Mental Health

Learn how to use a problem-solving protocol to understand and manage children's behaviors. Explore an example of how the protocol is implemented in a program.

Learn about the role referrals and evaluations play when children's behaviors require a greater intervention than Head Start or Early Head Start can offer solely within their programs.

Learn about the importance of offering mental health supports to adults who work with and manage young children's behaviors.

Explore the levels of support mental health consultants may provide to help staff and families understand and manage children's behaviors, as well as their own mental health and wellness.

Find strategies to help staff manage and reduce stress that can accompany their work with young children.

Learn about some community agencies that offer intensive mental health or related services needed by families and staff.

Learn how education managers can support their staff and families in helping children maneuver through difficult points in development and guide children's social, emotional, and behavioral development.

Review the references and materials used to develop Understanding and Managing Young Children's Behavior, Technical Assistance Paper No. 10.

Explore this collection of resources to learn how trauma affects young children and find strategies to reduce its effects in children and adults.