Early Childhood Mental Health

How can we assist in changing the outcomes

As early experiences shape the architecture of the developing brain, they also lay the foundations of sound mental health. Disruptions to this developmental process can impair a child’s capacities for learning and relating to others — with lifelong implications. By improving children’s environments of relationships and experiences early in life, society can address many costly problems, including incarceration, homelessness, and the failure to complete high school.

In this short 2 hour course we will explore the effects of mental health and learn strategies to assist children and carers to manage mental health.