Every child has mental health – even babies!
Parents and other caregivers play an important role in building children’s social-emotional skills such as making friends, caring for others, managing emotions, and resolving conflict peacefully. Helping children to develop these skills promotes their healthy development and reduces behaviors adults find challenging.
If you care for young children, we can help.
Contact Tammy Hagins
tpecc.ecmhconsultant@gmail.com
The Early Childhood Mental Health Support Line is a no-cost, confidential resource for anyone who cares for children under six. The support line can help you to better understand and support the well-being of the young children in your care, including children who may currently be struggling.
Parents and Other Caregivers
- Increase your ability to support healthy social-emotional development
- Identify and address mental health and developmental issues early
- Decrease child behaviors you find challenging
Early Childhood Professionals
- Promote a warm and responsive care environment
- Reduce your stress
- Reduce suspensions and expulsions.
The Early Childhood Mental Health Support Line connects you to an experienced consultant who can discuss your needs, help you identify support resources, and refer you to a team in your area.
What is it like to work with a consultant? Hear what parents say.
- NEW! Promoting Stable and Responsive Early Care Settings: A Provider Toolkit(opens in new window)
- Zero to Three Caregiver Handouts(opens in new window) / ¡NUEVO! Folletos para cuidadores de Zero to Three(opens in new window)
- Social-Emotional Development: Birth to 12 Months(opens in new window) / Desarrollo socioemocionel: desde el nacimiento hasta los 12 meses(opens in new window)
- Positive Parenting Poster(opens in new window) / Cartel de crianza positiva(opens in new window)
- Calming Strategies from A to Z(opens in new window) / Estrategias para calmar al bebé de la A a la Z(opens in new window)
- You Can Help My Brain Grow from Day One!(opens in new window) / Puedes ayudar a queue el cerebro crezca desde el primer día(opens in new window)
- Access ECMH outreach materials and a social media toolkit at EarlyChildhoodMentalHealthCO.org(opens in new window)
- Explore children’s books to support social emotional development and belonging
- Learn about Early Intervention Colorado(opens in new window) (ages 0-3) and how it can help families learn ways to support and promote their child’s development.
- Find a Community Centered Board(opens in new window) in your area. Community Center Boards supports early intervention programs for infants, toddlers and their families.
- Check out Colorado’s Early Learning and Development Guidelines(opens in new window) to learn about the path of children’s learning and development from birth to eight.
- Resources for supporting children through transitions(opens in new window) including, transitioning into kindergarten, moving, death and grieving, and supporting children with special needs.
- Early Childhood Suspensions and Expulsion in Colorado: Learn more and view the infographics and handouts on the Department of Early Childhood website under the Promoting Stable and Responsive Early Care Settings(opens in new window) tab. These materials are available in over 10 languages.
- CDE Suspensions & Expulsions in Preschool FAQ(opens in new window).
- Bipartisan Policy Center’s Addressing Harsh Discipline and Disparities(opens in new window) to learn more.
- Early Childhood Mental Health Toolkit(opens in new window)
- The Right Mix to Support Social-Emotional Health in Early Childhood(opens in new window) – Guidance document for community-based organizations to strengthen their selection of available social-emotional health supports.
- Parental History of Adversity and Child Well-being(opens in new window): Insights from Colorado
- Risk, Reach, and Resources: An Analysis of Colorado’s Early Childhood Mental Health Investments
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, helpless or need someone to talk to, Colorado Crisis Services(opens in new window) offers free, confidential and professional 24/7 support. Call 1-844-493-8255 or text “TALK” to 38255.
If you suspect child abuse or neglect, call Colorado’s Child Abuse and Neglect hotline(opens in new window) at 1-844-CO-4-Kids. Anyone witnessing a child in a life-threatening situation should call 911 immediately. If you have concerns about a child care program or would like to report a licensing violation please call the child care complaint line at 1-800-799-5876.