Resources

Be a savvy consumer of information. There are many resources, especially online, that are not informed by a knowledge base of child development, parenting, science and evidence. Ask questions, check ideas out with your child’s physician, and know that the foundation for a plan of action is that it makes sense to you and feels right.

Most of the links below are state and national organizations and resources associated with leaders and researchers in the field of health, mental health and child development.

Local Infant, Parent and Early Childhood Mental Health Resources:

• Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health: Infant and Early Childhood Division
• Pregnancy & Postpartum Support Minnesota
  (Home of the Minnesota Perinatal Mental Health Resource List)
• Mother-Baby Program of Hennepin Healthcare
• Redleaf Center for Family Healing
  (Associated with Hennepin Health and Mother-Baby Program)
• Help Me Grow Minnesota
• Early Childhood Family Education (Minnesota)
• Early Childhood Screening (Minnesota)
• Head Start Program
• Fussy Baby Network
  (Takes calls from anywhere)

Local Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Crisis Resources:

• NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness – Minnesota
  (Resources and advocacy for children, youth, adolescents, adults and parents)
• Minnesota Department of Human Services
  • Mental Health
  • Adolescent Services
• Metro Children’s Crisis Response Services
• Ramsey County Children’s Mental Health Collaborative
  • Resources
  • Crisis or Emergency
  • Hospitalization
• Children’s Mental Health Hospital and Residential Services

National and International Resources and Advocacy:

• National Institute of Mental Health
• American Public Health Association (APHA)
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Mental Health
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
• World Association for Infant Mental Health
• Attachment: Theory and Research at Stonybrook
• CDC: Center for Disease Control and Prevention Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACEs)
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
• American Psychological Association Help Center
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Postpartum Support International