Coping and Healing
Review strategies for coping with and healing from trauma. Learn how families’ strengths help the healing process.
Head Start and Early Head Start programs support the mental health of children, families, and staff every day. Early childhood mental health is the same as social and emotional well-being. It is a child’s developing capacity to express and regulate emotions, form trusting relationships, explore, and learn—all in the cultural context of family and community. The mental health of children and the adults that care for them is essential for school readiness.
Review strategies for coping with and healing from trauma. Learn how families’ strengths help the healing process.
Learn about reactions to others’ trauma and how to respond. We need to take care of ourselves when we work with people who have experienced trauma. The effects of those experiences on them can affect us, too.
Increase your knowledge and skills about trauma. Learn the definition of trauma, how we respond to traumatic events, and how traumatic events affect families.
Explore this collection of resources to learn how to support children’s social and emotional well-being. This collection also includes resources related to adult mental wellness.
Explore these resource collections to learn about strategies to promote physical and mental health for staff in Head Start programs.
In this webinar, a panel of experts assembled by the Office of Head Start discuss and answer questions related to working with families involved with the child welfare system.
Watch this webinar to learn more about trauma. Find ways to create trauma-informed and healing-centered interactions before, during, and after traumatic events.
Watch this webinar to learn how Head Start and Early Head Start staff can help affected families by offering non-judgmental support and connecting them to substance use treatment and mental health services.
Watch this webinar to hear from experts about best practices programs can use to respond to suspected or disclosed domestic violence.
Explore key concepts about self-regulation development and intervention for infants and toddlers and preschool-aged children. Learn about strategies to promote self-regulation for these age groups.