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Nurturing the Social and Emotional Well-Being of Children Ages Birth to Eight

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Other Publications Written by CB Staff and Affliates

Below are citations for select publications written by Connected Beginnings staff or affiliates. Due to copyright rules, we cannot provide a download link for these publications; however, please contact us if you are interested in receiving more information from the author about obtaining the articles.

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Avery, M. W., Beardslee, W., Ayoub, C., & Watts, C.L. (2008). The Family Connections Materials. https://www.childrenshospital.org/centers-and-services/programs/f-_-n/family-connections-program/for-professionals/training-modules

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Avery, M. W., Beardslee, W., Ayoub, C., Callejas, E., & Watts, C.L. (2010). The Tell Me a Story Materials. https://www.childrenshospital.org/centers-and-services/programs/f-_-n/family-connections-program/for-professionals/the-tell-me-a-story-materials

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Beardslee, W.R., Avery, M.W., Ayoub, C., & Watts, C.L. (2009). Family Connections: Helping Early Head Start/Head Start staff and parents address mental health challenges. Zero to Three, 29(6), p. 34  – 40.

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Billings-Fouhy, E. and Leutz, E. (1991). Hand in Hand: Integrating Young Children In Need of Substantial Special Education Supports. Massachusetts Department of Education, Bureau of Early Childhood Programs.

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Birns, B., & Zimmerman, L. (1987). On infant day care. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 57(1), p. 138 – 141.

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Hirschland, D. (2011). Training, consultation, and mentoring: Supporting effective responses to challenging behavior in early care and education settings. Zero to Three, 32(1), p. 18-24.

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Hirschland, D. (2009). Addressing social, emotional, and behavioral challenges through play: Early childhood mental health consultation in action. Zero to Three, 30(1), p. 12-17.

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Hirschland, D. (2008). Collaborative intervention in early childhood: Consulting with parents and teachers of 3- to 7-year-olds. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

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Jacobs, F., Swartz, M. I., Dym Bartlett, J., & Easterbrooks, M. A. (2010). Placing relationships at the core of early care and education programs. In B.M. Lester & J.D. Sparrow (Eds.), Nurturing Children and Families: Building on the Legacy of T. Berry Brazelton. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

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Leutz, E. (1997). Entitlements for persons with disabilities: Perspectives on the US from the UK. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Society on Aging, San Francisco, CA.

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Swartz, M.I. (2005). Play Dough: What’s “standard” about it? Young Children, 60(2), 100-109.

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Swartz, M. I. (2009). Understanding the connections between home and child care: The nature and circumstances of parent-provider relationships in infant and toddler classrooms. Doctoral dissertation, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

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Swartz, M. I., & Easterbrooks, M. A. (2008). Enhancing parent-provider relationships andcommunication in infant and toddler classrooms. Journal of Early Childhood and Infant Psychology, 4, 53-73.

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Swartz, M. I. & Crowley, K. (2004). Parent beliefs about teaching and learning in a children’s museum. Visitor Studies, 7(2), 1-15.

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Zimmerman, L. (1997). The Motherhood Constellation: A Unified View of Parent-Infant Psychotherapy. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 14(5), p. 386-392.

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Zimmerman, L., Amodeo, M., Fassler, I., Ellis, M., & Clay, C. (2003). Training team leaders in a child welfare setting using the SPIN leadership guidance model. Children and Youth Services Review, 25(11), p. 891-910.

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Zimmerman, L., & Fassler, I. (2003). The dynamics of emotional availability in childcare: how infants involve and respond to their teen mothers and childcare teachers. Infants & Young Children, 16(3), 258-270.

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Zimmerman, L., & McDonald, L. (1995). Emotional availability in infants’ relationships with multiple caregivers. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 65(1), p. 147-152.

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