Understanding early childhood mental health : a practical guide for professionals / edited by Susan Janko Summers and Rachel Chazan-Cohen.
Title:
Understanding early childhood mental health : a practical guide for professionals / edited by Susan Janko Summers and Rachel Chazan-Cohen.
Publication:
Baltimore, Maryland : Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., [2012]
Publication Date:
2012
ISBN:
9781598570755
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
pt. 1. Understanding infant mental health : development and relationships / Susan Janko Summers -- Understanding infant mental health / Deborah Roderick Stark and Rachel Chazan-Cohen -- The challenging child : emotional dysregulation and aggression / Neena M. Malik -- Maternal depression / Linda S. Beeber and Rachel Chazan-Cohen -- Finding family strengths in the midst of adversity : using risk and resilience models to promote mental health / Colleen I. Monahan, Linda S. Beeber, and Brenda Jones Harden -- Exposure to direct and indirect trauma / Meryl Yoches, Susan Janko Summers, Linda S. Beeber, Brenda Jones Harden, and Neena M. Malik -- Assessing young children's social and emotional development / Jane Squires -- Assessing primary caregiver relationships / Neil W. Boris and Timothy F. Page -- pt. 2. Supporting infant mental health : intervention strategies and organizational supports / Susan Janko Summers -- Promoting infant mental health in early childhood programs : intervening with parent-child dyads / Brenda Jones Harden and Melissa Duchene -- Intervening with parents / Linda S. Beeber and Regina Canuso -- Infant mental health consultation in early childhood classrooms / Sherryl Scott Heller, Allison B. Boothe, Angela Walter Keyes, and Neena M. Malik -- Reflective supervision / Sherryl Scott Heller -- Meeting the mental health needs of staff / Nicole Denmark and Brenda Jones Harden -- Organizational readiness / Jamell White and Brenda Jones Harden -- Evaluating infant mental health programs / Susan Janko Summers.
Abstract:
This collection of essays on integrating mental health services into early childhood education programs provides practical, research-based guidance for professionals on recognizing indicators of mental health problems in very young children, promoting parents' and caregivers' mental health, building on child and family strengths and mitigating risk factors, strengthening parent-child relationships and interactions, reducing the effects of compassion fatigue, participating in reflective supervision, conducting sound program evaluation, and working effectively with outside mental health consultants.--Adapted from publisher description.
Content Type:
text
Carrier Type:
volume
Language:
English
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