Strategies for building resilience in infants and young children at risk

Preventive intervention strategies seek to narrow the zone of vulnerability of the at-risk child as they broaden an individual's pattern of resilience within the context of child, family, and community supports. Effective preventive intervention includes proactive outreach; early identification of child and family needs; enhancement of intra-child resources, parental resources, and mother-child attachment; and the provision of community resources to support the Infrastructure of the family.