ERIC Number: EJ1275877
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Sep
Pages: 9
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Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health-Informed Therapeutic Visitation: An Overview and Evaluation
VanHout, Samantha; Fitzgibbons, Sarah C.; Russotti, Alana
ZERO TO THREE, v41 n1 p22-30 Sep 2020
This article describes an infant and early childhood mental health-informed therapeutic visitation program that offers clinical support, systems-level advocacy, and developmentally appropriate guidance to families navigating the child welfare and family court systems. The program offers treatment, permanency, and placement planning for infants, young children, and their families experiencing trauma, attachment disruption, foster care, and permanency-ambiguity. Through exploration of a programmatic theoretical framework, the authors discuss the process of identifying community gaps, garnering system support, and program design, and they also offer a summary of results from a recent program evaluation including implications for future direction.
Descriptors: Mental Health, Infants, Toddlers, Young Children, Child Welfare, Trauma, Foster Care, At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Family Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Therapy, Family Programs, Child Health, Child Development, Advocacy, Interpersonal Relationship, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
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Language: English
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