The availability of an appropriate workforce is critical to the delivery of mental health consultation in early childhood settings. Consultants need to have knowledge and skills specific to early childhood mental health, early care and education, typical and atypical child development and behavior, and working in a consultative role. The self-evaluation checklist describes competencies that professionals need to provide effective mental health consultation...

Care coordination has been described as a deliberate effort to organize patient care activities between two or more participants involved in the patient's care in order to facilitate the delivery of health care services. Care coordination is a necessary foundation to achieving the "triple aim" of health reform: improved individual experience of care (including quality and satisfaction), improved population heath and per capita cost control.