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Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation: A Developing Profession, Mary Dallas Allen, Eileen M. Brennan, Beth L. Green, Kathy S. Hepburn, Roxane K. Kaufmann

School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations

As a career path, early childhood mental health consultation MHC is an emerging and growing work force opportunity. In keeping with the vision of an effective transformed service system expressed in the final report of the Presidents' New Freedom Commission, and communities are expanding capacity to meet the mental health needs of young children and caregivers through mental health sultation. ECMHC supports children in naturalistic community and avoids the excessively ^"expert^" tude⁹ and works through collaboration with families and other providers who care for them. In addition, is growing experience and research evidence to suggest that ECMHC …