Infant Mental Health Specialists support and strengthen parents’ capacity to seek appropriate care during pregnancy. They identify both typical and atypical development during pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood through formal observations, assessments, and daily interactions with infants, young children, and their families.

The Infant Mental Health Specialist provides families with information, guidance, and support on infant and early childhood development to enhance parenting skills and strengthen the parent-child relationship. They ensure that all information is communicated in the family’s preferred language.

Additionally, they develop service plans tailored to each infant, young child, and family’s unique needs, history, lifestyle, strengths, concerns, resources, cultural background, and priorities.