Center for Mental Health Promotion 

        Enhancing parental qualities, and providing support 

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• What’s needed:

• Provide funding to increase the accessibility of programs that help parents with responsiveness and sensitive limit setting 

• Integrate credentialing to insure quality services are provided

 

from Zero to Three:

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

 

From The Center on the Developing Child- Harvard University: 

Three Principles to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families

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Building the Brain’s “Air Traffic Control” System: How Early Experiences Shape the Development of Executive Function

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Articles:

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Mentalizing Makes Parenting Work: A Review about Parental Reflective Functioning and Clinical Interventions to Improve It

 

Parental Reflective Functioning: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications

 

Parental Reflective Functioning: An approach to enhancing parent-child relationships in pediatric primary care

 

The Multiple Determinants of Maternal Parenting Stress 12 Months After Birth: The Contribution of Antenatal Attachment Style, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Infant Temperament

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• For further information, please see the section Parent Support Programs