Journey to Health ECHO | January 23, 2025
Date of Presentation: January 23, 2025
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical Community
Program: Journey to Health
Keywords: #*Indigenous culture #*Indigenous health #*wholistic health #american indian #Child behavior #early childhood mental health #early childhood mental health consultation #indigenous
In this presentation, Dawn A. Yazzie, MA, NCC (Navajo) discusses part 2 from the previous October 2024 session on “Indigenous Cultures as a Foundation for Understanding Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health and Child Behavior”.
Recording:
Presented by:
Dawn A. Yazzie
Biography
Dawn currently focuses on her business, Dził Nitsaa Consulting and Services, LLC, to support states, agencies and Tribal communities to build culturally-relevant IECMH practices and IECMHC services to equitably support young children and families in their communities. She brings an equity focus by honoring spirituality and multigenerational healing as a beginning step to the healing justice work. This healing work is in parallel and intertwines with her western perspective work. She previously worked as an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (IECMHC) on the Navajo Na<on for 8 years/ and provided national technical assistance to federal grantees around IECMH/IECMHC through the Center of Excellence for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consulta<on for 6 years. She brings this experience and the cultural perspective to the work and trainings she provides for administrators, ECE providers, and IECMH/IECMHC professionals about Infant Mental Health, and Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation. Dawn’s maternal clan is Ye’ii Dine’e Tachii’nii, born for Kiiya’aanii (paternal clan), and she is the baby of Asdzaa Naadleehi (Changing Woman – Diné female deity). Dawn comes from a lineage of resilient survivors of western colonization and the Navajo Long Walk of HwéeldÍ. Dawn is working to reclaim Navajo cultural practices alongside her family to carry forward for future generations.
Resources Provided:
- Link - To claim CNE/CME/CPE Continuing Education Credits
- PDF - Continuing Education Credit Disclosures
Date added: January 23, 2025