During this LEARN and Chat event, Noelle focuses on the 11th IECMH Guiding Principle: Reflective practice is an essential tool to support those who serve families with infants and young children, both in clinical and policy/systems positions.
When professionals, in all levels of service, participate in reflective supervision and/or reflective consultation (RS/C), they are afforded space to explore their own responses and feelings, contemplate their professional “use-of-self,” be intentional in their decision-making and policy development, and provide consistent and compassionate support to staff. How do the benefits of RS/C help address the early childhood field’s workforce crisis? How is RS/C changing to ensure it is advancing diversity-informed and culturally attuned services?
Listen in as Noelle and her guests Karol Wilson and Carla Barron discuss these questions and more. The parallel process is powerful! Reflect on opportunities for you to put this IECMH Guiding Principle into action.
Featured Speakers:
Karol Wilson, co-editor of Honoring Voices within Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health: Relationship-based Stories from the Field and ZERO TO THREE’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Karol Wilson is an author and an infant mental health expert and leader. She is a retired supervisor, trainer and mentor who has shared her knowledge and experience with hundreds of professionals in the U.S. and abroad. Karol works part-time as a reflective consultant for clinicians and programs across the State of Michigan and nationally. She has co-developed and facilitated what is known as the “IMH 3-Day,” a foundational training course that is required for infant mental health clinicians in Michigan. “IMH 3-Day” is often one of the first trainings new professionals attend. During a career that spanned three decades, Karol’s leadership and expertise helped lay the foundation for infant mental health innovations in Michigan. Her contribution to the field has also laid the foundation for infant and early childhood mental health work throughout the country. Karol is the co-editor of the new case studies book, Honoring Voices within Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health: Relationship-based Stories from the Field (ZERO TO THREE, 2024). She is a board member for the Metro Detroit Association for Infant Mental Health, and a former board member with the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health. She has authored numerous articles for the field, including in the Infant Mental Health Journal and The Reflective Supervision Journal.
Carla Barron, PhD, LMSW, IMH-E®, co-editor of Honoring Voices within Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health: Relationship-based Stories from the Field
Carla Barron has been working within the infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) field for 27 years. For over 15 years she worked as an infant mental health specialist providing home- and community-based intervention to infants, toddlers, and their caregivers in the areas of child welfare, early childhood education, and mental health. Currently, she is an Assistant Research Professor at the Merrill-Palmer Skillman Institute at Wayne State University. She is the Clinical Coordinator for the Infant Mental Health Dual-Title (IMHD) Program which involves teaching an infant mental health graduate seminar and being a liaison between the infant mental health students and their home departments/schools. Dr. Barron has established and maintains strong community partnerships with IECMH agencies, programs, and supervisors who provide practicum placements within the community and supervise and train IMHD students in their clinical and scholarly work. She also develops and implements professional trainings on a variety of topics related to professional wellness, early infant development, home visiting, and diversity-informed reflective supervision/consultation (RS/C). Dr. Barron has published on the topic of RS/C and infant and early childhood practice. Most recently, she is co-editor of a book honoring the voices and experiences of diverse IECMH professionals published by ZERO TO THREE. She facilitates RS/C and provides training for IECMH professionals across Michigan and nationally. She engages in community-based research focused on the professional’s experience of RS/C and reflective practices within training and education.
Who Should Attend?
This virtual event is for all early childhood professionals who support young children and their families in an educational, community, or clinical setting.
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Why?
Reflective practice was once considered a complementary and supportive tool for professionals in the infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH) field. Today, reflective practice is an established and fundamental practice across all early childhood-related sectors and disciplines.
As a result of this event, participants will be able to:
- Describe ZERO TO THREE’s IECMH Guiding Principle #11
- Identify at least three benefits of reflective supervision and reflective consultation
- Name one strategy they can use to integrate IECMH Guiding Principle #11 into their scope of work
