CES Early Childhood Department

CES is hiring for multiple early childhood positions supporting young children and families across our communities.

Current openings include:
-ECMH Programs Coordinator
-ECMH Mental Health Consultant (Bilingual Spanish/English)
-ECMH Mental Health Consultant

-CFCE ParentChild+ Early Learning Specialist
-CFCE Bilingual Early Educator
-CFCE Early Childhood Specialist (South Hadley)

If you are passionate about early childhood education, family support, and community-based work, we’d love to hear from you.

Learn more and apply:
https://www.collaborative.org/careers

Why does mental health matter for young children?

In this interview, Desirée P. Lalbeharie, Ed.D., Director of CES’s Early Childhood Department, shares why social-emotional development is so important to young children’s ability to learn and thrive.

“When children are anxious or distracted by stress or trauma they may be experiencing, or have experienced in their lives, then that takes up brain space,” Desirée explains. “So we want to provide nurturing spaces for children where they feel safe.”

Through the EEC Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation program, CES provides consultation services to children, families and early education providers across Berkshire, Hampshire, Hampden and Franklin Counties and parts of Worcester County.

🎥 Hear more from Desirée about the importance of creating safe, nurturing environments where young children can learn and grow. https://bit.ly/4g5SJMy

Did you see the article about us in the Daily Hampshire Gazette?

Collaborative for Educational Services to expand child mental health aid with $1.1M grant - Daily Hampshire Gazette NORTHAMPTON — Backed by a $1.1 million state grant, the Collaborative for Educational Services is poised to expand its mental health consultation services for children beyond its traditional base of communities in Hampshire and Franklin counties to serve families in Hampden, Worcester and Berkshir...

FREE Tick Removal Kits Available!

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Found out more about Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (ECMHC) here --> collaborative.org/ecmh

Great news for early childhood educators, providers, and families in western Massachusetts!

CES has been selected by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) to expand Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation (ECMHC) services across Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, and parts of Worcester County.

This expansion will help more early education programs strengthen children's social-emotional development, support educators, and connect families with the resources they need.

Read more about what this means for our region and the children we serve: https://bit.ly/4h47bp3

Have you missed the events the Chesterfield Library is having every Wednesday for the month of July? There's one left Wednesday at 11 at the town hall. HRSD-CFCE has been there with take and make activities. Here is the activity from the third event so you can make it at home.

Be sure to join us next Tuesday, July 28th, at 4pm for Professor Bugman's Arthropod Petting Zoo!