Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

One of the major benefits of collaboration through the National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day Initiative is to have access to resources from other organizations addressing children's mental health issues. As a part of our current focus on early childhood, resources have been collected from national organizations' and federal agencies' Web sites to address early childhood mental health.

The resources include tip sheets, toolkits, guides, activity books, interactive multimedia, and more. Most of the resources listed also include links to resources in other languages, such as Spanish.

This listing of non-Federal resources is not all-inclusive. Inclusion on the listing does not constitute an endorsement by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or the Department of Health and Human Services.

We appreciate the support of the Awareness Day Collaborating Organizations in the development of the resource list. For more resources beyond what is included in this list, please visit the individual web sites' of the Awareness Day Collaborating Organizations at http://www.samhsa.gov/children/participants.asp.

Definitions of Trauma and Resilience

For a copy of the technical assistance piece, Early Childhood Mental Health Resources List, please email AwarenessDay2013@vancomm.com.

Resources are divided in to two parts and address the following:

Part I: Comprehensive Early Childhood Web Sites

Part II: Topic Specific Resources

• Adoption
• Books to Read to Young Children
• Challenging Behavior
• Child Care and Early Education and the Integration of Mental Health
• Children of Substance-Abusing Parents
• Child Welfare
• Cultural and Linguistic Competency
• Data and Outcomes
• Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
• Early Identification
• Early Intervention and Treatment
• Economics of Early Intervention
• Expressing Feelings Through the Arts
• Family Members-Informational Tip Sheets for Family Members and Those Working with Families
• Family Members-Other Resources for Family Members and Those Working with Families
• Health Information Technology
• Housing and Homelessness
• Jobs and the Economy
• Milestones in Child Development
• Military Families
• Policy
• Prevention
• School Readiness
• Social and Emotional Development
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Early Childhood Grantees' Web Sites-Early Childhood Systems of Care Web Sites
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Early Childhood Grantees' Web Sites-Project LAUNCH Web Sites
• Trauma and Justice
• Workforce Development

Part III: Trauma Resources

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