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Announcements!
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!!
Infant Mental Health? Who? Me?!: Relationship-based Strategies for Infant-Family Practitioners across Service Settings. Jacqui Van Horn, MPH, IMH-E® (IV) will be sharing her expertise in May 2012, across the State of Idaho!!
Jacqui has over 30 years of experience working with and learning from diverse families and family, infant, toddler practitioners in a variety of settings. She has a Bachelor of Education degree in Early Childhood Special Education as well as a Master of Public Health degree, with an emphasis in Maternal and Child Health. In 2007 Jacqui was endorsed as an Infant Mental Health Mentor. She has worked as a home visitor in both rural and urban areas with families of young children. Jacqui has also provided classroom-based services for infants and toddlers as well as specialized consultation for infant and toddler group caregivers. She currently provides Developmental Instruction to families with infants/toddlers with or at-risk for developmental delays through New Mexico’s IDEA, Part C Program. Additionally, Jacqui coordinates the New Mexico Association for Infant Mental Health Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-focused Practice Promoting Infant Mental Health®.
Jacqui draws upon her experience as a direct service provider, a program administrator and supervisor of home visiting, early intervention, and family support to provide practical training that practitioners can immediately apply to their work with families. She has worked for the past 15 years providing training and consultation nationally and internationally (AZ, CA, NJ, NM, WI, Honduras, Portugal, Kenya, Uganda and Zanzibar, Tanzania). Special areas of interest include supporting the integration of infant mental health principles and practices into a broad range of service settings, developing truly effective community-based systems of care for all families with young children, and working with culturally diverse families and practitioners to support optimal health and developmental outcomes.
Monday May 7th at Templin’s Red Lion Inn in Post Falls, Idaho
Wednesday May 23rd in Boise, Idaho
Thursday May 24th at the Red Lion Inn in Pocatello, Idaho
Registration: $60.00 for AimEarlyIdaho Members, $85.00 for non-members. Lunch is included.
Special Membership Opportunity to Join AimEarlyIdaho - $90.00 for the workshop and become an AimEarlyIdaho Member!! Annual membership price is $40.00 for an individual member.
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AimEarlyIdaho Membership benefits include: an opportunity to apply fo rthe Idaho Endorsement in Infant Mental Health, discounts on AimEarlyIdaho training opportunities, and early notification of trainings and resources.
Organizations can also become a member which allows 5 of your staff to receive discounts on AimEarlyIdaho training opportunities and early notification of trainings and resources. Please note that an "Individual Membership" is required for the endorsement even if your employer is an organizational member.
Renew or join today! AimEarlyIdaho membership benefits include: an opportunity to apply for the Idaho Endorsement in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, discounts on AimEarlyIdaho training opportunities, and early notification of trainings and resources. Renew or join by going to the "Membership" link above. You can pay by PayPal or complete the form, submit it, and send your check to our office at AimEarlyIdaho, 704 N. 7th St., Boise, ID 83702.
We are proud of what we’ve accomplished in 2011 and we could not have done it without you.
Renew your membership by clicking on the "Membership" link above. You can use your credit card or mail a check to 704 N. 7th St., Boise, ID 83702.
Endorsement Candidates!!
Porfolio due January 27, 2012 for the April 27, 2012 examination.
Portfolio due July 27, 2012 fo rthe October 26, 2012 examination.
• Check out the newest AimEarlyIdaho Newsletter!
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Idaho Association for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health
(also known as AimEarlyIdaho)
The Idaho Association for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization founded in 2009.
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The purposes of AimEarlyIdaho are to:
• Provide support to infants, young children, and their families to develop positive relationships (infant and early childhood mental health);
• Promote parent and professional development through education and research related to infant and early childhood mental health;
• Facilitate networking, cooperation, and collaboration among those concerned with the optimal development and relationships of children birth through five years of age;
• Promote scientifically-based programs of care, intervention, and prevention of mental impairment in infancy and early childhood; and
• Support local and state policies that promote family and infant and early childhood mental health.
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Infant Mental Health is the developing capacity of an infant or young child to:
• Experience, express and regulate a full range of both positive and negative emotions
• Develop close and secure relationships with others
• Actively explore the environment and learn
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