Denver Health is contracted to provide Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation through Child and Family-Focused Consultation, Classroom-Focused Consultation, and Program-Focused Consultation.

Child and Family-Focused Consultation: A service provided for individual children and families to enhance, support, and promote the social, emotional, and mental health of a child. A consultant works directly with those providing care to the child (parent, teacher) to enhance their capacity and competency through psychoeducation, skill-building, and support. Consultants will provide child-focused consultation after the referral form for Child and Family-Focused Consultation is completed.

Child and Family-Consultation services include:

• Meeting regularly with caregivers and teachers to identify goals and strategies to address concerns
• Supporting the teacher and caregiver in completing resiliency assessments to identify areas of strength and areas of focus
• Attend school meetings that pertain to this child and family, as needed
• Provide community resources and additional resources for social emotional development

Classroom-Focused Consultation: A service provided for classroom teachers to support and promote positive learning and social environments for young children. Consultants will provide classroom-focused consultation after the referral form for Classroom-Focused Consultation is completed.

Classroom-Focused Consultation services include:

• Completing a classroom observation using the CHILD (Climate for Healthy Interactions for Learning & Development). The CHILD provides guidance for establishing mutual goals and seeks to improve the overall mental health climate of the classroom.
• Attending collaborative meetings and/or team meetings that pertain to shared classroom goals
• Modeling and providing social-emotional learning circles in the classroom

Programmatic Consultation Services: Programmatic Consultation focuses on improving the overall quality of the program.

Examples of how we support programs:

• Train staff and parent (caregivers) on mental health related topics
• Address programmatic issues and/or identify and address program needs
• Design and implement early childhood mental health best practices within the program
• Consult with the director, assistant director, administrative staff
• Provide Relationship-Based Reflective Processing (RRP) to facilitate reduced job-related stress and improve capacity to navigate the emotional challenges of work, while developing reflective skills in Early Childhood Education Staff

Child and Family - Focused Consultation: Parent Acknowledgment Form

Child and Family - Focused Consultation: Parent Acknowledgment Form (Espanol)

What is Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation? / Que es Consulta de salud mental en la primera infancia

Bedtime routines / Rutinas a la hora de dormir / Wakhtiga Seexashada

The Impact of Technology on Children / El impacto de la tecnología en los niños / Saamaynta Teknooloojiyada ee Caruurta

The Importance of Play / Beneficios del juego para los niños / فوائد اللعب للأطفال / ጨዋታ ለህፃናት ያላቸው ጥቅሞች

Daily routines for parents / Rutinas diarias / Hawlmaalmeedka Maalintii / الروتينات اليوم / ዕለታዊ የዕለት ተዕለት ተግባራት 

Challenging Behavior for Teachers / Comportamientos desafiantes para maestros / Handhaqanka Xun Loogu talo geley Macalimiinta / ፈታኝ ባህሪ ለመምህራን / السلوك الصعب للمعلمن

What are the stages of child development? / ¿CUÁLES SON LAS ETAPAS DEL DESARROLLO INFANTIL? / WAA MAXAY HEERARKA KORNIINKA ILMUHU? / የልጆች እድገት ደረጃዎች ምንድን ናቸው? / ما ي مراحل نمو الطفل؟

Early childhood mental health / Salud Mental En La Primera Infancia / الصحـة النفسـية فـي مرحلة الطفولـة المبكرة / በግዜ የልጅነት የአእምሮ ጤንነት

Grief in young children / El duelo en los niños pequeños  / طفال الصغار الحزن عند اأ /  በትናንሽ ልጆች ውስጥ የሚኖር ሀዘን

Healthy communication with children / La comunicación saludable con los niños / التواصل الصحي مع األطفال / ከልጆች ጋር ጤናማ ግንኙነት መፍጠር

Hellos & Goodbyes / Saludos y despedidas / ال� ت ح�ب والوداع / ሰላም እና ደህና ይሁኑ

Importance of Mealtime in Early Childhood Development / La importancia de la hora de comer para el desarrollo socioemocional / أهمية وقت تناول الطعام في التنمية العاطفية‐االجتماعية / በማህበራዊ ‑ ስሜታዊ እድገት ውስጥ የምግብ ሰዓት አስፈላጊነት

Sharing in Social Emotional Learning / Compartir en el contexto del aprendizaje socioemocional / التعلم العاط� ف المشاركة � الاجتما� / በማህበራዊ ስሜታዊ ትምህርት ውስጥ መጋራት

What is play therapy? / Que Es La Terapia De Juego? / ما هي طرق العالج باللعب؟ / የጨዋታ ቴራፒ ምንድነው? 

What is mental health?

Window of tolerance

Your regulation is important too

Fight, flight, freeze responses

Denver Great Kids Head Start

Colorado Department of Early Childhood

We treat all the health conditions commonly seen in adult populations such as diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We also refer patients to specialists for any complex health condition as needed. Our team specializes in health conditions commonly experienced in aging.

Conditions We Treat 

Some examples of geriatric conditions our experts treat include:

• Changes in cognition and memory
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• Depression
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• Benefits and resources review
• Capacity evaluations
• Culturally appropriate health care

We strive to provide the highest level of health care for all patients while focusing on quality of life, the patients’ goals of care, the psychosocial needs of our patients, and medication review and management. We are particularly mindful of the overuse of medications in older patients and the potential harm this can cause.

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• Gallstones
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Our ophthalmologists perform a wide variety of ophthalmic surgeries, including but not limited to:

• Cataract surgery
• Glaucoma surgery
• Retina surgery
• Strabismus surgery
• Corneal transplantation
• Nasolacrimal duct obstruction surgery
• Blepharoplasty

We currently do not offer corneal cross-linking or low-vision services and will work on coordinating the appropriate referrals to our community partners for these services.

In Office Procedures

The Eye Clinic is set up to perform many procedures in clinic, including retinal injections and laser therapies for glaucoma and retina conditions. For certain procedures, we offer the option of performing your surgery under local anesthesia in our procedure room.

Diagnostic Testing

Our Eye Clinic includes a diagnostic imaging suite and we can perform most ophthalmic imaging including:

• Visual Field Testing
• Ocular Coherence Tomography
• Fundus Photography
• A-scan Biometry
• B-scan Sonography
• Corneal Topography

For the first part of your examination, one of our qualified ophthalmic technicians will perform preliminary testing requested by your doctor. For many appointments and all complete eye examinations, the technician will then dilate your eyes to help your doctor get the best view of all your ocular structures. You can expect temporary light sensitivity, enlarged pupils, and blurred near vision for several hours following. Your doctor will then review the testing performed by your technician, perform additional examination, and discuss the findings and treatment plan with you. Our friendly clerical staff will then give you your visit instructions and schedule any follow-ups indicated.

Please allow up to 2 hours for your appointment, including dilation and technician work-up.

Denver Health’s Eye Clinic accepts referrals to our ophthalmology services from community providers.

To streamline the outside provider process, Denver Health now has a secure Web-based application known as EpicCare Link. EpicCare Link allows outside providers to submit referrals and connect to their patient’s health history in real time, using an internet browser.

• Diabetes Program - The Endocrinology Division is an integral part of the Denver Health Diabetes Program, offering comprehensive services to prevent and manage diabetes and its associated complications. Our skilled team of Diabetologists, Certified Diabetes Educators, and Allied Staff provide multidisciplinary, state-of-the-art care for patients with complex, high-risk disease. Use of the latest technological tools including Continuous Glucose Monitors and Continuous Infusion Insulin Pumps allow us to optimize care for patients with complicated diabetes, frequent hypoglycemia, and/or type 1 diabetes.

• Thyroid Nodules and Cancer Program - The Endocrinology Division Thyroid Cancer Specialists work with a multidisciplinary team of colleagues to coordinate the care of patients undergoing evaluation and treatment for thyroid cancer. Services offered include review of thyroid ultrasound studies, ultrasound-guided thyroid nodule biopsies, genetic testing of biopsy sample, referral to experienced thyroid and neck surgeons, treatment with radioactive iodine, and post-treatment surveillance. We work closely with colleagues in the Departments of Radiology, Pathology, Nuclear Medicine, General Surgery, Ear Nose and Throat, and Oncology, to ensure the best outcomes for our patients.

• General Endocrinology - In addition to Diabetes and Thyroid Cancer, the Endocrinology team provides services to patients with other Endocrine conditions including over- or under-active thyroid, obesity and metabolic syndrome, high cholesterol or high triglycerides, osteoporosis, pituitary disorders, adrenal disorders, and calcium disorders.

• Type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus
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• Reproductive endocrine disorders: low testosterone, PCOS
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