Technical Assistance

Technical assistance (TA) refers to the specific provision of targeted and customized  support by a professional with subject matter and knowledge and skills provided to organizations, communities, or individuals to help them strengthen processes, build knowledge capacity, improve performance, or address particular challenges. It is typically tailored to meet the unique needs of the individual and often focuses on solving a specific issue or achieving a specific goal. 

Technical Assistance, Partnership to cultivate best practices, partnerships, and policies that boost healthy growth in infants, young children, and their families. 

AIMHiTN Technical Assistance: 

  1. Customized: The support is designed to address the unique circumstances, needs, and priorities of the recipient. 

  2. Provides Expert Guidance: All support should be delivered from AIMHiTN staff who have the expertise or experience in the relevant field. 

  3. Specific Focus: TA support will address a well-defined problem, topic, or skill set. 

  4. Outcomes-Oriented: The recipient and AIMHiTN staff will define measurable improvements or specific objectives for the support 

  5. Methods: TA can include a variety of training, coaching, consultation, resource development, and hands-on support. 

Quality TA services will involve follow up with the recipient to determine the impact and progress of the support. For AIMHiTN, TA does not overlap with support from CCR&R, we simply act as a supplement or addition by incorporating the relational approach.  

TA includes  

  • Accepting referrals from Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs or organizations 

  • One-on-one consultation and support to promote IECMH 

  • Assist ECE programs navigate challenges involving children’s social and emotional health 

  • Assistance with ECE Quality Improvement Plans as they relate to IECMH 

  • Assistance with development of professional skills and knowledge in infant and toddler classrooms 

  • Provide referrals for ECE to CCDF Quality Child Care Partners or the state 

  • Support CCR&R staff and educators with implementing social and emotional development in the classroom through modeling best practices and using resources in training 

What TA could look like for: 

Endorsement

  • Individual support to a professional or agency on their application process to become endorsed or retain their endorsement status 

 Early Childhood Professionals 

  • Discussion and suggestions on specific classroom behaviors, include CCR&R coach in discussion to see what has already been tried

  • Conflict management training with a relational approach (between 2 staff, staff and parent, etc) 

  • Consultation and support on strategies to support IECMH and challenges involving a child’s social and emotional development 

  • Support ECE programs around IECMH work on individual quality improvement plans 

 Developmental Support

  • Training around gaps in inclusion services for specific child, include CCR&R coach to determine what has already been shared 

  • Resources to support understanding adverse experiences response in children with differing abilities 

  • Resources to support understanding of specific diagnoses and/or disabilities 

 Emergency Support

  • Backpack with book, toolkit and specific information related to the emergency or disaster 

  • Training for a program on Prepare, Respond, and Recover specific to emergency or disaster situations

  • Resources (Emergency Preparedness Toolkits, handouts, articles)

  • Reflective Spaces 

Technical Assistance Procedures

Procedures: 

  1. Recipient will complete Jotform request for TA or TAM request for TA.  

  1. Request will be sent to Technicalassistance@aimhitn.org. 

  1. The Technical Assistance and Training Coordinator will commit to a vetting process to determine how AIMHiTN can best support the request.  

  1. A correspondence will be sent to the appropriate staff member and they will respond to the recipient within 24 hours or the next business day if the request is made on a holiday or the weekend.