Preparing for Your Endorsement Application
 | 1) Become familiar with the endorsement materials and the competency system. Download a copy of the California Training Guidelines and Personnel Competencies for Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health (Revised) from this website and review the materials thoroughly. The summary tables on pages 39-40 describe the endorsements and the categories of documentation required. 2) Note questions about the endorsement process knowledge, experience or reflective practice facilitation requirements. Refer to the detailed Endorsement Step-by-Step document for clarification. Questions not answered in the Step-by-Step may be submitted to ecmhtrainingguidelines@wested.org 3) Gather materials that document your learning experiences. These will vary according to where you have received your training. These might include a certificate from a specialized infant mental health training program, certificates of attendance from conferences and community training courses, and transcripts that show coursework that cover the Knowledge Domains outlined in the California Training Guidelines and Personnel Competencies for Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health (Revised). You will be asked to electronically upload this information on the endorsement application. |
4) Check out your readiness. Refer to the chart on pages 39-40 in the California Training Guidelines and Personnel Competencies for Infant-Family and Early Childhood Mental Health (Revised), along with your assembled documentation to determine whether the requirements for specialty training are met or whether they are gaps that need to be addressed. List clinical experience and reflect on ages of children served. Review reflective facilitation received while working with different age groups.
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| Talk with infant, family or early childhood mental health resources in your community or refer to the Training Options tab on this website for training or reflective facilitation opportunities. Send an email inquiry to ecmhtrainingguidelines@wested.org for additional guidance.
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5) Consider the details for each of the endorsement categories, listed in the detailed Step-by-Step.
6) Develop a brief personal statement of no more than 500 words describing your background and any other important information about you related to the area of infant-family or early childhood family mental health and your interest in seeking endorsement.
7) Update your resume or curriculum vita. This sample illustrates information that must be included.
8) Develop a brief narrative of your learning experiences organized according to the eight knowledge domains.
This example may help you organize your narrative.
9) Request at least one letter of recommendation from current and past supervisors. This letter(s) should be from someone who has provided reflective facilitation to you around your direct service/clinical work with children birth to five and their families/caregivers as documented on your resume. The letter(s) should attest to your possession of the competencies relevant to the clinical work around which you provided reflective facilitation. Letters should also specify the reflective facilitator’s role and confirm that the reflective facilitation provided was in general aligned with the California Training Guidelines related to reflective practice facilitation as outlined on this website. Please note that after 2015, candidates for endorsement must have received reflective facilitation provided by endorsed reflective practice facilitators.
If you are applying for endorsement as a Reflective Practice Facilitator I, II or Mentor
you will need the following, in addition to the above.
you will need the following, in addition to the above.
10) Letter(s) of recommendation about the reflective practice facilitation you have provided. This letter should be from someone who has provided reflective practice facilitation related to your reflective facilitation with others. This letter should also specify the reflective facilitator’s role and confirm that the reflective facilitation provided was in general aligned with the California Training Guidelines related to reflective practice facilitation as outlined on the website. Please note that after 2015, candidates for endorsement must have received reflective facilitation provided by endorsed reflective practice facilitators.
Review the Tips for Letters of Recommendations and Sample Letter for Reflective Practice Facilitator I and II.
Review the Tips for Letters of Recommendations and Sample Letter for Reflective Practice Facilitator I and II.
11) Applicants for a Reflective Practice Facilitator Mentor will also need letters of recommendation documenting the reflective practice facilitation you have received that is related to the work you have done to help others become reflective practice facilitators. This letter should be someone who has provided reflective practice facilitation related to your work to prepare others to provide reflective practice facilitation to direct service providers. This letter should also specify the reflective practice facilitator’s role and confirm that the reflective practice facilitation provided was in general aligned with the California Training Guidelines related to reflective practice facilitation as outlined on the website. Please note that after 2015, candidates for endorsement must have received reflective facilitation provided by endorsed reflective practice facilitators.
Review the Tips for Letters of Recommendations and Sample Letter for Reflective Practice Facilitator Mentors.
12) Applicants for both Reflective Practice Facilitators I and II and Mentors will need to provide the names and contact information for three people who have received reflective practice facilitation from the applicant.
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WestEd Center for Prevention and Early Intervention 1107 9th Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814
*Final verification that the request for endorsement has been accepted, or
*A request for additional information
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