Infant-Preschooler Mental Health Certificates
CSPP at Alliant is offering two certificates in Infant-Preschooler Mental Health. Both are for post-graduate mental health practitioners as well as graduate students engaged in a program of study leading to a clinical practice degree. Designed for adult learners who are working full-time, courses typically meet on evenings and weekends. Continuing education credit through Alliant for psychologists, MFTs, LCSWs and RNs has been approved for each course. Some courses also meet play therapy continuing education credit.
Fundamentals of Infant-Preschooler Mental Health Certificate |
These four courses provide the fundamental bases of infant and preschooler mental health from an ecosystemic theoretical perspective.
The Ecosystemic approach to infant-preschooler mental health is developmentally organized, relationship-fcused, strength-based and contextually grounded in the child's ecosystem. Sue Ammen and Beth Limberg, 2005
Certification in Infant-Preschool Mental Health Coursework |
Completion of Fundamentals of IPMH Certificate courses, plus the following 3 courses*
*This Certification satisfies the coursework standards proposed by the California Infant Mental Health Work Group (see K. M. Finello & M. K. Poulsen (2005). Developing standards for training in infant and preschool mental health. In The Handbook of Training and Practice in Infant and Preschool Mental Health.) [Note: The standards include 1000 hours of clinical practice with infants and preschoolers that are not included in this Certification.]
Standards for Training in Infant and Preschooler Mental Health Satisfied by the Certification in Infant-Preschooler Mental Health |
These seven courses satisfy all of the Knowledge Domains in the Birth to Five Standards for Mental Health Practice.
- 30 CE hours of Domain A (Parenting, Family Functioning and Relationships in Infant and Preschooler Families)
- 38 CE hours of Domain B (Infant and Preschooler Development)
- 30 CE hours of Domain C (Biological and Psychosocial Factors)
- 40 CE hours of Domain D/E (High-Risk Factors, Risk and Resiliency)
- 64 CE hours of Domain F (Observation, Screening, Diagnosis, Assessment and Intervention in Infant and Preschooler Mental Health)
- 50 CE hours of Domain F (Advanced Assessment and Intervention in Infant and Preschooler Mental Health)
- 12 CE hours of Domain G/H (Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Ethics)
Structure of Certificate Classes: |
- Typically a cohort of professionals takes the classes together, thereby learning collaboratively while contributing insights from their own experience
- Classes may be taken separately except where pre-requisites are noted
- Note that several classes require outside reading and assignments
- Tuition does not include cost of books
- Payment plans and loans for CE coursework may be arranged
- Biopsychosocial Factors in IPMH is offered as an online web-based class only.
- All other classes are offered on a regular basis at the Alliant campuses in Fresno, Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego (typically weekends and evenings)
- Cohorts in other areas will be developed based on interest & instructor availability – contact Dr. Sue Ammen, Program Coordinator, to express an interest or for more information about developing cohorts.
Some outside classes or workshops may be substituted for IPMH classes, but are evaluated on a case-by-case basis (contact Dr. Sue Ammen). However, no coursework will be substituted for any part of the two Fundamentals classes, as they are each an integrated curriculum experience.
Debbie Wendt,
California School of Professional Psychology
at Alliant International University
5130 E. Clinton Way; Fresno, CA 93727
dwendt@alliant.edu
559-253-2234
Additional Information and Questions: |
Contact Dr. Sue Ammen, Program Coordinator
sammen@alliant.edu
303-810-0759
Sue Ammen, PhD, RPT-S, is a licensed psychologist, registered play therapist-supervisor, and professor in the doctoral clinical psychology programs at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in Fresno. She has written and presented widely on ecosystemic play therapy, attachment-based parenting, play-based assessments with young children, infant-preschooler mental health, and play therapy with young children. She is also an early childhood mental health specialist in Colorado.
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