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Webinar Series: Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Policy
ZERO TO THREE's IECMH Policy Team explores policy strategies to support the social and emotional well-being of young children and their families
ZERO TO THREE’s Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Policy Team is hosting a webinar series focused on the foundations of IECMH Policy. Experts from the IECMH Policy Team will closely explore innovative policy and advocacy strategies that support the social and emotional well-being of young children and their families. Participants will hear from colleagues across the country working to advance IECMH in their states to ensure a great start for babies!
Sign up for our upcoming webinars
Session 4: Advocating for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
Thursday May 6, 2021 2:00 - 3:30 PM ET
Session 5: Reflections on the Infant and Early Childhood Policy Webinar Series: Opportunity for Questions and Reflective Dialogue
Thursday June 3, 2021 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET
Past Webinars
Session 1: Advancing Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Policy 101
Date: December 3, 2020
The first session in this series identifies what IECMH is, why it is important, how it is developed, and promising strategies for advancing policies.
Session 2: State Stories of IECMH Policy Innovation: Awareness, Leadership and Workforce Development
Date: February 4, 2021
The second session in this series shared stories from states with innovative IECMH policies and shared strategies to build public awareness and buy-in of the importance of IECMH, cross agency collaboration to integrate and prioritize IECMH policies, and increase IECMH knowledge and skills across child and family serving systems.
Session 3: State Stories of Innovation: Promotion/Prevention and Financing
Date: March 25, 2021
The third session in our IECMH Policy series shared stories from states of innovative IECMH Policy change including investing in IECMH Promotion and Prevention and ensuring an array of funding sources including Medicaid for IECMH services.