Infant and early childhood mental health :a comprehensive, developmental approach to assessment and intervention
Washington, DC
American Psychiatric Pub.
c2006
xix, 377 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
1st ed
A comprehensive model for infant and early childhood mental health -- A developmental biopsychosocial model: the developmental, individual-differences, relationship-based )DIR( approach -- The functional emotional stages of development : the cornerstone of the DIR model -- Principles of assessment and intervention -- Assessment -- Therapeutic principles -- Parent-oriented developmental therapy -- Clinical strategies and techniques for different types of infants and young children -- Classification, diagnosis, and treatment of infant and early childhood disorders -- Assessment and treatment of infants and young children with interactive disorders -- Assessment and treatment of infants and young children with regulatory-sensory processing disorders -- Assessment and treatment of infants and young children with neurodevelopmental disorders of relating and communicating -- Prevention and early intervention -- Infants in multi-risk families: a model for developmentally based preventive intervention -- A model for comprehensive prevention and early intervention services for all families