Family Engagement in Mental Health Interventions for Young Children
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Beschreibung
This book examines the critical nature of engaging families in mental health interventions that promote well-being and resilience in young children, from birth to 8 years of age, with a particular focus on the importance of equity and systems of care. It addresses evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions to promote family engagement to improve behavioral, social, and emotional functioning of infants and toddlers, preschoolers, and children in the early elementary school years. The book is grounded in empirical knowledge on reducing health disparities and promoting equity in mental health care for young children, including equitable access, services, and outcomes. It emphasizes a community-based systems of care approach to family engagement in mental health interventions and highlights the most promising policies and practices.
Key areas of coverage include:
- Mental health interventions for different developmental levels, including infancy and toddlerhood, the preschool years, and in early elementary school.
- Inequities and gaps in systems of care for young children.
- Evidence-based and evidence-informed prevention practices and intervention strategies to engage families and support children’s psychological well-being.
- Family engagement in interventions for young children with special needs or who are recovering from trauma.
This book examines the critical nature of engaging families in mental health interventions that promote well-being and resilience in young children, from birth to 8 years of age, with a particular focus on the importance of equity and systems of care. It addresses evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions to promote family engagement to improve behavioral, social, and emotional functioning of infants and toddlers, preschoolers, and children in the early elementary school years. The book is grounded in empirical knowledge on reducing health disparities and promoting equity in mental health care for young children, including equitable access, services, and outcomes. It emphasizes a community-based systems of care approach to family engagement in mental health interventions and highlights the most promising policies and practices.
Key areas of coverage include:
- Mental health interventions for different developmental levels, including infancy and toddlerhood, the preschool years, and in early elementary school.
- Inequities and gaps in systems of care for young children.
- Evidence-based and evidence-informed prevention practices and intervention strategies to engage families and support children’s psychological well-being.
- Family engagement in interventions for young children with special needs or who are recovering from trauma.
Promotes psychological health, well-being, and resilience among families with young children, birth to eight years Examines behavioral, social, and emotional functioning from infancy through the early elementary school years Emphasizes a community-based systems of care approach to family engagement in mental health interventions for children
Autor*in
Laura Nabors
Themen in »Family Engagement in Mental Health Interventions for Young Children«
Adversity, resilience, young children, parents Autism, children, families, mental health Behavioral, social, and emotional functioning, children Chronic illness, children, mental health Community-based systems of care, families, young children Developmental disabilities, children, families, mental health Early elementary school years, children, mental health Equity, mental health services and outcomes, children Fathers, young children, development, mental health Health disparities, positive development, young children Infants, toddlers, mental health, family engagement Intellectual disabilities, children, families, mental health Interventions, families, children, psychological well-being Mothers, young children, mental health interventions Preschoolers, mental health interventions, family engagement