| The AIMS System of Practice: Developmental Indicators of Emotional Health incorporating the concepts or domains of:
Attachment: Family Feelings
*special and unique ties between parents and children
*learning to express trust and feel secure
*being emotionally tuned in to each other
Interaction: Family Behaviors
*parent-child-family communication
*parental teaching and guidance
*limit setting
*establishing routines
*quality of caregiving
Mastery: Family Capabilities
*accomplishment of basic skills
*sense of competence
*ability to learn
*problem-solving
Support: Family Resources
*seeking help when needed
*using resources
*making and maintaining friends
*having contact with family, friends, and community
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The AIMS: Developmental Indicators of Emotional Health is a System of Practice designed to enhance the emotional development and well-being of young children from birth to age five and their families. Its primary purpose is to have positive impact on the ways physicians, nurses, educators, early interventionists, mental health providers, day care providers and others incorporate and support emotional health in early childhood. It provides a means for establishing relationships with young children and their families and enhances dialogue toward assessment and supportive intervention. It is a methodology for normalizing emotional health care across a variety of settings where professionals are engaged with the well-being of young children. It additionally assists in and supports the identification of young children at risk for or presenting with emotional issues and/or problems; assessment of the nature of the child(ren)'s and families' strengths and difficulties, and outlines appropriate, supportive interventions.
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