Mental Health, Adolescent Psychology, Child Psychology, Pediatrics, Special Education, Developmental Psychology 

This book fills the gap between what we know about how social and emotional problems develop in young children and how to plan and develop systems and services that will promote mental health in young children.The first section presents a framework for systems development and defines early childhood mental health, including the importance of early relationships and culture. The second section describes systems of care as they relate to young children and describes strategies for implementaing them, and the third section describes how to infuse mental services into different settings, such as infnat-toddler, preschool, and healthcare. The fourth section contains chapters on building the infrastructure through collaboration, using sound fiscal principles, workforce development, and coutcomes and evaluation. The final section describes the future. - from Amzon