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PSYCHIAT 714

CONSULTATION IN INFANT, EARLY CHILDHOOD AND FAMILY MENTAL HEALTH: ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTICE I

1 credit.

Reflective clinical consultation to support the application of parent-infant and early childhood mental health concepts to clinical mental health practice. Focus is on clinical work with those in the postpartum period and/or families with children in infancy through age five for reflective consultation. Guidance is provided in exploring responses to course content and clinical work and reflecting on the parallel process to broaden and deepen the effectiveness of the work.

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Infant, Early Childhood, and Family Mental Health Capstone Certificate Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify parallel process and ways in which this may guide their work, as demonstrated during individual consultation sessions Audience: Graduate 2. Consider and hold multiple perspectives (e.g. parent(s), child, other family members or providers) as demonstrated during individual consultation sessions Audience: Graduate 3. Identify what is arising in oneself in the work and increase capacity for reflection and self-regulation as demonstrated during discussions in individual consultation sessions Audience: Graduate 4. Enhance knowledge and skills for conducting clinical assessments with children birth to six years in the context of their primary caregiving relationships, using the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood, developing case conceptualization and treatment planning as demonstrated through case discussions during individual consultations Audience: Graduate 5. Use evidence-based therapeutic interventions with infants and young children evidencing emotional and/or behavioral disturbances and their parents as demonstrated through case discussions during individual consultation sessions Audience: Graduate 6. Identify strategies for self-care in their work as shared during individual consultation sessions Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify parallel process and ways in which this may guide their work, as demonstrated during individual consultation sessions Audience: Graduate 2. Consider and hold multiple perspectives (e.g. parent(s), child, other family members or providers) as demonstrated during individual consultation sessions Audience: Graduate 3. Identify what is arising in oneself in the work and increase capacity for reflection and self-regulation as demonstrated during discussions in individual consultation sessions Audience: Graduate 4. Enhance knowledge and skills for conducting clinical assessments with children birth to six years in the context of their primary caregiving relationships, using the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood, developing case conceptualization and treatment planning as demonstrated through case discussions during individual consultations Audience: Graduate 5. Use evidence-based therapeutic interventions with infants and young children evidencing emotional and/or behavioral disturbances and their parents as demonstrated through case discussions during individual consultation sessions Audience: Graduate 6. Identify strategies for self-care in their work as shared during individual consultation sessions Audience: Graduate

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