D7 - The Journey Toward a Statewide Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation System in Texas

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT

Location: 501

Discover how Texas is building a first-of-its-kind statewide Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (IECMHC) system to support young children's mental health and the adults who care for them. This session offers real-world insights, tools, and lessons learned from statewide pilots, system design, and sustainability planning. Walk away with replicable strategies, tested frameworks, and inspiration to strengthen IECMHC efforts in your own community. Don’t miss this roadmap for innovation, impact, and inspiration!

Learning Objectives:

Define the core components and goals of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation and explain how it supports young children and caregivers—within the first 20 minutes of the session.
Identify at least three key strategies Texas used to design, pilot, and evaluate its statewide IECMHC system by the end of the session.
List two actionable steps participants can take to begin or strengthen IECMHC efforts in their own state or community by the session’s conclusion.

Disclosure(s):

Holly Gursslin Beseda, M.Ed., NCC, LPC: No financial relationships to disclose

Jenny Baldwin, LMSW, PMP: No financial relationships to disclose

Breakout Presenter(s)

Holly Gursslin Beseda, M.Ed., NCC, LPC

Senior Program Coordinator
Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health
Austin, Texas

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Slides
Jenny Baldwin, LMSW, PMP

Senior Program Coordinator
Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health
Austin, Texas

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose