The following books and articles are recommended by the Infant Mental Health Group:
CHILD DEVELOPMENT:
- Infant Dividends: Securing a Lifetime of Potential- Dr. Betty Rintoul- Infant Dividends
- Making It Happen…Overcoming Barriers to Providing Infant-Early Childhood Mental Health from ZERO TO THREE: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families 2012. visit their website
- Read the May 2014 State Center for Health Studies report, SCHS_Study_167_FIN_20140505
- Early Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and the Role of the Pediatrician: Translating Developmental Science Into Lifelong Health from American Academy of Pediatrics January, 2012
- Can Preschoolers Be Depressed? By PAMELA PAUL published 8/25/10
- Culture and Parenting – University of California Cooperative Extension, Lenna L. Ontai, Ann Mastergeorge, Families with Young Children Workgroup, University of California, Davis
- The Emotional Life of the Toddler – Alicia Lieberman
- Gartrell, D. 2004. The power of guidance: Teaching social-emotional skills in early childhood. Washington, DC: NAEYC; Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Learning.
- Foundations of Lifelong Health are Built in Early Childhood, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
- The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child Must Have to Grow and Learn -T. Berry Brazelton and Stanley Greenspan
- Mental Health Needs of Young Children and Their Families SAMHSA
- Parenting Infants and Toddlers Today- Survey of parents of children birth to 3 conducted by ZERO TO THREE by Hart Research Associates
- Responding to Child Traumatic Grief The SAMHSA Award-Winning Newsletter July/August 2010, Volume 18, Number 4
- State Case Studies of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Systems: Stretegies for Change July 16, 2010, The Commonwealth Fund
- Touchpoints-Birth to Three – T. Berry Brazelton
- Touchpoints-Three to Six – T. Berry Brazelton
- Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby’s Brain – Sue Gerhardt
- Your Child at Play: Birth to One Year – Marilyn Segal
- Your Child at Play: One to Two Years – Marilyn Segal
- Your Child at Play: Two to Three Years – Marilyn Segal
- Your Premature Baby and Child – Amy E. Tracy and Dianne Maroney
- Recommended reading from the Journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS:
- Mental Health Problems in Early Childhood Can Impair Learning and Behavior for Life
- Activities for the Out-of-Sync Child – Carol Stock Kranowitz
- Children with Autism: A Parent’s Guide – Michael D. Powers
- Disorders of Behavioral and Emotional Regulation in the First Years of Life – edited by Mechtild Papousek, Michael Schieche, and Harald Wurmser
- The Everything Parents Guide to Children with Autism – Adelle Jameson Tilton
- Factsheet: Vulterable Young Children
- Handbook of Preschool Mental Health: Development, Disorders and Treatment – edited by Joan L. Luby
- Mental Health in Early Intervention: Achieving Unity in Principles and Practice – edited by Gilbert M. Foley, Ed.D., & Jane D. Hochman Ed.D.
- The Out-of-Sync Child – Carol Stock Kranowitz
- The World of the Autistic Child – Bryna Siegel
- Young Children and Trauma: Intervention and Treatment – Joy Osofsky