The the Infant-Preschooler Mental Health

ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

California School of Professional Psychology Fresno/Sacramento and San Diego Campuses

The The Infant-Preschooler Mental Health Certificates Program is coming to LA. This year there will be two weekend seminars, one integrated course taught over 7 weekends, and one online class. All seven courses will be available over the next two years.

CE: Continuing education credit through AIU for psychologists, MFTs, LCSWs & RNs has been approved for each course. Some courses qualify for play therapy CE through APT How to Enroll: Contact Debbie Wendt, CSPP/AIU, 5130 E. Clinton Way, Fresno, CA 93727, email: [email protected], phone: 559-253-2234. Additional information: Contact Sue Ammen, PhD, Program Coordinator, [email protected] or 303-810-0759.

The California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant 2007-08 Classes in Los Angeles International University (CSPP/AIU) is offering two certificates in Infant-Preschooler Mental Health. Both are for post-graduate mental health practitioners and affiliated professions as well as graduate students engaged in a program of study leading to The Ecosystemic approach to Infant-Preschooler Mental Health is developmentally a clinical practice degree. Designed for adult learners who are working full-time, courses meet on evenings and weekends. organized, relationship-focused, strength-based, and contextually grounded in the child’s ecosystem.

Fundamentals of Infant-Preschooler Sue Ammen & Beth Limberg Mental Health Certificate • Fundamentals of Infant Mental Health (60 hrs CE) • Diagnostic Systems in IPMH: DC:0-3R (15 hrs CE) Fundamentals of Preschooler Mental Health • Fundamentals of Preschooler Mental Health (60 hrs CE) 60 hours (Includes 45 hrs class time & 15 hrs out-of-class assignments) • Parent-Child Relationship Assessment (MIM) (15 hrs CE) Concurrent Course Requirement: Parent-Child These four courses provide the fundamental bases of infant and Relationship Assessment preschooler mental health from an Ecosystemic theoretical This seminar addresses normal and atypical preschooler perspective. development and preschooler-family relationships. It introduces the basic assessment and intervention approaches in Certification in Infant-Preschool preschooler mental health with an emphasis on play-based and Mental Health* system-based (family, school) interventions. Treatment planning is organized around play-based developmental & relationship Completion of Fundamentals of IPMH Certificate & the following assessments within an ecosystemic theoretical perspective, three courses: including interdisciplinary collaboration & ethics. Requires • Biopsychosocial Factors in IPMH (40 hrs CE) completion of non-clinical preschooler-family case study including • Risk and Resiliency (40 hrs CE) a parent-child relationship assessment using the MIM. • Advanced Infant-Preschooler Mental Health (40 hrs CE) Saturdays, 9-4:30 Combined these seven classes satisfy the coursework 9/8, 9/15, 10/6, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, & 11/10, 2007 standards* proposed by the California Infant Mental Health Cost: $1020 Work Group (see K. M. Finello & M. K. Poulsen (2005). 60 hours CE (Includes 45 hours class time and 15 hours out of Developing standards for training in infant and preschool mental class assignments) health. In The Handbook of Training and Practice in Infant and Location: Alliant campus, 1000 South Fremont Avenue, Unit 5, Preschool Mental Health). [The standards include 1000 hours of Alhambra, clinical practice with infants & preschoolers that are not included in this Instructors: Mayra Mendez, PhD and Wendy Sun, PsyD Certification.] Parent-Child Relationship Assessment therapy, play-based assessments with young children & families, & written two book chapters on play based approaches with This seminar provides comprehensive training in the use of the young children & one book on Ecosystemic play therapy. Marschak Interaction Method (MIM) – a play-based observation that captures significant aspects of the parent-child relationship. Beth Limberg, PhD, RPT-S is a licensed psychologist, It is a valuable tool for pre-treatment planning and evaluations of Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor, Assistant Professor and parent-child relationships. The primary focus will be on the early Associate Program Director of the doctoral clinical psychology parent-child relationship, though the training will address the use program at CSPP/Alliant in Sacramento. . She was Program of the MIM across the life span, including prenatally, with Services Manager of Building Blocks, an intensive in-home Early families, and with couples. Intervention & Prevention Program in Sacramento for several years She is part of the Zero to Three DC: 0-3R Training Task September 29-30, 2007 from 9 AM to 4:30 PM Force & has published a chapter & presented widely on the Cost: $255 DC:0-3R diagnostic system and infant & preschooler mental 15 hours CE (Includes 13 hours class time and 2 hours out of health from an ecosystemic perspective. class assignments) Mayra Mendez, PhD is a licensed marriage & family therapist Location: Alliant campus, 1000 South Fremont Avenue, Unit 5, with 26 years experiences in the fields of Developmental Alhambra, Disabilities and infant mental health. She is clinical coordinator Instructor: Sue Ammen, PhD, RPT-S of the Developmental Disabilities Programs at Saint John’s Child & Family Development Center in Santa Monica where she Diagnostic Systems in IPMH focuses her work on families with co-existing mental illness. She This seminar presents the development and use of the conducts community-wide trainings & consultation & is a Certified Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Group Psychotherapist & Certified Marriage & Family Supervisor. Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood - Revised (DC:0-3R), a Wendy Sun, PsyD is a licensed psychologist & clinical diagnostic system for young children that is developmentally supervisor with the Early Intervention Division of the Los Angeles sensitive and relationship based. Originally developed for Child Guidance Clinic. She has been working with the 0-5 children under three, it is now recognized as useful with young population for four years. She uses the Floor Time approach in children up to the age of six. her work, with particular emphasis on addressing the Winter, 2008 Dates TBD specific needs of multicultural and underserved Cost: $255 populations. 15 hours CE (Includes 13 hours class time and 2 . hours out of class assignments) Structure of Certificate Classes: Location: Alliant campus, 1000 South Fremont Avenue,  Typically a cohort of professionals takes the classes Unit 5, Alhambra, together, thereby learning collaboratively while Instructor: Beth Limberg, PhD, RPT-S. contributing insights from their own experience. Biopsychosocial Factors in IPMH  Classes may be taken separately except where pre- requisites are noted This web-based seminar explores in depth the  Note that several classes require outside reading transactional model of IPMH and the powerful & assignments. The cost of books is not interplay between neurobiological factors and relationships in the included in the tuition cost. healthy psychosocial development of young children. We will be using the book, From Neurons to Neighborhoods as our primary 2008-09 Classes in Los Angeles text, which examines the current research as it relates to IPMH practice. Participants will learn to apply this information to their Fundamentals of Infant Mental Health IPMH practice models, as well as to utilize this information to 60 hours (Includes 45 hrs class time & 15 hrs out-of-class assignments) promote IPMH public policy and to attract funding for IPMH Addresses normal & atypical infant development & infant-family programs. We will develop an asynchronous learning community relationships, especially parent-child attachments, & introduces online, with active participation in the online discussions and the basic assessment & intervention approaches in infant mental activities required. health with an emphasis on strength-based relationship-based Spring Semester, 2008 (starting January 22) approaches using an ecosystemic theoretical perspective. Cost: $680 Risk & Resiliency in IPMH 40 hours CE (Includes 30 hours online class discussions & 40 hours (Includes 30 hrs class time & 10 hrs out-of-class assignments) activities and 10 hours out of class assignments) Participants learn a resilience framework for research, policy, and Location: Alliant Blackboard Web – online course practice emerging from research on resilience. This resilience Instructor: Sue Ammen, PhD, RPT-S model is applied to several high-risk populations such as young Instructors: children in foster care, with developmental risks, or teen parents. Sue Ammen, PhD, RPT-S is a licensed psychologist, Registered Advanced Infant-Preschooler Mental Health Play Therapist-Supervisor, & Professor in the doctoral clinical 40 hours (Includes 30 hrs class time & 10 hrs out-of-class assignments) psychology programs at CSPP/Alliant in Fresno. She is an Early Pre-requisites OR Approval of Instructor: Completion of courses for Childhood Mental Health Specialist with Aurora Mental Health in Fundamentals Certificate Colorado. She has presented widely on attachment-based play The Advanced IPMH class builds on the information and training covered in the core fundamental classes. Participants explore in depth several models of intervention in IPMH and develop their own theoretical model for the practice of IPMH. They examine the availability of empirically-supported interventions, specifically as they relate to emerging psychopathologies in young children.