Program Overview

Program Overview

PSYCHIAT717 Consultation in Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health: Advanced Clinical Practice II is a 1-credit course that offers students an opportunity to reflect upon their work with mothers and partners in the prenatal and postpartum period, infants, young children, and their families.

Course Details

• This small group and individualized course is guided by course faculty and a senior, clinical consultant.
• The course aims to support the student's professional development in ways that broaden and deepen the effectiveness of their work.

Requisites and Designation

• Requisites: Declared in Infant, Early Childhood, and Family Mental Health Capstone Certificate
• Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement
• Repeatable for Credit: No
• Last Taught: Spring 2025

Learning Outcomes

• Use diagnostic nosologies for infants and young children and their parents, as demonstrated during case discussions in individual consultation sessions
• Expand use of evidence-based and promising therapeutic interventions with infants and young children evidencing emotional and/or behavioral disturbances and their parents as demonstrated through case discussions during individual consultation sessions
• Apply skills for evaluation and treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, other parental mental health disorders, and substance use disorders as demonstrated during individual consultation sessions
• Describe and have the skills to provide Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation, as demonstrated through discussion during individual consultation sessions
• Increase self-awareness, reflective capacity, and self-care strategies, as shared during individual consultation meetings

Audience

• The course is designed for graduate students.