Supporting Early Minds has been established to help put children under 5 on the agenda for mental health research in recognition of the important role the early years have in setting the foundation for a person’s development.
Supporting Early Minds has been set up to facilitate and support researchers and early years settings to develop:
We are a team of internationally renowned researchers in the Departments of Social Policy and Intervention and Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, with a long history of working with early years practitioners and services, and of co-creating and co-producing research – particularly on new interventions.
We are advised by a group of professionals from across the 0-5 sector, who bring a variety of perspectives including family hub policy, education, children’s social care, infant mental health, health visiting, public health and the voluntary sector.
Find out more about our Team and our Advisory Board.