Spring 2027

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Overview of risk/protective factors, theories, services, research, and policies for social work with infants, toddlers, and families; discusses prevention/intervention models for social/emotional wellbeing.

offering recorded3 credits
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Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Discuss foundational principles in infant and early childhood mental health.

  • Identify risk and protective factors that influence social/emotional wellbeing in young children and their parents/caregivers.

  • Critically assess relationship-based and evidenced-based interventions for infants, young children and families.

  • Reflect on the professional use of self and the role of the infant and early childhood mental health practitioner within early intervention.

  • Apply the diversity-informed tenets for working with infants, children and families.

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(SOC WORK 205 or HDFS 174) and junior standing, or graduate/professional standing

SOCWORK 617

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Student experience

the class

An overview of risk and protective factors, theories, services, research, and policies related to social work with infants, toddlers, very young children and their families. Models of prevention and intervention to support social/emotional wellbeing in young children will be discussed.

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Topics

  • Risk and protective factors, theories, services, research, and policies for social work with infants, toddlers, and families.
  • Prevention and intervention models supporting social/emotional wellbeing in young children.
  • Professional use of self and the role of the infant and early childhood mental health practitioner in early intervention.

Skills

  • Identifying risk and protective factors for social/emotional wellbeing in young children and caregivers.
  • Critically assessing relationship-based and evidenced-based interventions for infants, young children, and families.
  • Applying diversity-informed tenets when working with infants, children, and families.

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SOCWORK 617 · Spring 2027

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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