Healthy mental development in the first five years

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Useful Links

• Autism and Other Developmental Disorders (including 1st Five success story)  
• Brain Development  
• Child Care  
• Developmental Milestones  
• Family Stress   (including 1st Five success story)
• Importance of Play  
• Maternal Depression   (including 1st Five success story)
• Parenting and Attachment  
• Social and Emotional Development   (including 1st Five success story)
• Signs and Symptoms of Attachment Disorders  
• Tips on Social/Emotional Development  
• What is Child Development?  
• What is Developmental Screening?  
• What to Expect and When to Seek Help  
• Your Baby's Development  
• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
• ACE Study  
• ACE Response  
• ACEs Too High  
• Iowa ACEs  
• Washington Family Policy Council  

Other Web Resources

• Beyond the Blues  
• Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University  
• Early ACCESS  
• Early Childhood Iowa  
• EPSDT (Early Periodic, Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment) Care for Kids
• Enhancing Developmentally-Oriented Primary Care  
• Family Violence Prevention Fund  
• Learn the Signs. Act Early.  
• National Academy for State Health Policy  
• National Association for the Education of Young Children  
• Ounce of Prevention  
• Smart Beginnings  
• Surgeon General   (information on children's mental health)
• ZERO TO THREE