Young Children With Different Needs: Effective Mental Health Interventions and Treatments”

This presentation from the 2017 Zero to Three Annual Conference looks at the implications of immigration-related detention and deportation on Latin-American Children and their families. Topics covered include increasing understanding of immigration trauma, increasing awareness of US children who are at risk of trauma due to sudden family separation, identifying the short - and long-term implications of threatened and actual detention and deportation on young children and their families, and some responsive interventions that can increase safety, empowerment and hope.