Scope of Work for each ECHMC will include but is not necessarily limited to the following: • Increase awareness of the importance of young children’s mental health; • Use indirect approaches to foster the social and emotional well-being of children at early care and education sites, including providing program-specific consultation focusing on improving the overall quality of the program and/or assisting the program to solve a specific issue that affects more than one child, staff member or family; • Improve children’s social and emotional well-being by building the capacity of early care and education teachers and other caregivers to promote healthy child development and manage challenging behaviors; • Use evidence-based clinical interventions and promising practices in the overall consultation provided; • Develop and maintain effective working relationships based on mutual respect with early care and education provider staff to enhance their provision of child care services to promote social and emotional growth, wellness and a child’s overall mental health; • Educate, train and coach caregivers so that they develop the skills and confidence to effectively address children’s social and emotional needs – whether it is the needs of one child or a classroom of children; • Observe children, conduct individual assessments, model effective practices and integrate results and findings into an approach that will enhance caregiver competence in promoting child mental health and managing behavior problems of children; • Screen/identify children and parent/caregiver who may benefit from treatment to mental health treatment providers, particularly where screening indicates that there is an appropriate, evidence-based treatment available (e.g. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment BioBehavioral Catch-up, Early Intervention); • Gather, organize and report data on ECMHC services provided in the community; • Work with DPBHS evaluators to analyze data and to help develop reports that present information about the effectiveness of the service for Delaware children and their families and caregivers.
