American Family Children's HospitalParent-Infant and Early Childhood Program
Contact Information
263-6123
The Parent-Infant/Early Childhood Program offers specialized services in psychological, developmental and relationship disturbances in children under 6 years of age. Staff work collaboratively with families to identify and address challenges that arise when:
- Infants and toddlers have trouble regulating sleep, feeding, mood, aggressive behavior, attention and sensory input (e.g., touch, sound, light)
- Parents are experiencing difficulty with limit-setting for toddlers or feeling bonded or attached to their infant/young child
- Parents are coping with depression or other psychiatric conditions, marital/relationship conflict, high levels of stress, lack of social support or previous difficulties with parenting (e.g., abuse or neglect)
Services
- Postpartum Depression Treatment Program
- Comprehensive diagnostic evaluations of infant/toddler and parent functioning, including the use of videotaped parent-child interactions for assessment and therapy with patient consent
- Therapeutic services used individually and in combination including individual, parent-child dyadic and family therapy
- Medication consultation/referral
- Training and consultation to identify and treat early parent-child relational disturbances for professionals
