Can a baby be depressed? Can a toddler have a mental illness? Are pre-schoolers being expelled from childcare for aggressive, unmanageable behavior?
The answer to all these questions is ?yes,? and experts say a lack of understanding about the social and emotional development and psychological wellbeing of babies and young children is at the root of many vexing long-term problems, from school failure to serious mental health issues.
….A new postgraduate certification program that began earlier this summer at the University of Wisconsin aims to help. The UW Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health Postgraduate Certificate Program is unique in Wisconsin and among only a handful of programs throughout the country that focus on the social and emotional health of very young children.
Quoted: Program co-director Roseanne Clark, a psychologist and associate professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health