BC Council for Families

Infant Mental Health and Early Care and Education Providers


This article is a synthesis of research and theory around infant mental health and how early childhood care-givers have a huge role to play in healthy development. It explains why it is important that early childhood providers know about infant mental health, approaches to promoting IMH, prevention of IMH challenges, focused intervention with children and families at risk, and more intense interventions.

The article was published online by The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning at  Vanderbilt University
This website has many other resources for families, child care providers and family serving professionals.

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