Spring 2027

Therapeutic Interventions, Practices and Policy in Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health

Applies infant, early childhood, and family mental health concepts to plan relationship-based treatments, develop programs, and address policy issues for families with social or behavioral disturbances.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Kathleen Hipke

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Conduct supportive and therapeutic interventions with young children and their parent to reduce the impact of early-life trauma, loss, relational concerns, developmental delays, historical and systemic racism, poverty, medical conditions, mental health concerns and/or other adversities dependent on their scope of practice as demonstrated by the description provided in the Intervention Assignment

  • Provide evidence based or promising supportive or therapeutic interventions that are culturally sensitive, trauma-informed, relationship-based, reflective, mindful and aligned with national standards as demonstrated by the Newborn Behavioral Observation System (NBO) Recording Forms, NBO Parent Questionnaires and Integrative Final Project Abstract and PowerPoint Presentation

  • Develop confidence and competence in screening and intervention for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders and consideration of other parental mental health disorders and substance abuse disorders as demonstrated by practice and reflection in the course screening and discussion roleplay activity using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)

  • Develop observational skills and ability to come alongside families during the postnatal period to engage them in looking together at their newborn’s amazing capacities, behavior as communication and unique personhood to promote parental attunement and strengthen parent-infant relationships as demonstrated by the Newborn Behavioral Observations System Recording Forms and Parent Questionnaires

  • Increase awareness of ethical considerations in working with persons during the perinatal period and in work with very young children and their families as demonstrated by case-based ethical decision-making activities and class participation

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Infant, Early Childhood, and Family Mental Health Capstone Certificate

  • Declared in Infant, Early Childhood, and Family Mental Health Capstone Certificate
PSYCHIAT 715

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  • Declared in Infant, Early Childhood, and Family Mental Health Capstone Certificate

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

KATHLEEN HIPKE is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Evidence-based, trauma-informed, and culturally sensitive treatment approaches for infants and young children.
  • Ethical considerations in perinatal and early childhood mental health care.
  • Program development and policy in infant and family mental health.

Skills

  • Planning and implementing relationship-based and individual treatment approaches for infants and families.
  • Conducting supportive and therapeutic interventions addressing early-life trauma and adversity.
  • Screening for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders using the EPDS.
  • Using Newborn Behavioral Observation System to promote parental attunement.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Catalog & offerings

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PSYCHIAT 715 · Spring 2027

Therapeutic Interventions, Practices and Policy in Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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