Graduate Certificate - Infant and Early Child Mental Health (IMH)

The Infant and Early Child Mental Health (IMH) eight-month graduate certificate program provides students with additional training and skills to enhance their current career and open up new opportunities. Students in this program will study infant and children’s mental health, family dynamics, community mental health, therapeutic approaches and crisis intervention. They will also acquire the skills, knowledge and judgement to make a positive contribution to the positive mental health of infants, children and families.

Throughout this program students will develop the following skills: • Practical applications of current research • Understanding of risk and protective factors • Early intervention applications

When students graduate from this program, these are the types of employers waiting for them: • Child protection agencies • Early intervention • Children’s mental health • Child welfare • Infant development • Family support • Settlement programs