1. Florida Association for Infant Mental Health Strategic Planning Update May 2008

3. Many Systemic Changes & Challenges since 2000

4. Ever Expanding Research

5. Develop a system to prevent children birth to age 5 from developing emotional and behavioral disorders.

6. DOH Early Childhood Coordinating Systems Grant

8. Building Systems of Care Hillsborough Sarasota Broward

9. Systems of Care Expanded IMH for risks, delays…. Coordinated screening…. Evidence based Training at all 3 levels Funding Public Awareness of IMH

10. Quality Childcare Initiatives Palm Beach Miami Tampa Tallahassee

11. Improve and expand mental health services for children under age 5 with risks, delays or disabilities.

12. Mental Health Consultation DJJ Child Welfare Child Care Substance Abuse Military Families

13. IMH for Teen Parents in DJJ (Character House, WINGS, Young Parents in Miami Juvenile Court)

14. IMH in Child Welfare Children’s Home Society Developmental specialist & IMH therapist embedded in child welfare unit

15. IMH Consultation in Child Care Areas include: –Miami –Jacksonville –Tampa –Pensacola –Sarasota –Tallahassee Statewide meeting to learn promising practices

16. IMH in Substance Abuse Residential mom/ baby programs Stephanie Colston

17. IMH: Helping Military Families Deal with Deployment Separation

18. Develop a coordinated system to screen and assess mental health needs for children birth to age 5.

19. IMH in DOH Training on: Bright Futures ASQ-SE Maternal Depression Screening

20. Healthy Families ASQ-SE

21. Hot Docs Training med students to address the developmental & social emotional needs of young children

23. Develop and implement evidence-based mental health treatment and intervention for children birth to age 5.

24. Evidence- Based Resources

25. Build a training infrastructure for infant mental health in Florida including Level 1 front-line caregivers, Level 2 early interventionists, and Level 3 infant mental health therapists.

26. Level 1 IMH Training

27. Level 2 IMH Training

29. Secure funding for training and mental health services for children birth to age 5 and their families.

30. Develop social marketing campaigns to raise the public awareness of the mental health needs of children birth to age 5 and the consequences of poor social-emotional development.

32. DD Council Funded Development of a Statewide Prevention Campaign

34. Develop public policies that support prevention and treatment of mental health disorders for children birth to age 5.

35. CAPTA: 108-36 (Child Abuse Prevention & Treatment & Adoption Reform) 2003 Requires states to have procedures for referral of children under 3 involved in substantiated case of child abuse or neglect to early intervention services

36. Florida Docs for Tots Recruiting doctors to help policymakers understand the needs of young children.

37. Medicaid Policies to Support Early Childhood Mental Health DC:0-3 Training Managed Care Plans Clarified IMH benefit coverage

38. Our Vision is that one day all children will be emotionally healthy, equipped to learn, and nurtured to develop their full potential.

39. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead