AC21 - IID - Part 2: DC:0–5 Turns 5: Updates, Impacts, and Reach of the "DC:0–5: Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders in Infancy and Early Childhood"

Charles H. Zeanah, Jr., MD, is the Mary Peters Sellars Polchow Chair of Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Tulane University School of Medicine and Director of the Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health.

Dr. Zeanah is widely recognized for his leadership in the field of infant mental health. He has had a focus on early childhood psychopathology and the factors important in helping children recover from serious adversity. He has advocated for a more developmentally informed approach to foster care for young children, asserting that foster care in early childhood should be considered a different intervention than foster care for older children and adolescents.

Marian Williams is a licensed psychologist based at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Psychology at the University of Southern California. As Program Area Lead for the Early Childhood Mental Health Program, Director of Interdisciplinary Training for the USC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, and Director of the Stein Tikun Olam Infant-Family Mental Health Initiative, Dr. Williams specializes in infant-family and early childhood mental health and developmental disabilities in children. Dr. Williams led the Training and Technical Assistance project for First Connections, a six-year project funded by First 5 LA to enhance developmental screening and linkage for young children from underserved communities.  Through these programs, Dr. Williams trains clinicians, interns, and postdoctoral fellows in infant-family mental health interventions, including relationship-based treatment for vulnerable families whose newborns are experiencing hospitalization or stressful medical procedures. She also conducts research on early identification of autism and other developmental disabilities, and improving access to care.

Kathy Mulrooney is a passionate advocate and recognized thought leader in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH). She has worked around the world and across many systems of professionals who touch the lives of infants, young children and their families. She has worked with ZERO TO THREE for the last 12 years of her nearly 45-year career in the mental health field. At the heart of her IECMH work is her deep commitment to the core values of relationship, reflection, cultural humility, and lifelong learning. Kathy also revels in her role as “grandma” to her young grandchildren who remind her, on a very personal level, of the importance of strong connections and the tremendous capabilities of babies and young children. 

Kathy serves as the Director Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Strategy-Program for ZERO TO THREE. In this role she provides leadership across ZERO TO THREE programs related to IECMH and is a member of ZERO TO THREE’s IECMH Leadership Team. Kathy thus coordinates IECMH activities within ZERO TO THREE and in collaboration with external partners. She is deeply engaged in the organization’s racial equity, diversity and inclusion work and the alignment of this work with advocating for changes in the IECMH field to center the rich and diverse sources of knowledge, perspective taking, experiences and leadership of persons of color and other persons or groups who have been marginalized. 

Kathy was a member of the Diagnostic Classification Revision Task Force which produced DC:0-5™ and led the original development of DC:0-5 training curricula and training offerings. She has overseen delivery of DC:0-5™ training efforts around the world. She is one of the co-editors of the DC:0-5 Casebook which is expected to be published in Spring 2023. 

Kathy, in collaboration with other field experts, also designed a series of IECMH training topics which are available for clinicians and allied professionals. Kathy works closely with ZERO TO THREE’s Policy Center to advance IECMH on local, state and national levels. Kathy has worked to promote IECMH through her various roles at ZERO TO THREE including work with Military Family Projects, Project LAUNCH, and Professional Development & Workforce Innovations team. Kathy brings extensive experience in promoting reflective practice and reflective consultation in a variety of settings and systems. Likewise, she has worked to promote trauma-informed practice, and has been involved in terrorism and disaster response supports nationally.

Ashley Rediker is a Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellow with the USC UCEDD (University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities) at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) in the Early Childhood Mental Health emphasis area. Dr. Rediker provides evidence-based dyadic therapy to children and their families in a pediatric community setting. She also collaborates with other providers at CHLA to conduct interdisciplinary assessments with young children. Dr. Rediker earned a doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from The Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA and a master's degree in Psychology from Auburn University Montgomery in Montgomery, AL. Dr. Redikers interests include developmental disabilities and autism spectrum disorders across the lifespan. She is passionate about reducing barriers to mental health treatment and improving access to care.

Noelle Hause is the Senior Manager, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, for ZERO TO THREE’s Professional Innovations Division.

In her role, she works with a team to support the delivery of ZERO TO THREE’s professional development products and services. Specifically, Noelle leads and coordinates the delivery of Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:0–5™) and other Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health related national and international professional development offerings. Noelle, a licensed clinical provider, completed a postdoctoral Irving Harris Child Development and Infant Mental Health Fellowship in 2011. Her training includes multiple evidence-based interventions: Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Incredible Years Parent Group Facilitator (IY), Incredible Years Small Children’s Group Therapy, Parent Child Interactional Therapy (PCIT), Promoting Maternal Mental Health (NCAST) and Trauma Informed Care. Noelle holds an Infant Mental Health Mentor - Clinical endorsement (Endorsement® for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant Mental Health - IMH-E ®).

In addition to her clinical work, Noelle brings experience in reflective supervision and consultation, and infant mental health endorsement. Her experience in developing training for professionals and student learning through higher education (in-person and virtual), focuses on growing capacity for families, professionals, and systems to support infant and early mental health. She has provided consultation across the early childhood field including home visiting, nursing, perinatal mental health, judicial, child welfare and fostering, and more.

Noelle is passionate about identifying opportunities for improving the capacity of caregivers, early childhood professionals, organizations, communities, and systems to provide quality mental health supports and early childhood education for infants and young children. She is committed to translating research into practice and using practice to inform research.