Other Publications

Factsheet – Won’t they just grow out of it?

This fact sheet discusses children's emotional and mental health and risk factors and the approach used by child psychotherapists to help alleviate children's pain and distress.

Early Days Project

The first few months and years of life are a sensitive period when children learn about emotions and social interactions with their family and carers.

Promoting infant mental health – a framework for developing policies and services to ensure the healthy development of young children

This well referenced report explains what affects children's emotional development from birth and during infancy. Recent research on brain development and the implication for service providers of local community based services for babies and infants are discussed.

Positive beginnings – exploring infant mental health service provision across England and Wales for the social and emotional development of babies.

This fact sheet discusses children's emotional and mental health and risk factors and the approach used by child psychotherapists to help alleviate children's pain and distress.

Reducing risks, relationship-based services for babies and parents

This report complements Positive beginnings with a focus on international research and service provision presenting recent research data about early brain development and the different theoretical approaches underpinning interventions with babies and their carers.

An infant mental health service – the importance of the early years and evidence-based practice

Written by Robin Balbernie, a key child psychotherapist in the field of infant mental health. Robin's paper focuses on early intervention arguments drawing on his experience of infant services in the US and Europe.

Infant-parent psychotherapy and infant mental health services: a strategy for early intervention and prevention

Written by Robin Balbernie, a key child psychotherapist in the field of infant mental health, this is an earlier version of the above report.

Far from the battle but still at war

A booklet prepared to assist teachers who have troubled refugee children in school. Arising from the work of a child therapy project carried out jointly with the Medical Foundation for Victims of Torture.

Directory of projects relating to refugee child mental health

This directory containing details of over 100 service providers promoting the mental health of child refugees to enable quick reference by frontline workers in the statutory and voluntary sectors. With its detailed information about a broad range of service types across the UK it will enhance collaboration with those working to meet the needs and aspirations of refugee families and children.

The Child’s Eye: using film in personal social and health education in primary schools to explore childhood emotional development

All children need to be able to think about and talk about their feelings. This resource, piloted in London schools, introduces the use of film to support Key stage 1 and 2 in the Personal Social and Health Education curriculum providing an opportunity to discuss childhood emotions and experiences in a well-structured educational setting.