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Smith, Sheila; Granja, Maribel; Ekono, Mercedes; Robbins, Taylor; Nagarur, Mahathi – National Center for Children in Poverty, 2017
As states work to strengthen supports for young children's mental health, often with the goal of reducing the incidence of costly conditions at later ages, they face the question of how to finance new or expanded services. This brief examines states' use of Medicaid as a key source of funding for early childhood mental health (ECMH) services. It…
Descriptors: Social Services, Financial Support, Young Children, Mental Health
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Coman, William; Devaney, John – Child Care in Practice, 2011
Despite huge investment over the past 10 years, improving outcomes for looked-after children remains elusive. A challenge for practitioners, researchers and policy-makers alike has been the absence of a shared conceptual framework for considering and responding to the needs of looked-after children. A second challenge relates to the measurement of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Child Care, Ecological Factors, Caseworker Approach
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Ellenbogen, Stephen; Klein, Benjamin; Wekerle, Christine – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
The profound injuries caused by child maltreatment are well documented in the neurological, attachment, cognitive, and developmental literature. In this review paper, we explore the potential of early childhood education (ECE) as a community-based resilience intervention for mitigating the impacts of child abuse and neglect and supporting families…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Early Childhood Education, Resilience (Psychology), Intervention
Kilburn, M. Rebecca, Ed. – RAND Corporation, 2014
The Promising Practices Network (PPN) on Children, Families and Communities (www.promisingpractices.net) began as a partnership between four state-level organizations that help public and private organizations improve the well-being of children and families. The PPN website, archived in June 2014, featured summaries of programs and practices that…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Well Being, Web Sites, Child Development
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Dunst, Carl J.; Trivette, Carol M. – Journal of Family Social Work, 2009
This article includes a description of a family-systems model for implementing early childhood and family support assessment and intervention practices. The model includes both conceptual and operational principles that link theory, research, and practice. Lessons learned from more than 20 years of research and practice have been used to revise…
Descriptors: Intervention, Family Programs, Child Behavior, Theory Practice Relationship