ACF Video Series on Early Childhood Social Emotional Development and Mental Health and Caregiver Well-Being

The Children's Bureau in partnership with the Office of Early Childhood Development, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, the Office of Head Start, and other federal partners, created a series of short videos to spotlight the importance of robust social emotional development and mental health support strategies within programs serving young children and their families.

Why Does It Matter? Children's Social Emotional Development and Mental Health

Spotlighting the importance of integrating support for the social emotional development of young children and the well-being of their caregivers into all child- and family-serving programs (4:36)

Parent Well-Being Matters: Children’s Social Emotional Development and Mental Health

When adult caregivers are doing well and able to promote and provide safe, nurturing, and responsive relationships, then children will do well. (4:21)

Caregiver Well-Being Matters: Children's Social Emotional Development and Mental Health

The stress that early care and education providers experience has a very direct impact on the well-being of the children under their care. Learn more about providing effective support for these essential staff. (5:05)

Interactive Module

Building Systems to Meet the Social-Emotional Needs of Every Child

Part of the Children's Social-Emotional Mental Health & Caregiver Well-Being series, this interactive learning module looks at specific actions taken by Arkansas and Maryland to enhance their state systems to better support young children, their families, and caregivers. Tools developed by the states to support their efforts are also provided.