyperactivity, restlessness, externalizing behaviors, problem behaviors, and other social-emotional challenges
• Significant improvements in child’s social and emotional skills
• Increase in positive classroom behavior

Local Partnerships Currently Implementing

Local Partnerships in purple have adopted TA Consultation and Coaching: Infant Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Consultation. Local Partnership contact information can be found here.