Early Years and Mental Health

This page provides you with information about the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Early Years Mental Health Improvement Framework.

What is the Early Years Mental Health Improvement Framework?

This framework has been created as a planning tool to help support those working with babies and young children who are under 5 and their parents/carers to plan and deliver mental health improvement activities. It outlines the range of themes that evidence shows promotes positive mental health in the early years and highlights factors that both threaten and support good mental health.

Evidence shows us that addressing the wider causes of mental health requires a unified, co-ordinated, and ongoing approach from multiple sectors. This framework supports this by providing a consistent structure against which various partners and stakeholders can review their existing approaches and identify any additional opportunities to promote positive mental health and wellbeing.

Download the framework

• Early Years Mental Health Improvement Framework

Supporting Materials

• Policy Mapping Document: A document illustrating how the framework links to some of the key policy drivers for early years mental health and how they interconnect.
• Mental Health Improvement Resources for Early Years, Schools and Youth Providers: A comprehensive document that offers a range of suggested resources that can be used in early years, schools and youth organisations to help protect, promote, and support the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people
• Evidence briefings: A series of documents highlighting evidence that underpins each element of the framework:
  • Active and Connected Communities
  • Child Development and Nurturing
  • Early Learning and Childcare
  • Financial Wellbeing
  • Parent/Carer Wellbeing and Resilience
  • Positive Caring Relationships