Infant and Early Childhood MH Publications

Videos

The Center for Early Childhood Education at Eastern Connecticut State University is pleased to announce the release of a new video related to children’s social and emotional development.  Building Positive Relationships with Young Children addresses how having strong, positive relationships with adults is critical for young children’s social and emotional development, and sets the stage for all future learning. How adults handle daily routines and instructional goals impact how well children attach and respond to teachers and caregivers, which in turn affects children’s feelings of security to explore their environment and make new discoveries. In this video, teachers, family child care providers, and other experts discuss how adult relationships with children impact children’s development, behavior, and readiness to learn. Strategies for building strong relationships with infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and Kindergartners are also shared. To view the video, Click here

Relevant CHDI Publications

• IMPACT, March 2015 – The Infant Mental Health Workforce: Key to Promoting the Healthy Social and Emotional Development of Children
• Issue Brief No. 22 – Building an IMH Workforce
• Issue Brief No. 63 – Infant and Early Mental Health: Building a Statewide System of Professional Endorsement

Articles from the CT Mirror

• The Long Research of Childhood Trauma
• Changing Course
• From Brain Science to Stop & Shop
• Recognizing Trauma and Isolation
• Talking about Trauma

Perspectives in Infant Mental Health

• Fall 2014 Volume 22 Issue 4
• Fall 2018 Volume 26 Issue 4
• Archive of All Previous Issues

Testimonies from Members of the CT-AIMH

• In support of Senate Bill 652: An Act Concerning Referrals from the Department of Children and Families to the Birth to Three Program (Part C) Select Committee on Children by Marianne Barton, Ph. D., February 2013
• Written Testimony from Mental Health Services Working Group to Improve Connecticut’s Capacity to Address Children’s Mental Health Needs, Bipartisan Task Force on Gun Violence Prevention and Children’s Safety by Margaret Holmberg, PhD and Melissa Mendez, LCSW, January 2013
• Testified before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources by Dr. Darcy Lowell, April 2014

Miscellaneous Resources

• Mental Health Weekly, April 2015 – Training and Education for a Skilled Infant Mental Health Workforce
• For Our Babies e-Newsletter
• Tot Therapy: Psychiatrists Join Up with Pediatricians Pediatric IMH in the Wall Street Journal
  
• Developmental Screening and Assessment Instruments with an Emphasis on Social and Emotional Development for Young Children Ages Birth through Five, compiled by Sharon Ringwalt, May 2008
• Infant Mental Health Approaches and IDEA Part C – A position paper from the IDEA Infant Toddler Coordinator’s Association (ITCA)

Family, Friend and Neighbor Care Useful Resources

• A list of useful resources download PDF