Endorsement® Registry

The CT-AIMH Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-focused Practice Promoting Infant or Early Childhood Mental Health® is intended to recognize experiences that lead to competency in the infant and early childhood- family field. It does not replace licensure or certification, but instead is meant as evidence of a specialization in this field. The CT-AIMH Endorsement® is cross-sector and multidisciplinary, including professionals from child and/or human development, education, nursing, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, social work, and others. Endorsement® indicates an individual’s efforts to specialize in the promotion/practice of infant or early childhood mental health within his/her own chosen discipline.

Those who have earned Endorsement® have demonstrated that the individual has completed specialized education, work, in-service training, and reflective supervision/consultation experiences (as defined in Endorsement® criteria) that have led to competency in the promotion and/or practice of infant or early childhood mental health. Endorsement® does not guarantee the ability to practice as a mental health professional, although many who have earned Endorsement® are licensed mental health professionals.

Infant Mental Health Endorsees (IMH-E®)

INFANT FAMILY ASSOCIATE

Christopher Badenhop, IMH-E®
Michelle Fiorillo DellCarmen, IMH-E®
Alassandra Giovannucci, IMH-E®
Kristie Jarvis, IMH-E®
Ruth Kenneth, IMH-E®
Heidi Maderia, MS, IMH-E®
Tarren Manfredi, MPS, IMH-E®
Traci McComiskey, IMH-E®
Rhonda Russo Strycharz, IMH-E®
(9)

INFANT FAMILY SPECIALIST

Elaine Balsley, ORT/L, IMH-E®
Heather Black, IMH-E®
Anellyse Boebel, BS, IMH-E®
Jennifer Buffington, IMH-E®
Gerald Calnen, MD, IMH-E®
Karyn Capezzone, IMH-E®
Desirée Caporaso, LMSW, IMH-E®
Laura J. Cotto, LMSW, IMH-E®
Cathy Deitch, MEd, IMH-E®
Alicia Diaz, BSW, IMH-E®
Eulalia Feliciano, IMH-E®
Sandra Godin, MEd, IMH-E®
Ava Hart, LCSW, IMH-E®
Cindy Jackson, MSPT, IMH-E®E
Elizabeth Johnson, IMH-E®
Heather Joyce Haouchine, BA, IMH-E®
Kristina Incillo, IMH-E®
Rachel Keesler, IMH-E®
Vera A. Mason, MSW, LCSW, IMH-E®
Dawn McQuade, MAT, CIMI, IMH-E®
Flora Murphy, MSW, IMH-E®
Donna Q. Notti, MS, IMH-E®
Doreen O’Brien, IMH-E®
Kimberly Oathout, BA, CLC, IMH-E®
Abigail Phelps, BA, IMH-E®
Cindy Voloshin Smernoff, IMH-E®
Elisabeth Teller, IMH-E®
Sarah K. Thibodeau, IMH-E®
Suzanne Weber, IMH-E®
Cynthia D. Whaples, BS, IMH-E®
(30)

INFANT MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST

Tamara Coyle, MSW, LCSW, IMH-E®
Carlita Elias, PsyD, IMH-E®
Bennie Kelly Finch, IMH-E®
Alena Josephson, LMFT, IMH-E®
Claudia Liloy, IMH-E®
Alysse Melville, IMH-E®
Melissa Mendez, LCSW, IMH-E®
Margaret O’Connell, LMSW, MSEd, IMH-E®
Rosemary Price, IMH-E®
Crystal Sessa, IMH-E®
Tanika Eaves Simpson, PhD, LCSW, IMH-E®
Sabina Wozniak, LPC, IMH-E®
Nechama Yaffe, MS, IMH-E®
(13)

INFANT MENTAL HEALTH MENTOR

Marianne Barton, PhD, IMH-E®(C)
Heather Bonitz-Moore, MS, ATR-BC, LPC, IMH-E®(C)
Nancy Close, PhD, IMH-E®(C)
Lois Davis, PhD, IMH-E®(C)
Lauren Dennehy, LCSW, IMH-E®(C)
Anne Giordano, MA, IMH-E®(C)
Margaret Holmberg, PhD, IMH-E®(P)
Darcy Lowell, MD, IMH-E®(P)
Aileen McKenna, PhD, IMH-E®(P)
Christiana Mills, LCSW, IMH-E®(C)
Catherine O’Brien, MEd, IMH-E®(P)
Sherri O’Shea, LCSW, IMH-E®(C)
Rebecca Parilla, PhD, IMH-E®(C)
Shannon Queiroga, IMH-E®(C)
Jeanette Radawich, IMH-E®(C)
JoAnn Robinson, PhD, IMH-E®(R/F)
Dale Saul, PhD, IMH-E®(C)
Salam Soliman, PsyD, IMH-E®(C)
Amalia Londono Tobon, MD, IMH-E®(C)
Kim Shepardson Watson, LCSW, IMH-E®(C)
Denise L. Webb, RN, APRN, PNP-BC, IMH-E®(C)
Grace Whitney, PhD, IMH-E®(P)
(22)

Early Childhood Mental Health Endorsees(ECMH-E®)

EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY ASSOCIATE

Stephanie Donovan, ECMH-E®
Darlyne Milord, ECMH-E®
(2)

EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY SPECIALIST

Dawn McQuade, ECMH-E®
(1)

EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST

(0)

EARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH MENTOR

Marianne Barton, PhD, ECMH-E® (C)
Heather Bonitz Moore, MS, ATR-BC, LPC, ECMH-E®(C)
Carol LaLiberte, ECMH-E® (R/F)
Rebecca Parilla, PhD, ECMH-E® (C)
Kim Shepardson Watson, LCSW, ECMH-E® (C)
(5)

*Upon earning Endorsement®, each Endorsed professional is required to renew Endorsement® annually. Failure to renew Endorsement® will result in being removed from the Endorsement® Registry. If an Endorsed professional does not think he/she will meet the annual renewal requirements, he/she is able to apply to be listed on the Inactive Endorsement® Registry. For more information about Annual Renewal of Endorsement® and the Inactive Endorsement® Registry, please refer to our Endorsement® Policies, or speak with the Endorsement Coordinator.

The materials supporting the Connecticut Association for infant Mental Health (CT-AIMH) Competency Guidelines® are copyrighted by the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health (MI-AIMH). The CT-AIMH is able to make these materials available to our membership and collaborators through a licensing agreement with the MI-AIMH.

Copyright law does allow individuals to print out or make ONE copy of copyrighted material for personal, non-commercial purposes only. None of the copyrighted Endorsement® documents included here may be reproduced, displayed, distributed or otherwise used in any format, including electronically, without the express written consent of MI-AIMH. Legal action will be taken against those who violate the copyright.

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Connecticut Association for Infant Mental Health, Inc.
c/o Yale Child Study Center
Attn: Linda Isakson
230 South Frontage Road
New Haven, CT 06520
Phone: 203-737-6422
ctaimh@yale.edu

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