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Safe Babies Court Teams: Collaborative Journeys of Healing and Hope.
Hudson, Lucy.
Beilke, Sarah.
Norris, Judy.
Parker, Kimberly.
Williams, Rebecca.
Journal Article
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Published: November 2017
Zero to Three
Vol. 38, No. 2
, p. 12-19
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Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) is an evidence-based mental health intervention for infants and toddlers as well as their adult caregivers. Families with young children in foster care benefit most when it is offered along with an array of other supportive measures (e.g. housing, medical attention). As a core component of the Safe Babies Court Team approach, CPP allows parents to develop healthy coping strategies that protect the children from further maltreatment. For the parents themselves, CPP addresses the terrible trauma most of them experienced as children. In this article, the authors describe the experiences of two families who participated in Safe Babies Court Teams and CPP. (Author abstract)
Keywords:
CHILD HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS; CHILD ABUSE; COPING SKILLS; PARENT CHILD RELATIONSHIPS; PARENTING SKILLS; FOSTER FAMILIES; FOSTER CARE