Infant Mental Health Endorsement® (IMH-E®)

Each IMH-E® category has specific work, education, in-service training and reflective supervision/consultation requirements, specific to pregnant women, young children, aged 0-36 months, and their families. In addition, IMH-E® applicants will demonstrate achievement of competencies, as defined in the desired category. This chart represents only a summary of the IMH-E® categories. Detailed information specific to each category can be downloaded from the links below.

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*RSC hours received from an Endorsed® provider do not expire*
ERS Endorsement Competency Details

New as of 2024!
Endorsed Reflective Supervisor Add-On
Prerequisite: Must be endorsed as an Infant Family Specialist or Infant Mental Health Specialist
Requirements:

• Work: Minimum 1 year experience providing RSC to others
• RSC: 12 hours received from a qualifying provider specifically about the RSC they provide to others
• Training: Minimum of 15 training hours specifically about the provision of RSC
• References: one from a reflective supervisor/consultant and one from a reflective supervisee/consultee

For those who do not yet meet the requirements for the ERS add-on, they can apply for Emerging and take 2 years to acquire those requirements while still offering qualifying hours of RSC for others.

*Professionals who were Infant Family Reflective Supervisors are automatically endorsed as an Infant Family Specialist-ERS! No action is needed.

Please note: Copyright law does allow individuals to print out or make ONE copy of copyrighted material for personal, non-commercial purposes only. None of the copyrighted Endorsement® documents included here may be reproduced, displayed, distributed, or otherwise used in any format, including electronically, without the express written consent of MI-AIMH. Legal action will be taken against those who violate the copyright.

Resources:

• EASy Registration Instructions
• EASy Applicant Instructions
• Endorsement® Checklist
• Getting Started Guide
• Crosswalks for Circle of Security Facilitator Training (COSP), Healthy Families America, Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN), Pyramid Model Training Modules (for Systems and Endorsement® Applicants), and Strengthening Families Protective Factors: Bringing the Protective Factors to Life Modules can be found here.

Webinars:

• What is Infant Family Associate Endorsement®?
• What is Infant Family Specialist Endorsement®?
• What is Infant Mental Health Specialist Endorsement®?
• What is Infant Mental Health Mentor Endorsement®?