Local Clinical Resources
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Recommended articles
Articles about CIMHD:
"Get 'Em While They're Young: Experts advocate investing in early childhood" Stanford Magazine, September/October 2006
"Imagine bonding with baby when home is a hospital," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 5/8/06
"Nurturing Baby's Psyche," Seattle Times, 7/28/04
Recommended websites
Speak Up When You’re Down,www.speakup.wa.gov or 1-888-404-7763
Depression awareness and resources for caregivers
ZERO TO THREE, Infant Mental Health Resource Center
Includes resources and information about infant mental health programs around the country, http://www.zerotothree.org/
ZERO TO THREE, Information for Parents
http://www.zerotothree.org/
ZERO TO THREE Policy Center
http://www.zerotothree.org/
National Scientific Council on the Developing Child
http://www.developingchild.net/
National Center for Children in Poverty(NCCP)
http://www.nccp.org/
Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy
http://www.cpeip.fsu.edu/
Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health
http://mi-aimh.msu.edu/intro/index.html
Recommended Materials
The following materials are available from NCAST-AVENUW, http://www.ncast.org/:
Promoting First Relationships, www.son.washington.edu/centers/pfr/ A prevention program dedicated to promoting children's social-emotional development through responsive, nurturing caregiver-child relationships.
Promoting Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy, by JoAnne Solchany RN, PhD, addresses a woman's psychological and emotional health during pregnancy. This program includes the normal, typical course of pregnancy, high-risk pregnancies, domestic violence, pregnant women with unresolved grief or loss, and those women experiencing depression or other mental health disruptions.
BabyCues: A Child's First Language helps parents, home visitors and other caregivers become more "tuned in" to their infant and young child's feelings and needs by learning to understand and respond to their behavioral cues. BabyCues Video/DVD and Cards available.
The Parent-Child Interaction program featuring the Feeding & Teaching Scales provides information and direction for intervening with parents and children.
The Sleep Activity Program helps pregnant mothers and caregivers promote predictable behaviors in their babies through specific activities, routines and interactions.
Keys to CaregivinG offers insights into baby's nonverbal ways of communicating.
Recommended Books
Siegel, D. & Hartzell, M. (2004). Parenting from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive. New York, NY: Penguin Paperback.
The Talaris Research Institute has prepared an excellent guide for caregivers summarizing Dr. John Gottman’s work on emotion-coaching. What am I feeling? The Five Steps of Emotion Coaching. This can be ordered online at www.ParentingPress.com
Greenspan, S (2000). Building Healthy Minds: The Six Experiences that Create Intelligence and Emotional Growth in Babies and Young Children. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing.
From Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Child Development, Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Child Development, Board on Children, Youth and Families, Institute of Medicine.
What's Best for My Baby and Me? www.zerotothree.org/
