Consulting with a Mental Health Provider
Collaborator and Systems In efforts to provide consultation in my field of work, I approached a mental health consultant at Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC). Her name is Rachel Sullo, LICSW and she has been working for MSPCC for 3 years in a variety of different capacities. Right now she is transitioning from mental health consultation to working as an in-home therapy supervisor at MSPCC. As a mental health consultant Rachel serves kids ranging from birth to 14 years of age. The goal of the mental health consultation program is to provide support to early education providers in developing and strengthening their …show more content…
Rachel explained that the CSEFEL used in her program looks at 5 different factors in promoting social emotional competence in infants and young children. The 5 factors focus on the promotion, prevention, and interventions. The first is to have an effective workforce or systems that help promote and keep the use of evidence based practices. Then they look at nurturing and responsive relationships to create a safe environment in the development of children. We then move to high quality supportive environments which is evidenced by supportive and responsive relationship between adults to promote heathy development. The fourth factor is targeted social and emotional support which addresses how the system helps in teaching social skills and how it can have a preventative effect. The last factor to consider are intensive interventions which are assessment based intervention such as individualized behavior support plans. All of these factors try to provide a framework to provide room for comprehensive interventions and …show more content…
In efforts to organize this concerns I planned to use collaborative helping maps as described in Collaborative Helping by Madsen (2014). In the implementation of the collaborative map I intend to help organize the consultation and provide structure to best address the complex issues Rachel was describing. This first session, while helpful in understanding what Rachel does and what are some of the major concerns, it seemed to be a bit problem saturated. In efforts to create a more a strength based consultation, a collaborative map will give direction and will help us focus on the possibilities rather than all of the issues at hand. In addressing the issues as obstacles, it might provide opportunity to move the consultation in a more positive direction. I took some time to explain to Rachel that I was going to be using a collaborative helping map to help with the consultation process. She thought it was a good idea as to how to move forward with the
Collaborator and Systems In efforts to provide consultation in my field of work, I approached a mental health consultant at Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC). Her name is Rachel Sullo, LICSW and she has been working for MSPCC for 3 years in a variety of different capacities. Right now she is transitioning from mental health consultation to working as an in-home therapy supervisor at MSPCC. As a mental health consultant Rachel serves kids ranging from birth to 14 years of age. The goal of the mental health consultation program is to provide support to early education providers in developing and strengthening their …show more content…
Rachel explained that the CSEFEL used in her program looks at 5 different factors in promoting social emotional competence in infants and young children. The 5 factors focus on the promotion, prevention, and interventions. The first is to have an effective workforce or systems that help promote and keep the use of evidence based practices. Then they look at nurturing and responsive relationships to create a safe environment in the development of children. We then move to high quality supportive environments which is evidenced by supportive and responsive relationship between adults to promote heathy development. The fourth factor is targeted social and emotional support which addresses how the system helps in teaching social skills and how it can have a preventative effect. The last factor to consider are intensive interventions which are assessment based intervention such as individualized behavior support plans. All of these factors try to provide a framework to provide room for comprehensive interventions and …show more content…
In efforts to organize this concerns I planned to use collaborative helping maps as described in Collaborative Helping by Madsen (2014). In the implementation of the collaborative map I intend to help organize the consultation and provide structure to best address the complex issues Rachel was describing. This first session, while helpful in understanding what Rachel does and what are some of the major concerns, it seemed to be a bit problem saturated. In efforts to create a more a strength based consultation, a collaborative map will give direction and will help us focus on the possibilities rather than all of the issues at hand. In addressing the issues as obstacles, it might provide opportunity to move the consultation in a more positive direction. I took some time to explain to Rachel that I was going to be using a collaborative helping map to help with the consultation process. She thought it was a good idea as to how to move forward with the