THE SOURCE: PROJECTS
Early Childhood Mental HealthEARLY CHILDHOOD MENTAL HEALTH
Form close and secure relationships
Experience, manage and express a full range of emotions
Explore and learn from their environment
“Mental health can’t be separated out from cognitive development and language development and social competence. They all have their roots very early on.”
To help those young children with more intense mental health concerns – and their families – The SOURCE has trained therapists in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). It is an evidence-based treatment model that focuses on the relationship between parent and child before addressing the child’s behavior. This model can be used for children age 2-7 years old.
# of families who have participated in PCIT
As a targeted intervention, The SOURCE is supporting the development of Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation. Once implemented, these consultants will offer information and recommendations to adults who are caring for a child that is struggling with social-emotional development or mental health challenges. SAMHSA’s Center of Excellence for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation gives information and tools about the model.
The SOURCE has adopted Conscious Discipline as it’s universal, population-level approach to early childhood mental health. Conscious Discipline is a model that emphasizes the importance of the relationship between child and teacher. Developed by Dr. Becky Bailey, it asks teachers to model self-regulation themselves and to create a nurturing, structured environment in which children can thrive.
# of child care sites adopting Conscious Discipline
This information helped the design team choose which universal approach best fit with our county’s specific needs. We are grateful to those centers that participated!
Thank you
We would like to thank our many partners for their support and dedication as we work toward equal distribution of social-emotional resources to families and young children in Elkhart County so that they can have a positive impact in our community.
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For the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline call 1-800-273-8255 or text the word ‘home’ to 741741 for Crisis Text Line.
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For the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline call 1-800-273-8255 or text the word ‘home’ to 741741 for Crisis Text Line.
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