Young Children’s Mental Health

This page contains information on stress in childhood, including sources of stress, signs and symptoms, how to help children cope with stress, and signs and symptoms in children.

This provides information regarding children mental health including when to seek help, treatment options, working with the school and other resources.

This provides information on child development, symptoms and treatment for mental disorders, and treatment options for behavior problems.

This page provides information for parents, educators and others who may help a child overcome loss.

This parenting resource addresses how to answer a child’s questions about death and how to support your child during time of grief and death.

Understanding infant mental health is the key to preventing and treating the mental health problems of very young children and their families. This site provides information for families and providers.

This policy brief provides an overview of early childhood mental health consultation, how it can support the implementation of the Pyramid Model, and the policy issues that arise when administrators seek to integrate these two approaches at the state and local levels.

This document provides information regarding stress in children, including the various types of stress. Tips and strategies for identifying the signs and helping children manage stress are addressed.

This Young Children article highlights the ways early childhood educators can support mental health in infants and toddlers.

This document provides tips for parents to support infant’s social emotional health during dressing activities, meal time, play time, rest time and diapering.

This explains that the quality of infants’ relationships forms the foundation for their social and emotional health.

This guide is intended for individuals to learn the facts about toxic stress step by step to foster the healthy development of young children.