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Partnerships

We believe that it takes a village to raise a child. Our services are offered in partnership with public agencies, school districts, and community based organizations.

Our collective goals are to:

  • Help reduce young children’s challenging behaviors, while increasing emotional control.
  • Reduce the stigma associated with receiving mental health services.
  • Reduce or eliminate geographical isolation and transportation barriers to services.
  • Connect with families with children hat might not otherwise qualify for traditional mental health services.

About Preschool 0-5 Programs

Preschool 0-5 Programs includes:
  •  SET-4-School
  • Prevention & Early Intervention Mobile Services
  • Riverside University Health System - Behavioral Health is committed to providing a continuum of early identification, intervention, and treatment services.

    Our services are designed to: 
  •  Offer young children the opportunity to develop skills and abilities that will prepare them for school and life.
  • Promote social competence and decrease the development of disruptive behavior disorders among children through the age of 6.

Supports & Services

Any parent, teacher, doctor, or other concerned person may make a referral to our program if there is a concern about a child’s social, emotional, and behavioral well-being.

If you have concerns about a child

  • Being too quiet or withdrawn
  • Being inattentive or distractible
  • Being overly active or overexcited
  • Throwing excessive tantrums
  • Not getting along with others
  • Hurting others or animals
  • Sleeping too little or too much
  • Experiencing eating problems
  • Having social or behavioral problems at school
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Social Emotional Development

Early childhood is a period of significant social and emotional growth. Emotional development and prosocial skills are essential for school readiness. In fact, healthy social emotional development is a predictor of later academic, social, and emotional success.

Key areas of development include:

  • Cooperation
  • Self-control
  • Paying attention
  • Emotional regulation
  • Communication
  • Confidence
  • Relating to others
  • Play with your child
  • Read and sing with your child
  • Model positive behavior
  • Say please and thank you
  • Praise your child
  • Ask about your child's feelings
  • Listen when your child talk
  • Help reduce young children’s challenging behaviors, while increasing emotional control.
  • Reduce the stigma associated with receiving mental health services.
  • Reduce or eliminate geographical isolation and transportation barriers to services.
  • Connect with families with children hat might not otherwise qualify for traditional mental health services.
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SET - 4 - School Services

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FACTS

Between 9% and 14% of children under 5 years old experience mental health challenges

There are 3 million children ages 0 to 5 in California and 186,000 in Riverside County

Over 40% of children ages 2 to 5 screened in Riverside County show social and behavioral concerns