Grow as a professional.
Show up differently for children.
Effective infant and early childhood mental health education and understanding of developmental differences can meaningfully improve maternal and child health, strengthen family functioning, and help prevent child neglect and abuse.
At the Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health (CAECMH), we bring this evidence to life through professional formation built on our own framework — a distinctive approach that shapes every training and coaching we offer.
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Our framework
What is Professional Formation?
Formation means growing as a whole professional, not just adding information. We believe positive change begins with the adults who care for children — parents, caregivers, and educators — and then reaches children.
Every training builds four kinds of growth:
Ways of Knowing
What does the field and science tell me?
Ways of Doing
What can I do to be of most help?
Ways of Being
How and why am I feeling the way I do?
Ways of Being With
How does the child experience me right now?
Why This Work Matters
The children you work with grow most through
the small moments you share with them
The greeting
at drop-off
The calm you bring
to a meltdown
The repair
after a hard morning
Researchers call this Early Relational Health. Everything we offer, from trainings to reflective practice, is built to strengthen it in your work.