Mental Health: Health Tips for Families
This fact sheet includes tips families can use to help their children develop positive mental health beginning in infancy.
Mental Health
Head Start programs support the mental health of children, families, and staff every day. Early childhood mental health is the same as social and emotional well-being. It is a child’s developing capacity to express and regulate emotions, form trusting relationships, explore, and learn—all in the cultural context of family and community. The mental health of children and the adults that care for them is essential for school readiness.
Helping Your Child Cope After a Disaster
After a disaster or crisis, children benefit when adults assure them that they are safe and help them learn how to cope effectively. In this tip sheet, learn what to do to help a child after a disaster or crisis.
Depression in Mothers: More Than the Blues – A Toolkit for Family Service Providers
The toolkit provides information about depression and offers ideas that providers can use daily when helping mothers and their families.
Parent Posters to Increase Positive Social-Emotional Interactions
Share these posters with families to help them identify daily routines and learn how to increase positive social and emotional support throughout the day.
Social-Emotional Tips for Families with Infants
Use these posters to support families with infants. Share tips for how parents can support infants' social and emotional development.
Social-Emotional Tips for Families with Toddlers
Use these posters to support families with toddlers. Share these tips for how parents can to help them support toddlers' social and emotional development.
Understanding Depression
Use this tip sheet to identify the signs of depression. It can be shared with parents so that they learn how to take care of themselves and seek help when necessary.