Endorsement® Renewal

The Rhode Island Association for Infant Mental Health (RIAIMH) maintains requirements for annual renewal of the RIAIMH Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant Mental Health (RI-IMH-Endorsement®) that are aligned with practices supported by The Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health (Alliance). Endorsed® professionals will receive an email from the EASy system notifying them when it is time to renew.

• Maintain RIAIMH membership.
• Participate in a minimum of 15 clock hours per year of relationship-based education, training, and/or professional development related to the promotion of infant/toddler social-emotional health and development and/or the practice of Infant Mental Health (IMH). Indicate alignment with the IMH competency guidelines.
• Participate in a minimum of 24 clock hours per year of reflective supervision/consultation (RS/C). Peer supervision or collaborative consultation (with those endorsed at the same category) will count.

Note: After an Infant Mental Health Mentor-Clinical (IMHM-C) professional has maintained the IMHM-C Endorsement® for 3 years, they are not required to receive a minimum the minimum RS/C.

Should you have additional questions, please contact the RIAIMH Endorsement Coordinator at Endorsement@riaimh.org (Please note: Our Endorsement Coordinator works part-time. Emails are monitored on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.)

1. Login to your EASy application.
2. Open the Training tab and enter as many Training entries as needed to fulfill the 15-hour annual renewal requirement. (Tips: Click "Save" often. Write a "one-liner" to describe training and competency alignment.)
3. Open the Supervision tab and enter as many Supervision entries as needed to fulfill the 24-hour annual renewal requirement.
4. From your Dashboard, select “Submit for Renewal”.  You need to enter at least one training for the “submit” button to appear. Please do not click on the “submit” button until all your Training and Supervision entries are indicated. Once you click the “submit” button, an email alert is sent to the EASy Administrator/Endorsement Coordinator that your application is complete and ready for review. 
5. You will be prompted to read and agree to The Code of Ethics that you agreed to during the Endorsement® application process. 
6. Upon agreeing to the Code of Ethics, your annual renewal will be submitted to the EASy Administrator/Endorsement® Coordinator.
7. You will receive an automated email from EASy that confirms that your renewal has been submitted (the email reads, “Your annual renewal for Endorsement® has been submitted. The EASy Administrator will contact you if there are any questions about your renewal; otherwise, you will receive notice that your renewal has been approved by the date set by RIAIMH.”)
8. The EASy Administrator/Endorsement® Coordinator will review your renewal submission, in addition to checking to ensure that your RIAIMH association membership is up-to-date. 
9. The EASy Administrator/Endorsement Coordinator will contact you if s/he has any questions about your renewal. 
10. If you successfully completed your renewal, the EASy Administrator/Endorsement Coordinator will change the status of your application to “Endorsed.” 
11. You will receive an automated email from EASy that notifies you that your Endorsement® was renewed.