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IECD-561 Infant Mental Health Intervention and Practices

4 semester credits
This course emphasizes clinical practices that are evidence based and effective in the prevention and treatment of relationship disruption, adverse childhood events, and early regulatory issues. Emphasis will be put on the role of cultural sensitivity, reflective process, and family-based interventions.

  • Clinical interventions
  • Trauma related outcomes
  • Regulation and regulatory disorders
  • Relationship-based interventions
  • Culturally-based interventions
  • Reflective practice and supervision evidence

Pre-requisites: IECD-521  
Delivery Method: Online
Grading Default: Letter
Learning Outcome(s):  

  1. Describe the breadth and depth of clinical interventions for commonly recognized mental health issues in infancy
  2. Discuss symptoms, interventions, and outcomes related to adverse traumatic experiences
  3. Detail early regulatory issues and interventions that impact later mental health outcomes for high-risk infants
  4. Compare and contrast current evidence based, relationship-based interventions used in infant mental health
  5. Integrate a culturally sensitive approach into one’s own practice
  6. Utilize a reflective stance in all class discussions, written documents and class exercises
  7. Apply reflective, culturally sensitive, relationship-based approaches to one’s own leadership stance



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