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Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH)

Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH) program

The Buckeye Ranch’s Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH) program provides prevention support, mental health tools, and educational resources for preschools and caretakers of children ages 0-5 to improve overall emotional well-being to ensure long-term academic success.  

Kindergarten Readiness Toolkit

about the program

Part of our Education-Based Mental Health Services, our Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH) program is designed to both help youth ages 0-5 receive mental health support early to allow for healthy coping mechanism and behavioral pattern development, as well as support to parents in nurturing healthy social-emotional learning habits for their young children.

The program strives to set children and families up for success in their education journey early to ensure long-term success. 

the goal

The Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH) program came about from Education-Based Mental Health team recognizing a gap in our continuum of care for support for young children in the education setting.

We heard from our Elementary, Middle, and High Schools that our School-Based Mental Health program serves that their preschools and young children could use similar supports to catch behavioral and mental health challenges early, as well as coach parents on how to best support their children to ensure kindergarten readiness.

why it matters

Third grade is when students make the leap from learning to read to reading to learn. Once a learning gap exists at this phase, kids almost never catch up. Having a solid foundation, healthy coping skills, and the tools to be set up with social-emotional learning support at ages 0-5 is crucial to reach this learning milestone, and many others, for youth in our community.

Research tells us that 83% of low-income students test below proficient in reading at the start of fourth grade. Much of this is because they are not equipped with the support they need to regulate and focus on their learning inside or outside the classroom.

support ECMH

As we work to grow our Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH) program, we’re actively seeking community support and partnership to make scaling the program a reality.

Are you a community partner or funder interested in supporting the growth and expansion of our Early Childhood Mental Health program? Please reach out to Abby Maenle, Director of Development, at amaenle@buckeyeranch.org today to learn more about how you can support us today!

learn more about ECMH

The Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH) program is in development phases, and we’ve begun a pilot partnership with South-Western City Schools to support Finland Elementary and Stiles Elementary via the South-Western Special Education Preschool. Here, we will provide both 1:1 parent training support and small group parental training support in partnership with the Positive Parenting Program.

Our goal is to expand into several school districts across Ohio and support dozens of schools to ensure kindergarten readiness and long-term success of youth and families in our community. If you have questions about the program or want to learn more, please reach out to Andrea Weisberger, Director of Education and Early Childhood Mental Health, at aweisberger@buckeyeranch.org!

make a gift to ECMH

Make a direct gift to the Early Childhood Mental Health program today by clicking below:

 

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resources

As the Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH) program grows, our team will continue to develop resources to make achieving success in the classroom for children more accessible to our community:

 

Kindergarten Readiness Toolkit

questions?

Give our Early Childhood Mental Health team a call today at (614) 875-2371, press 5!

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