Early Childhood Family Specialist Endorsement® Requirements

No degree required

• If you earned a degree(s) that is relevant to the competencies and you want to receive credit for that experience, please add an entry for the degree(s) earned and upload your transcripts (unofficial) to your application
• If you attended coursework that is relevant to the competencies and you want to receive credit for that experience, please add an entry for the coursework and upload your transcripts (unofficial) to your application

Minimum 2-years paid, professional work experience providing prevention and/or early intervention services that promote ECMH.  Work experience meets this criterion as long as the applicant has:

• Served a minimum of 10 families where the target of services is a child aged 3 up to 6 years old and
• A primary focus of the services provided is the social-emotional needs of the 3 up to 6-year-old child, their families and caregivers and
• Services focus on the promotion of the relationships surrounding the 3 up to 6-year-old child

A minimum 24 clock hours received of relationship-based, reflective supervision/consultation (RSC), individually or in a group from a qualified provider while having one of the following work experiences: 

• providing (or providing supervision to staff who are providing*) services to infants, young children (birth to 36 months), and families
  and/or
• providing (or providing supervision to staff who are providing*) mental health consultation services* (birth to 36 months) through a relational lens with a focus on social emotional development

Qualified providers of RSC must meet Endorsement requirements as an I/ECFRS, I/ECMHS or I/ECMHM-C.  If the applicant currently receives RSC from an I/ECMHS or I/ECFS- Masters prepared endorsed provider, they have until April 2024 to switch to an I/ECFRS and or I/ECMHM-C endorsed provider.

Total of three ratings:

1. One must come from a current supervisor
2. One must come from your current provider of RSC
3. One from another supervisor, teacher, trainer or consultant; or a colleague