Infant &
Early Childhood
All children have mental health, including infants, toddlers, and very young children.
When families, providers, and systems work together, we can create supportive environments where infants and young children thrive.
NTTAC offers many learning opportunities and resources for leaders, providers, and staff working in infant and early childhood settings.
NTTAC services are provided at no cost to recipients.
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Meet the Team
These are a few of the NTTAC team members who are available to support your work related to infant and early childhood mental health.
We welcome you to email us if you have a question (NTTACinfo@cars-rp.org) or submit a request if you need training or consultation.
Mike Rovaris, LCSW,
System of Care Implementation, Evaluation, and Sustainability Team (Georgetown)
Julia Sayles, LMHC,
Cross-System Partnerships Team (Georgetown)
Ghia Kelly, MSW
Cross-System Partnerships Team (Change Matrix)
ENGAGING FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
Recordings & Resources
We warmly invite you to explore some of our past offerings below. Sign up for our newsletter to stay up-to-date about our upcoming events!
» Engaging Fathers and Father Figures in Early Childhood Systems of Care
In this series, fathers and grandfathers shared their advocacy journeys on behalf of their young children. In addition, we heard from program and state leaders who have been fine-tuning approaches for engaging fathers and father figures from vulnerable communities.
Centering Fathering Programming on Lived Experience
(50 minutes)
Engaging with Fathers and Father Figures from Special Populations
(29 minutes)
» When Grandfamilies Are Supported, Young Children Thrive
Across states, territories, and tribes, there are more children being raised in grandfamilies outside of the child welfare system than being raised by kin in the child welfare system. This webinar explores how to support these families, with a focus on communities of color.
(1 hour 07 minutes)
» Translating Principles of Youth-Guided Systems to Early Childhood Systems of Care
In this recorded presentation, panelists discussed how the concepts of youth voice and choice translate to work with infants, toddlers, young children, and young parents in early childhood systems of care.
(31 minutes)
EQUITY
» Capacity Building Through a Lens of Racial Equity and Healing in Infant and Early Childhood Systems of Care
This series for Infant and Early Childhood practitioners, leaders, family members, and professionals from related sectors explored how to begin building supportive racial healing spaces, address power imbalances, and advance equity.
» Trauma-Informed Care for Complex & Racial Trauma
In this Community of Practice for infant and early childhood program staff, participants explored how complex and racial trauma may be affecting young children and their families in the historical moment of 2020-2021.
(37 minutes)
» 5 Things: Equity in Infant and
Early Childhood Mental Health
This 5 Things Digest discusses inequality, implicit bias, and antiracism in infant and early childhood spaces, including Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation.