Early Childhood Mental Health

Early Childhood Mental Health

Infant and early childhood mental health refers to the quality of a child’s first and early relationships and the child’s social and emotional development.  This includes a child’s ability to:

• Experience warm and responsive relationships with caregivers
• Form relationships with others
• Explore their environment and learn
• Communicate in play
• Experience, express, and regulate emotions

Services May Include:

• Play based interventions
• Focus on developing secure parent-child relationships
• Parent education and support
• Trauma based interventions
• Consultation with childcare providers/preschool teachers

A diagnostic assessment for a child ages 0-5 involves three sessions to consider all aspects of the child’s development, relationships, and environment.

Early Childhood Mental Health Brochure