Endorsement Application System
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ZOOM info sessions are available. Email endorsement@riaimh.org for a time to meet or pop into my Virtual Office Hours.
2022 Virtual Office Hours: **Friday, 5/27/22 Office Hours are canceled**
- Tuesday 12-1 pm, Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87476574122?pwd=WWd2ZXoxMDlaQ3d5VmgxNWJGd1M5Zz09
Meeting ID: 874 7657 4122, Passcode: 985119, One tap mobile +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
- Friday 9-10 am, Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88912327278?pwd=MVdyakRmRHUxS0tvYjFmN1RqcFcwZz09
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START your application - REGISTER on EASy -- YOU WILL NEED
1. your RIAIMH Membership expiration date
2. a payment ($25) or scholarship Information
3. education information - the name of your college/university, degree/certificate program, year of completion/graduation (if you have 2 years of paid work in the field you don't need a degree.
4. work information - Infant/Toddler field, start, and end dates
5. reflective supervision - supervisor's name, the dates you saw them, and the total number of hours receiving reflective supervision/consultation
6. resume - IMHS and IMHM applicants require a resume
Application Submission:
IFA & IFS applications OPEN submission.
IMHS & IMHM application DEADLINE to potentially sit for November 2022 exam is September 30, 2022
Exams: Only IMHS and IMHM applicants need to take the exam.
2022 Exam schedule: 4-hour slot during the week of November 28th, 2022.
The Endorsement Coordinator will be in touch to schedule your exam date once your application is submitted and reviewed with approval.
Exams will be virtual until further notice.
IMH Case Discussion Group: Available to professionals who are in the process of applying for IMHS or IMHM-Clinical Endorsement®. Progress on their application needs to be almost complete to participate in the IMH Case Discussion group. This group is in preparation for the IMHS or IMHM-Clinical exam.
Exam preparation resources: https://riaimh.org/Endorsement-Exam-Prepping
Email questions to endorsement@riaimh.org
You are joining an international group of professionals who have chosen to earn the Endorsement® credential as a way to demonstrate specialization in the infant-early childhood mental health field. Endorsement® was developed by the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health in 2002 and is now used by 31 state IMH associations and 2 international associations. Each of those associations is a member of the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health.
Through the Alliance, this means that your Endorsement® is recognized in each of those 33 associations! Learn more: allianceaimh.org.