FREE 4-Part

CT-AIMH Reflective Supervision/Consultation Training Series       

CT-AIMH is excited that you will be joining us for the 4- day Reflective Supervision/Consultation Training Series!           

CT-AIMH is offering a series of four sessions one in-person and three virtually on ZOOM.  This series is designed to be experienced as a whole. Attending all 4-days is highly recommended in order to benefit from the opportunity to experience relationship building, expanding your reflective capacity and professional growth.

There is no fee for this training series; however, we do require that all attendees hold a current supervisory position or are offering RS/C to others and are Endorsed in IMH or in the process of becoming Endorsed.

A Certificate of Attendance will be provided upon completion of the series.

15.5 NASW CECs are pending. In order to recieve NASW CEC's you MUST attend all 4-days of the training series 

  Dates, Times, and Topics: 

October 13, 2023 9:00- 3:00pm (In-Person) - Introduction to Reflective Supervision/Consultation: Best Practices, RIOS, Culturally Responsive Practices and Integrating the Diversity Informed Tenents into RS/C     

October 19, 2023, 9:00am-12:30pm (ZOOM) -What does the Reflective Supervisory Relationship look like? Defining roles: Supervisor & Supervisee  

October 27, 2023, 9:00am-12:30pm (ZOOM) -Reflective Supervision/Consultation formats; Individual, Group and Virtual Considerations 

Presenters:

Heather Bonitz Moore, ATR-BC, LPC, IECMH-E®                                                            Heather Bonitz Moore is currently an Instructor in Clinical Child Counseling at Yale University, Child Study Center where she is a Parent-Child Consultant for Family Based and part of the Senior Clinical Consultation and Training team for the Minding the Baby Program.  Prior to joining YCSC Ms. Moore worked as the Director of Clinical Practice overseeing multiple in-home clinical models and outpatient treatment in an FQHC.  She has supervised clinical and case management staff, provided in-home treatment and private practice outpatient psychotherapy focusing on trauma.  Ms. Moore is also the Endorsement® Coordinator for CT-AIMH and facilitates Reflective Supervision/Consultation groups for CT-AIMH and other groups in CT.

Carlita Elias, PsyD, IMH-E®                                                                                                Dr. Carlita Elias, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Manchester CT. She also serves as Vice President of the CT-AIMH Board of Directors. She has focused her career on the field of infant and early childhood mental health and has been a champion for infants, toddlers, young children and their families in Connecticut for many years. She has previously worked as a clinician for Child First, a Head Start Mental Health Consultant, and program manager for a trauma informed therapeutic childcare program. She is a registered facilitator for Circle of Security Parenting (COSP) and COSP-Classroom and is a certified FLIP IT trainer. She is also a registered provider of Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). She provides training and workshops on topics related to infant and early childhood mental health, addressing challenging behaviors in early childhood and incorporates and anti-racism and equity perspective in all aspects of her work. Her professional interests include maternal mental health, infant and early childhood mental health, intergenerational trauma, attachment/relationship based therapeutic modalities, and reflective supervision. She holds a national Endorsement as a Level III Infant Mental Health Specialist and is a Reflective Supervisor. She received her degree in psychology from the Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology at the University of Hartford where she has been an adjunct instructor for Child Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, and Professional Practice Seminar. Dr. Elias lives in CT with her husband and three teenage children.

Kim Shepardson Watson, LCSW, IECHM-E®                                                                          Kim has worked in several agencies and programs in Southeastern CT. Currently she is in private practice in East Lyme, CT. Though she works with a variety of people and their families, she also works with young children and their families, with a specialty in working with families post adoption. She is trained in the use of ADOS and primarily uses a relationship-based approach with all people. Kim is active with CT-AIMH, serving on their DEI advisory committee. Kim provides reflective supervision/consultation to people in the early childhood field in CT, and throughout the country. Kim has had leadership roles at conferences sponsored by both CT-AIMH and the by the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health. Kim is a CT-AIMH Jane C. Bourns Award for Excellence recipient (one of her proudest accomplishments). Kim is on the Groton Board of Education and is currently the Chair. Kim is also an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Endorsed Clinical Mentor.

Anne Giordano, MA, IMH-E®                                                                                                    Anne specializes in working with infants, toddlers and families; and for more than twenty-five years has worked at EdAdvance (formerly Education Connection) the regional educational service center in western CT. Anne has served as manager of Part C Birth-3 and Early Head Start programs, before moving into the role of Early Childhood Specialist. She has also coordinated numerous state and federal grants addressing the needs of young children experiencing homelessness. Additionally, for seven years Anne served in the capacity of coordinator of the Region 5, MDE-Foster Care Clinic through Charlotte Hungerford Hospital.  Anne’s role as Training Coordinator with CT Association for Infant Mental Health includes developing, coordinating and presenting statewide training in infant mental health for child welfare staff, early care and community providers and home visitors; and facilitating group Reflective Supervision. Anne is endorsed as an Infant Mental Health Clinical Mentor through the CT Association for Infant Mental Health; and presents frequently at local, state, and national conferences on issues related to infant toddler mental health and development.