Endorsement Registry
West Virginia Endorsement® Registry
Endorsement® involves a standardized process to determine that a professional has accumulated specialized experiences in the infant and early childhood field and has signed a Code of Ethics. All applicants receive a copy of the Code of Ethics. An applicant’s experiences are documented by the submission of an application that details competency-based training, specialized work experiences, and for most, reflective supervision/consultation (RSC) experiences. The application also includes official transcripts and three reference ratings. Endorsees as Infant Mental Health Specialist and Infant Mental Health Mentor have passed an exam that includes measures of theoretical knowledge, direct service skills, and their capacity to apply these principles into practice. This exam is scored by a team of two reviewers who are blind to the identity of the examinee.
To maintain Endorsement® also requires ongoing training. Endorsees are also required to recommit to upholding the Code of Ethics annually. Beginning in January of 2022, this commitment includes signing an attestation that the endorsee has not been sanctioned by a licensing board.
Endorsement® is not a professional license or a certificate. West Virginia Infant/Toddler Mental Health Association Endorsement® cannot guarantee the quality of service of any endorsed professional. West Virginia Infant/Toddler Mental Health Association Endorsement® does not include a process by which complaints or concerns regarding ethics can be filed. If the West Virginia Infant/Toddler Mental Health Association becomes aware of possible ethics violations by an endorsed professional, complainants are encouraged to, when applicable, contact the individual’s professional licensing board. The West Virginia Infant/Toddler Mental Health Association Endorsement® does not offer monitoring for ethics violations, however if the West Virginia Infant/Toddler Mental Health Association learns that an endorsed professional has been sanctioned by a licensing board, the individual’s name is moved to the Inactive Endorsement® Registry. Those professionals will follow the policy for reactivation to the Active Endorsement® Registry once the licensing board’s sanctions have been lifted.
Infant Family Associate:
Breanna Adkins (Morgantown)
Tara Croft Armstrong (Huntington)
Kathy Baker (Huntington)
Katelyn Bartley-Simmons (Franklin)
LeeAnn Blankenship (Fort Gay)
Charla Blosser (Core)
Mary Busch (Elkins)
Ashley Byrd (Mount Hope)
Ashley Cleaver (Petersburg)
Ashley Cole (Beaver)
Trella Coppola (Bluefield)
Elizabeth Corder (Weston)
Samantha Davenport (Huntington)
Jessica Dove (Franklin)
Stephanie Elkins (Kenova)
Autumn Farmer (Bluefield)
Jennifer Farmer (Bluefield)
Carrie Frasch (Martinsburg)
Wendi Glover (Bruceton Mills)
Elyse Griswold (Clarksburg)
Taralyn Gwinn (Beckley)
Maxann Hamrick (Summersville)
Norma Harbolt (Ceredo)
Kandie Harrison (Huntington)
Emily Hartman (Franklin)
Ashley Hedrick (Franklin)
Kayla Hedrick (Franklin)
Christy Hicks (Franklin)
Tracee Hinkle (Huntington)
Kristan Hoover-Bartley (Franklin)
Bethany Houchins (Beckley)
Alicia Hundley (Clarksburg)
Holly Irwin (Charleston)
Kaylyn Jennings (Princeton)
Amanda Kent (Huntington)
Tiffany Kiess (Elkins)
Melissa Kroll (Morgantown)
Meredith Lester (Martinsburg)
Heather Little (Charleston)
Andrea Littleton (Wheeling)
Courtney Long (Huntington)
Michelle Lusk (St. Albans)
Alicia Mazariego (Marietta)
Katherine Milam (Glen Fork)
Tamara Mitts (Franklin)
Lori Murdock (Huntington)
Natalie Pence (Meadow Bridge)
Christine Pownell (Rivesville)
Linda Reeves (Wheeling)
Emily Rexrode-Kobetic (Franklin)
Mary Rexrode (Franklin)
Sara Robinson (Weston)
Betty Rogers (Bluefield)
Michelle Rollyson (Huntington)
Michelle Romanek (Wheeling)
Pamela Shope (Huntington)
Pam Sorrells (Huntington)
Jennifer Spangler (Huntington)
Lisa Starkey (Vienna)
Kristy Stout (Huntington)
Bobbi Straface (Morgantown)
Emily Taylor (Tornado)
Michelle Tincher (Ronceverte)
Stephanie Vunderink-Steger (Moundsville)
Carrie Weese (Franklin)
Lea Wheeler (Charleston)
Virginia Williams (Bluefield)
Amanda Withrow (Oak Hill)
Infant Family Specialist:
Angela Conley (Huntington) – Endorsed Reflective Supervisor
Trella Coppola (Bluefield)
Bridgette Dunlap (Gallipolis Ferry)
Jennifer Freeman (Huntington) – Endorsed Reflective Supervisor
Olivia Gregorich (Charleston) – Endorsed Reflective Supervisor
Tiffany Hardwick (Fort Gay)
Bethany Houchins (Beckley)
Brenda Lamkin (Buckhannon)
Susan Little (Huntington)
Krista Merritt (Fort Gay)
Mary Nester (Bluefield)
Paula Newsome (Fort Gay) – Endorsed Reflective Supervisor
Bree Ramey (Pt. Pleasant)
Linda Reeves (Wheeling)
Tamra Rogers (Buffalo)
Erin Roxby (Wheeling)
Sheila Zickefoose (Buckhannon) – Endorsed Reflective Supervisor
Infant Mental Health Specialist:
Amanda Newhouse (Morgantown)
Infant Mental Health Mentor – Policy:
Michelle Comer (Huntington)
Regina (Mel) Woodcock (Elkins)
Infant Mental Health Mentor – Clinical:
Monica Ballard-Booth (Madison)
