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The 2018 Rural Behavioral Health Webinar Series provide information and resources to address the needs and challenges of rural community behavioral health. These approaches are embedded in a public health framework that acknowledges the role that social, economic, and geographic elements play in the lives of individuals and how it impacts behavioral health and well-being, […]
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Reflective supervision is an important component of effective Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation. In this podcast, Dr. Sherryl Scott Heller discusses three essential components of reflective supervision: reflection, collaboration, and regularity; and provides examples about how this practice improves the skills of IECMH Consultants. Dr. Heller is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at […]
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Watch the video of this webinar and learn about how the misuse of substances (including opioids) impacts the development of babies and young children, as well as how it interferes with the relationships that are vital to their early development.
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The Center of Excellence recently developed a variety of new resources to support Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation including: New Opioids and Substance Misuse Page This new webpage includes tips and resources related to how infant and early childhood mental health consultants can support home visitors and early care and education professionals who […]
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STRESS HEALTH is an initiative of the Center for Youth Wellness that offers helpful information to parents and professionals about toxic stress, how toxic stress affects children’s brain and bodies, how to protect your children from toxic stress, and if at risk. Tips on parenting with ACES are also provided. LINK COMING SOON
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Attachment Vitamins: Interactive Course on Early Childhood Attachment, Stress, and Trauma The Attachment Vitamins online course is an interactive, self-paced e-learning course for those adults who often find themselves in the company of children aged zero to five and their families, including professionals such as early childhood educators and child care providers, public health workers, […]
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STRESS HEALTH is a website that provides helpful information to parents and professionals about toxic stress, how toxic stress affects children’s bodies, how to protect your children from toxic stress and if at risk. Tips on parenting with ACES are also provided. Learn more at stresshealth.org
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This video was filmed during the February Family Leadership Summit, which was intended to begin to build a national network to support the participation of families/parents in the strengthening of early childhood services and supports throughout the country. This short video captures highlights from the Summit. This video was produced by hosted by Substance […]
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“Something Great is Happening” Download In February 2018, a Family Leadership Summit was held at the SAMHSA offices to help parents and caregivers establish a family leadership network focused on early childhood. Since then, leaders from the Summit have emerged and continue to mobilize efforts to establish and sustain the National Early Childhood Family Network. […]
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The LAUNCH team from Nevada County did an outstanding job in telling their story during the federal Project LAUNCH Grantee meeting on May 2, 2018 through a virtual link to the meeting. The team shared general lessons learned, successes, and challenges from Nevada about the LAUNCH work and everyone in the room in Bethesda was […]