The Vermont Early Childhood Family Mental Health (ECFMH) Competencies accompany and broaden the early childhood and afterschool Core Competencies.
These competencies can guide the professional development of individuals working in various fields, who support children ages birth to eight and the families. Professionals who use these competencies may include: educators, therapists, childcare providers, pediatricians, home health care providers, early interventionists, social workers, and child welfare workers.
The Competencies are organized into six knowledge areas:
- Philosophy and Professional Orientation
- Family Systems
- Child Development
- Assessment
- Addressing Challenges
- Systems Resources
Each of these knowledge areas are organized by ascending levels: Foundation, Intermediate, Advanced, and Specialist.
An ECFMH credential based on the Intermediate level competencies is available in Vermont.
Training curricula that contain the ECFMH Competencies, which are currently used in Vermont are:
- Second Step Violence Prevention Curriculum
- Foster Care Training: Session I, II, III, IV, V
- Touch Points
- Zero to Three: Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect (PCAN)
- Southern New Hampshire University course: PCMH 689
- UVM- Higher Education Collaborative BEST graduate concentration
- Center for the Social Emotional Foundations of Early Learning: Modules 1,2,3a,3b
The Vermont Northern Lights Career Development Center works with many partners to unify and enhance the professional development system for early childhood and afterschool professionals in Vermont. It is funded by a grant from the Child Development Division of the Vermont Agency of Human Services. The Community College of Vermont (CCV) and the Vermont Child Care Industry and Careers Council (VCCICC) are co-grantees.
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