ESIT Training Calendar

Promoting First Relationship (PFR) Reflective Consultation is a monthly, protected time that gives ESIT providers the opportunity to explore their work with families and young children in a safe, supportive space. It offers a time for providers to reflect about their own needs and to reflect about the emotional needs of both parents/caregivers and children utilizing the PFR lens. These groups also provide an opportunity to hear and learn from other perspectives.  Participants report feeling increased joy and competence in their work and increased empathy for the families they work with. 

Participants may count these hours toward Reflective Supervision hours for Infant Mental Health Endorsement (previously WA-AIMH endorsement). Attendees must be ESIT professionals who have attended PFR level 1 training or above.

This course focuses on teamwork and collaboration as key foundational concepts within the ESIT program, and participants will develop understanding of shared commitment to a mutual purpose with a mutually beneficial outcome as a foundation of effective teaming.
The target audience for this course is any type of ESIT Service Provider.

Attendance during each session is required to receive a certificate in the DCYF Training Portal.

PFR booster sessions are offered for providers who have participated in PFR level 1 or 2 training. The goal of these sessions is to support the ESIT Service Provider’s confidence in using the PFR consultation strategies and understand how PFR can enhance ESIT services. An ESIT multi-disciplinary peer panel will share their stories and experiences of using PFR in their practice.

This five-module, 15-hour training introduces foundational themes in the field and practice of infant and early childhood mental health. Participants will learn:

• trends in current research
• theory related to early development, relationships, and professional practice
• explore the use of reflective practice and relationship-based approaches.

Note: One of these five modules is the Foundations of Reflective Practice course listed below. If you complete this full series, it is recommended you not register for the course below unless you would like to repeat that module.
Learn more about the Foundations of IECMH training series

We highly encourage you to take Domestic Violence Assessment and Response training before this training. Search the catalogue for available dates.

This training is delivered in one 5-hour session.

• Learn strategies to support families experiencing violence.
• Learn principles and methods in domestic violence family safety planning.

It can be hard to figure out what will increase the safety of a parent and child who are in a relationship with an abusive partner, especially when ending the relationship is not an option. This five-hour training will give ESIT service providers concrete strategies for supporting domestic violence survivors and families. Attendees will take part in an interactive digitized activity, In Her Shoes: Living with Domestic Violence, and walk alongside a survivor’s story.

Join PFR trainer Carol Good and ESIT Service Providers from across Washington State to discuss embedding the PFR consultation strategies into your everyday coaching practices. Participants will explore PFR concepts, share experiences embedding PFR into practice, and receive support and consultation from PFR trainers.  There will be a panelist of providers (PT, SLP and Educator) attending various sessions to discuss ways to embed PFR practices into their work with children and families. ESIT Providers must have received PFR Level 1, 2, or 3 training to attend. 

This training is a 14-hour workshop focused on foundational knowledge in attachment theory and promoting secure caregiver-child relationships, development of self for infants through preschoolers, understanding and intervening with challenging behaviors, building caregiver reflective capacity, and use of PFR consultation strategies.

This is a 12-hour workshop plus monthly online reflective consultation group for early childhood supervisors who are or will be providing reflective supervision/consultation (RSC). Training content and consultation is based on best practices in RSC, including the Region X Reflective Supervision Guidelines. Participants will learn:

• key principles of RSC
• skills to enhance their reflective supervision capacities
• strategies to support the professional growth and development of their supervisees
• ways assess their own strengths and areas for growth as a provider of RSC.

Learn more about the Introduction to Reflective Supervision for Supervisors workshop here.

Join PFR trainer Carol Good and ESIT Service Providers from across Washington State to discuss embedding the PFR consultation strategies into your everyday coaching practices. Participants will explore PFR concepts, share experiences embedding PFR into practice, and receive support and consultation from PFR trainers.  There will be a panelist of providers (PT, SLP and Educator) attending various sessions to discuss ways to embed PFR practices into their work with children and families. ESIT Providers must have received PFR Level 1, 2, or 3 training to attend. 

This 3-hour workshop introduces reflective practice and the foundational values and skills that support it, including slowing down, self-awareness, critical thinking, and self-compassion. Participants will learn:

• the purpose and benefits of reflective practice
• key skills that support reflective practice
• strategies for incorporating reflection into daily experiences.

Note: This course is one of the five modules included in the Foundations of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health training series listed above. If you have already taken that series, it is recommended you not register for this course unless you would like to repeat that module.
Learn more about the Foundations of Reflective Practice training course.