Pediatrics
Social and Emotional Health in Early Childhood: Building Bridges Between Services and Systems
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Social-emotional health is one of the most critical factors in a child's development and school readiness--a factor that depends on weaving effective mental health services into other systems and programs that support young children. With this groundbreaking guide to systems development, professionals will discover how to improve young children's outcomes by building sturdy bridges between mental health and medical, educational, and social services. Brief, vivid stories throughout the book illustrate how mental health services help children and families at risk, and two extended real-life case studies give readers an inside look at effective early childhood mental health systems, including structure, financing, and outcomes evaluation. With this comprehensive, research-based book, practitioners and policy makers will learn how to make mental health services and supports an integral part of every early childhood setting--and ensure better social-emotional and academic outcomes for all y