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CDC: Social Factors Associated with Children’s Behavioral Health
April 19, 2016 | Emily Taylor
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a new study looking at health care, family, and community factors related to mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders (MBDDs) among children aged two to eight years in the U.S. Researchers found that one out of seven children aged two to eight years were reported to have a diagnosed MBDD. Study findings highlight specific health care, family, and community factors that could be addressed through collaborative policy and programmatic efforts at national, state, and local levels.
Read the full article here >>.
Texting Intervention May Increase Parent Engagement
April 19, 2016 | Emily Taylor
Results of a six-week intervention study show promising potential for mobile technology as a tool to increase parent-child activities. Parents of children from 6 months to 5 years old enrolled at Early Head Start and Head Start centers were sent text messages encouraging them to engage with their children around a variety of topics, and to take time for themselves. At the end of the six-week intervention, parents were surveyed and parents who received the text message intervention engaged in more activities (singing, pretend play, storytelling, etc.) than parents who did not receive the text messages.
Read more about the study here >>.
Watch NWI Presentation from Tampa
April 12, 2016 | Emily Taylor
Video is now available of a presentation given by Janet Walker, PhD, John Ossowski, MSW, National Wraparound Initiative, Portland State University, Portland, Ore., at the 29th Annual Research & Policy Conference on Child, Adolescent and Young Adult Behavioral Health in Tampa, Florida on March 15, 2016. The presentation describes the development and initial trainee user testing of an interactive, video and web-based “booster” training for core wraparound skills.
View the video here >>.
The presentation is available in the NWI library here >>.
The Case for Science-Based Innovation in Early Childhood
April 5, 2016 | Emily Taylor
In this new video, Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., the Director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, describes the mission of the Center and its vision for using science to innovate in the early childhood field and fundamentally change the lives of children facing adversity.
Watch the video here >>Witnessing Violence Harms Children’s Mental Health
March 30, 2016 | Emily Taylor
In this article, Daniel J. Flannery, Professor and Director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, Case Western Reserve University and Mark I. Singer, Professor of Family and Child Welfare, Case Western University, highlight study results on the negative impact of exposure to violence on children’s mental health. For example, high levels of exposure to violence (either as witness or victim) as children has been connected to greater levels of depression, anger and anxiety, as well as greater desensitization to violence.
Monthly Minute: Health Homes and Medical Homes
March 30, 2016 | Emily Taylor
The TA Network has released its first Monthly Minute, a short animated video with accompanying resources. This one focuses on the difference between Health Homes and Medical Homes.
New Studies: Trans Youth and Mental Health
March 30, 2016 | Emily Taylor
Two recently published studies explore the effects of socialization patterns on transgender youth. One of the recent studies, focused on 16-29 year old women, found that “the rate of psychiatric disorders and substance dependence among these women was 1.7 to 3.6 times greater than in the general population”. These young people grew up in poverty with little acceptance of their gender identities. The other study assessed the mental health of 73 transgender 3-12 year old children in Washington state and the results showed that this group did “not experience any more depression, and had only slightly more anxiety, than their siblings and non-transgender peers”. In contrast, these young people grew up in relatively affluent households and were more emotionally supported.
Can Big Data Predict Child Abuse?
March 30, 2016 | Emily Taylor
Innovators in child protective services around the country are looking at using data for predictive analytics as a tool for early intervention practices. However, the proposed implementation of some of the analysis of at-birth data is controversial. A director for the Children’s Data Network at the University of Southern California who has worked with Allegheny County in PA on a predictive analytics model, is quoted as saying: “We have 6 million children reported for abuse or neglect, and how you make triaging decisions early on absolutely impacts outcomes for that child and family…The use of predictive analytics in child welfare could change … the system.”
New TA Resource: Expanding Early Childhood Systems of Care
March 30, 2016 | Emily Taylor
This new resource describes how the system of care (SOC) approach has been adapted to address the behavioral health needs of young children and their families, and how SAMHSA’s SOC Expansion and Sustainability Cooperative Agreements offer a strategic opportunity to meet the needs of this population.
Marijuana use among youth remains stable, despite low perceived risk
February 18, 2016 | Emily Taylor
A recent national study found that although the majority of youth in the U.S. do not consider marijuana use to be a significant risk, marijuana use rates among youth have remained stable. The study results found that in 2013 to 2014, approximately 75% of adolescents did not believe using marijuana posed a significant risk, and about 1.8 million U.S. teens were “past-month” marijuana users.