Specifications include, but are not limited to: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 child care 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; Improvechildren’ssocialandemotio n a l w e l l -being by building the capacity of early childcare education teachers and other caregivers to promote health 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 child care provider staff to enhance their provision of the provision of child care services to promote children’s mental health/social-emotional wellness;. Educate, train and coach caregivers so that they develop the skills and confidence to effectively address c h i l d r e n ’ s s o c i a l a n d e m o t i o n a l n e e d s – 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 a mental health treatment provider, 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 Bio- Behavioral Catch-up); Gather, organize, maintain and report data on the statewide ECMHC service as requested, including the completion of an annual report; Work with DPBHS evaluators to analyze data and to help develop reports that present information about the effectiveness of the various aspects of the service for Delaware children, families and caregivers; Provide clinical consultation and oversight to a team of ECMHCs statewide. Research and review of evidence-based and emerging practices in early childhood mental health consultation and related strategies. As appropriate, provide training to the team of ECMHCs in such practices and strategies to enhance the delivery of the ECMHC service
