The South Carolina Infant Mental Health Association (SCIMHA) invites you to join with national experts & state leaders to examine practices and policies that can better support infant and early childhood mental health in South Carolina.  

Individual Registrations

$55 for Members

$65 for Non-Members

$90 for Conference and one-year membership ($110 value and bonus month)

Organization Registrations

10 registrants for $550 ($650 value) 

15 registrants for $825 ($975 value)

20 registrants for $1,100 ($1,300 value)

Program at a Glance

Monday, May 3

9:00 am - SCIMHA Panel Case Study

10:00 am - Dr. Aisha Ray 

The Power of Relationships in Work for Racial Equity in IECMH 

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Tuesday, May 4

9:00 am - Berry Kelly, WIC

The Key to Success

10:00 - Dr. Barbara Stroud

How to Measure a Relationship

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Wednesday, May 5

9am - Safe Baby Court Panel Discussion with:

• Chavis Gash, SCIMHA - Safe Baby Court Coordinator
• Josie Jones, Spartanburg DSS Director
• Michelle Cunningham, liaison to DAODAS at SCDSS
• Amanda Whittle, Director of SC Department of Children's Advocacy
• Magistrate Kimber Strawbridge - Presides over the Family Treatment Court program for Florida’s Fourth Judicial Circuit
  

10am - Dr. Gerry Costa

Reconceptualizing Training as Professional Formation in the Field of Infant Mental Health 

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Thursday, May 6

9am - Zero to Three

• Lindsay Usry, Director of IECMH Strategy
• Meghan Schmelzer, Senior Policy Analyst

10:30am - State Policy Leaders

• Louise Johnson, MS - Director, Division of Children Adolescents and Their Families at the Department of Mental Health
• Gwynne Goodlet, JD, MPA - Director Child Health and Wellbeing at Department of Social Services
• Ann-Marie Dwyer, MSW, LISW-CP - Director Behavioral Health at the Department of Health and Human Services
• Michele Bowers - Director, Division of Early Care and Education at Department of Social Services
• Kim Seals, MSPH, MPA - Director, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health at Department of Health & Environmental Control

*Time spent at this event counts toward IMHE® and/or ECMHE® Training  or Renewal requirements. We recommend consulting the Competency Guidelines associated with your Endorsement® category to confirm. Please contact SCIMHA's Endorsement Coordinator at endorsement@scimha.org with any questions.