Training Curriculum
Welcome to the Early Childhood Mental Health network!
The TTAC team has created the following suggested curricula to guide current and newly hired ECMH Network clinicians, mental health consultants, and family peer advocates through the array of project trainings. Newly hired staff in particular are strongly encouraged to review the materials listed below to obtain a foundational basis for their ongoing work.
Please note that this is not an exhaustive list and we encourage you to browse the events page to review all TTAC offerings!
Step 1: Go to the Foundational Framework for all staff and review all training materials
Step 2: Go to the curriculum that is appropriate for your role and review all training materials under that curriculum
Step 3: Go to the Resources tab at the top of the webpage and explore all resources.
We look forward to your participation.
Please email us at ttac.info@nyu.edu with any questions.
New Staff Orientation Webinar
DOHMH and TTAC developed an onboarding resource for the Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH) Network: an orientation webinar for new ECMH Network staff. This brief, 30-minute webinar is intended to orient new employees to the Network, its various services, and resources. View the webinar here.
Foundational Framework for all Early Childhood Mental Health Providers
Resources from the trainings below should be reviewed by all newly hired staff - clinicians, consultants and family peer advocates:
1) Developmental Pathways to Social-Emotional Competence in the Early Years: A Practitioner Perspective
Presenter: Gilbert Foley, Ed.D.
This training provides a foundational base for the ongoing work in Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation. View the training materials here.
2) The Architecture of Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (ECMHC): The Bricks and Mortar of Conducting a Consultation
Presenter: Gilbert Foley, Ed.D.
This training is a continuation of the previous one, which provides a foundational base for the ongoing work in Early Childhood Mental Health consultation. View the training materials here.
3) Developmental Milestones: Part 1 & 2
Presenter: Romina Barros, MD, FAAP
Part 1 introduces the concept of developmental milestones, providing a review of typical development progress in language, social-emotional, cognitive and motor domains in children 0 to 5.
Part 2 introduced the concept of developmental monitoring, developmental screening and developmental assessment.
View Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
4) The Relational Foundations of Reflective Practice and Reflective Parenting
Presenter: by Arietta Slade, PhD
This presentation will focus on the key components that allow reflection to flourish – in the parent and in the clinician-parent relationship - namely the relational foundations of reflection.
View the webinar here.
Curriculum for Mental Health Consultants
1) The Georgetown Model of Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
Presenter: Neal Horen, Ph.D.
The Georgetown Model is an evidence-based, best practice framework for effective early childhood mental health consultation (ECMHC) that emerged from a cross site analysis of six ECMHC programs that demonstrated achievement of positive child, family, Early Care and Education (ECE) staff and/or ECE program outcomes. In its original format, this training was in-person over a day and a half.
View the training materials here.
2) Screening and Assessment Tools for ECTCs: Guidelines for Administration and Interpretation
Presenters: Susan Chinitz, Ph.D. and Rebecca Weis, M.D.
This training provides a comprehensive overview of the screening and assessment measures that have been designated for use by the Early Childhood Treatment Centers, including a two-hour webinar on the DECA.
3) An Introduction to the Incredible Years Principles: A Framework for Program, Classroom and Child-Specific Consultation
Presenter: Katherine Lingras, Ph.D.
This training sets a foundational framework for consultation on classroom management principles and provides practical strategies for the consultants’ ongoing work. View the training materials here.
Curriculum for Clinicians
1) Foundations of Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)
TTAC offers comprehensive training in the evidence-based practice of Child Parent Psychotherapy. We strongly encourage newly hired clinicians to review the required reading for participants in the CPP learning collaborative.
Fraiberg, S., Adelson, E., & Shapiro, V. (1975). Ghosts in the nursery: A psychoanalytic approach to the problems of impaired infant-mother relationships. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 14(3), 387-421.
Lieberman, A.F., Ghosh Ippen, C., & Van Horn, P. (2015). Don’t hit my mommy: A manual for child parent psychotherapy with young children witnesses of family violence. Zero to Three Press: Washington, D.C.
Lieberman, A. F., Padrón, E., Van Horn, P., & Harris, W. W. (2005). Angels in the nursery: The intergenerational transmission of benevolent parental influences. Infant mental health journal, 26(6), 504-520.
Lieberman, A.F. & Van Horn, P. (2008). Psychotherapy with infants and young children: Repairing the effects of stress and trauma on early attachment. New York: The Guilford Press.
2) Screening and Assessment Tools for ECTCs: Guidelines for Administration and Interpretation
Presenters: Susan Chinitz, Ph.D. and Rebecca Weis, M.D.
This training provides a comprehensive overview of the screening and assessment measures that have been designated for use by the Early Childhood Treatment Centers and includes a two-hour webinar on the DECA.
3) DC:0-5™ Training
This comprehensive training on the DC:0-5™ Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood is for professionals who are directly involved in the mental health diagnosis of very young children or who are part of a diagnostic/treatment team such as mental health clinicians, psychiatrists, pediatricians and early intervention specialists.
Please email us at ttac.info@nyu.edu for upcoming trainings.
The Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC: 0-5): An Overview for Early Childhood Professionals
This interactive 90-minute webinar serves as an overview of DC: 0-5™ Diagnosis and Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC: 0-5™) to provide a foundation of this diagnostic classification system for professionals who work with infants and young children
Please view the recording here of our DC: 0-5 overview webinar presented by Kathleen Mulrooney from ZERO TO THREE.
Curriculum for Family Peer Advocates
TTAC created two webinars on family peer support and advocacy for participating ECTCs and interested providers working with young children. Part I provides an introduction to FPSS and the role and impact of FPAs in early childhood mental health services. Part II focuses on the credentialing process and the resources available through Family Resource Centers.
1) Part I: Introduction to Family Peer Support and Advocacy Webinar
Presenter: Geraldine “Jerry” Burton
View the training materials here.
2) Part II: Credentialing & Resources
Presenter: Susan Burger
View the training materials here.
CTAC’s Documentation Done Right Workbook Series – Resource of Interest
Documentation Done Right is a set of workbooks designed to share best practices in documentation and provide users with exercises that provide an opportunity to practice these skills. Each stand-alone Documentation Done Right workbook targets a specific skill area with topics including: Maintaining the Golden Thread, Using Strengths Based Language, Developing Effective Goals.
View the training materials here.