Preparing your Application and Professional Portfolio
Because PA-AIMH is in the infancy stages of implementation, we are not currently accepting applications. We are working to develop documents that will help you begin to prepare your application and professional portfolio. The documents in development will help you begin to look at how your education, work experience, and training align with the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Endorsement® Competency Guidelines. If you are interested in receiving a copy of the Pennsylvania Association for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health’s Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-focused Practice Promoting Infant Mental Health® Competency Guidelines please email us at pa-aimh@pa-aimh.org. Please do not copy or distribute the Competency Guidelines (see protection statement below and within the document). Individuals are encouraged to send other interested professionals to this website to request a copy of the Competency Guidelines.
Copyright protection of Competency Guidelines®:
The materials supporting the Pennsylvania Association for Infant Mental Health’s Competency Guidelines® are copyrighted by the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health (MI-AIMH). The Pennsylvania Association for Infant Mental Health (PA-AIMH) is able to make these materials available to our membership and collaborators through a licensing agreement with the MI-AIMH.
Copyright law does allow individuals to print out or make ONE copy of copyrighted material for personal, non-commercial purposes only. None of the copyrighted, endorsement documents included here may be reproduced, displayed, distributed or otherwise used in any format, including electronically, without the express written consent of MI-AIMH. Legal action will be taken against those who violate the copyright.
Copyright protection of Competency Guidelines®:
The materials supporting the Pennsylvania Association for Infant Mental Health’s Competency Guidelines® are copyrighted by the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health (MI-AIMH). The Pennsylvania Association for Infant Mental Health (PA-AIMH) is able to make these materials available to our membership and collaborators through a licensing agreement with the MI-AIMH.
Copyright law does allow individuals to print out or make ONE copy of copyrighted material for personal, non-commercial purposes only. None of the copyrighted, endorsement documents included here may be reproduced, displayed, distributed or otherwise used in any format, including electronically, without the express written consent of MI-AIMH. Legal action will be taken against those who violate the copyright.
Getting Started
While PA-AIMH is not yet accepting formal applications, we have developed a couple of resources to assist you in preparing your application portfolio. After requesting a copy of the guidelines and reviewing the section that applies to the role that you play in the lives of young children and their families, please use the forms below
- "Getting Started": as a self-study to help assess your experiences and determine what additional specialized training might be necessary to meet the competencies and earn PA-AIMH Endorsement (IMH-E®) and the identified level
- "Portfolio Prep": as a guided document to prepare the required elements of your portfolio
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