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Social Emotional Health

The social emotional well-being of children and their caregivers is foundational to primary prevention. These resources explore social emotional wellness strategies and mental health interventions.

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Video Series

Children's Social-Emotional Mental Health & Caregiver Well-Being Videos

Early childhood experiences can strengthen or disrupt a young child's development. Learn more about how supporting a child's social emotional development and the well-being of their caregivers is a proactive prevention approach to promoting positive long-term outcomes.

Webinar

Supporting Children and Youth Coping with Unresolved Loss

Learn more about ambiguous loss, its impact on children, and how to promote resiliency and healthy coping for them (1:01:02)

Digital Dialogue

Building Community Capacity to Support Perinatal Mental Health

Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders are among the most common complications that occur in pregnancy or in the first 12 months after delivery and have long-reaching negative impacts. Learn more about how Washington State is helping communities respond and support parents experiencing perinatal mental health issues. (50:23)

Complete List of Resources

Videos and Social Media

Tools and Tipsheets

  • Coming SoonBuilding Systems to Support Children's Social Emotional Health and Well-being: Learn from the Work of Arkansas and Massachusetts
  • Coming SoonSupporting Children Experiencing Ambiguous Loss: A Developmental Perspective
  • Coming SoonSupporting Family Networks (ILM)

Digital Dialogue Recordings

  • NewBuilding Community Capacity to Support Perinatal Mental Health
    Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders are among the most common complications that occur in pregnancy or in the first 12 months after delivery and have long-reaching negative impacts. Learn more about how Washington State is helping communities respond and support parents experiencing perinatal mental health issues.
  • Supporting Children and Youth Coping with Unresolved Loss
    Ambiguous loss occurs when a parent is physically or emotionally absent. Ambiguous loss can cause challenging reactions and affect a child’s behavior, relationships, and learning. Understanding ambiguous loss, its impact on children, and how to promote resiliency and healthy coping for them, is important for both child welfare intervention and prevention communities.
  • Supporting Children and Youth Dealing with the Loss of a Parent or Caregiver
    The loss of a parent or caregiver can have cascading impacts on child well-being. The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a spotlight on the impact on these losses because of the more than 250,000 children who are estimated to have lost a caregiver due to the pandemic. Dealing with loss and adequately supporting a grieving child are issues that predate the pandemic and include children who have lost caregivers to the termination of parental rights, incarceration, and other issues. Come learn more about how to work with caregivers so they can best support a grieving child.
  • Parental Depression and Its Impact on Child and Family Well-Being
    Learn what new research is telling us about how to intervene effectively in support of depressed parents and their children.

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