Mental Health in Early Intervention
Achieving Unity in Principles and Practice
Edited by Gilbert M. Foley, Ed.D., & Jane D. Hochman Ed.D.



For effective assessment and intervention with infants and young children, professionals need to incorporate psychological, medical, and family factors — but too often, infant mental health and early intervention are dealt with separately rather than together. Integration of these two fields is the goal of this urgently needed text, ideal for introducing mental health concepts to supervisors and students in early intervention and teaching mental health professionals more about early intervention. Readers will

• understand why mental health should be an integral part of early intervention
  
  
• identify specific mental health principles and practices that can be applied to early intervention work
  
  
• improve relationships with families by dealing sensitively with issues related to loss, grief, culture, class, and diversity
  
  
• get an integrated model of infant mental health and early intervention practice, and examine implications of the model for policy and program organization
  
  
• explore professional development options
  
  
• discover, through enlightening interviews, how both mental health and early intervention specialists define their roles and practices
  
  
• take a candid look at the difficulties professionals have had in the past with integrating the two fields

An ideal textbook and professional development resource for early intervention practitioners — and a useful source of insight for mental health professionals — this comprehensive book fully prepares readers to integrate two interdependent fields and improve practices in both. 

ORDERING INFO
ISBN 1-55766-738-1
Paperback
482 pages / 7 x 10
2006 / $39.95
Stock# 7381

About the Editors
Contributors
Foreword
Samuel J. Meisels

Foreword
Chris Erikson

Preface
Acknowledgments

Section I: Historical Foundations and Models for Integrated Practice

1. Moving Toward an Integrated Model of Infant Mental Health and Early Intervention
   Gilbert M. Foley and Jane D. Hochman
   
   
2. Historical Perspectives
   Sally D. Romano
   
   
3. The Mental Health Professions in Early Intervention Practices: Voices from the Field
   Jane D. Hochman
   
   
4. The Transdisciplinary Approach to Early Intervention
   Geneva Woodruff and Terri L. Shelton
   
   

5. Mental Health Principles, Practices, Strategies, and Dynamics Pertinent to Early Intervention Practitioners
   Gerard Costa
   
   
6. Self and Social-Emotional Development in Infancy: A Descriptive Synthesis
   Gilbert M. Foley
   
   
7. Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health: The DIR Model
   Serena Wieder and Stanley I. Greenspan
   
   
8. Family- and Relationship-Centered Principles and Practices
   Jeree H. Pawl and Lucia A. Milburn
   
   
9. The Loss-Grief Cycle: Coming to Terms with the Birth of a Child with a Disability
   Gilbert M. Foley
   
   
10. Process in an Integrated Model of Infant Mental Health and Early Intervention Practice
    Barbara Kalmanson and Stephen Seligman
    
    
11. Culture, Class, and Diversity: Implications for Practice
    Susan L. Recchia and Leslie R. Williams
    
    

Section III: Leadership, Training, and Policies for Integrated Practice

12. Policy, Implementation, and Leadership: Making an Integrated Model of Mental Health and Early Intervention Practice an Operational Reality
    Sandra Ginsberg and Jane D. Hochman
    
    
13. Procedural Safeguards and Professional Standards: How the Statute that Created Early Intervention Has Shaped Service Delivery
    Marion C. Katzive
    
    
14. Implementation of a Coordinated System of Early Intervention and Infant Mental Health: Realities
    Jane D. Hochman, Marion C. Katzive, Bruce V. Hillowe, Peggy A. Rothbaum, Carola d'Emery, and Gilbert M. Foley
    
    
15. Reflective Supervision for an Integrated Model: What, Why, and How?
    Rebecca Shahmoon-Shanok
    
    
16. Preparation for Practice in an Integrated Model: The Magic Is in the Mix
    Rebecca Shahmoon-Shanok, Dorothy Henderson, Bruce Grellong, and Gilbert M. Foley
    
    
17. Integrated Practice: Voices from the Non-Mental Health Perspective
    Jane D. Hochman and Carola d’Emery