title: Mental health consultations in the preschool daycare center.
abstract: This article explores some of the challenges to children's emotional and social development inherent in the all-day childcare programs for children aged 3 to 5 years. The psychoanalytically oriented child development community has offered ongoing assistance, information, and support to teachers, parents, and children in preschools and preschool daycare sites in a number of communities across the country. The process and results of a long-term preschool daycare consultation are presented.
authors.affiliation: TRW Foundation Early Childhood Intervention Alliance Project, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003253:Consultants; D006801:Humans; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013192:Staff Development; D014481:United States