Webinar: The Fiscal Showdown and Children - What's At Stake?

WEBINAR
November 14, 2012 at 4:00 PM EST

CO-SPONSORED BY

• Children's Leadership Council
• Coalition on Human Needs 
• Voices for America's Children

The election is over. Now the Administration and Congress will start coming to grips with impending service cuts, Pentagon cuts, and tax increases.

If Congress does not act by the end of December, millions of long-term jobless people will lose unemployment benefits  If Congress fails to act for months to come, services children need will be cut deeply - from education to WIC to Head Start to child care to the EITC and the Child Tax Credit.

If Congress tries to spare pending Pentagon cuts, will it cut children's priorities more? Will it move towards cuts in Medicaid and SNAP/food stamps? Will another fight about the debt ceiling threaten vital services for children and families even more? Who will be protected - upper-income households or families struggling to make ends meet?

All of this matters a lot. If you care about children and families - you need to know what to expect and what you can do.

Top experts will speak plainly to help make sense of all this:

• Ellen Nissenbaum, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs
• Alan Houseman, Executive Director, Center for Law and Social Policy and Chair, Children’s Leadership Council
• Joe Theissen, Senior Vice President, Programs, Voices for America’s Children, Moderator

Click here to register today! All registrants will receive links to useful information.  Please share this invitation widely.

WEBINAR: Addressing Domestic Violence In Home Visitation Settings

Addressing Domestic Violence in Home Visitation Settings: Screening, Assessment, & Safety Planning

Monday, November 19th

2:00 - 3:30 PM EST

Who should attend? HRSA and MCHB Program officers and grantees, home visitation leadership and staff, Domestic Violence advocates, State Health Departments, and others interested in better addressing assessment, visitation benchmarks, and what they might mean for their work as well as the new resources available through the Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence.

Overview: The new federal benchmarks for home visitation require that programs document screening and track referrals. Many home visitation programs are continuing to prioritize domestic violence screening, referral, and building partnerships with local domestic violence programs.

Home visitors have a unique opportunity to improve positive outcomes for their families by building partnerships and learning more about tools and assessment strategies for integrating screening for domestic violence. This webinar will assist home visitors in understanding how to screen, refer, and document these activities as part of routine programming.

Co-Hosted By: 

• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) - Office of Women's Health
• Administration for Children and Families (ACF) - Family Violence Prevention & Services Program
• Futures Without Violence

Register Online:   http://bwjp.ilinc.com/register/zshwhmp

Primary Dial-In:     (888) 447-7153

Alternate Dial-In:   (719) 387-1138

Passcode:             469456

Questions? Vedalyn DeGuzman email: vdegusman@futureswithoutviolence.org

Family-Driven Practices that Work Webinar

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/166308811

Family-driven means families have a primary decision making role in the care of their own children as well as the policies and procedures
governing care for all children. This webinar will deliver information
on how systems and programs can infuse the family-driven philosophy and principles into practice. In addition, the presentation will include specific techniques to achieve successful collaborations, family engagement, and family involvement.

On June 15th from 2:00-3:30 PM we invite you to join in on this webinar with Brooke Schewe of Families Together in NYS. It is important to reinforce the philosophy of family-driven principles. Come join us to put these principles into practice!

FASD Webinar!

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/199599786

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) refers to the wide range of
physical, cognitive, and behavioral birth defects caused by maternal
alcohol consumption during pregnancy. These effects may include
physical, mental, behavioral, and/or learning disabilities with possible
lifelong implications.

Although 100% preventable, FASD affects as many as 1 in 100 births each year, and the number of women who consume alcohol during pregnancy is still problematic. This presentation will discuss the risks of consuming alcohol during pregnancy; the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure throughout the lifespan; techniques for working with women to reduce risky drinking behaviors; strategies for preventing and/or reducing secondary disabilities; and federal, state and local resources available for professionals and families.

On Thursday July 8, 2010 from 2-3:30 pm we welcome you to join in on this Webinar with Margo Singer of NYS Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse

WEBINAR: Strengthening Families Family Child Care Study and Self-Assessment

From Strengthening Families:

DATE: June 16, 2010
TIME: 2:30 PM ET - 4:00 PM EST

Although approximately 22% of children under 6 who attend child care are in family child care settings, we know relatively little about the programs and providers that serve their families.

In 2009, the Center for the Study of Social Policy released the report, "Almost Like Family: Family Child Care," the culmination of a four-state study of family child care programs, their providers, the families that use them, and the systems that support them. The report focuses on the unique needs and challenges of family child care programs and providers, and explores how a Strengthening Families approach, centered on building Protective Factors with families, can benefit the children, parents, and providers in family child care.

This webinar will present the findings from the study and will introduce an adaptation of the Strengthening Families Self-Assessment for family child care homes. Staff from the National Center for Parents as Teachers will share their curriculum for home visitors working with family, friend, and neighbor child care providers, the newest edition of which incorporates the Protective Factors and the Self-Assessment for Family Child Care.

DATE: June 16, 2010
TIME: 2:30 PM ET - 4:00 PM ET

REGISTER NOW!

Reducing the Risk of SIDS in Child Care

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Healthy Child Care America is pleased to announce the release of a new online module on Reducing the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in Child Care! Based off of the AAP Reducing the Risk of SIDS in Child Care Speakers Kit, this FREE course is designed to educate everyone who cares for babies, including child care providers, health care professionals, parents, grandparents, and relatives.

In 1 hour, participants will learn how to create a safe sleep environment to reduce the risk of SIDS and other sleep related deaths. With an easy to use format, this course is available 24/7 from your home or office computer. Child care providers will receive a certificate of completion for 1.0 contact hour. Health care professionals can also receive credit (see flyer for details).

For instructions on how to access this FREE course, visit www.healthychildcare.org/pdf/SIDSmoduleflyer.pdf Feel free to disseminate this flyer to anyone who cares for infants!

For more information and materials on how to reduce the risk of SIDS, visit www.healthychildcare.org/sids.html

The Reducing the Risk of SIDS in Child Care online module is supported by Grant No. U46MC04436 from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Child Care Bureau and the Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, to the AAP.

Webinar: ASIP and AMCHP Quarterly Webinar Series: Strengthening SUID, SIDS, Infant Safe Sleep, and Bereavement Services

In ongoing efforts to support State and Local Maternal and Child Health Programs, the Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs (ASIP) and the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) are pleased to co-sponsor a series of quarterly webinars to strengthen SUID, SIDS, Infant Safe Sleep and bereavement services across the U.S.

This is a time of change in our understanding of SUID and SIDS. Professionals are challenged by the diagnostic shift and continuing disparity in black and white infant death rates. The controversy about infant sleep environments and health education messages confounds the issue.

Read more and register for this webinar on Thursday, February 11th, from 3-4:30EST. Register online at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/686308521

2010 National Topical Conference Call Series

The National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health, at the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, is again sponsoring this exciting and well-received monthly series of topical calls.  The conference calls cover important and emerging trends in the mental health field.  Presentations from expert resource persons are followed by open discussion in order for all participants to ask questions and enrich the conversation.

Please visit the website:  http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/resources/2010calls.html for registration information and the full 2010 Calendar of Calls, including:

• Advancing a Public Health Approach to Children's Mental Health
• What Are We Learning About the Early Childhood System of Care Grantees: A Focus on Outcomes
• Family Engagement and Its Impact
• Healthy Children and Families: Reducing Behavioral Health Disparities in Rural and Frontier Areas
• Mental Health Disparities and Young Adults of Transition Age
• Designing a Recovery-Oriented Care Model for Adolescents and Transition Age Youth with Substance Use or Co-Occurring Mental Health Disorders
• Making the Case for Partnerships Between School Mental Health and Community Services: The Use of Evaluation Data to Strengthen These Partnerships
• Healthy Transitions to Adulthood – Policy Implementations
• Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Children and Families in the Child Welfare System

Save the Dates: Webinars Introducing the NEW Strengthening Families Online Self-Assessment

The new Strengthening Families Online Self-Assessment is coming soon! The Self-Assessment been generalized to apply to all settings where young children and/or their families are served, and a new online interface will allow people at all levels to use the tool and access important data. CSSP will be hosting introductory webinars for those interested in learning more about how the new Self-Assessment can support their work when it is released in February 2010. Save the date and plan to attend one of these introductory webinars (invitations will be sent at a later date): February 16, 2010, 2:30 - 4:00 Eastern Time and March 3, 2010, 2:30-4:00 Eastern Time.

These webinars will be most appropriate for state Strengthening Families partners, Children's Trust Fund staff, trainers, and those who will support multiple programs in using the Self-Assessment. Training for individual program-level users will be available on-demand when the new online Self-Assessment is released.

PDF copies of the and supporting tools, a staff survey and the Protective Factors Survey for parents, are available on the Strengthening Families website.

Webinar: Further Discussion of Cross-systems Parenting Initiatives

Monday January 11th, 2010
3:30 to 4:30 p.m. EST

The call will be the first in a series of conference calls designed to increase the value of each NCCP-hosted webinar to ECCS stakeholders. After each webinar, NCCP will host follow-up conference calls on the same topic. The follow-up calls will focus primarily on answering questions that may have come up since the event. This new model is meant to encourage cross-systems communication and allow ECCS stakeholders the opportunity to discuss pursuing opportunities presented in the webinar with partners and others in the ECCS community.

Please note, Project Thrive always welcomes your questions in advance to help shape our interactive events.  Email your questions or suggestions to: higgins@nccp.org

Confirmed Speakers:

Susan Perkins and Michelle Gross of the New York State Parenting Education Partnership (NYSPEP) will answer any questions that listeners may have related to their wonderful presentation during the December 9th Project Thrive webinar.

Melanie Bronfin from Louisiana's ECCS initiative--BrightStart-- will tell us about their efforts to make parenting a priority at the state level, including the formation of the Louisiana Parenting Education Network (LAPEN), an association of professional parenting educators.

K. Vilay of First Things First Arizona will speak about the ECCS initiative's progress in distributing Parent Kits and related efforts at regional and state levels.

Although this event is a "conference call", we will be hosting the call through Webex to offer flexibility in participation.  You can listen to the call through audio stream on your computer or you may call in. All attendees must be logged in through Webex in order to ask questions through the Q & A panel or over the phone line.

All attendees must register through the link below in order to receive an e-mail confirmation. Please remember to log-in through Webex prior to joining the teleconference.
https://nccp.webex.com/nccp/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=661486368

Public Health Agencies Play a Role in Child Maltreatment Prevention

Public health agencies can make a difference in the lives and health of both children and adults by helping prevent child maltreatment.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Violence Prevention invites you to learn more by watching a webinar titled A Better Start: Child Maltreatment Prevention as a Public Health Priority

CDC initially hosted the webinar in the fall of 2009. Now, the event and associated slides are permanently available online for your convenience.

The webinar features presentations by:

• Ms. Francie Zimmerman, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation – Child Abuse Prevention Program
• Dr. Jack Shonkoff, Harvard University – Center on the Developing Child
• Dr. James Mercy, CDC – Division of Violence Prevention
  

Topics discussed include:

• The important role public health agencies can and do play in preventing child maltreatment
• The body of research linking harmful childhood experiences with long-term quality of life
• How public health agencies can prevent child maltreatment by using the concept of safe, stable, nurturing relationships
  

Visit:  http://www.ddcf.org/page.asp?pageId=840 to watch A Better Start: Child Maltreatment Prevention as a Priority.

Creating Effective Parent-Practitioner Partnerships

The FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention is pleased to announce a new online course, Creating Effective Parent-Practitioner Partnerships, has been added to the FRIENDS Online Learning Center.

Parent Leadership is a strength-based approach to family support that is founded on the belief that parents are knowledgeable about their families and communities and can provide valuable insight into programmatic and community decision-making to benefit children and families. Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

• Define the roles and list the benefits of parent leadership.
• Describe common fears and barriers of parent leadership.
• Explain basic principles and guidelines of parent leadership.

This course is being offered free of charge through the FRIENDS Online Learning Center. When you enroll in the course a discount code will automatically be applied and the registration fee will be waived.

To learn more about the FRIENDS Online Learning Center visit www.friendsnrc.org/resources/onlinelearn.htm or go directly to the Online Learning Center at www.cequick.com/myeln/FRIENDS/default.asp

Webinar: Supporting Parents When a Child Has a Disability

Webinar: February 3rd at 2:00pm

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://student.gototraining.com/18w5z/register/2236476515442807032

Proudly presented in partnership, the New York State Parenting Education Partnership and Prevent Child Abuse New York are pleased to announce the next in a series of professional development webinars, presented by Wendy Bender, LCSW, of Prevent Child Abuse New York, Healthy Families New York Training and Staff Development Specialist.

Parenting a child with a disability can evoke many strong emotions. Most parents experience a process of grief as they learn to adjust and define new expectations. Understanding these emotions and how they influence thoughts and behaviors can be very challenging. This workshop will focus on the importance of working through emotional stages and understanding the process involved. This can be very helpful for providers who are working to support parents and for parents working through the process themselves.

Participants will:
-Learn about and understand the stages of grief, with practical, real-life examples.
-Appreciate the importance of emotional experiences in the process of healing and the risks of avoidance.
-Be able to define, “What is my role and how can I best support a parent?” or “How can I understand what I am going through and be supportive of myself?”

Note: Sponsorship of this webinar is still available. Contact mgross@preventchildabuseny.org if interested.

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://student.gototraining.com/18w5z/register/2236476515442807032

Webinar: Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle of Homelessness by Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences

Adverse Childhood Experiences Webinar Series
January 11th at 12:30pm

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://student.gototraining.com/18w5z/register/2382641124056187449

Proudly presented in partnership, the State University of New York at Albany's School of Social Work, the New York State Parenting Education Partnership and Prevent Child Abuse New York are pleased to announce the next in a series of professional development webinars, presented by John Records, Executive Director of the Committee on the Shelterless in California.

As the ACE Study raises awareness of the serious health and social problems associated with “adverse childhood experiences” (ACEs), there is increasing interest in effective ACE response strategies that have the potential to save societal costs of ACE outcomes.

What works to mobilize resilience and promote recovery to support healing and transformation of people’s lives on a larger scale? How can we intentionally work with the collective to prevent ACE outcomes in a way that complements individual intervention? What does ACE-informed programming look like?

A service model developed in California by the Committee on the Shelterless (COTS) is designed to break intergenerational cycles of homelessness and offers a comprehensive approach to addressing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). The adverse childhood experiences (ACE) study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Kaiser Permanente demonstrates the relationship of childhood trauma to adult health and social problems. Through presentation of the COTS model as a case example, this webinar explores the way COTS builds upon and enhances current homeless service approaches, articulating its grounding in ACE research and application of resilience and recovery knowledge.

With an economic crisis re-shaping social service agencies, many are already engaged in program changes, which could be supported by replication and evaluation of the COTS model. This approach is worthy of replication in other communities and other organizations and institutions that engage with populations impacted by ACEs, such as prison inmates.

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://student.gototraining.com/18w5z/register/2382641124056187449

Webinar: Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle of Homelessness by Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences

Monday, January 11th, 12:30pm
Register online at: https://student.gototraining.com/18w5z/register/2382641124056187449

As the ACE Study raises awareness of the serious health and social problems associated with “adverse childhood experiences” (ACEs), there is increasing interest in effective ACE response strategies that have the potential to save societal costs of ACE outcomes.

What works to mobilize resilience and promote recovery to support healing and transformation of people’s lives on a larger scale? How can we intentionally work with the collective to prevent ACE outcomes in a way that complements individual intervention? What does ACE-informed programming look like?

A service model developed in California by the Committee on the Shelterless (COTS) is designed to break intergenerational cycles of homelessness and offers a comprehensive approach to addressing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). The adverse childhood experiences (ACE) study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Kaiser Permanente demonstrates the relationship of childhood trauma to adult health and social problems. Through presentation of the COTS model as a case example, this webinar explores the way COTS builds upon and enhances current homeless service approaches, articulating its grounding in ACE research and application of resilience and recovery knowledge.

With an economic crisis re-shaping social service agencies, many are already engaged in program changes, which could be supported by replication and evaluation of the COTS model. This approach is worthy of replication in other communities and other organizations and institutions that engage with populations impacted by ACEs, such as prison inmates.

Register online for this webinar at: https://student.gototraining.com/18w5z/register/2382641124056187449