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CalAIMH Members please register for this event at https://calaimh.org/member-portal/

Training Descriptions

This three-hour training will describe and explore an expanded vision of reflective supervision practice that more fully incorporates the infusion of equity, diversity, inclusion into the broad spectrum of infant and early childhood services. Presenters will build from current supervision competencies and the infant mental health diversity tenets to identify possibilities for growth and action in individual practice and organizational structures.

Learning Objectives

1. To describe practice areas in supervisory and organizational practice that can be assessed as possible avenues to strengthen diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in reflective supervision.

2. To identify strategies that can build an understanding of social location to deepen reflective supervision practices.

3. To consider the role of the supervisor as a change agent who supports providers of color to expand skills and take on program and community leadership roles.

California Center for IFECMH Endorsement Knowledge Domains:

Transdisciplinary and IFECMHS members:

H. Ethics

Key Concepts and Competencies for RPF I and II and RP Mentor

A. Clarity Regarding Roles and Ethics

B. Understanding of Interpersonal Influence Issues

Continuing Education Credits will be offered for this event by the

Institute for Continuing Education.

CEUs will be provided for $25. Details for obtaining CEUs will be shared on the day of the training.

Contact training@calaimh.org for any questions.

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About the Trainers

Mary Claire Heffron is a clinical psychologist with an extensive history in the field of Infant and early childhood development and mental health. She trained at the Infant Parent Program at UCSF department of psychiatry and after completion of her PhD in clinical psychology at the Wright Institute worked at infant mental health and development settings in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Heffron is the former clinical director of the Early Intervention Services Program at UCSF Bennioff Children's Hospital Oakland where she directed the Harris Early Childhood Mental Health Training Program, the fussy Baby Program, a clinical internship program, and the programs extensive consultation and training work in the region and across the country. Since leaving that position in 2015, she has remained engaged with these programs as a consultant and mentor. She teaches widely on infant mental health and development and leadership. Dr. Heffron has written two widely used reference books on supervision, and many articles on aspects of relational health, reflective supervision and intervention. Recently, Dr. Heffron returned from Romania as a Fulbright Scholar where she taught graduate students about the effects of early life traumatic experiences.

Desiree Yoro Yoo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and is endorsed in California as an Infant Family Early Childhood Infant Mental Health Specialist and Reflective Practice Facilitator II. Desiree currently serves as the Board Secretary for CalAIMH and also as a Co-Chair of the Training & Education Committee. For nearly 2 decades she has dedicated her career to working in community mental health centers in South Los Angeles and she has spent 15 years supporting families with infants and very young children involved in the child welfare system.

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