Editorial Review:

Published in 1994, ZERO TO THREE's Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:0-3) was the first developmentally based system for diagnosing mental health and developmental disorders in infants and toddlers. Its diagnostic categories reflected the consensus of a multidisciplinary group of experts in early childhood development and mental health.

Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood, Revised (DC:0-3R) draws on empirical research and clinical practice that have occurred worldwide since 1994. DC: 0-3R is designed to help mental health and other professionals

*Recognize mental health and developmental challenges in young children, *Understand how relationships and environmental factors contribute to mental health and developmental disorders, *Use diagnostic criteria effectively for classification and intervention, *Work more effectively with parents and other professionals to develop effective treatment plans.

The revised DC:0-3R *Provides clear and specific criteria for all diagnostic categories; *Explains criteria for identifying Autistic Spectrum Disorders in children as young as 2; *Introduces new criteria for disorders of sleep, eating, and relating and communicating; *Clarifies the Parent-Infant Relationship Global Assessment Scale; *Includes checklists for identifying relationship problems and psychosocial and environmental stressors.

DC: 0-3R enhances your ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat mental health problems in the earliest years by identifying and describing disorders not addressed in other classification systems and by pointing the way to effective intervention approaches.

Mental health clinicians, counselors, physicians, nurses, early interventionists, early childhood educators, and researchers will find DC: 0-3R to be an indispensable guide to evaluation and treatment planning with infants, toddlers, and their families in a wide range of settings.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

DC:0-3R:

This book is very helpful for the diagnosis and treatment planning of small children. I took a class on how to utilize it in a clinical setting and the purpose of it's publication. It is not recognized in certain states though.

Great addition:

The changes in the RDC-PA to the DC:0-3R are very helpful to the field and a compliment to the DSM-IV-TR. Great for classification of young children. Very good efforts in validity and reliability.

Infant Mental Health:

I have been using DC 0-3 for many years and was excited to be able to study the changes in the nomenclature with this newest revision. There are some interesting changes and additions that require that everyone that works with this population must purchase this book.

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