Florida Association for Infant Mental Health

Strategic Planning UpdateMay 2008

Many Systemic Changes & Challengessince 2000

Ever Expanding Research

Develop a system to prevent children birth to age 5 from developing emotional and behavioral disorders.

DOH Early Childhood

Coordinating Systems

Grant

Building Systems of Care

• Hillsborough

• Sarasota

• Broward

• Systems of Care

• Expanded IMH for risks, delays….

• Coordinated screening….

• Evidence based

• Training at all 3 levels

• Funding

• Public Awareness of IMH

Quality Childcare Initiatives

• Palm Beach

• Miami

• Tampa

• Tallahassee

Improve and expand mental health services for children under age 5 with risks, delays or disabilities.

Mental Health Consultation

• DJJ

• Child Welfare

• Child Care

• Substance Abuse

• Military Families

IMH for Teen Parents in DJJ(Character House, WINGS,

Young Parents in Miami Juvenile Court)

IMH in Child Welfare Children’s Home Society

Developmental specialist & IMH therapist

embedded in child welfare unit

IMH Consultation in Child Care

• Areas include:– Miami – Jacksonville– Tampa– Pensacola– Sarasota– Tallahassee

• Statewide meeting to learn promising practices

IMH in Substance Abuse

Residential mom/ baby programs

Stephanie Colston

IMH: Helping Military Families

Deal with Deployment Separation

Develop a coordinated system to screen and assess mental health needs for children birth to age 5.

IMH in DOH

Training on:

• Bright Futures

• ASQ-SE

• Maternal Depression

• Screening

Healthy FamiliesASQ-SE

Hot DocsTraining med students to address the

developmental & social emotional needs of young children

Develop and implement evidence-based mental health treatment and intervention for children birth to age 5.

Evidence-Based

Resources

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Build a training infrastructure

for infant mental health in Florida including Level 1 front-line caregivers, Level 2 early interventionists, and Level 3 infant mental health therapists.

Level 1 IMH Training

Level 2 IMH Training

Secure funding for training and mental health services for children birth to age 5 and their families.

Develop social marketing campaigns to raise the public awareness of the mental health needs of children birth to age 5 and the consequences of poor social-emotional development.

DD Council Funded

Development of a

Statewide Prevention Campaign

Develop public policies that support prevention and treatment of mental health disorders for children birth to age 5.

CAPTA: 108-36 (Child Abuse Prevention & Treatment &

Adoption Reform) 2003

Requires states to have procedures for referral of children under 3 involved in substantiated case of child abuse or neglect to early intervention services

Florida Docs for Tots

Recruiting doctors to help policymakers understand the needs of young children.

Medicaid Policies to Support Early Childhood

Mental Health• DC:0-3 Training

• Managed Care Plans

• Clarified IMH benefit coverage

Our Vision is that one day all children will be emotionally healthy, equipped to learn, and nurtured to develop their full potential.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can

change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. -

Margaret Mead