NMAIMH Making a Difference: Promoting & supporting healthy development and nurturing relationships for all infants and young children in New Mexico.  

 
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NMAIMH provides a forum for interdisciplinary collaboration by advocating for the application of infant mental health principles in services for infants, young children and caregivers.

As we develop materials that may be helpful to you in the field, we will post them here for members to access.

NMAIMH Brief 1 addresses infant mental health fundamentals.

Everyone who works with infants and their families needs and deserves to have training and supervision that supports them to meet the social and emotional needs of the babies, toddlers, and families with whom they work. Reflective practice is an essential component of the work of every professional who incorporates infant mental health principles into his or her work with families of young children. Reflective Supervision/Consultation Defined is provided to help clarify what reflective supervision and consultation look like.

Love and Learn! Promoting the Importance of Healthy, Happy Babies is a set of public awareness materials that were developed in 2004 as part of the Infant Mental Health Infrastructure Development Project. The Project was funded by the Family Services Division of the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department. Thank you to CYFD for permission to share these materials here on the NMAIMH website!

These public awareness materials can be used in a number of ways to stimulate discussion and exploration with practitioners and parents/caregivers about issues and needs related to the social and emotional well being of our youngest citizens. Creative and thoughtful practitioners have used these materials to:

  • Explore parents’/caregivers’ ideas about the role they play in supporting the social and emotional well being of their young children during one-on-one interactions or parent groups; and
  • Create eye-catching displays for use in parent-professional conferences, health fairs, etc. as a way to entice parents to engage in social-emotional screening activities; and
  • Engage in community level, multi-agency discussions about how providers and families can work together to support optimal mental wellness in each young child and his or her family; and
  • Share ideas and strategies with one another.

The materials include:

Strategies for the Integration of Infant Mental Health Principles into IDEA, Part C / NM Family Infant Toddler Program supports and services are described in a position paper that can be found at this link:

http://www.health.state.nm.us/ddsd/fit/documents/InfantMentalHealthPositionPaperAug2008.pdf

The Effects of Maltreatment on Early Development is a set of materials developed/adapted by the NMAIMH in response to a request from the NM Department of Health Family Infant Toddler Program and NM Child, Youth and Families Department Child Protective Services. The materials are provided here for your use.

  • CAPTA 6.06 PowerPoint presentation (in PDF); and
  • CAPTA 6.06 Facilitator Guide (PDF) with suggested talking points for presentation; and
  • Early Brain (PDF) A publication from the former National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information. In Focus: Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Early Brain Development.
  • Follow the links below to online resources for parents and information about infant and early childhood development. Many of these resources are available in Spanish as well as in English.
    • Baby's First Wish Parent Educational Newsletters in English or Spanish with information about babies from birth to 36 months
    • Questions About Kids are written for parents and other caregivers on topics of social and emotional growth, challenging behaviors, and mental health. Each issue addresses one question about young children.
    • Parent Handouts from ZERO TO THREE
    • The Talaris Institute
      • Visit "Spotlights" to view 60 second video clips and read brief informational pieces about child development and parenting.
      • Visit "Timeline" for an interactive guide to how young children grow and learn during the first 5 years.

NMAIMH Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-based Practice Promoting Infant Mental Health Competency Guidelines (portions copyright MI-AIMH)
This 30-page booklet identifies standards that have been identified by service providers and experts in the field as crucial for effective, culturally sensitive, relationship-based practice promoting infant mental health. The competencies define theoretical foundations, policies, systems expertise, direct service skills, collaborative relationships, communication, thinking, and reflection as areas of expertise that are essential at all levels of service to infants, young children and families and across systems. The booklet describes detailed indicators for each competency area. The competencies offer guidelines for training, work force development and best practice in the infant and family field. The competencies guide systems reform and workforce development in New Mexico and other states.

All of the information found in Competency Guidelines booklet is available through the Endorsement Materials page of this website, including:

  • Requirements for each of the 4 levels; and
  • Impact Maps for each of the 4 levels; and
  • Competency Details for each of the 4 levels

To Order this booklet: For those who would like a hard copy of the Competency Guidelines booklet, please complete the NMAIMH Endorsement materials order form and send NMAIMH a check for $22.50 (includes postage and handling) per copy (see address on the form).

This web site contains links to other web sites which are external to the NMAIMH. Users are advised to make their own decisions about the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of information contained in the web sites they choose to access. Users of links provided by this site are responsible for being aware of which organization is hosting the site they visit. External links are provided as a service to NMAIMH Membership and do not necessarily reflect the position of or endorsement by the NMAIMH


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