ENDORSEMENT® RENEWAL FORM
To maintain your Endorsed status please submit the following:
- A minimum of 15 clock hours per year of relationship-based education and training pertaining to the promotion of social-emotional development and/or the practice of infant mental health (e.g. local or regional trainings, related course work at colleges or universities, infant mental health conference attendance, in-service trainings, webinars).
- An annual renewal of membership in ITMHCA or another infant mental health association. If you are a member in another Infant Mental Health Association please send verification to the Endorsement Coordinator at azendorsement@gmail.com
- ITMHCA recommends that all Endorsed® professionals seek reflective supervision/consultation.
- It is strongly recommended that all IMHS and IMHM-C Endorsed® professionals participate in ongoing reflective supervision/consultation (RS/C).
- Beginning in 2023 (for renewals processed by the January 2024 deadline), those holding Endorsement® as Infant Family Specialist (IFS), Infant Mental Health Specialist (IMHS) and Infant Mental Health Mentor-Clinical (IMHM-C) will need to meet the following:
- Receive a minimum of 12 hours of RS/C annually (group or individual; in-person or distance technology)
- Provider of RS/C endorsed® or vetted as endorsed (by an Alliance State) as an IMHS or IMHM-C.
- IFS endorsees who are Bachelor's prepared may count RS/C received from other IFS endorsee's who are Master's prepared.
- Please email ITMCHA's Endorsement Coordinator at azendorsement@gmail.com with questions about RS/C requirements.
The deadline date for submitting all required documentation and membership in ITMHCA or another infant mental health association is APRIL 30th for 2020.
Renewals will return to the January 15th deadline in 2021.
Click here for the Endorsement Renewal form. Please return the completed form to azendorsement@gmail.com
